The U.S. Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to pet house owners after samples of 5 Darwin’s Pure Pet Merchandise, made by Arrow Reliance Inc., examined constructive for Salmonella. A sixth pattern examined constructive for each Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono).
The affected merchandise are available frozen 2-pound packages and embrace particular numerous Darwin’s Pure Choices Antibiotic & Grain-Free Hen Recipe for each cats and canines. This stuff shouldn’t be fed to pets.
Darwin’s Pure Choices merchandise are usually offered via a web based subscription service, and whereas the FDA has beneficial a recall of all six product heaps, the corporate has but to concern one and should proceed distributing the affected objects. Pet house owners are suggested to verify lot numbers fastidiously and discard any listed merchandise in a safe container.
Impacted merchandise
The affected numerous pet meals are in 2-pound white and clear plastic packages with 4 separate models. The pet food has blue labeling, and the cat meals has blue and inexperienced labeling. The lot codes are printed on the entrance of the decrease left unit of the package deal. The affected varieties and lot codes are:
- Darwin’s Pure Choices Antibiotic & Grain-Free Hen Recipe for Cats
- Lot No: 10832 MFG. Date: Jul 25, 2024
- Darwin’s Pure Choices Antibiotic & Grain-Free Hen Recipe for Cats
- Lot No: 10856 MFG. Date: Aug 04, 2024
- Darwin’s Pure Choices Antibiotic & Grain-Free Hen Recipe for Cats
- Lot No: 10890 MFG. Date: Aug 13, 2024
- Darwin’s Pure Choices Antibiotic & Grain-Free Hen Recipe for Canine
- Lot No: 10828 MFG. Date: Jul 24, 2024
- Darwin’s Pure Choices Antibiotic & Grain-Free Hen Recipe for Canine
- Lot No: 10844 MFG. Date: Jul 30, 2024
- Darwin’s Pure Choices Antibiotic & Grain-Free Hen Recipe for Canine
- Lot No: 10887 MFG. Date: Aug 12, 2024
Earlier FDA consideration to Arrow Reliance
In August 2023, the FDA cautioned pet house owners to not feed their pets sure heaps of Darwin’s Pure Pet Merchandise uncooked cat and pet food, made by Arrow Reliance Inc., after FDA samples from the heaps listed beneath examined constructive for Salmonella. In 2022, the FDA cautioned pet house owners to not feed their pets sure numerous Darwin’s Pure Pet Merchandise uncooked cat meals. Samples from these heaps examined constructive for Salmonella. These cat meals had been related to circumstances of sickness in three kittens in a single family.
In 2019, the FDA issued an alert to warning pet house owners to not feed their animals three numerous Darwin’s Pure Pet Merchandise uncooked pet food. Samples from these heaps examined constructive for Salmonella.
In 2018, the FDA performed an inspection of the uncooked pet meals manufacturing facility of Arrow Reliance Inc., doing enterprise as Darwin’s Pure Pet Merchandise. In April of that yr, FDA district director Miriam R. Burbach, issued a warning letter addressed to the corporate’s president, Gary T. Tashjian. FDA inspectors investigated Arrow Reliance’s uncooked pet meals manufacturing plant in Tukwila, Washington from December 6 via 7, 2017, and once more on January 25, 2018.
