Final yr – 2021 – there have been 15 completely different pet meals remembers; greater than 8.6 million kilos of pet meals have been recalled.
However this yr – 2022 – there has solely been solely 4 remembers (solely 3 issued an FDA press launch – the 4th didn’t problem a public recall discover).
Inside the previous ten years, we’ve got seen just one different yr with so few remembers – that was in 2016.
What makes 2022 very unusual, is the whole kilos recalled as in comparison with 2016 with the identical variety of remembers…
In similar variety of remembers years – 2016 and 2022 (4 remembers annually), there’s a dramatic distinction in kilos of pet meals recalled. Greater than 350,000 kilos of pet meals have been recalled in 2016, however solely 5,661 kilos of pet meals has been recalled in 2022.
Much more dramatic is the distinction between final yr (2021) and this yr (2022). Throughout 2021 there have been 15 completely different remembers with greater than 8.6 million kilos of pet meals recalled. However in 2022 we’ve solely seen 4 remembers for an estimated whole of 5,661 kilos. (The comparability under isn’t to scale with kilos. There was such a dramatic distinction of kilos recalled, we couldn’t simply show it to scale.)
Causes of remembers final yr (2021) ranged from aflatoxin contamination to pathogenic micro organism to extra vitamin D. Causes of remembers in 2022 are restricted solely to pathogenic micro organism.
June 2022 – Freshpet (refrigerated) – Salmonella contamination – 2,160 kilos.
July 2022 – Primal Pet Meals (uncooked) – Listeria contamination – 2,376 kilos.
July 2022 – Stormberg Meals (treats) – Salmonella contamination – 1,125 kilos.
September 2022 – Spot and Tango (cooked) – Salmonella contamination – unknown kilos (not disclosed by FDA).
So what occurred this yr? Did all pet meals producers all of the sudden resolve to supply solely clear pet meals with no contaminants? Or did regulatory authorities resolve to take the yr off – state and federal authorities determined to look the opposite approach on virtually the whole lot?
It definitely makes you marvel.
Wishing you and your pet the very best –
Susan Thixton
Pet Meals Security Advocate
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