CHS Inc. Recalls Payback® Feeds Because of Excess Magnesium Health Risk

Summary

Company Announcement Date:: November 13, 2019
FDA Publish Date:: November 13, 2019
Product Type:: Animal & Veterinary
Reason for Announcement:: Recall Reason Description

Excess Magnesium
Company Name:: CHS Inc.
Brand Name:: Brand Name(s)
Product Description:: Product Description

Feeds for rabbit, turkey/pheasant, swine, waterfowl

Company Announcement

CHS Inc., based in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, is voluntarily recalling 67 tons of Payback® Feeds listed below due to potentially high levels of magnesium.

The acute effects of excess dietary magnesium in animals would likely be osmotic diarrhea and a marked decrease in feed intake. Continued feeding of these products may result in death as a complication of diarrhea and decreased feed intake. If your animals have consumed the recalled products and have these symptoms, please contact your veterinarian.

The products were manufactured at the CHS Great Falls, Montana, facility and distributed in Wyoming and Montana with dates between 9-27-2019 and 10-4-2019. The products were sold directly to producers and to dealers, where end-use customers may have purchased the products.

The products are bagged in 50 lb. Payback Feed bags that display the Payback Feed Brand. The following products, lot numbers and manufacture dates are included in this recall:

Product Name	Lot Number	Manufacture Date
Payback Champion Rabbit	M644310	09/30/2019
Payback Egg Layer Ration Pellet	M644570	09/30/2019
Payback Egg Layer Ration Krumble	M644550	09/30/2019
Payback Turkey /Pheasant Grower A Medicated	M650210	10/04/2019
Payback Turkey /Pheasant Grower	M644560	09/30/2019
Payback Swine Complete Breeder	M643210	09/27/2019
Payback Waterfowl Feed	M644540	09/30/2019

CHS received reports from customers claiming these products may have resulted in illness and/or mortality potentially linked to the products. CHS has received reports of the deaths of 403 pheasants from a dealer’s customer.

The company immediately began investigating and initiated the voluntary recall upon receiving confirmation that the products may contain elevated levels of magnesium.

Customers who have purchased the recalled products should immediately stop using the products and return it to their local dealer or directly to CHS for full refund. Please direct customer inquiries to 406-453-7646 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. MST Monday through Friday.

CHS Inc. (www.chsinc.com) is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States. Diversified in energy, agronomy, grains and foods, CHS is committed to creating connections to empower agriculture, helping its farmer-owners, customers and other stakeholders grow their businesses through its domestic and global operations. CHS supplies energy, crop nutrients, seed, crop protection products, grain marketing services, production and agricultural services, animal nutrition products, foods and food ingredients, and risk management services. The company operates petroleum refineries and pipelines and manufactures, markets and distributes Cenex® brand refined fuels, lubricants, propane and renewable energy products.