Plainview Milk Products Cooperative (MPC), Plainview, MN. voluntarily issued a recall of instant non-fat dried milk (NFDM) products produced between June 2007 and June 2009 made on equipment found to contain Salmonella during an FDA investigation of the facility. NFDM from Plainview MPC was used to produce some lots of "Dairyshake Powder, Fortified with Calcium and Vitamin D" that were assembled in some lots of MRE, UGR-E, and TOTEM rations. Following consultation with the FDA and confirming operational rations Dairyshakes were affected by the Plainview MPC recall, DSCP issued ALFOODACT 130-2009 to ensure no Dairyshakes would be consumed pending specific lot identification. Due to the extensive nature of potential adulteration, worldwide distribution, and war fighters' immediate need for operational rations, DSCP issued ALFOODACT 131-2009 with a single date of pack (DOP)/lot number cutoff for MRE and UGR-E rations. DSCP, in conjunction with the DoD Veterinary Service Agency/Office of the Surgeon General, determined the Plainview MPC NFDM recall be expanded to include all MRE Dairyshakes assembled from 1 January 2006 to 30 June 2009 to ensure the safety of war fighters around the world. Testing and quality control protocols are stringent for operational ration components and there are no known incidents of illness from consuming the operational ration Dairyshake Powder. However, the intermittent nature of potential adulteration makes it prudent to expand the recall period and provide our war fighters and other customers with only safe and wholesome products.
