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OC Raw Dog Recalls Turkey & Produce Raw Frozen Canine Formulation

OC Raw Dog of Rancho Santa Margarita, CA is voluntarily recalling 2055 lbs. of Turkey & Produce Raw Frozen Canine Formulation, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

FDA Recall Notice:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — May 15, 2015 — Ranch Santa Margarita, CA — OC Raw Dog of Rancho Santa Margarita, CA is voluntarily recalling 2055 lbs. of Turkey & Produce Raw Frozen Canine Formulation, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.  An organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. 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 animals will have only decreased appetite, fever and abdominal pain. Infected but otherwise healthy animals can be carriers and infect other animals or humans. If your animals have consumed the recalled product and have these symptoms, please contact your veterinarian.

This voluntary recall is limited to Turkey & Produce Raw Frozen Canine Formulations that were packaged into 6.5 lb. Doggie Dozen Patties and 5 lb. Bulk Bags with the lot number 1511 and use by date of 10/8/15.  These products were distributed in Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Colorado and sold to consumers through independent pet specialty retailers.

This recall is a result of a routine sampling program by the Nebraska Department of Food and Agriculture which revealed a presumptive positive to Salmonella.

OC Raw Dog has ceased the production and distribution of the product as FDA and the company continues their investigation as to what caused the problem.

We will be making several changes to our methods of production in order to further protect the product we so firmly believe in.

If you are in possession of this recalled product please submit a picture of the package with the lot number to Olivia@ocrawdog.com for verification of product in the marketplace.  Please return the product to the retailer where you purchased for a full refund or replacement product.

Consumers with questions may contact the company at 1-844-215-DOGS (3647) Monday thru Friday 9am – 5pm PST.

This recall is being conducted with the knowledge of the Food and Drug Administration.

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8 Comments

8 Comments

  1. Hope Williams

    May 16, 2015 at 5:08 pm

    Hello HPP! Many raw food companies vow to never use High Pressure Pastuerization but have to wind up adding it to their manufacturing process to please the regulators. And I’m always skeptical of who sits on the regulatory agency boards such as folks from BIG, and crappy, pet food. Such a shame.

  2. Christine

    May 16, 2015 at 6:27 pm

    You’ve got that right. It’s so telling that there were tons of complaints about Beneful and no follow up testing was mandated, yet one customer complaint about Primal Raw food and they jump on that…

    • Cheryl Mallon-Bond

      May 16, 2015 at 7:40 pm

      Yea! How can we believe that the FDA is doing the right thing by our pet’s, when their actions speak louder than words!!!! How many sick & dead dogs over Beneful & even w/ a ton of complaints, they wait & wait on investigating & pulling the “food” from store shelves, yet Primal gets one complaint & they are on them like white on rice! Seems to me they are “in bed” w/ the big manufactures. Furthermore, Primal is much more of an ethical co & cares about a potential issue & doesn’t let an issue fester. Big pet food co’s do NOT care about our pet’s, they pretend to….but all they care about is the Almighty dollar!!!! If they took a meager % of what they spend in “fluff” advertisment, & spent it on quality ingredients & quality control they would have a much better product. They can run…but they cannot hide, because Susan Thixton & all of us, mad as hell consumers will be right behind, exposing the TRUTH ABOUT PET “FOOD”!!!!!!!!!

  3. Susan Thixton

    May 16, 2015 at 8:11 pm

    What I found concerning with this recall notice is the sentence “This recall is a result of a routine sampling program by the Nebraska Department of Food and Agriculture which revealed a presumptive positive to Salmonella.” I will be sending questions for an explanation of “a presumptive positive”. It is unclear to me how a presumption of Salmonella could result in a recall.

    • Dr Amy

      May 17, 2015 at 6:22 am

      I also wondered about that phrase “presumptive positive.” Most of the Salmonella screening tests are PCR and do NOT distinguish between live and dead bacteria OR strains of Salmonella bacteria. NOT all strains of Salmonella cause illness in dogs, and there are over 2,000 strains of Salmonella. Salmonella illnesses in people occur from raw fruit and vegetables as well as undercooked meat. God forbid if the government starts prohibiting sale of raw fruits and vegetables! My dogs are fed raw. HPP is not raw. Dr Amy, Veterinarian

      • AD

        May 18, 2015 at 4:13 pm

        Not all salmonella screening tests are PCR, there are also antibody based lateral flow and ELISA tests being used, as well as NEAR technology for screening. Referring to the test result as “presumptive positive” just means they have not yet completed confirmation testing. You’re correct in stating that not all strains of Salmonella cause illness in dogs, but humans handle the food. Pet food is theoretically supposed to have a zero tolerance for any Salmonella, and that’s all down to the human contact issue. We live in a litigious society, and companies want to avoid lawsuits. Unfortunately that means most of them, and regulators like FDA/USDA are going with the assumption that the average person is not smart enough to wash their hands or food contact surfaces after handling raw meat. Dry kibble, like Beneful, gets tested for Salmonella as well, but the extrusion process at high temperature acts as a kill step, so the likelihood of finding it in a bag of kibble is statistically much smaller than it is in raw foods – be they meat or vegetable.

  4. Peg

    May 16, 2015 at 11:51 pm

    If I understand it correctly, a presumptive positive for salmonella indicates the presence of salmonella.
    If that occurs, there should be a confirmation charge in which a 50 g minimum sample should be tested.

    Really gets my goat too that all is fine with pretty bag Beneful, but anything raw gets raked over the coals

  5. Josh

    May 28, 2015 at 3:43 pm

    Dry food actually has had more and larger salmonella recalls than any raw food recently.

    When Diamond had a salmonella recall a couple of years back it affected dozens of brands and thousands of tons of pet food. I consider kibble to have just as much risk of salmonella or more than any raw food.

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