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Raw Pet Food Maker Refuses to Issue Recall for Contaminated Cat and Dog Food, FDA Warns
A frantic pet parent contacted me recently, worried that the raw pet food they fed their cats made her cats violently ill. The pet food brand? Darwin’s Natural Pet Products. Based on Darwin’s long and sordid track record, I told the consumer to immediately report the matter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Today, the FDA is issuing…
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Gag-Worthy Conditions Found at Raw Pet Food Company; FDA Gives C & G Raw Two Weeks to Clean Up Their Act
Over the holidays, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a 15-day Warning Letter to raw pet food maker G & C Raw, LLC following inspections the agency conducted on April 22-25 and May 17, 2019. What FDA investigators found were appalling conditions inside the raw dog food company, a list of violations so long I will only give…
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Maggot Infested, Rotting Carcasses and Euthanized Animals Are Key Ingredients in U.S.’s Largest Pet Food Ingredient Company
One of the largest animal waste disposal companies in the United States, Darling Ingredients Inc., is being accused of using carcasses from diseased, euthanized animals from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, many of which are euthanized with pentobarbital. DARLING INGREDIENTS DARK TIES TO BRAVO PACKING Darling Ingredients is also being accused of using animal waste from dead,…
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FDA Warns Us – Again – About Another Raw Pet Food Contaminated With Salmonella, Listeria Monocytogenes
Today’s headline from the FDA cautions pet owners not to feed Texas Tripe raw pet food after samples from some of the lots tested positive for Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono). Texas Tripe Inc. has recalled 35 lots for each of 23 product varieties. The extensive list of the recalled products can be found on the FDA’s webpage “What…
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Deadly Bacteria Found in Raw Pet Food. Again. Should We Be Worried? Hysterical? Or Just Plain Bored.
There was a small recall of raw pet food last week at Thorgersen’s Family Farm, one which I almost overlooked. Until I read the notice. Something about this recall was different. Maybe it was the way they wrote about the danger of Listeria monocytgenes, how they laid bare the horrifying effects: fatal infections, stillbirths. And it reminded me of the…
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FDA Investigates Darwin’s Pathogenic Pet Food Problems Following Illness and Death of Pets
The Food and Drug Administration and the Washington State Department of Agriculture are investigating a pattern of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes contamination in Darwin’s raw pet food products dating as far back as October 17, 2016 in connection with multiple reports of illness and the death of one kitten. This week Darwin’s faced yet another recall involving two additional products…
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Darwin’s Recalls Pet Food For Salmonella and Listeria; Pathogen Problems Date Back 17 Months
Darwin’s Natural Pet Food announced another recall this month for its dog and cat food after they tested positive for Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. The contaminated pet food involves eight production lots, some dating as far back as 17 months ago. In particular, two lots of a dog food made in July 2016 that was contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes was…
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Primal Pet Food Recalls Dog & Cat Formulas For Bone Fragments; Product “Out Of Spec”
Primal Pet Foods announced yesterday a recall for nine of their freeze-dried cat and dog food poultry formulas due to the grind size exceeding the ideal size of ground bone fragments in their pet food. Primal’s president said in a letter to consumers that their grinder was not calibrated properly and therefore it resulted bone fragments that were outside of…
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Salmonella Tainted Smallbatch Raw Pet Food Recalled, FDA Testing Reveals
Smallbatch Pets is recalling its raw Chicken Blend pet food for dogs and cats, brand name Smallbatch, due to contamination with Salmonella. The affected products are sold frozen in 2lbs. chub style bags. The products affected by this recall are identified with the following manufacturing codes and the “Best By” date is located on the back of the package. LOT…
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FDA Answers Questions About Evanger’s, Updates Expanded Recall While Speculation Swirls Over Horse Meat Scandal
FDA posted an update today addressing Evanger’s announcement earlier this week regarding the expansion of an earlier recall of Evanger’s canned Hunk of Beef and its Against the Grain Grain Free Pulled Beef with Gravy canned dog food after unopened cans from both brands were found to contain pentobarbital to include all Evanger’s “chunk style” beef pet food products. The…
