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Bravo! Issues a Voluntary Recall for Three Raw Frozen Food Diet for Dogs and Cats Because of Possible Salmonella Health Risk

Bravo! is voluntarily recalling three of its raw diet frozen foods for dogs and cats: 5 lb tubes of Bravo! Chicken Balance product item code 21-405 with “best used by” dates of 3_6_15 and 3_12_15; 2 lb Bravo! Chicken Blend product item code 21-102 with the “best used by” date of 3_21_15 and 5 lb. bags of Bravo! Beef Blend Burgers product item code 51-508 with the “best used by” dates of 3_21_15 and 3_22_15, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

For Immediate Release – April 3, 2013 – Manchester, CT– Bravo! is voluntarily recalling three of its raw diet frozen foods for dogs and cats:  5 lb tubes of Bravo! Chicken Balance product item code 21-405 with “best used by” dates of 3_6_15 and 3_12_15; 2 lb Bravo! Chicken Blend product item code 21-102 with the “best used by” date of 3_21_15 and 5 lb. bags of Bravo! Beef Blend Burgers product item code 51-508 with the “best used by” dates of 3_21_15 and 3_22_15, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

This recall is being issued out of an abundance of caution, as while these products tested negative for pathogens by an independent third party prior to distribution, they were run on the same day or an adjacent day to a product that tested positive for pathogens.   The product that tested positive has been 100 percent contained and is not subject to this recall.

The recall involves only:

•    5 lb. Bravo! Chicken Balance frozen raw diet chubs (tubes) with “best used by” dates of 3_6_15 and 3_12_15 imprinted on the side of the plastic casing. Only 26 cases with the 3_6_15 date were distributed nationally and 36 cases with 3_12_15 date were distributed nationally.
•    2 lb. Bravo! Chicken Blend frozen raw diet chubs (tubes) with the “best used by” date of 3_21_15 imprinted on the side of the plastic casing. Only 67 cases with 3_21_15 date were distributed nationally.
•    5 lb. Bravo! Beef Blend Burgers bags with the “best used by” dates of 3_21_15 and 3_22_15 imprinted on the back panel of the plastic bag. Only 47 cases with the 3_21_15 date were distributed nationally and 55 cases with the 3_22_15 date were distributed nationally.

No other products or sizes are affected.

The recalled product should not be sold or fed to pets.  The company has received no reports of illness in either people or animals associated with this product.

While these products tested negative, Bravo! is allowing concerned pet owners to return unopened frozen tubes of food and patties to the store where purchased for a full refund.  Pet owners should dispose of unopened product in a safe manner (example, a securely covered trash receptacle).  Consumers who believe they have opened these products at home should just dispose of the product in a safe manner and contact the retailer where they purchased their product for a full refund.

Salmonella can affect animals eating the products and there is risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the products or any surfaces exposed to these products.

Healthy people infected with Salmonella should monitor themselves for some or all of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramping and fever. Rarely, Salmonella can result in more serious ailments, including arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation, and urinary tract symptoms. Consumers exhibiting these signs after having contact with this product should contact their healthcare providers.

Pets with Salmonella infections may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever, and vomiting. Some pets will have only decreased appetite, fever and abdominal pain. Infected but otherwise healthy pets can be carriers and infect other animals or humans. If your pet has consumed the recalled product and has these symptoms, please contact your veterinarian.

In an effort to prevent the transmission of Salmonella from pets to family members and care givers, the FDA recommends that everyone follow appropriate pet food handling guidelines when feeding their pets.  A list of safe pet food handling tips can be found at: http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm048182.htm.

For more information on the Bravo recall, please visit www.bravorawdiet.com, or call toll free (866) 922-9222 Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (EST).

13 Comments

13 Comments

  1. Jeri

    April 3, 2013 at 3:42 pm

    They are being cautious. Good for them! For those not reading carefully – Bravo is recalling these particular products even though they tested NEGATIVE for salmonella because they were run on the same day or day after products which tested POSITIVE. (The latter are 100% contained, so are not being recalled.) I applaud this company for being so forthright and cautious. Would that we would see this in every pet food company!!

    • Susan Thixton

      April 3, 2013 at 3:45 pm

      I agree with you Jeri!

  2. The DogMa Online

    April 3, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    I agree as well. Bette and Bravo! have offered great products for many years and has outstanding inspection protocols. Kudos To Bravo!

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  4. arlene

    April 3, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    This ‘caution’ stuff is getting a bit ridiculous. Supposedly there are 2000-ish strains of Salmonella and dogs and cats have the digestive enzymes to handle it. What do all the carnivores in the wild do..bone the bodies, send the flesh in for analysis before they eat it? The Alaskan tribes bury fish for a wk. in the ground to feed it to the dogs. It is called ‘high fish’. What to guess why? IT is to build up enzyme content in the fish. What we call rotten is full of digestive enzymes.

    • Jeri

      April 3, 2013 at 9:43 pm

      I think the “caution” is for the humans and those pets who are highly immune-compromised. If they did NOT take the careful route, imagine the uproar if pets or humans got very ill? It won’t affect the vast majority of pets being fed raw, true, but for those humans handling the food if it were contaminated….or the rare pet who could not handle the pathogen load…. I think they’re doing the right thing here.

  5. Bernadette

    April 3, 2013 at 4:11 pm

    I agree–I like Bravo as a company. I think I’m going to start saving my packaging from these things from now on though. I just finished a 5lb. bag of beef blend burgers and the trash with the package was picked up today.

  6. Liz Bennett

    April 3, 2013 at 6:37 pm

    Okay so I am getting a little confused over this recall of raw food. What raw meat does not have salmonella in it? I was worried that this would happen after the AVMA vote discouraging the feeding of raw. This is all getting very suspicious and I am starting to smell something!

    • Jeri

      April 3, 2013 at 9:45 pm

      I think the raw pet food companies have to be so very vigilant because they ARE on the radar of the AVMA and are operating under the microscope, especially after the AVMA resolution. They don’t want to give the public any reason to say “Aha! Gotcha! See? We KNEW raw diets were a problem!”

  7. arlene

    April 3, 2013 at 7:22 pm

    I will not leave any more comments because you only want to hear what you want.

  8. Coleen

    April 3, 2013 at 8:16 pm

    Hmmm quality control really comes front row and centre here.

  9. Karen

    April 3, 2013 at 9:19 pm

    What do you suppose the salmonella is coming from in the kibble AND raw?????
    Do you think they could possibly be related and there is a common denominator ingredient?
    I’ve been feeding raw for 18 years, mixing large batches with my bare hands etc., and have NEVER seen any illness from my family or my dogs!

  10. Ellie

    April 4, 2013 at 3:24 am

    It is true that dogs can handle many kinds of bacteria. Dogs that survive by eating garbage do fairly well while most people would be deathly sick if they ate what a stray dog eats.
    We have just never seen so many raw food companies doing recalls. That is concerning to me. Why is this suddenly happening? Is it the companies them selves that decide to do the recall or is someone else involved in this?

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