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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Cesar Brand of Pet Food Recalled for Small Plastic Pieces

Mars is recalling a limited number of Cesar Brand Filet Mignon Flavor wet dog food products due to small pieces of plastic that may be a potential choking risk.  According to the release, the small pieces of plastic entered the food during the production process.

Mars Corporate News Release
https://www.cesar.com/notice#

At CESAR®, we care about all dogs, and their safety and well-being is extremely important to us. For that reason, we have initiated a voluntary recall of a limited number of CESAR® Filet Mignon Flavor wet dog food products due to a potential choking risk from small pieces of plastic which entered the food during the production process. CESAR® Classics Filet Mignon can be purchased individually, as well as in flavor variety multipacks. The Lot Codes listed below are the only affected products. All other CESAR® products can be safely consumed.

Select packages of this product may contain small pieces of plastic, which entered the food during the production process. We encourage consumers who have purchased affected product to discard the food or return it to the retailer for a full refund or exchange. While a small number of consumers have reported finding the plastic pieces, we have not received any reports of injury or illness associated with the affected product.

At Mars Petcare, we take our responsibility to pets and their owners seriously and are working with all of our distributors and retail customers to ensure the recalled products are no longer sold and are removed from inventory.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by this recall. Please see detailed information on the affected products below. You can also reach us at 1-800-421-6456 if you have questions.

Products Affected
CESAR® Classics Filet Mignon Flavor




How to Identify the Best Before and Lot Code on Your Lid:
Each product will have a lot code printed on the side of the tray that begins with 631FKKC or 631GKKC and best before date that falls between 08/04/18 and 08/05/18. The CESAR® Classics Filet Mignon Flavor can also be found in variety packs with the following lot codes:
632D14JC, 633B24JC, 634A14JC, 634A24JC, 634B14JC, 634B24JC, 634E14JC, 635A24JC, 635B14JC, 636D24JC, 636E14JC.



Lot Code is indicated by the red box below:

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