Wellness: recall of 4 May 2012

What happened

On 4 May 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted a recall covering Wellness Complete Health Super5Mix Large Breed Puppy dry food. The reason given in the record: Precautionary recall over possible Salmonella contamination at the contract plant that made it; no Wellness lot tested positive.

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.

The brand's wider record

Our tracker holds 2 entries for Wellness (WellPet) in total. The others:

• 17 March 2017: Wellness 95% Beef Topper for Dogs, 13.2 oz cans

For scoring, Wellness is one of the brands we review. This event is one of the 2 FDA posted events counted in the recall signal of our Wellness 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.