FDA Alerts Pet Owners about Potentially Toxic Levels of Vitamin D in Several Dry Pet Foods

FDA ^ | 12/3/2018 | FDA

[VanShuyten]

The FDA has become aware of reports of vitamin D toxicity in dogs that ate dry dog food common contract manufacturer and marketed under several different brand names. This is a developing situation, and the FDA will update this page with additional information as it becomes available.

[VanShuyten]

List of dog food brands included. Most are chicken and rice, or some variant.

This has nothing to do with the massive Brazilian hamburger recall.

[Sarah Barracuda]

We give our shih tzu Maxie Nutro wet food thankfully NOT on the recall list. He loves his wet food, well he loves all food LOL

[prophetic]

Hmm, how many are Made in China?

[Ancesthntr]

No Purina, good.

FYI, I wouldn’t think that Vitamin D toxicity would be as much of a problem now, in the very late Fall, given that the dogs (like us) don’t get as much naturally with the shorter days and the angle of the Sun. I think that the problem would be worse if it happened in the Summer.

[spudville]

What Brands Have Been Recalled? This is a developing situation and this list may not be complete. The FDA will update this list as more information becomes available. The list of recalled dry dog food products provided to the FDA include: •Nutrisca ◦Chicken and Chickpea Dry Dog Food ◾UPC 8-84244-12495-7 – 4 lb. bag ◾UPC 8-84244-12795-8 – 15 lb. bag ◾UPC 8-84244-12895-5 – 28 lb. bag ◾Best by date range: February 25, 2020 through September 13, 2020 •Natural Life Pet Products ◦Chicken & Potato Dry Dog Food ◾UPC 0-12344-08175-1 – 17.5 lb. bag ◾Best by dates range: December 4, 2019 through August 10, 2020 •Sunshine Mills, Inc. ◦Evolve Chicken & Rice Puppy Dry Dog Food ◾UPC 0-73657-00862-0 – 14 lb. bag ◾UPC 0-73657-00863-7 – 28 lb. bag ◦Sportsman’s Pride Large Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food ◾UPC 0-70155-10566-0 – 40 lb. bag ◾UPC 0-70155-10564-0 – 40 lb. bag ◦Triumph Chicken & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food ◾UPC 0-73657-00873-6 – 3.5 lb. bag ◾UPC 0-73657-00874-3 – 16 lb. bag ◾UPC 0-73657-00875-0 – 30 lb. bag •ANF, Inc. ◦ANF Lamb and Rice Dry Dog Food ◾UPC 9097231622 – 3 kg bag ◾Best by Nov 23 2019 ◾UPC 9097203300 – 7.5 kg bag ◾Best by Nov 20 2019 •Lidl (Orlando brand) ◦Orlando Grain-Free Chicken & Chickpea Superfood Recipe Dog Food ◾Lidl product number 215662 ◾TI1 3 Mar 2019 ◾TB2 21 Mar 2019 ◾TB3 21 Mar 2019 ◾TA2 19 Apr 2019 ◾TB1 15 May 2019 ◾TB2 15 May 2019 •Kroger disclaimer icon◦Abound Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dog Food ◾UPC 11110-83556 – 4 lb. bag, all lots ◾UPC 11110-83573 – 14 lb. bag ◾All lot codes ◾UPC 11110-89076 – 24 lb. bag ◾All lot codes •ELM Pet Foods, Inc. ◦ELM Chicken and Chickpea Recipe ◾UPC 0-70155-22507-8 – 3 lb. bag ◾D2 26 FEB 2019 ◾TE1 30 APR 2019 ◾TD1 5 SEP 2019 ◾TD2 5 SEP 2019 ◾UPC 0-70155-22513-9 – 28 lb. bag ◾TB3 6 APR 2019 ◾TA1 2 JULY 2019 ◾TI1 2 JULY 2019 ◦ELM K9 Naturals Chicken Recipe ◾UPC 0-70155-22522-9 – 40 lb. bag ◾TB3 14 Sep 2019 ◾TA2 22 Sep 2019 ◾TB2 11 Oct 2019 •Ahold Delhaize ◦Nature’s Promise Chicken & Brown Rice Dog Food ◾UPC 068826718472 – 14 lb. bag ◾All lot codes ◾UPC 068826718471 – 28 lb. bag ◾All lot codes ◾UPC 068826718473 – 4 lb. bag ◾All lot codes ◦Nature’s Place Real Country Chicken and Brown Rice Dog Food ◾UPC 72543998959 – 5 lb. bag ◾All lot codes ◾UPC 72543998960 – 15 lb. bag ◾All lot codes The recalled products were sold nationwide.

[SaveFerris]

I try to give mine 1/3 wet, 1/3 dry and 1/3 canned vegetables.

Doesn’t work like that every day. Some days are 25% dry or so; some days are closer to 33%.

[nicollo]

Thanks for posting this. We use Orijen - not on the list.

Gets 5 star rating here:
https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/orijen-dog-food-usa/

And ought to get $$$$$ rating as well... ugh.

[Zhang Fei]

[Hmm, how many are Made in China?]

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In this case, unlikely. Where problems arise, Chinese contractors are noted for leaving stuff out or substituting inferior products. Vitamin D is added in. If it were a Chinese issue, there would be a deficiency of Vitamin D, not a surplus. Paul Midler, who wrote “Poorly Made in China”, said “you get what you pay for”, the corollary of which is “you never get what you don’t pay for”.

[VTenigma]

Thanks for the info. I would hate to lose a dog do to this. Lost a dog not to long ago to a mystery ailment (maybe tick related) and I don’t want to go through it again any time soon.

[RedStateRocker]

Thanks

[Zhang Fei]

[Lost a dog not to long ago to a mystery ailment (maybe tick related) and I don’t want to go through it again any time soon.]

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Out of curiosity, what’s your medical expense threshold for putting Fido to sleep? I ask because I know of someone who spent over 4 grand on a single cat.

[Salamander]

ALL Purina formulas have menadione which has been banned by the FDA for human use and only available by importing from China.

Causes liver and blood cell damage.

FYI.

[Salamander]

*kidney damage, too.

[matthew fuller]

I use and recommend https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com for their evaluation of many/most dogfoods, and they also send out recall reports. The majority of dog food in grocery stores is junk. Also, I don’t recommend anything made by Mars: https://www.mars.com/global/brands/petcare. Do your own research and you will see why.

[Varda]

We do too. Big $$$ but it’s the first dry food that gives them zero digestion problems. Use the Fit and Trim.

[VTenigma]

We don’t do that, I won’t make a pet suffer for my own vanity. We pursued the cause for about three weeks and i slept on the floor with the dog to make sure she had some comfort. In the end no cause was forthcoming, a great dog was gone at only 8 years old.

[Professional]

Thanks, I’m going to check that out. I love my Basset Hound and my Chihuahua dearly.

[DAC21]

No high end name brand that I see. Nothing from Costco either (yet)

[OftheOhio]

“Veterinarians should also be aware that vitamin D toxicity may present as hypercalcemia, similar to dogs that have consumed rodenticide.” The main ingredient in some mice/rat poisons. Given extensively to moron patients by doctors in the USA. Otherwise known as Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol)....
I had my own little experience with hypercalcemia. This S*it should be sporting a skull and crossbones. it is poison.

[SE Mom]

Yikes- the articles states some of these foods had 70 times more vitamin D than they should. 70 TIMES!!

I feed my corgi I and Love and You dry food. It has 5 star rating at Dog Food Advisor and she thrives on it. I’ve tried several of the brands they rate highly but we’ve settled on this one.