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TORONTO, May 21 /CNW/ - (TSX:MEW.UN): Menu Foods Income Fund responded today to developments relating to the announcement of the discovery in Alberta of a case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease. Menu said that it is actively monitoring the placement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture of a halt, pending further investigation, on the importation into the United States of beef and beef products (including pet foods). The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has released a statement stating that appropriate measures are being taken by Canadian authorities and that the case appears to be isolated. At this time the duration and outcome of the further investigations being undertaken are unknown. One of Menu's three manufacturing facilities is located in Canada. The products affected by this halt represent less than 5% of Menu's total sales.

Menu is a leading North American manufacturer of private-label wet pet food products, selling its products to supermarket retailers, mass merchandisers, pet specialty retailers and other retail and wholesale outlets. Menu currently produces more than 800 million containers of wet pet food per year and is focused on premium private-label and contract manufacturing of wet pet food products.

For further information: Mark Wiens, Chief Financial Officer, Menu Foods GenPar Limited, (905) 826-3870