GMP's inspections are routinely conducted at feed manufacturing facilities to ensure compliance with federal requirements as adopted in Kansas Administrative Regulations (K.A.R.) 4-3-49 and 4-3-50. GMP’s strive to prevent issues from arising during the manufacturing of feed that could lead to health, environmental or economic situations. The GMP’s also contain procedures to facilitate trace-back or recall of products. Firms not meeting the GMP requirements are re-inspected for compliance.

The ACAP program assists the federal government investigate tissue residue cases. This is where antibiotics and other drugs have been detected in animals destined for the human food supply.  When a carcass is examined by a federal inspector, and antibiotic or other drug residue is found, ACAP staff investigates the cause and source of the problem. 

ACAP inspectors provide information regarding the importance of following label instructions for drug withdrawal periods and convey the consequences of improperly medicating animals.

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy inspections are conducted at all levels of commercial feed commerce including manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, renderers, food and pet food salvagers to ensure no prohibited ruminant animal products are used in feed or are fed to ruminants. Kansas Administrative Regulation (K.A.R.) 4-3-51 adopts the Federal Code of Regulations pertaining to prohibited feed stuffs.  In 2010, KDA was awarded a $1.1 million Feed Safety Grant to conduct inspections for five years.

Midwestern Pet Foods has expanded their recall to include all cat and dog food manufactured at their Chickasha Operations Facility manufactured to date due to potential contamination with aflatoxin. This includes all products with an expiration date of 07/09/22 or earlier that are currently on the market. See the attached press release for product details. These products were distributed nationwide to pet food distributors and retailers.

On January 11, 2021, Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. expanded the recall to include all pet foods containing corn and manufactured in the company’s Oklahoma plant, and having an expiration date on or before July 9, 2022. As of January 11, FDA has been made aware of more than 70 dogs that have died and more than 80 that are sick after eating Sportmix pet food. Not all of these cases have been officially confirmed as aflatoxin poisoning through laboratory testing or veterinary record review. This count is approximate and may not reflect the total number of pets affected. FDA continues to work with veterinarians and state partners to follow up on suspected cases of aflatoxin poisoning.

FDA is issuing this advisory to notify the public about the potentially fatal levels of aflatoxins in Midwestern pet food products that may still be on store shelves, online, or in pet owners’ homes.

On December 30, 2020, Midwestern Pet Food, Inc. announced a recall of certain lots of Sportmix pet food products after FDA was alerted about reports of at least 28 dogs that have died and eight that have fallen ill after consuming the recalled Sportmix pet food. Multiple product samples were tested by the Missouri Department of Agriculture and found to contain very high levels of aflatoxin. Aflatoxin is a toxin produced by the mold Aspergillus flavus and at high levels it can cause illness and death in pets. The toxin can be present even if there is no visible mold.

FDA is asking veterinarians who suspect aflatoxin poisoning in their patients to report the cases through the Safety Reporting Portal or by calling their local FDA Consumer Complaint Coordinators. Pet owners can also report suspected cases to the FDA.

What Do Retailers Need to Do?

Don’t sell or donate the affected pet food products. Contact the manufacturer for further instructions. The FDA also encourages retailers to contact consumers who have purchased recalled products, if they have the means to do so (such as through shopper’s card records or point-of-sale signs). 

Below you will find the link for the recall and the list of recalled dry pet food products announced by Midwestern Pet Food, Inc. on December 30, 2020 is:

https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/outbreaks-and-advisories/fda-alert-certain-lots-sportmix-pet-food-recalled-potentially-fatal-levels-aflatoxin.

• Sportmix Energy Plus, 50 lb. bag
• Exp 03/02/22/05/L2
• Exp 03/02/22/05/L3
• Exp 03/03/22/05/L2
• Sportmix Energy Plus, 44 lb. bag
• Exp 03/02/22/05/L3
• Sportmix Premium High Energy, 50 lb. bag
• Exp 03/03/22/05/L3
• Sportmix Premium High Energy, 44 lb. bag
• Exp 03/03/22/05/L3
• Sportmix Original Cat, 31 lb. bag 
• Exp 03/03/22/05/L3
• Sportmix Original Cat, 15 lb. bag
• Exp 03/03/22/05/L2
• Exp 03/03/22/05/L3