Listeria Found in Stella & Chewy's Pet Food, Company Recalls Products
Pet food maker Stella & Chewy's is recalling nearly two dozen types of their products over Listeria concerns.
Officials from the Maryland's Department of Agriculture first detected presence of listeria in a packet of Chicken Freeze-Dried Dinner Patties for Dogs.
This prompted the company to order a voluntary recall of frozen and free dried foods meant for dogs and cats.
The Recalled Items Include Batches of the Following Food Products-
Carnivore Crunch - Chicken Recipe
Carnivore Crunch - Turkey Recipe
Freeze-Dried Chewy's Chicken Dinner for Dogs
Freeze-Dried Chick, Chick, Chicken Dinner for Cats
Freeze-Dried Tantalizing Turkey Meal Mixers
Freeze-Dried Tummy Ticklin' Turkey Dinner for Cats
Freeze-Dried Salmon & Chicken Dinner for Cats
Frozen Duck Duck Goose Dinner Morsels for Dogs
Frozen Chewy's Chicken Dinner Morsels for Dogs
Frozen Surf 'N Turf Dinner Patties for Dogs
Frozen Chewy's Chicken Dinner Patties for Dogs
"The health and safety of our customers and their pets is always of the utmost importance to us. We are accountable for everything we make and highly committed to the quality and integrity of our products. We are working with the FDA to further investigate and quickly address the situation," said Stella & Chewy's on their Facebook page.
Listeria can seriously affect children and elderly people and in rare cases can even cause death. Healthy people diagnosed with listeria may exhibit flu like symptoms which include high fever, nausea, diarrhoea and vomiting.
