Dog Food and Dog Treat Recalls

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Announced	Company	Product and link to more Info	Reason
October 8, 2020	Sunshine Mills	15 brands of pet food	Expanding its latest recall to now include 15 brands of pet food due to high levels of aflatoxin - a by-product of mold that can be dangerous to dogs and cats.
October 1, 2020	The Public Health Agency of Canada	Two brands of pig ear dog treats	Deadly salmonella outbreak.
September 22, 2020	Real Pet Food Company of Phoenix, Arizona	Billy + Margot Wild Kangaroo and Superfoods Recipe	Possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
September 2, 2020	Sunshine Mills	Multiple brands of dog food	Elevated levels of aflatoxin, a by-product of mold that can be dangerous to dogs.
August 24, 2020	Sunshine Mills	Multiple lots of Nature's Menu Super Premium Dog Food	Possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
June 12, 2020	Health Canada	Carnivora Fresh Frozen Patties for Dogs and Cats	Carnivora Fresh Frozen Patties for Dogs and Cats due to possible contamination with E. coli O157. E. coli O157 is a particularly dangerous strain of bacteria which can cause serious and life-threatening illness in both pets and humans.
March 23, 2020	Icelandic Plus LLC of Fort Washington, PA	One lot of Aunt Jeni's Home Made Dog Food	Recalling its Capelin Dog and Cat Treats because they're made with fish that have the potential to cause botulism poisoning.
February 14, 2020	Aunt Jeni	One lot of Aunt Jeni's Home Made Dog Food	Food and Drug Administration found a sample tested positive for Salmonella bacteria.
November 18, 2019	Food & Drug Administration	Animal fat rendered in Virginia	FDA discovered euthanasia drug Pentobarbital in adulterated animal fat
October 30, 2019	U.S. Centers for Disease Control	Pig ear dog treats	The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has just announced the Salmonella outbreak caused by contaminated pig ear dog treats… is over.
September 26, 2019	Food & Drug Administration (FDA)	Performance Dog frozen raw pet food	FDA cautions not to feed since samples have tested positive for Salmonella and Listeria.
September 24, 2019	TDBBS of Richmond, VA	Recalling limited lots of its USA-made pig ear pet treats.	potential contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
September 24, 2019	Hills Pet Nutrition	Discontinued production and sale of its Hill's Ideal Balance dry and wet dog foods	No reason for this action has been given.
September 3, 2019	Dog Goods USA	Expanding its recall to include all 30-pack sizes of Berkley Jensen Brand pig ears dog chews.	Potential contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
August 30, 2019	Aunt Jeni's	Certain lots of Aunt Jeni's Home Made frozen dog food	Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that samples of certain lots have tested positive for Salmonella and Listeria.
August 27, 2019	Brutus & Barnaby	All size variations of its Pig Ears for Dogs	Potential contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
August 16, 2019	Dog Goods USA LLC	Chef Toby brand pig ears dog treats	Possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
August 14, 2019	Texas Tripe	U.S. Food and Drug Administration isssued a warning not to feed certain lots of frozen Texas Tripe raw pet food.	Samples tested positive for Salmonella and Listeria. The company is recalling the products.
July 31, 2019	Food and Drug Administration (FDA)	Natural Pig Ears dog treats	After posting 2 recalls in 4 weeks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now warning consumers to avoid buying or feeding ALL pig ears pet treats. The outbreak of human Salmonella caused by exposure to the contaminated treats has now spread to 33 states.
July 26, 2019	Lennox International of Edison, New Jersey	Natural Pig Ears dog treats	Potential contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
July 17, 2019	U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)	Pig ears dog treats	CDC announced its investigation into Salmonella infections due to contaminated pig ears dog treats is expanding to 27 states.
July 3, 2019	Pet Supplies Plus	Pig ears dog treats	They may be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria.
June 27, 2019	Food and Drug Administration	16 dog food brands	FDA has named 16 dog food brands with an increased risk of a type of canine heart disease known as dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).
May 22, 2019	Hill's Pet Nutrition	Expanding its recall to include one lot of its Prescription Diet dog food.	Elevated levels of vitamin D.
April 7, 2019	Thogersen Family Farm of Stanwood, WA	Recalling 4 varieties of raw frozen pet food.	Potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
March 20, 2019	Darwins Natural dog food	U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning about specific lots	Salmonella bacteria were discovered in the product.
March 20, 2019	Hill's Pet Nutrition	Expanding its recall of specific lots of its Prescription Diet and Science Diet dog foods	Elevated levels of vitamin D.
January 28, 2019	Hill's Pet Nutrition	Multiple lots of BOTH its Prescription Diet and Science Diet dog foods.	Elevated levels of vitamin D.
January 28, 2019	Woody's Pet Food Deli	Recalling 3 lots of its raw dog food.	Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria.
January 23, 2019	Hare Today Gone Tomorrow	U.S. FDA cautions pet owners not to feed Hare Today Gone Tomorrow pet food.	Salmonella and Listeria bacteria were discovered in various sizes/varieties of the product.
January 14, 2019	Lystn, LLC aka Answers Pet Food	FDA cautions pet owners not to feed one lot of A+ Answers food.	Lot 2018 20/08 20 of A+ Answers Straight Beef Formula has tested positive for Salmonella.
December 21, 2018	Columbia River Natural Pet Foods of Vancouver, WA	Expanding its recall to include 2 of its dog and cat food products.	Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria bacteria.
December 12, 2018	Nine (9) different brands of dog food	Recall of twenty six (26) dog foods	Testing found affected foods contained as much as 70 times the intended amount of vitamin D. This can cause serious health problems in dogs, such as kidney failure or death.
November 29, 2018	Elm Pet Foods, Inc.	Voluntary recall of certain products of Elm Dog Food	Elevated levels of vitamin D, which can cause serious health issues.
November 28, 2018	ANF, Inc	Select products of ANF Pet Food	Potentially elevated levels of vitamin D, which can cause serious health issues in dogs.
November 27, 2018	Sunshine Mills, Inc., of Red Bay, Alabama	Selected Evolve, Sportsman’s Pride, and Triumph dog foods	Elevated levels of vitamin D, which can cause serious health issues.
November 19, 2018	Harris Teeter grocery stores	Certain lots of Abound Dog Food.	Excessive levels of viamin D, which may cause renal failure in dogs.
November 20, 2018	Giant Food Stores and Martin’s Food Markets	Specific lots of Nature's Promise Dog Food.	Excessive levels of viamin D, which may cause renal failure.
November 9, 2018	Lidl USA	Orlando Brand Dog Food	Excessive levels of viamin D.
November 2, 2018	Nutrisca of Saint Louis, Missouri	One-formula of Nutrisca dry dog food	Elevated levels of viamin D.

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