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Raw Pet Food Maker Defies FDA and Refuses to Recall Contaminated Dog Food
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cautioning pet owners not to feed their dogs a batch Aunt Jeni’s Home Made frozen raw pet food after a sample collected from a store in the District of Columbia tested positive for Salmonella Infantis – a multidrug-resistant strain that will leave veterinarians with few options to treat pets with severe infections should…
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Another Raw Pet Food Co Recall; Go Raw Brand Cat Food Found Contaminated with Salmonella
Another raw pet food was found to be contaminated with a pathogenic bacteria this week, this time from a company called Go Raw, LLC, of Cottonwood Utah. Go Raw is recalling some of its Quest Beef Cat Food after the company was notified by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture when a sample the state collected tested positive for Salmonella. However,…
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Raw Pet Food Found Contaminated with Multi-Drug Resistant Pathogenic Bacteria. Again.
A study out of Zurich that looked at raw dog and cat food raises concerns for animal and public health. The study aimed to evaluate commercially available raw meat pet diets about microbiological quality and the occurrence of antimicrobial-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. What the scientists found was alarming. They found that the majority of commercially produced raw foods on the European market…
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Maggot Infested, Rotting Carcasses and Euthanized Animals Are Key Ingredients in U.S.’s Largest Pet Food Ingredient Company
One of the largest animal waste disposal companies in the United States, Darling Ingredients Inc., is being accused of using carcasses from diseased, euthanized animals from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, many of which are euthanized with pentobarbital. DARLING INGREDIENTS DARK TIES TO BRAVO PACKING Darling Ingredients is also being accused of using animal waste from dead,…
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FDA Issues Public Safety Alert For Contaminated Raw Pet Food, Aunt Jeni’s Raw Dog Food Due to Salmonella, Listeria Monocytogenes Named
In a public safety alert, the US Food and Drug Administration is cautioning pet owners not to feed their pets Aunt Jeni’s Home Made frozen raw pet food after samples tested positive for Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono). The alert is being issued because two samples finished product collected during a routine inspection of Aunt Jeni’s Home Made manufacturing…
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How Contaminated Pig Ears Will Change the Way We Think About Pet Food Forever
Staring at an empty bulk bin that once held dried pig ears, it struck me that this is probably a common sight in every pet food store in America. Shelves and bins what once held the treats are now empty since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made the dramatic announcement that told stores to stop selling them because…
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FDA Warns Us – Again – About Another Raw Pet Food Contaminated With Salmonella, Listeria Monocytogenes
Today’s headline from the FDA cautions pet owners not to feed Texas Tripe raw pet food after samples from some of the lots tested positive for Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono). Texas Tripe Inc. has recalled 35 lots for each of 23 product varieties. The extensive list of the recalled products can be found on the FDA’s webpage “What…
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Deadly Bacteria Found in Raw Pet Food. Again. Should We Be Worried? Hysterical? Or Just Plain Bored.
There was a small recall of raw pet food last week at Thorgersen’s Family Farm, one which I almost overlooked. Until I read the notice. Something about this recall was different. Maybe it was the way they wrote about the danger of Listeria monocytgenes, how they laid bare the horrifying effects: fatal infections, stillbirths. And it reminded me of 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”,…
