Dog Food and Dog Treat Recalls

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Announced	Company	Product and link to more Info	Reason
August 26, 2021	Top Quality	Recalling a single batch of its “Beef HVM” dog food	Possible contamination with Salmonella and Listeria bacteria.
August 09, 2021	Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc	FDA formal warning about 12 pet food brands and sub-brands.	Inspections of manufacturing plants revealed serious violations. The FDA claims conditions at the firm’s facilities likely contributed to the illness or death of hundreds of dogs and cats. This is a list of brands and sub-brands known to be manufactured by Midwestern Pet Foods: CanineX, Earthborn Holistic, Meridian, Nunn Better, Pro Pac, Pro Pac Ultimates, Splash, Sportmix, Sportmix Wholesomes, Sportstrail, Unrefined, Venture.
August 13, 2021	Wet Noses Natural Dog Treat Company of Monroe, Washington	Recalling approximately 51,000 packages of Simply Nourish frozen dog food	Elevated levels of vitamin D. Excessive amounts of vitamin D in a dog's diet can lead to kidney failure and death.
July 29, 2021	Sunshine Mills	Recalling multiple brands of dog food	Presence of potentially dangerous levels of aflatoxin. Aflatoxin is a natural poison produced by the overgrowth of mold typically found on spoiled corn.
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.

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