Diamond Pet Foods Voluntarily Recalls Limited Number of
Dry Dog Food Bags Due to a Potential Health Risk
Recall is limited to one formula of Diamond Naturals distributed to 12 states; no illnesses reported
Consumer Contact: 800-442-0402
Media Contact: 816-255-1974
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 06, 2012
Diamond Pet Foods is voluntarily recalling Diamond Naturals Lamb Meal & Rice. This is being done as a precautionary measure, as the product has the potential to be contaminated with salmonella. No illnesses have been reported and no other Diamond manufactured products are affected.
Individuals handling dry pet food can become infected with salmonella, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with surfaces exposed to this product. 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 have decreased appetite, fever and abdominal pain. If left untreated, pets may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever and vomiting. 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.
The product, Diamond Naturals Lamb Meal & Rice, was distributed to customers located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia, who may have further distributed the product to other states, through pet food channels.
Product Name Bag Size Production Code & “Best Before” Code
Diamond Naturals Lamb & Rice 6lb DLR0101D3XALW Best Before 04 Jan 2013
Diamond Naturals Lamb & Rice 20lb DLR0101C31XAG Best Before 03 Jan 2013
Diamond Naturals Lamb & Rice 40lb DLR0101C31XMF Best Before 03 Jan 2013
Diamond Naturals Lamb & Rice 40lb DLR0101C31XAG Best Before 03 Jan 2013
Diamond Naturals Lamb & Rice 40lb DLR0101D32XMS Best Before 04 Jan 2013
Consumers who have purchased the Diamond Naturals Lamb & Rice with the specific production and “Best Before” codes should discontinue feeding the product and discard it.
At Diamond Pet Foods, the safety of our products is our top priority. We apologize for any inconvenience this recall may have caused. For further information or to obtain a product refund please call us at 800-442-0402 or visit www.diamondpet.com.
You know, what confuses me about this stuff is.... isn't this stuff cooked? I mean, we know there's a lot of salmonella in meats due to factory farming practices, but don't they cook foods to where it would be killed?
susan
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The extruded kibble may not have been the problem; it may be the issue is in the coating that gets applied to the cooked/dried kibble (see How Dry Pet Food Is Made). Killing microbes takes a combination of sufficient temperature and time.
BCSnob wrote: The extruded kibble may not have been the problem; it may be the issue is in the coating that gets applied to the cooked/dried kibble (see How Dry Pet Food Is Made). Killing microbes takes a combination of sufficient temperature and time.
That was interesting!! Guess I never paid much attention to how dog food was made??
Also Check WHERE the dog food you buy is MADE. There is a very good possibility it is produced at the Diamond plant.
I have found out many premium dog foods that I respect and often suggest have moved their production over to the Diamond plant to keep their costs down. So IMHO the salmonella contamination CAN cross over into the food of a smaller premium brand dog food that was run during the same time period and because it won't produce a distinct correlation to this recall it will go undetected.
If you remember a few years back regarding Diamonds 'last' recall they found out they were NOT keeping records nor where they 'testing' any of their ingredients coming in which is required which resulted in many dogs getting sick and dieing.
There has been info surfacing regarding these manufacturing plants that they do NOT wash down the equipment when switching from some low cost riddled with chemicals dog food runs BEFORE they start running the premium/organic brands which is causing concern from premium dog food customers.
Solid Gold switched to the Diamond plant last year. And the dog food and cat food I buy from Solid Gold has changed their formula to accommodate using some of the ingredients already coming into that plant for Diamond which have had repeated recalls.
I quit purchasing Solid Gold because of this.
I switched to Great Life and then found out this.
Great Life (verified by company 3/29/07)
Their only brand is Great Life
No products made by Menu Foods (have never used them)
All ingredients are organic and come from the US They do not manufacture their own food. Name of manufacturer is confidential.
Foods are manufactured in a USDA human grade certified facility. (from website 4/18/07)
Great Life Pet Products contain no wheat, no rice protein, no by-products, no fillers. (from website 4/18/07)
Hmmmmm, they need to keep WHERE their food is produced confidential?
Here is a list of brands of dog food and WHERE they are produced.
Note: It is not up to date and they have stated they are not updating it.
This list will open your eyes where some premium/organic dog food brands are produced and why you should know when these recalls happen even though your brand of dog food was not included in the recall.
This recall actually gives me more confidence in Diamond since they did a voluntary recall. Any pet food manufacturer can have a salmonella contamination because it is just about everywhere and it only takes 1 slip-up in procedures to re-inoculate a surface or ingredient with the bacteria. Since I am currently writing & updating SOPs (standard operating procedures) for my job I am acutely aware of how some procedures may not be followed to the letter 100% of the time. I also work with our QC group (developing, improving, and writing SOPs) and understand how sampling of a product can miss a low level defect in a product. What says a lot about a company is how they handle a defective product once it has been identified externally and especially when it has been identified internally and then shipped.
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