http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/02/16/daily23.html

Biz Journals February 18, 2009
Peanut recall triggers Scotts lawsuit

"Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. is suing a supplier to reclaim the Marysville company’s peanut-related recall costs.

"The lawn-and-garden products maker filed the lawsuit against Mount Prospect, Ill.-based Cereal Byproducts Co., claiming breach of contract and negligent misrepresentation and alleging it gave Scotts false information about the origins of its products.

"Scotts is seeking unspecified damages, but said it expects to incur expenses of more than $75,000 for the purchase of products, recall costs, lost profits and injury to goodwill.

"Scotts (NYSE:SMG) filed the suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Columbus, the same day it issued a recall for five varieties of suet wild bird food over concerns they might contain peanut meal bought from Peanut Corp. of America’s plant in Blakely, Ga. The products of Peanut Corp., which has filed for bankruptcy, are at the epicenter of a federal probe into a salmonella outbreak that has involved scores of illnesses and several deaths, including two in Ohio.

"Scotts alleges that Cereal Byproducts repeatedly told it the peanut by-products didn’t come from the Blakely facility, according to the lawsuit. It also alleged the company didn’t inform Scotts of a potential contamination until early this month, well after peanut butter recalls had begun and after Scotts produced the bird food and shipped it to retailers."

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http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/cerealbyproducts05_07.html

Cereal Byproducts Company Announces the Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Rice Protein Concentrate Produced in China

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Mt. Prospect, Illinois -- May 4, 2007 -- Cereal Byproducts Company is announcing today that the FDA has determined that there are melamine and/or melamine derivatives in the rice protein concentrate produced by a single source Chinese supplier, Binzhou Futian Biology Technology Co. Ltd., and purchased through a local domestic importer. Cereal Byproducts shipped the recalled product to a total of three customers located in the Midwest between July 19, 2006 and March 14, 2007. The FDA previously found melamine and/or melamine derivatives in Wilbur-Ellis Company's rice protein concentrate, which was purchased from the same Chinese supplier as Cereal Byproducts. Cereal Byproducts proactively notified their customers of this finding, and thereafter both parties implemented their own voluntary recall of the contaminated products on or about April 19, 2007.

Although Cereal Byproducts has received no confirmed cases of pet deaths, it voluntarily chose to initiate the recall when Cereal Byproducts discovered there was a potential contamination of melamine or melamine type derivatives in the rice protein. We are confident that our customers have implemented on-going recalls and the remaining rice protein concentrate, not previously distributed to these customers, is located at a separate warehouse facility under quarantine.

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http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/royalcanin05_07.html

Eight Sensible Choice Dry Dog Food Products, Seven Kasco Dry Dog And Cat Food Products Recalled Nationwide by Royal Canin USA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- St. Charles, Missouri -- May 11, 2007 -- Royal Canin USA is announcing today the voluntary nationwide recall of eight Sensible Choice dry dog food products and seven Kasco dry dog and cat food products.

This announcement is based on the company's ongoing extensive review of its manufacturing and quality assurance testing procedures, which identified trace amounts of a melamine derivative from tainted Chinese rice protein concentrate provided to the company by domestic ingredient supplier Cereal Byproducts, headquartered in Illinois.

http://www.cerealbyproducts.com/UI/General/wfDynamicContentB.aspx?cid=8

How many offices does Cereal have?
7 offices - Chicago (Mt. Prospect is the home office), St. Louis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis (Becker), Kansas City, Vancover, WA, and Memphis (West Memphis, AR)

What is our main line of business?
We recycle food waste and merchandise feed and grain ingredients

What specific products does Cereal sell?
Rice, barley, corn, and wheat byproducts, whole grains ground, pearled and de-hulled, as well as non fat dry milk, wpc, lactose, casein and other milk byproducts.

http://www.cerealbyproducts.com/UI/General/wfDynamicContentB.aspx?cid=7#peanut

Peanut Products

Peanut Meal
Peanut Oil
Peanut Flour
Peanut Skins
Peanut Hulls Ground/Pellets
Raw or Roasted Peanut Pick Outs
Raw or Roasted Peanut Pieces
Raw or Roasted Peanut Hearts
Peanut Butter

Beverage Industry Products

Brewers Dried Grains
Brewers Wet Grains
Brewers Dried Yeast
Malt Sprouts
Malt Sprout Pellets
Malt House Cleanings
Distillers Dried Grains
Condensed Distillers Solubles

Beef, Lamb & Pork Products

Beef, Lamb or Pork Meat Fresh/Frozen
Beef, Lamb or Pork Meat & Bone Meal
Beef, Lamb or Pork Meal
Beef Fajita
Dry Rendered Tankage
Pork Cracklings
Bleachable Fancy Tallow
Prime Tallow
Special Tallow
Choice White Grease
Yellow Grease
Beef, Lamb or Pork Livers
Blood Meal
Steamed Bone Meal
Hydrolyzed Leather Meal 

Thought the name sounded familiar....Picked some of these up at the grocers this week.  Never noticed them there before.  Mine are Best Before:  12/09.  Nevertheless, will discontinue these treats.  Hope the ones I fed my dogs are okay. 

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ArchiveRecalls/2009/ucm128344.htm