A single bag of frozen raw dog food has landed on a growing list of pet meals pulled from shelves for hiding Salmonella.
Story Snapshot
- Oma’s Pride recalled one lot of Woof Complete Canine Chicken Recipe, a 6-pound bag, after a positive Salmonella test.
- The Connecticut company started the recall on August 12 after a customer complaint led to lab testing.
- The tainted lot, number BB012729, reached stores in 11 states before the recall notice went out.
- Dogs got sick, but the company says no human illnesses have been reported so far.
What The Recall Notice Actually Says
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says Oma’s Pride, based in Avon, Connecticut, launched the recall after a consumer complained about the product.
Investigators then collected a sample and sent it to a lab. That sample tested positive for Salmonella, confirming what the complaint had suggested. The company pulled the single lot voluntarily rather than waiting for regulators to force the issue.
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The affected product has a specific fingerprint: Woof Complete Canine Chicken Recipe, sold in 6-pound bags, lot number BB012729. That precision matters. It lets pet owners check their freezer against one exact code instead of guessing whether their bag might be part of a vague, sprawling batch.
How Wide The Damage Spread
Reporting shows the recalled bags reached store shelves in 11 states before anyone caught the contamination. That distribution footprint turned a single bad lot into a multi-state health concern almost overnight, forcing retailers across a wide swath of the country to check inventory and pull product fast.
Oma’s Pride first announced the recall on August 12, then updated its public statement five days later. The update clarified something pet owners needed to hear plainly: the illnesses tied to this lot happened in dogs, not people. As of the latest notice, no human illnesses have been confirmed.
Why Raw Pet Food Keeps Showing Up In These Headlines
This is not an isolated stumble by one small company. Salmonella recalls accounted for 23 percent of all pet food recalls tracked between 2003 and 2022, and 94 percent of those were classified as the most serious kind, indicating a real risk of harm rather than a minor labeling slip. Raw and frozen raw diets sit at the center of that pattern year after year.
Federal health officials have been blunt about the tradeoff. Neither the FDA nor the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends feeding raw diets to pets at all, precisely because raw meat carries a higher baseline risk of bacterial contamination than cooked or processed alternatives.
Independent lab surveys back that up, finding Salmonella in roughly 7 to 9 percent of raw pet food samples tested in North America.
None of that makes Oma’s Pride’s product uniquely dangerous compared to its raw-food peers. It does mean pet owners who choose raw diets are accepting a known, documented tradeoff for whatever benefits they believe raw feeding offers. This recall is a reminder of that tradeoff, not a freak accident.
What Pet Owners Should Actually Do Right Now
Anyone with Woof Complete Canine Chicken Recipe in their freezer should check the bag for lot number BB012729 immediately. If it matches, stop feeding it to any animal in the house and either toss it or return it to the retailer for a refund. Salmonella survives freezing, so cold storage offers no protection once contamination is present.
Symptoms in dogs can include lethargy, diarrhea, vomiting, and fever, though some infected animals show no signs at all while still shedding bacteria that can spread to humans through handling.
Anyone who scooped, poured, or otherwise touched the recalled food should wash hands and sanitize surfaces the bag or its contents contacted, even if their dog seems fine.
A Pattern Worth Watching, Not Panicking Over
Other raw pet food makers, including Albright’s, Viva Raw, and Mid America Pet Food, have issued similar Salmonella recalls in recent years, some of which were tied to human infections confirmed by federal investigators.
The Oma’s Pride case fits that same mold: a voluntary recall, a narrow lot, and a company moving once testing confirmed the problem, which is exactly the response regulators want to see.
Sources:
foxbusiness.com, fda.gov, petfoodindustry.com, usatoday.com, newsweek.com
