FDA Alerts Pet Owners about Potentially Toxic Levels of Vitamin D in Several Dry Pet Foods
Source: fda.gov
What You Need to Know
Fast Facts
The FDA is alerting pet owners and veterinary professionals about recalls of several dry dog foods after receiving complaints that dogs eating the food experienced vitamin D toxicity. Testing found that samples of the dog food contained excessive, potentially toxic amounts of vitamin D. Vitamin D is an essential nutrient for dogs, but very high amounts can cause serious health problems like kidney failure or death.
At this time, the only pet products that have been impacted are food made for dogs.
Pet owners should discontinue feeding these recalled products.
This is a developing situation and additional recalls may be announced.
What are the Symptoms of Vitamin D Toxicity? Excess vitamin D in the diet can cause vomiting, loss of appetite, increased thirst, increased urination, excessive drooling and weight loss.
Vitamin D at toxic levels can cause kidney failure and death.
Pet owners whose dogs have been eating the recalled brands and are showing these symptoms should contact their veterinarians.
What Do Pet Owners Need To Do? If your pet is having symptoms of vitamin D toxicity, contact a veterinarian immediately. Provide a full diet history to your veterinarian. You may find it helpful to take a picture of the pet food label, including the lot number. Don’t feed the recalled products to your pets or any other animal. Contact the company listed on the package for further instructions or throw the products away in a way that children, pets and wildlife cannot access them. You can report suspected illness to the FDA electronically through the Safety Reporting Portal or by calling your state’s FDA Consumer Complaint Coordinators. It’s most helpful if you can work with your veterinarian to submit your pet’s medical records as part of your report. For an explanation of the information and level of detail that would be helpful to include in a complaint to the FDA, please see How to Report a Pet Food Complaint.
What Brands Have Been Recalled?
The list of recalled dry dog food products provided to the FDA include:
Old Glory Hearty Turkey and Cheese Flavor Dog Food UPC 0-70155-14297-9 – 12.75 lb. bag TC3 29 October 2018 TA1 30 October 2018 TA2 30 October 2018 TC1 30 October 2018 TC2 30 October 2018 TC3 30 October 2018
Evolve Chicken & Rice Puppy Dry Dog Food UPC 0-73657-00862-0 – 14 lb. bag UPC 0-73657-00863-7 – 28 lb. bag
Sportsman’s Pride Large Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food UPC 0-70155-10566-0 – 40 lb. bag UPC 0-70155-10564-0 – 40 lb. bag
Triumph Chicken & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food UPC 0-73657-00873-6 – 3.5 lb. bag UPC 0-73657-00874-3 – 16 lb. bag UPC 0-73657-00875-0 – 30 lb. bag
Ahold Delhaize (firm has not yet issued recall press) Nature’s Promise Chicken & Brown Rice Dog Food UPC 068826718472 – 14 lb. bag All lot codes UPC 068826718471 – 28 lb. bag All lot codes UPC 068826718473 – 4 lb. bag All lot codes
Nature’s Place Real Country Chicken and Brown Rice Dog Food UPC 72543998959 – 5 lb. bag All lot codes UPC 72543998960 – 15 lb. bag All lot codes
Abound Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dog Food UPC 11110-83556 – 4 lb. bag All lot codes
Abound Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dog Food UPC 11110-83556 – 4 lb. bag All lot codes UPC 11110-83573 – 14 lb. bag All lot codes UPC 11110-89076 – 24 lb. bag All lot codes
ELM Chicken and Chickpea Recipe UPC 0-70155-22507-8 – 3 lb. bag D2 26 FEB 2019 TE1 30 APR 2019 TD1 5 SEP 2019 TD2 5 SEP 2019 UPC 0-70155-22513-9 – 28 lb. bag TB3 6 APR 2019 TA1 2 JULY 2019 TI1 2 JULY 2019
ELM K9 Naturals Chicken Recipe UPC 0-70155-22522-9 – 40 lb. bag TB3 14 Sep 2019 TA2 22 Sep 2019 TB2 11 Oct 2019
ANF Lamb and Rice Dry Dog Food UPC 9097231622 – 3 kg bag Best by Nov 23 2019 UPC 9097203300 – 7.5 kg bag Best by Nov 20 2019
Orlando Grain-Free Chicken & Chickpea Superfood Recipe Dog Food Lidl product number 215662 TI1 3 Mar 2019 TB2 21 Mar 2019 TB3 21 Mar 2019 TA2 19 Apr 2019 TB1 15 May 2019 TB2 15 May 2019
Chicken & Potato Dry Dog Food UPC 0-12344-08175-1 – 17.5 lb. bag Best by dates range: December 4, 2019 through August 10, 2020
Chicken and Chickpea Dry Dog Food UPC 8-84244-12495-7 – 4 lb. bag UPC 8-84244-12795-8 – 15 lb. bag UPC 8-84244-12895-5 – 28 lb. bag Best by date range: February 25, 2020 through September 13, 2020
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