EVO, Innova, California Natural and HealthWise Dog Food Recall

by Mike Sagman
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March 18, 2013 – Natura Pet Products has announced it is recalling four of its most popular brands of dry dog, cat and ferret foods due to possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria.

Click on the brands being recalled for complete information:
Natura Pet Products Dog Food Recall

No Karma, Mother Nature, wet or treat products are included in this recall.

No illnesses have been reported from the recalled products and no other P&G Pet Care brands are involved.

The recall has been confirmed by the FDA in a news release dated March 18, 2013.

What’s Being Recalled?

Please visit this table of recalled products for a complete list with details for all the products being recalled.

What to Do?

If you have a product included on this list, you may contact the company at http://www.naturapet.com/about/contact-us or at 800-224-6123.

You can report complaints about FDA-regulated pet food products by calling the consumer complaint coordinator in your area.

Or go to http://www.fda.gov/petfoodcomplaints.

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  • Hound Dog Mom

    Hi Lani Dunn –

    P&G does test on animals, but it’s probably nothing like you’re imagining. This article was published in the Whole Dog Journal:

    http://www.whole-dog-journal.com/issues/15_6/features/Pet-Food-Companies-Animal-Research-Practices_20547-1.html

  • http://www.facebook.com/lani.dunn.5 Lani Dunn

    I know P&G is notorious for doing animal testing. I have never been one for remembering what products to boycott, but you can be damn sure I will remember the name of the corporation that may have killed my best friend. I am having my surviving cat checked for salmonella and if the tests come up positive I will be contacting lawyers.

  • Guest

    Yeah sorry to read about your cat. Procter and Gamble who own Innova for a few years now, probably took a gamble and lie about what their pet foods’ ingredients really come from. For example, I wonder what big business really do behind closed doors. They consider you and I, as nothing more than an object to draw money out of, whatever marketing it takes. Who knows what barbiturates remain in the possible euthanised animal meats P&G have used in their pet food products. Or what ever other cheap carcinogenic substitutes they may have in their pet foods.

  • http://www.facebook.com/lani.dunn.5 Lani Dunn

    My cat ate Innova all 9 years of her life. She died suddenly last month of kidney problems, and I didn’t learn about this recall until tonight. I am heartbroken, the Innova is in the garbage and my surviving cat is now eating Orijen. And now I’m signed up for recall alerts.

  • Guest

    I mean…”….vet away”

  • Guest

    Hear, hear! May I add, the best source of man dubbed “dog food”, is your local butcher store.

    A raw meaty bone a day, keeps the vest away!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Susanna-Gordon/100000211804075 Susanna Gordon

    I never buy anything made by P&G or any of its companies that go by other names. Proctor and Gamble are among the worst companies in the world for animal testing. Generation after generation, over and over.

    The one hundred million animals killed yearly in American research labs lead horrible lives. Testing household and cosmetic products for decade after decade is stupid and useless.

    No major vaccine has been discovered from animal testing, no breakthroughs about mental retardation in children have come from animal testing, even tho the March of Dimes still does the same, horrible kitten tests they have done for decades.

    This list of horrors goes on and on, and for those of you who can somehow justify this horror for the sake of humans, I wonder where we think we have the right to cause entire species of animals to live lives of horror and suffering: primates, dogs, cats, rabbits, rats, mice.

    There are dog breeders who advertise that their animals will be docile for testing purposes.

  • Paul

    How long was Denny on Evo?

  • Hound Dog Mom

    Hi Anthony –

    Edit: Sorry I just noticed you’re specifically looking for a dry food. In that cause I would recommend rotating between 5 star foods – variety is important. I’m personally a fan of Orijen and Nature’s Variety. If you can, augment the dry food with fresh cooked, raw or canned foods to increase the species-appropriateness.

  • Pattyvaughn

    Brothers Complete is my favorite.

  • Anthony

    Hey guys….I Love my Siberian Husky and will do anything it takes to make sure he gets the HIGHEST quality dry food. Can you Please recommend any other High quality dog food? Price is no object. Thank you.

  • Pattyvaughn

    Try going to NutriSource. They have a couple cat foods and they are usually easy to transition to.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1140685339 Betsy Greer

    I’m certainly not defending P&G, but a cat should be able to make abrupt dietary changes just like a dog with a healthy gut should be able. My dogs eat a variety of high quality kibble, canned and whole, raw foods, some of which are grain inclusive and some grain free. We switch proteins at every meal. They have no problem switching and we very rarely have any gastro issues.

    I make the decision about what my dogs eat. It’s so much healthier for them, just like it is for us, to eat a variety of healthful foods. No one dog food is perfect, so by switching I avoid prolonged exposure to less desireable ingredients and ensure that my pets eat a wide variety of healthy ingredients and amino acids. Who would want to eat the exact same thing, day after day, for years? That’s not only unhealthy, but incredibly boring. I sure wouldn’t want to and I wouldn’t force my dogs to either.

    In the unlikely event there was a recall of any of the products I used, I would simply eliminate it from the rotation and move on.

  • lilo’smom

    People have seriously gotten into the thinking that their dogs are people. That they eat what people eat. Don’t get me wrong, I love my dog like she’s my kid, But she is none the less a dog. She can’t prosper on a human or even grained diet. I love Orijen! And now that they have taken potato out all together, She is thriving. i get comments all the time on how good her coat looks and how white her teeth are. My mom, who dislikes dogs altogether, will allow her into the house because she doesn’t have a “dog” odor. I’m only 20 but I need to be informed on not only what i eat, but also what my pets eat. Because i love them. Orijen won’t work for everyone, but that’s why Champion Pet Foods has Acana As well :]

  • http://www.facebook.com/ginny.moore.186 Ginny Moore

    What are our cats supposed to do? Cats can’t just be switched to a different food. Shame on you P & G!

  • cortam

    Innova killed my friends amazing THEREPY dog.

  • Hound Dog Mom

    lol I’m still not sure why people would associate a human chef (that doesn’t even make healthy human food) with healthy dog food.

  • Pattyvaughn

    Any time a famous person is used to try to sell you a product, it isn’t worth selling on it’s own merit. Run, don’t walk away. RR doesn’t know anything about dog food.

  • Libba Oubre

    How do you feel about Racheal ray

  • Pattyvaughn

    I usually tell people to print up the 4 and 5 star lists and take them with you to all the pet boutiques in your area to see what is available. Pick a few different ones to rotate through.

  • http://www.facebook.com/cherie.gothier Cherie Gothier

    So what dog food is ok to use for adult dogs one 11 lbs one 65 lbs?

  • http://www.facebook.com/ingrid.kaiser.75 Ingrid Kaiser

    Read the FDA notice closely. It says “has the potential…..” No illness has been reported.mmi have a dog rescue. We feed 27 dogs the kangaroo and lentil. No problems!

  • Roger Biduk

    You’re absolutely right… wait till they change the formula and not tell anyone like they did when they bought Iams & Eukanuba. You can read about it here Iams and Proctor and Gamble Got Caught, Animal Cruelty: http://www.bestcatanddognutrition.com/?cat=35
    Roger Biduk

  • Rich Mentzel

    I am reading all these posts late I suppose, but I missed the purchase of Natura by P&G and share your grief over it. However ignorance can be bliss. Orijen which I have used for my rescue GSD for over a year got in very short supply due to a fire that messed up their bag freezing device, and during that time period when scrambling for supply, I must have gotten a bad or old bag because my GSD and Shih-tzu both developed raging diarrhea so it had to be the food as a switch to Evo ended it promptly and I actually found a better digestive response with Evo Red Meat formula. Of course now this is in short supply. Looking for other dog foods I noted how many have sweet potato and potatoes in the formula and every treet I ever gave here caused raging diarrhea with either in the formula. I found Nutrisca grain free Lamb food and also potato free and with no pause best stool I have ever seen from her so I am sold!

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