RE: Blue Spa Freebie from Blue Buffalo pet food
There was a listing for free samples of Blue Buffalo Blue Spa cat or dog food a few days ago. I signed up and then became aware that it had been listed on the recall list on the ASPCA website. I wrote to the company to inquire about the recall and here is the answer they sent me today. I just want to say I was impressed with the answer. I am also impressed that this company only uses products that come from the US. I wish more companies did. I feel comfortable now in trying the food. I wanted to share this with you because I had posted to the thread before saying it was on the recall list. I just hope the kits like it, lol.
Dear________,
Thank you for your interest in BLUE. None of our cat or dog formulas have been recalled except for one batch of dry kitten food code date March 07, 08 B. We have taken this action because the rice protein concentrate used for this one production run was obtained from the same company who supplied this ingredient to Natural Balance. Test results indicated that this rice protein concentrate tested positive or melamine. This is the first and only time our manufacturing partner sourced rice protein from this company and we had no knowledge that they had imported that ingredient form China. We do not allow our ingredients to come from outside the country. Unfortunately we were given false information. We have been betrayed and we are deeply sorry for any concern this has brought you. We have tested all other formulas with rice protein concentrate and all have come back negative and are safe to feed your dog or cat.
All of our products are made in the USA. Our ingredients have always come from US suppliers. We do numerous testing on our foods however at the time this batch was accepted, the first initial recall wasn’t even announced yet. Not only were we or anyone unaware of contaminated ingredients, but melamine was never though to be the problem. That is a separate test that can only be determined if it is looked for. Now that melamine has become a problem in foods, it will be added to the routine testing.
Best regards,
The Blue Buffalo Company