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FDA Warns Consumers NOT to Feed Evanger’s Pet Food Due to Pentobarbital Contamination
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just released an alarming report to consumers today to NOT to feed certain Evanger’s pet food products to their pets: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising pet owners and caretakers not to feed their pets certain lots of Evanger’s canned Hunk of Beef or Against the Grain Grain Free Pulled Beef with…
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Blue Ridge Beef raw pet food recalled for Salmonella and Listeria; puppy dies, kittens made sick from contaminated pet food
Blue Ridge Beef is voluntarily recalling two of its frozen products due to their potential to be contaminated with Salmonella and/or Listeria monocytogenes. Salmonella and Listeria can affect animals eating the product. There is a risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the products or any…
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Stella & Chewy’s recalled for Lysteria contamination, dog & cat food affected
Stella & Chewy’s is voluntarily recalling four of its products sold in the U.S. and Canada due to concerns of a possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes. The recall was prompted by a positive test confirming Listeria monocytogenes in Stella’s Super Beef Dinner Morsels for Dogs, during routine surveillance testing by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. On Thursday,…
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Bravo recalls raw pet food for Salmonella; puzzling questions remain
Bravo announced a recall today for a limited amount of one of their raw pet foods for the possibility of Salmonella contamination. It began when Bravo! was notified by the Colorado State Department of Agriculture that a 2 lb. chub of their Bravo Chicken Blend tested positive for the possible presence of Salmonella. The case of the curiously old chub…
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J.J. Fuds recalls frozen pet food for contamination with Lysteria monocytogenes
J.J. Fuds in Valparaiso, IN is recalling a select lot and product of J.J. Fuds Chicken Tender Chunks frozen raw poultry pet food because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in animals and humans. The recalled product was distributed regionally in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and…
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Pro-Pet finds Salmonella in dog and cat food, issues recall
Pro-Pet is recalling five brands of dry dog and cat foods for Salmonella contamination in 29 states. The recall involves three brands of dry dog food, the Hubbard Life Happy Hound Dog Food, the Hubbard Life Maintenance Dog Food and their QC Plus Adult Dog Food. They are also recalling two dry cat food brands, the Joy Combo Cat Food…
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P&G recall Eukanuba & Iams pet food for Salmonella contamination
Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced Wednesday they are recalling two of their most popular brands of pet food, Eukanuba and Iams, for Salmonella contamination. P&G’s routine testing determined that some of the Eukanuba and Iams dry pet food products made at one of their plants have the “potential” for Salmonella contamination. The FDA released a new Compliance Policy Guide in…
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Natura recalls all brands: Innova, California Natural, EVO, Healthwise, Mother Nature and Karma pet foods, treats
Today, Proctor & Gamble owned Natura made the stunning announcement that they have ordered a recall of all, that’s right all, Innova, California Natural, EVO, Healthwise, Mother Nature and Karma brands dry pet foods and all their biscuits, bars, and treat pet products for dogs and cats, puppies and kittens, with expiration dates prior to June 10, 2014 — which…
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Bravo! Recalls pathogen-free pet food: Question is, why?
Bravo’s recent voluntary recall left me scratching my noggin: Why bother recalling food that third-party testing proved was free of Salmonella. According to Bravo!: The products they are recalling “all tested negative for pathogens by an independent third-party prior to being shipped, but they were run on the same or next day of a product that tested positive for salmonella”.…
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Expanded Natura Pet Food Recall Hurts P&G’s Global Market
Procter & Gamble’s pet food sector is suffering from it’s third batch of recalls in less than two weeks; recalls that included its Iams Shakables Treats brand for mold and last weeks enormous Natura Pet Innova, EVO, California Natural, and Healthwise pet food brands for bacterial contamination — just got a whole lot bigger. Natura Pet, which unveiled the first recall…
