Dog Food and Dog Treat Recalls

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Announced	Company	Product and link to more Info	Reason
June 13, 2021	Freshpet Inc. of Secaucus, New Jersey	Recalling a single lot of Freshpet Dog Food	Potential contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
June 2, 2021	Sunshine Mills	Recalling multiple brands of dog food, including some Sportsman’s Pride, Sprout, Intimidator, and FRM® Gold Select lot codes	Possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
April 30, 2021	Zuke's	All flavors and sizes of Zuke’s Mini Naturals dog treats. See link for details.	Potential for mold growth
March 27, 2021	Midwestern Pet Foods	Multiple brands of dog and cat food, including lots of CanineX, Earthborn Holistic, Venture, Unrefined, Sportmix Wholesomes, Pro Pac, Pro Pac Ultimates, Sportstrail, Sportmix and Meridian.	Possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
March 16, 2021	Bravo Packing of Carney's Point, NJ	Expanding its recall to now include multiple dog and cat food products	Possible contamination with Salmonella and Listeria bacteria.
March 3, 2021	Bravo Packing of Carney's Point, NJ	Recalling all Performance Dog and Frozen Beef raw pet food	Possible contamination with Salmonella and Listeria bacteria.
January 26, 2021	Midwestern Pet Food	Updated its recall of multiple brands of dog and cat foods	As of Jan 21, FDA is aware of more than 100 deaths and 210 illnesses in pets. The recall includes more than 1000 lots.
January 11, 2021	Midwestern Pet Food	Expanding its recall to include more brands and over 1000 lots of its dog and cat foods	They contain potentially deadly levels of aflatoxin. FDA is aware of at least 70 deaths and 80 illnesses in dogs who ate the affected products.
December 30, 2020	Midwestern Pet Food	Select lots of Sportmix dog and cat foods	Contain potentially deadly levels of aflatoxin.
November 13, 2020	Albright's Raw Dog Food of Fort Wayne, Indiana	Chicken Recipe for Dogs	Possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
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).

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