Over the previous 5 years – September 1, 2019 via August 31, 2024 – now we have seen 44 pet meals remembers, involving virtually 70 million kilos of pet meals. Primarily based on FDA Enforcement Report data, the breakdown of kilos of pet meals recalled over the previous 5 years is:
2019 (4 months) – 387,062 lbs.
2020 – 59,764,699 lbs.
2021 – 8,656,987 lbs.
2022 – 136,175 lbs.
2023 – 756,848 lbs.
2024 (eight months) – 33,250 lbs.
Within the first eight months of 2024, solely 33,250 kilos of pet meals have been recalled. This quantity is considerably low, contemplating the FDA obtained studies of greater than 1,300 sick pets in January 2024 alone, with greater than 100 pet deaths in the identical one month time-frame. We’d anticipate giant quantities of shopper submitted studies to be adopted by a recall, however…
In taking a look at variety of recall incidents (not kilos), kibble pet meals have had essentially the most remembers over the previous 5 years with 20. Uncooked pet meals is second with 11 remembers.
But when we have a look at the whole kilos of pet meals recalled for every class, there’s one vital model of pet meals that was recalled essentially the most – kibble. Over the previous 5 years, greater than 68 million kilos of kibble have been recalled, in comparison with virtually 700 thousand kilos of canned pet meals, 120 thousand kilos of refrigerated/frozen pet meals, and virtually 46 thousand kilos of uncooked.
The highest reason behind pet meals remembers over the previous 5 years was aflatoxin contamination, involving greater than 60 million kilos. This specific contaminant has been poisoning pet meals for many years AND is definitely preventable with correct lab evaluation. Uncooked substances must be persistently examined, completed pet meals with mycotoxin inclined substances must be persistently examined. There is no such thing as a excuse for a majority of these remembers to proceed.
The second main trigger was pathogenic micro organism contamination with greater than 8 million recalled. The third main trigger was extra/inadequate nutritional vitamins or minerals with virtually 1 million kilos recalled.
The ONLY causes of remembers over the previous 5 years have been:
Aflatoxin
Pathogenic Micro organism
Inadequate/Extra Nutritional vitamins or Minerals
International Object
Mislabeling
Oversize Fish Deal with (no kidding)
This brief listing of causes of remembers shouldn’t be thought-about comforting to pet house owners. As a substitute, what these few causes inform pet house owners that these are the ONLY issues regulatory appears for as potential contaminants in pet meals.
And the highest 5 pet meals producers of recalled pet meals over the previous 5 years have been:
Midwestern Pet Meals have been by far the main producer of recalled pet meals, having each Salmonella and aflatoxin remembers previously 5 years.
Sunshine Mills had each aflatoxin and Salmonella remembers as nicely.
TFP Vitamin had two Salmonella remembers.
Walmart pet meals – that are manufactured by unknown non-public label producers – recalled a number of Particular Kitty merchandise for extra nutritional vitamins.
And Purina had two remembers; one for extra ranges of Vitamin D, the opposite for mislabeling.
Wishing you and your pet(s) the most effective,
Susan Thixton
Pet Meals Security Advocate
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