FDA Alert: ADM Animal Nutrition Recalls Chicken, Swine, Cattle, Horse Feed After Animal Fatality

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reporting that ADM Animal Nutrition, based in Illinois, had recalled specific lots of its feed that may contain elevated levels of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium and chloride, which could harm chickens, pigs, cattle and horses.

ADM Animal Nutrition, a division of ADM (NYSE: ADM), is recalling the following products: Pen Pals Chicken Starter-Grower 25-lb bag (Product No 70009ACF46); Pen Pals Chicken Starter-Grower 50-lb bag (Product No. 70009AAA44); Pen Pals Chicken Starter-Grower 25-lb case (Product No. 70009AAABE); MoorMan’s ShowTec Sale Burst w/DF DEN 50-lb. bag (Product No 21256CVWE4); MoorMan’s Show-Tec Burst Starter with DFCTC/DEN 50-lb. bag (Product No: 24320AYWE4); ShowTec BB 18 BMD 50-lb. bag (Product No. 18241AGNE4); ShowTec 14.5/6 BMD 50-lb. bag (Product No. 14560AGN); AMPT-A CTC/IGR 50-lb. bag (Product No. 54229XNK); ShowTec Hi Fat 18 BMD 50-lb. bag (Product No. 18007AGN); Seniorglo 50-lb. bag (Product No. 10130AB) and MotivAte 12-15 DEN 50-lb. bag (Product No. 12286CVW).

ADM Animal Nutrition released an official statement in which it said that it investigated its manufacturing facility in Quincy, Illinois, after receiving a complaint from a customer regarding a pig refusing to eat the affected product. It added that another customer reported chicken deaths related to the consumption of one of its feed products.

In its warning, the FDA said: “The company quickly initiated the recall once it was confirmed that these specific lots could contain harmful levels of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium and/or chloride.”

The lot number for the Pen Pals Chicken Starter-Grower 25-lb bags involved in this recall is Lot 507650QN. This product may contain elevated levels of calcium and phosphorus, which could lead to leg deformities, trouble standing and walking, and can be fatal to chickens. This product was distributed between February 29, 2024 and March 8, 2024, and could have been purchased through distributors in Iowa and Missouri.

The lot number for the Pen Pals Chicken Starter-Grower 50-lb bags and Pen Pals Chicken Starter-Grower 25-lb case involved in this recall is Lot 506942QN. These products may contain elevated levels of magnesium, which can cause bone deformities, slow growth rate, watery feces and can be fatal to chickens. These products were distributed between February 28, 2024 and March 14, 2024, and could have been purchased through distributors in Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Iowa, California and Oregon.

The lot number for the MoorMan’s ShowTec Sale Burst w/DF DEN 50-lb. bags involved in this recall is Lot 506664QN. This product may contain increased levels of sodium and chloride, which can lead to reduced feed intake, thirst and diarrhea. This product was distributed between February 16, 2024, and March 1, 2024, and could have been purchased through distributors in Iowa, Wisconsin and Colorado.

The lot number for the MoorMan’s ShowTec Burst Starter w/DF CTC/DEN 50-lb. bags involved in this recall is Lot 506640QN. This product may also contain increased levels of sodium and chloride. This product was distributed between February 16, 2024, and March 1, 2024, and could have been purchased through distributors in Iowa, Wisconsin and Colorado.

The lot number for the ShowTec BB 18 BMD 50-lb. bags involved in this recall is Lot 506939QN. This product may also contain increased levels of sodium and chloride. This product was distributed between Feb. 16, 2024, and March 1, 2024, and could have been purchased through distributors in California, Illinois, Arizona, Missouri and Iowa.

The lot number for the ShowTec 14.5/6 BMD 50-lb. bags involved in this recall is Lot 507900QN. This product may contain increased levels of calcium, which could cause reduced feed intake and feed conversion. This product was distributed between March 8, 2024, and March 18, 2024, and could have been purchased through distributors in Iowa.

The lot number for the AMPT-A CTC/IGR 50-lb. bags involved in this recall is Lot 507828QN. This product may contain increased levels of sodium, which could cause loose stools and central nervous system issues. This product was distributed on March 1, 2024, and could have been purchased through distributors in Missouri.

The lot number for the ShowTec Hi Fat 18 BMD 50-lb. bags involved in this recall is Lot 505791QN. This product may contain increased levels of magnesium and calcium, which could cause reduced feed intake and feed conversion. This product was distributed between January 26, 2024, and February 7, 2024, and could have been purchased through distributors in Iowa, Oregon and California.

The lot number for the Seniorglo 50-lb. bags involved in this recall is Lot 505426QN. This product may contain increased levels of calcium, which could cause weight loss and the animal to become weak and listless. This product was distributed between January 24, 2024, and February 1, 2024, and could have been purchased through distributors in Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee as well as from ADM locations in Glencoe, Minnesota, Springfield, Missouri and Dublin, Texas.

The lot number for the MotivAte 12-15 DEN 50-lb. bags involved in this recall is Lot 507330QN. This product may contain increased levels of calcium and phosphorus, which could cause reduced feed intake and feed conversion This product was distributed on February 27, 2024, and March 4, 2024, and could have been purchased from ADM locations in Glencoe, Minnesota and Columbus, Nebraska.

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ADM has been in direct contact with the customers and distributors involved in this recall, and all product has been removed from retail shelves. One customer reported chicken deaths related to consumption of the Pen Pals Chicken Starter-Grower 25-lb bags.