Dog Food and Dog Treat Recalls

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Announced	Company	Product and link to more Info	Reason
April 20, 2018	OC Raw Dog	One lot of its freeze-dried dog treats	potential to cause botulism poisoning. Botulism is a deadly disease caused by a toxin-producing bacterium known as Clostridium botulinum.The toxin itself is one of the most potent poisons known and can be fatal to both pets and humans.
April 20, 2018	OC Raw Dog	On lot of its raw frozen dog food	potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria
April 18, 2018	TruDog	One lot of its freeze-dried dog food	may be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria
April 16, 2018	Vital Essentials	Two of its freeze-dried dog food products	may be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria
April 13, 2018	K9 Natural	Four batches of its raw frozen dog food	possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in humans and animals
March 26, 2018	Blue Ridge Beef	One lot of its BRB Complete raw frozen dog food	Possible contamination with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes
March 26, 2018	Darwin's Natural Pet Products	Recalling 4 lots of its raw dog food	Tested positive for Salmonella and E. coli O128, bacteria that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections.
March 22, 2018	The J.M. Smucker Company	Limited voluntary recall of specific lots of two varieties of Milo’s Kitchen dog treats	Elevated levels of beef thyroid hormone
March 6, 2018	Redbarn Pet Products of Long Beach, CA	Expanding its recall to now include multiple brands of dog chews	Contamination with Salmonella
March 6, 2018	Raw Basics LLC of Pleasant Prairie, WI	Recalling one specific lot of its Tucker's raw frozen dog food	Possible contamination with Salmonella
March 2, 2018	Steve's Real Food of Salt Lake City, UT	Recalling one lot of its raw frozen dog food	Possible contamination with Salmonella
February 24, 2018	Carnivore Meat Company of Green Bay, WI	Recalling 73 cases of its Vital Essentials Freeze-Dried Dog Food	Possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria
February 23, 2018	Northwest Naturals of Portland, OR	Recalling specific lots of its raw frozen dog food	Possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes
February 23, 2018	TruPet LLC of Milford, OH	Recalling a limited amount of its TruDog Pet Treats	Possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria
February 15, 2018	Smokehouse Pet Products, Inc. of Sun Valley, CA	Recalling all sizes and package types of dog treats labeled as “Beefy Munchies”	Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella
February 15, 2018	J.M. Smucker Company	Voluntary withdrawal of various wet dog food products	Potential to contain low levels of pentobarbital, a euthanasia drug.
February 12, 2018	Darwin’s Natural Pet Products of Tukwila, Washington	Recalling select lots of its Darwin’s ZooLogics dog food	Possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
February 10, 2018	Redbarn Pet Products, LLC of Long Beach, CA	Voluntarily recalling its Redbarn Naturals 7-inch Bully Stick Dog Chews 3-pack	Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
February 09, 2018	Raws for Paws of Minneapolis, MN	Recalling its 5-pound and 1-pound chubs of Ground Turkey Pet Food	Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
February 09, 2018	Smokehouse Pet Products, Inc. of Sun Valley, CA	Recalling its 4-ounce bags of dog treats labeled as “Beefy Munchies”	Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
January 15, 2018	Just Food For Dogs of Los Alamitos, CA	Voluntarily recalling specific recipes of its cooked frozen dog food	Possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
December 21, 2017	Primal Pet Foods of Fairfield, California	Voluntarily recalling specific lots of 5 of its freeze-dried poultry products	Grind size exceeds the ideal size of ground bone to be fed to dogs and cats
December 8, 2017	Darwin’s Natural Pet Products of Tukwila, Washington	Recalling select lots of its Darwin’s Natural Selections dog food	Possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
June 16, 2017	United Pet Group	Expanding its recall to include popular store brands of rawhide dog chews sold by Walmart, Petco, H-E-B and others	Possible contamination with an ammonium compound mixture as a processing aid in the manufacturing of rawhide chews
June 14, 2017	Loving Pets of Cranbury, NJ	Voluntarily recalling a limited number of dog treats	Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria.
June 10, 2017	United Pet Group, a division of Spectrum Brands, Inc	Voluntarily recalling MULTIPLE BRANDS of rawhide dog chew products	Chemical contamination with an ammonium cleaning compound
May 05, 2017	Smallbatch Pets Inc. of Portland, OR	Voluntarily Recalls Frozen 2LB Chicken Blend For Dogs And Cats	Possible Salmonella Health Risk.
April 17, 2017	Party Animal, Inc. of West Hollywood, CA	Specific lots of its canned dog foods	Tested positive for the euthanasia drug, pentobarbital.
March 20, 2017	EuroCan Manufacturing	Barnsdale Farms Pig Ears	Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria.
March 20, 2017	EuroCan Manufacturing	HoundsTooth Pig Ears	Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria.
March 20, 2017	EuroCan Manufacturing	Mac's Choice Pig Ears	Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria.
March 18, 2017	Blue Buffalo	One production lot of BLUE Wilderness Rocky Mountain Recipe Red Meat Dinner Wet Food for Adult Dogs	Elevated levels of naturally occurring thyroid hormone.
March 18, 2017	Wellness	Three lots of its canned dog food	Elevated levels of naturally occurring thyroid hormone.
March 2, 2017	Blue Buffalo	Seventeen (17) varieties of Blue Divine Delights and Blue Wilderness Trail trays	Quality issues with the foil seals on the top of the cups.
February 28, 2017	Against the Grain Pet Food	Expanding the recall of specific lots of its beef products	Potential contamination with the deadly drug pentobarbital.
February 28, 2017	Evanger's Dog & Cat Food of Wheeling, IL	Expanding the recall of specific lots of its beef products	Potential contamination with the deadly drug pentobarbital.
February 14, 2017	Against the Grain Pet Food	One lot of Against the Grain Pulled Beef with Gravy Dinner for Dogs	May be contaminated with Pentobarbital (a barbiturate). Distributed in Maryland and other states. Oral exposure to pentobarbital can cause side effects such as drowsiness, dizziness, excitement, loss of balance, nausea nystagmus (eyes moving back and forth in a jerky manner), inability to stand and coma.
February 13, 2017	Blue Buffalo	One specific lot of its Blue Buffalo Homestyle canned dog food	Aluminum metal contamination
February 9, 2017	Petsmart	Single lot of Grreat Choice canned dog food	Possible health risk
February 8, 2017	Giant Food Stores	Specific lots of Companion Canned Dog Food	Possible metal contamination
February 8, 2017	PetSmart	One specific lot of its Grreat Choice canned dog food	Possible metal contamination
February 3, 2017	Evanger's Dog & Cat Food of Wheeling, IL	Specific lots of its Hunk of Beef Au Jus	Potential contamination with Pentobarbital (a barbiturate). Distributed in Maryland and other states. Possible effects include drowsiness, dizziness, excitement, loss of balance, or nausea, or in extreme cases, possibly death.
January 17, 2017	Blue Ridge Beef of Eatonton, Georgia	One lot of its raw frozen pet food	Listeria monocytogenes bacteria
December 8, 2016	Blue Ridge Beef of Eatonton, Georgia	Two of its raw frozen products	Salmonella and Listeria bacteria
October 7, 2016	Mars Petcare	Cesar dog food products	Potential choking risk from small pieces of plastic that entered the food during production.
August 31, 2016	Addiction Foods of Seattle, Washington	Some of its canned dog foods	Elevated levels of vitamin A and variance in calcium-to-phosphorus ratios.
May 31, 2016	Blue Buffalo Company	Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula dog food	Moisture and mold.

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