Contact:
Consumer:
1-888-370-2360
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -November 20, 2012 – Carolina Prime Pet Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of dog treats, is voluntarily recalling the following product:
Priority Total Pet Care All Natural Bullstrips in a 5-count package
UPC: 0-21130-42080-3
Lot Code: 20082712 S 3195 and Lot Code: 20090312 S3195
The UPC can be located on the back label of each package. The lot Code is located on a sticker on the back of each bag of the 5 count product.
This lot of product has yielded a positive test for Salmonella when tested by the Colorado Dept. of Agriculture. Carolina Prime Pet is not aware of any reported cases of illness related to this product.
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.
Priority Total Pet Care All Natural Bullstrips are sold in Safeway stores in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington DC and Wyoming as well as Vons, Pavilions and Pak ‘N Save stores in California; Randalls and Tom Thumb stores in Texas; Genuardi’s stores in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and Dominick’s stores in Illinois. This product was distributed from about the first of September until now.
Customers who purchased the recalled dog treats should discontinue use immediately, and return items to the purchase location for replacement, refund, or discard.
No other products are included in this recall.
For further information, please call Carolina Prime Pet Inc. at 1-888-370-2360. (Mon-Fri. 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST)
Source: http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm329165.htm?source=govdelivery
Bonnie Carollin
November 24, 2012 at 11:24 am
The problem with all these poisonous recalls is that the mfg. only reimburse the retailers for the product. The product is at the retailers and they must spend their resources to destroy.
In the case of the Diamond dog food recall at least here locally is that these feed stores do NOT want to have to pay to destroy the product.
They are calling Animal Controls and Shelters to co
E take the food as a donation and the poor animals sitting in our broken shelter system are forced to eat food that makes them sick and most never receive medical care- get sick and die.
Peter
November 25, 2012 at 7:26 am
Broken, indeed, and what you mention is a disgrace. Americans spend $1 billion annually funding municipal shelters, where 14,000 animals are killed each day, often, merely for lack of space. Moreover, these recalls get very little attention from the general public, unless they are tuned in to the issue, such as through this site. Independent retailers do very well, but you can find recalled products in large stores all the time.