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Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Linked to Raw Turkey Pet Food Products; CDC Investigation Expands
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is warning consumers to avoid feeding Woody’s Pet Food Deli raw turkey pet food after testing revealed it was contaminated with Salmonella Reading, the same strain identified by the Health Department in a human case of Salmonella Reading illness. The dog also tested positive for Salmonella, but not the outbreak strain. This is the…
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Contract dog food maker named in devastating vitamin D poisoning, multiple brands involved
This week the United States Food and Drug Administration issued a warning about dangerously high levels of vitamin D in twelve brands dog food that were distributed nationwide. The agency is particularly worried as the dog food contains excessive, potentially toxic amounts of vitamin D in quantities large enough to cause serious health problems like kidney failure or death. The…
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Botulism, Listeria Threat Prompts Recall of OC Raw Dog Food, State Testing Reveals Danger
OC Raw Dog is recalling its freeze-dried sardine dog treats because there is a potential for them to be contaminated with a deadly neurotoxin: botulism. The product is being recalled because the FDA considers uneviscerated fish over five inches in length represent a potentially life-threatening health hazard and are considered adulterated. CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM IN FISH? I’m afraid so. In fact,…
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Vital Essentials Recalls Raw Dog Food For Salmonella Contamination, FDA Testing Discovers Pathogen
Carnivore Meat Company, the makers of Vital Essentials raw pet food, is recalling two raw dog food products after the FDA tested confirmed the dog food was contaminated with Salmonella. The company wrote in an email they are taking the “extraordinary caution” of announcing the voluntary recall for two products that “may have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella”,…
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TruDog Freeze Dried Raw Dog Food Recalled For Salmonella Contamination
TruPet quietly announced a recall of its freeze-dried Boost Me Mighty Meaty Beef Booster raw dog food topper because the product has the “potential” to be contaminated with Salmonella. Some consumers were notified in an email from the company about the recall, but others appear not to have received such information. The affected product can be identified by the lot…
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K9 Naturals Recalls Raw Dog Food For Dangerous Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes
During random testing, the Colorado Department of Agriculture discovered a dangerous pathogen lurking in New Zealand’s K9 Natural raw dog food: Listeria monocytogenes. The recall was initiated after K9 Naturals was informed by the state of a positive test result at which point the company was obliged to recall the contaminated dog food. The recall involves four batches of K9…
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Darwin’s In Trouble Again; More Raw Dog Food Found Contaminated With Pathogenic Bacteria
In the latest chapter in never ending saga that is Darwin’s, today the FDA announced that more of Darwin’s raw pet food has been found – again – to be contaminated with pathogenic bacteria. This time the FDA found that more of Darwin’s products tested positive for Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. The FDA has taken the unusual step of notifying consumers…
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Clues In Deadly Dog Disease in Australia Connected to Outbreak in Latvia; Dog Food Blamed
A deadly outbreak affecting dogs in Australia linked to dog food could be tied a similar outbreak in Latvia. The disease in Australia has now killed almost a dozen police dogs and an untold number of service dogs and pet dogs. The toll in Australia has risen to at least thirty-four dogs that are “starving to death” as a result…
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Mars Dog Food Recalled After Police Dogs in Australia Die
A Mars brand dog food blamed in the death of almost a dozen police dogs in Australia, is now linked to the same illness in pet dogs. Just days after the news report of police dogs becoming ill, consumers stepped forward with similar reports of family dogs diagnosed with the same disease: Megaesophagus. The common link between the ill dogs…
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Tucker’s Raw Dog Food Recalled for Salmonella Contamination
Another raw pet food is being recalled. This time it’s for Tucker’s Raw Frozen dog food called Raw Basics in the pork-bison formula (which I cannot find on their website). The company is recalling the dog food after they were notified by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture of a positive Salmonella finding in their Raw Basics formula. The company is…
