The FDA has again found bacterial contamination in Darwin’s Natural Pet Products dog food and the producing company, Arrow Reliance, is again refusing to recall its products.

The implicated products have been found to be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes after the Food and Drug Administration tested samples following

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The Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting that more than two dozen people have been infected with Salmonella linked to dog food and treats.

Most of the 27 outbreak patients live in Alberta and British Columbia. There are 13 laboratory-confirmed patients in Alberta and 12 in British Columbia, with

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The FDA is cautioning pet owners that a sample of Darwin’s Natural Pet Products beef dog food made by Arrow Reliance Inc. tested positive for E. coli O157:H7 that is associated with a human illness. 

In addition, one sample of Darwin’s chicken dog food and one sample of Darwin’s duck

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Blue Ridge Beef is recalling 5,700 pounds of their 2-pound log Natural Mix because of contamination with Salmonella. 

Lot number N25/12/31 is stamped in the clips on the end of the chubs/bags. The recalled food is marked with UPC 854298001054.

Salmonella can affect animals eating the products and there is

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The Food and Drug Administration has determined that it is necessary for manufacturers of cat and dog foods who are covered by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Preventive Controls for Animal Food rule and using uncooked or unpasteurized materials derived from poultry or cattle to reanalyze their food safety

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A study has added to evidence of the risk posed by contaminated raw pet food to human health.

Researchers investigated whether dog food, including raw meat-based diets (RMBD), available in Portugal can be a source of Salmonella or other Enterobacteriaceae strains resistant to last-line antibiotics such as colistin.

Since 2020, there have been more

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Blue Ridge Beef is recalling certain 2 pound logs of Kitten Grind, Kitten Mix and Puppy Mix because of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes can affect animals eating the products and there is risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have not

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Scientists have found a strong association between dogs excreting ciprofloxacin-resistant E. coli and feeding them a raw diet.

E. coli, which can lead to food poisoning, is also the United Kingdom’s top cause of urinary tract and bloodstream infections.

Ciprofloxacin belongs to a group of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones, which treat bacterial infections

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