City of Industry, CA (Sept 13, 2007) — Nutro’s cans and pouches are again becoming available in Pet Specialty stores across North America and internationally!

New UPC codes have been assigned to the can and pouch product lines that were part of the Menu Foods recall earlier this year. All pouch packaging has been stickered with the new UPC codes prior to filling with product, and all newly filled pouches have an inkjet message of ‘QA OK’ next to the date code which confirms that these products have undergone Nutro’s extensive quality assurance verification checks.

All Nutro products are tested by independent labs to confirm that no melamine is detected in Nutro’s pet foods. We have incorporated this testing into our standard Quality Assurance procedures for all finished products and specific ingredients.