Bravo Recalls Raw-Food Diet Chicken Blend Tubes
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Bravo is recalling two-pound tubes of
Bravo's Raw-Food Diet Chicken Blend for Dogs and Cats because of the
presence of salmonella.
The recall affects only those tubes made on June 14, 2012,
and no other sizes or Bravo products are involved. Look for the ID code
6 14 12 on the white hang-tag attached to the bottom of the plastic
film tube. The tubes went out nationwide to distributors, retail stores,
and Internet retailers.
There have been no reports of illness.
According to the FDA, "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."
Obviously, a raw food product containing chicken is
something to handle carefully, but Bravo appears to have a good system
in place, despite this episode. According to its Quality Assurance page,
every Bravo raw diet product is sent to an independent laboratory,
Northeast Labs, and tested for the presence of bacteria -- and the
results of those tests can be sent to customers.
"No product leaves our plants until we receive
confirmation the the product has tested to be free of bacteria," it
reads. "We do not subcontract production of any of our products to
outside third-party sources. We carefully select the sources from which
we buy the raw ingredients, we control how it is handled after delivery
to our plant, we control every step of the manufacturing process, and we
use human grade ingredients and no animal by-products in any of our
formulas."
To contact the company, call 866-922-9222.
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