Taste of the Wild: recall of 4 May 2012

What happened

On 4 May 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted a recall covering Dry dog foods made at the maker's Gaston, South Carolina plant, including Taste of the Wild. The reason given in the record: Possible Salmonella contamination at the manufacturing plant.

A posted recall is the regulator putting a specific product and a specific concern on the public record. It is not a judgement on everything the brand sells, and it is not removed when the story fades: it stays in the count a careful buyer can check, which is why our review scores count events like this one.

If this food is in your cupboard

This kind of recall is about bacteria, and it reaches people as well as dogs. Stop feeding the product, seal it away from other food, and wash hands, bowls, scoops and the surfaces it touched. Dogs carrying these bacteria may show vomiting, diarrhoea, fever or no signs at all; people in the house, especially the very young, elderly or pregnant, should treat any matching stomach illness seriously and mention the product to their doctor. Follow the notice for return or disposal instructions rather than feeding the food to any other animal.

For scoring, Taste of the Wild is one of the brands we review. This event is the only FDA posted event counted in the recall signal of our Taste of the Wild review; the counting rules are published on the dog food hub.

Back to the dog food recall tracker for the full dated log across all brands.