On April 17 the FDA announced a further pet food recall associated with melamine contaminant, reportedly from a supplier of rice protein concentrate. No Hill's products are affected by this recall.
While Hill's uses rice protein concentrate in 4 of its products, we do not use the supplier involved with the recall.
Hill's has tested its ingredients and these tests show no melamine is present in the rice protein concentrate that it uses.
| Q. | Do any Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. products contain rice protein concentrate? |
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Yes. Four Hill's products contain rice protein concentrate; however, none contain rice protein concentrate from the supplier associated with this recent recall. The four Hill's products that contain rice protein concentrate AND ARE NOT affected by recent recall announcements:
Hill's has tested its ingredients and these tests show no melamine is present in the rice protein concentrate used in our products. |
| Q. | How do you know Hill's rice protein concentrate is safe? |
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Upon immediately learning about the presence of melamine in another supplier's rice protein concentrate, we tested our ingredients and have confirmed that the rice protein concentrate ingredient from Hill's suppliers do not contain melamine. |
| Q. | Where does Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc. get its rice protein concentrate? |
| A. |
Hill's uses two suppliers, neither of which are involved in this rice protein concentrate recall. |
| Q. | What is rice protein concentrate, and why is it used in pet food? |
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Rice protein concentrate is the product remaining after starch has been washed away from rice. It is a commonly used protein ingredient in various pet food products. |