Saturday, April 28, 2012

Pet Food Recall: Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul




Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul, manufactured by Diamond Pet Foods. According to the Washington Post, the food was manufactured at Diamond’s South Carolina plant. Food manufactured at that plant was suspended earlier this month due to concerns over salmonella.
Diamond Pet Foods is recalling one production run of Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul Adult Light Formula dry dog food. One bag of the product has tested positive for Salmonella, and the recall of the four production codes is being conducted as a precautionary measure.
We encourage consumers who have purchased Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul Adult Light Formula dry dog food with the specific production codes and best before dates to discard the product. Diamond Pet Foods apologizes for any potential issues this may have caused our customers and their dogs.  No dog illnesses have been reported.
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul Adult Light Formula – dry dog food:
35 lb – CLF0102B31XCW,    Best by Date 27/JAN/2013
35 lb – CLF0102B31XCW,    Best by Date 28/JAN/2013
35 lb – CLF0102B32XWR,    Best by Date 28/JAN/2013
6 lb – CLF0102B3XALW,     Best by Date 28/JAN/2013
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul Adult Light Formula dry dog food is manufactured by Diamond Pet Foods and was distributed in Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, 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. The company is working directly with distributors and retailers who carry these products to remove them from the supply chain.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Natura Invites Pet Parents To 'See Beyond The Bag'

APRIL 11, 2012 | BY ALLISON CERRA


FREMONT, Neb. — Natura Pet Products has launched a website that gives pet parents insight on where the company's pet food ingredients are sourced and how the formulas are made.
Natura — whose portfolio includes Innova, Evo and California Natural brands — said SeeBeyondTheBag.com shares the regions where Natura's ingredients are sourced through interactive maps and also presents a narrated video tour of the company's own plant in Fremont, Neb. Website visitors also can view a timeline of Natura's brand milestones and discovering the safety and quality checks that take place at Natura's Fremont Innovation Center, which has received numerous certifications from food safety and quality control auditing organizations.
"Natura has among the highest standards in the industry, and because of this, we're proud to be able to offer pet owners innovative resources for learning more about their pets' food," Natura VP marketing David Everson said. "The See Beyond the Bag site highlights our Fremont facilities, our innovative product development capabilities and our high-quality sourcing standards, which we believe distinguish us from our competitors. We make these key investments because we strive to provide the healthiest pet food in the world."