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A recall notice names a product and, usually, specific lot codes or best by dates. If you feed any product listed here, compare the lot code printed on your bag or can with the notice before you decide what to do, and stop feeding an affected lot. When in doubt, the notice itself is the source of truth, and every entry below links to its source.
This tracker lists the dog food recall and advisory events we have verified, newest first. Every FDA recorded event has its own page (click the product name) setting out what was covered, why, and what to do if the food is in your cupboard. Most entries link to the FDA notice itself. The FDA retires older notice pages over time, so for older events the link goes to an archived copy of that FDA page instead. Two entries are different: market withdrawals announced by a retailer, where no FDA record exists. Those link to the retailer's announcement, are labelled retailer-announced, and are not counted in our review scores. An expansion of an existing recall is shown inside the same entry rather than as a new event, so the count of events stays honest. Because our review scores count each brand's full FDA posted history with no time cutoff, the log reaches back to 2007: every event a review page counts appears here. It is still a checked log, not a complete history of every pet food recall ever issued.
| Date | Brand and product | Type | Reason | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | Northwest Naturals Frozen Raw Diet for Dogs, Chicken Recipe (6 lb bags, lot B-19) Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Possible contamination with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. The dog recipe tested positive for both bacteria. | FDA record |
| 2026-08-21 | Fromm Turkey Pâté wet dog food (12.2 oz cans) and Diner Classics Milo's Meatloaf Pâté wet dog food (12.5 oz cans) Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Possible metal contamination. No illnesses were reported. | FDA record |
| 2026-08-17 | Oma's Pride (Miller Foods) Woof Complete Canine Chicken Recipe (6 lb, lot BB012729) Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Contamination with Salmonella, found in an FDA sample taken after a consumer complaint. Three dog illnesses were reported. | FDA record |
| 2026-07-02 | Pedigree (Mars Petcare US) Can High Protein Chopped Chicken and Duck Flavor wet dog food (13.2 oz cans, two lots) Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Fraudulently diverted product that may contain metal and plastic foreign material. | FDA record |
| 2026-06-08 | Steve's Real Food (Go Raw LLC) Freeze Dried Chicken Recipe cat and dog food (1.25 lb bags) Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | May contain low levels of thiamine (vitamin B1). This notice expanded a recall begun in February 2026. | FDA record |
| 2026-05-07 | Albright's Raw Pet Food Chicken Recipe for Dogs Complete and Balanced, 1 lb frozen bricks (lot C001730) Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Potential Salmonella contamination. One sample tested positive in FDA routine testing; no illnesses were reported. | FDA record |
| 2026-01-23 | Raaw Energy Dog food in tubes, eight lots across the range Event page: what happened and what to do | FDA advisory | Samples tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella and Campylobacter jejuni. The FDA advised owners not to feed the lots, and the firm recalled all production from the affected period in May 2026. | FDA advisory |
| 2025-12-03 | Fromm Bonnihill Farms BeefiBowls Beef Recipe frozen dog food Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Possible foreign plastic contamination. | FDA record |
| 2025-08-25 | Viva Raw Ground Beef for Dogs, Beef and Turkey for Puppies, Ground Chicken and Chunked Chicken recipes (two lots) Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Contamination with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, identified after routine testing by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. | FDA record |
| 2025-07-29 | Darwin's Natural Pet Products (Arrow Reliance) BioLogics beef and chicken dog food and Natural Selections duck dog food (specific lots) Event page: what happened and what to do | FDA advisory | Samples tested positive for E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella. The FDA advised owners not to feed the affected lots. | FDA advisory |
| 2024-12-02 | Blue Ridge Beef Puppy Mix (2 lb logs, two lots) Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Contamination with Salmonella, reported after a litter of puppies became ill. | FDA record |
| 2024-09-23 | Answers Pet Food (Lystn LLC) Raw Beef Detailed Formula, Raw Beef Straight Formula and Straight Chicken Formula for dogs (4 lb cartons) Event page: what happened and what to do | FDA advisory | Samples tested positive for Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. The FDA advised owners not to feed the products. | FDA advisory |
| 2024-05-17 | Pedigree (Mars Petcare US) Adult Complete Nutrition Grilled Steak and Vegetable Flavor dry dog food (44 lb bags) Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Possible presence of loose metal pieces in the food. | FDA record |
| 2023-11-09 | Mid America Pet Food All Victor, Eagle Mountain and Wayne Feeds dry dog and cat foods, plus some Member's Mark foods (expansion date shown) Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Potential Salmonella contamination. The event began in September 2023 with a Victor Hi-Pro Plus recall, linked in an FDA and CDC investigation to human illnesses, and expanded to every brand the company makes. | FDA record |
| 2023-02-08 | Purina (Nestlé Purina PetCare) Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets EL Elemental dry dog food Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Potentially elevated levels of vitamin D. The recall expanded in March 2023 and is counted here as one event. | FDA record |
| 2019-01-31 | Hill's Pet Nutrition Science Diet and Prescription Diet canned dog foods Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Excessive and potentially elevated levels of vitamin D. The recall expanded in March and May 2019 and is counted here as one event. | FDA record |
| 2018-05-23 | Merrick Backcountry Great Plains and Castor & Pollux Good Buddy beef dog treats Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Potentially elevated levels of naturally occurring beef thyroid hormone. Treats. | FDA record |
| 2017-03-17 | Wellness (WellPet) Wellness 95% Beef Topper for Dogs, 13.2 oz cans Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Potentially elevated levels of naturally occurring beef thyroid hormone. The FDA also issued a consumer alert on the product. | FDA record |
| 2017-03-17 | Blue Buffalo BLUE Wilderness Rocky Mountain Recipe Red Meat Dinner wet dog food, one lot Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Potentially elevated levels of naturally occurring beef thyroid hormone. | FDA record |
| 2017-02-28 | Blue Buffalo Divine Delights and Wilderness Trail Trays dog food cups | Market withdrawal (retailer-announced; not FDA-posted, not counted) | Foil seal packaging failure. This withdrawal was announced by PetSmart; no FDA record of it exists, so it is labelled retailer-announced and is not counted in our review scores. | Retailer announcement (archived copy) |
| 2017-02-13 | Blue Buffalo Homestyle Recipe Healthy Weight Chicken Dinner canned dog food, one lot Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Possible aluminum metal contamination. The recall is recorded in FDA enforcement records; the link is the company's letter, in an archived copy. | Company letter (archived copy) |
| 2016-10-07 | Cesar (Mars Petcare) CESAR Classics Filet Mignon Flavor trays and variety packs Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Hard white plastic pieces that entered during production, a choking risk. No injuries were reported. | FDA record (archived copy) |
| 2016-05-31 | Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Fish & Sweet Potato dry dog food, 30 lb bags Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Moisture in the food could allow mould growth. The recall is recorded in the FDA Enforcement Report; the link reproduces the company's announcement. | Company announcement |
| 2015-12-12 | Nutro (Mars Petcare) Nutro Chewy Treats with Real Apples, 4 oz bags | Market withdrawal (retailer-announced; not FDA-posted, not counted) | Possible mould growth; the maker withdrew the treats at PetSmart. This withdrawal was announced by the retailer and has no FDA record, so it is labelled retailer-announced and is not counted in our review scores. Treats. | Retailer announcement (archived copy) |
| 2015-11-25 | Blue Buffalo Cub Size Wilderness Wild Chews Bones for dogs, one lot Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Possible Salmonella contamination. Treats. | FDA record (archived copy) |
| 2013-08-14 | Iams (Procter & Gamble) Iams and Eukanuba dry pet foods, specific lots Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Potential Salmonella contamination. | FDA record (archived copy) |
| 2012-05-04 | Taste of the Wild (Diamond Pet Foods) Dry dog foods made at the maker's Gaston, South Carolina plant, including Taste of the Wild Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Possible Salmonella contamination at the manufacturing plant. | FDA record (archived copy) |
| 2012-05-04 | Wellness (WellPet) Wellness Complete Health Super5Mix Large Breed Puppy dry food Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Precautionary recall over possible Salmonella contamination at the contract plant that made it; no Wellness lot tested positive. | FDA record (archived copy) |
| 2011-08-08 | Merrick Doggie Wishbone pet treats Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Possible Salmonella contamination. Treats. | FDA record (archived copy) |
| 2011-01-28 | Merrick Jr. Texas Taffy pet treats Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Possible Salmonella contamination. Treats. | FDA record (archived copy) |
| 2010-10-08 | Blue Buffalo Wilderness, Basics and Life Protection dry dog foods Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Excess vitamin D. | FDA record (archived copy) |
| 2010-07-02 | Merrick Beef Filet Squares and Texas Hold'ems pet treats Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Possible Salmonella contamination; the recall expanded twice in August 2010 to all lots of both treats. Treats. The FDA's first word on these treats was a health alert on January 14, 2010; that alert and the recall notices that followed are one event, counted once. | FDA record (archived copy) |
| 2007-04-27 | Blue Buffalo BLUE canned dog foods, Spa Select canned cat foods and BLUE Health Bar dog treats Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Melamine contamination: the brand's contract maker, American Nutrition, had added rice protein concentrate the brand had not ordered, during the 2007 melamine episode. | FDA record (archived copy) |
| 2007-04-19 | Blue Buffalo Spa Select Kitten dry food, one production run Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Melamine contamination, in rice protein concentrate supplied by Wilbur-Ellis. A cat food, counted here because our review scores cover the brand's full FDA posted record. | FDA record (archived copy) |
| 2007-03-16 | Nutro (Mars Petcare) Dog and cat cans and pouches made by Menu Foods Event page: what happened and what to do | Recall | Melamine contamination, part of the 2007 Menu Foods pet food recall. | FDA record |
Recall history is also one of the signals in our review scores: see how each brand's record affected its score in the dog food reviews, and read the counting rules in the scoring rubric. For food safety questions that are not about brands at all, such as which human foods a dog can share, use the Can Dogs Eat section.
Last updated: November 2026. Checked against the sources named on this page.