Dog food pulled from shelves nationwide: FDA

(WJW) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports a pet food company is voluntarily withdrawing some of their beef and chicken dog food after samples tested positive for salmonella and listeria monocytogenes.

According to the notice, ANSWERS Pet Food, based in Fleetwood, Pa., took the steps “out of an abundance of caution.” The company is now notifying the public, distributors, and retail stores regarding the dog food they say was distributed nationwide in 4-pound bags and also sold online.

Here’s what customers should look for:

ANSWERS has provided a picture of the products, here.

The FDA recommends any product from the listed lots should be thrown out or destroyed in a way that children, pets, and wildlife cannot access it. Areas that may have come in contact with any contaminated food should be sanitized.

“The FDA recommends that people do not touch potentially contaminated food with bare hands and therefore suggests wearing gloves or using paper towels when placing any contaminated product in a sealed bag to throw out or when handling such food,” the administration said in the notice.

Officials report that no illnesses associated with the dog food in question have been confirmed and note that listeria monocytogenes rarely cause illness in dogs, and among thousands of species of salmonella, less than a handful are harmful to pets or humans.

You can learn more about the health concerns surrounding salmonella and listeria, here.