April 27, 2009
St. Paul, Minnesota based-Land O'Lakes Purina Feed LLC has recalled its Country Acres poultry feed in 50 pound sacks.
The company said the feed can potentially give higher than acceptable levels of salt which can cause serious health issues and, at high levels, potential mortality in poultry.
The recall was implemented after a small number of customers reported deaths in their poultry, the company said.
The product was manufactured at the St. Joseph, Missouri feed plant and was distributed to dealers in a four-state region-- northeastern Oklahoma, eastern-central Kansas, western Arkansas, and western Missouri.
Dealers have been contacted and asked to hold these products and to notify and retrieve the product from customers. The affected product should be returned to the retail dealer and not used.
The feed is typically used by small-flock owners. The recalled product is identified as follows:
Lot numbers are printed on the sewing strip of each bag. Lot numbers are formatted as follows: 9MAR19STJ3, 9Year / MAR Month / 19Day of Month / STJ3 Plant Code.