Alert: FDA Issues Warning to Primal Pet Foods

Maker: Primal Pet Foods
Cause: Presence of Listeria monocytogenes
Announcement: FDA warning dated March 29, 2023 (archived here)
What was alerted: Raw Frozen Primal Patties for Dogs Beef Formula, lot number W10068709 was found to contain Listeria monocytogenes, leading to a Class 1 recall initiated on July 6, 2022. In response, an FDA inspection was conducted at the Primal Pet Food manufacturing facility from July 14, 2022, through October 11, 2022. As a result, on February 21, 2023, the FDA issued a Warning Letter to Primal Pet Foods, Inc. of Fairfield, California, which was publicly posted on March 14, 2023. The Dog Food Advisor first became aware of the warning on March 21, 2023.

The company stated, “Throughout last year’s inspection, our team partnered with FDA officials to review our existing food safety plan and identify opportunities to strengthen it. The FDA was satisfied with our voluntary recall process and terminated the recall in late January 2023. As a follow-up to the routine inspection, we also responded to a Warning Letter that the FDA issued to request additional information about specific aspects of our food safety plan.

For example, we committed to start using HPP on all frozen red meat formulas as an added safety measure in addition to sourcing high-quality red meats, testing raw materials, and testing and holding the finished product prior to distribution. We needed to show how we are consistently implementing this new procedure, like we’ve been doing effectively on frozen poultry formulas since 2011.

We are confident we are taking the right steps to ensure we continue to make raw food even safer for our consumers and their pets.”

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