Pet Food Treat Recall Alert

It’s been a crazy month for pet food and pet treat recalls -

Natura Pet Products - Innova, Evo, California Natural – has issued a voluntary recall for various products due to possible Salmonella contamination.
Bravo! has issued a voluntarily recall for 2 lb tubes of Bravo! Raw Food Diet Chicken Blend for Dogs and Cats due to possible Salmonella contamination.
Diggin’ Your Dog, a Reno-based pet treat and supplement manufacturer, has issued a voluntary recall for one lot of its Strippin’ Chicks Pet Treats due to possible Salmonella contamination.
Diamond Pet Foods has issued a voluntarily recall on limited production codes due to possible low levels of thiamine (vitamin B1).
Hy-Vee, an employee-owned corporation, has issued a voluntary recall for certain bags of Hy-Vee dog food due to elevated levels of a chemical contaminant commonly found in corn.
Nutri-Vet voluntarily recalled its Nutri-Vet and NutriPet Chicken Jerky Products because they may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Kasel Associated Industries has issued a voluntary recall for certain products, including Boots & Barkley, BIXBI, Nature’s Deli, Colorado Naturals, Petco, and Best Bully Stick items due to possible Salmonella contamination.
Bill Jac has requested that a select number of retailers withdraw one small batch (256 cases) of 6 LB Adult Select Formula Bill Jac Dog Food (Only batch number 1792-02 (Expiration 27 DEC 13) is affected, all in only 6 LB bags) from their stores due to reports of mold in bags from this batch that was caused by higher moisture content in the food.
The Honest Kitchen issued a voluntary nationwide recall of limited lots of Verve, Zeal, and Thrive products due to possible Salmonella contamination.

What in the world is going on in the pet food/treat industry????

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2 Comments

CD March 18, 2013

I’ve spent a bit of time looking at this recently. As near as I can tell, the FDA is exerting some new found power. It seems any treat/food producer that uses meat is subject to FDA scrutiny. The folks at TruthAboutPetFood did an interesting post recently about the FDA vs. the USDA and how pet companies are held to a much higher standard than human meat facilities.

After all my research it seems pet treat/food manufacturers are getting screwed.
Alex April 2, 2013

My dog named Atom is very healthy beause I give him very healthy food. You can find lots of healthy recipes here please don’t give them commercial food because commercial food are very harmful.