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Tuesday,
February 17, 2009, 10:43am EST Scotts recalls bird food amid salmonella scare
Source of Article: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/02/16/daily10.html Business First of Scotts Miracle-Gro
Co. is keeping an eye out for birds and bird-lovers. The Marysville-based lawn and garden giant’s Scotts Co. LLC subsidiary this week
launched a voluntary recall of five varieties of suet wild bird food products
over concerns that they might contain peanut meal bought from Lynchburg,
Va.-based Peanut Corp. of America’s Blakely,
Ga., plant. Peanut Corp.’s products have become the center of a federal probe
into a salmonella outbreak that has involved scores of illnesses and several deaths,
including two in Peanut Corp. originally only recalled peanut butter and
paste but recently expanded efforts to include all peanut products made in
Blakely since Jan. 1, 2007, Scotts said. The company said salmonella not only
can affect animals but can pose a risk to humans who handle products tainted
with it. No illnesses have been reported and products from the Blakely
facility are no longer being used, Scotts said. Bird food included in the recall involves about
$500,000 in annual revenue, less than 1 percent of the company’s sales for
its bird food business. Scotts said it is considering legal action against
Peanut Corp. to recover costs of the recall. Scotts (NYSE:SMG) is asking retailers and distributors
to recall the products and pull them from shelves. Customers are urged to
throw the product away. Requests for replacements or refunds can be placed at
1-866-512-8876 or online at scottswildbirdfood.com or scotts.com. Click here to download
details on product manufacturing dates and UPC numbers involved in the
recall. Products involved in the recall, only for items manufactured between
Dec. 27 and Jan. 17, are: • Morning Song Nutty Safari Suet, 11 oz. • Morning Song Woodpecker Suet 3 pack, 1.78 lbs. • Royal Wing Raisin Suet, 11.75 oz. • Morning Melodies Variety Suet (3 count). • Morning Song Variety 15-pack suet, multi-pack with 15
suets and feeder. |
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