Answers brand pet foods recalled after testing positive for toxins

September 26, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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NATIONWIDE — TWO PET FOOD PRODUCTS TESTED POSITIVE FOR SALMONELLA, and a third tested positive for listeria, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced this week in a safety advisory.

Two products by Answers Pet Food, made by Lystn LLC, tested positive for salmonella, a third product tested positive for listeria monocytogenes and a fourth product tested positive for salmonella and L. mono.

After receiving three consumer complaints of illness in dogs that ate the products, the FDA collected and tested unopened retail samples.The affected products are sold frozen in 4-pound cartons and consist of Answers Pet Food Raw Beef Detailed Formula for Dogs, Answers Pet Food Raw Beef Straight Formula for Dogs, and Answers Pet Food Straight Chicken Formula for Dogs. These products should not be fed to pets, and consumers are urged to clean and disinfect all pet supplies and surfaces with which the food or pet had contact.

The UPC/bar code number is 856554002102 and the best used by date is May 6, 2026; Answers Pet Food Raw Beef Straight Formula for Dogs, and its UPC/bar code number is 856554002072 and best by date is Jan. 31, 2026; Answers Pet Food Straight Chicken Formula for Dogs, and its UPC/bar code number is 856554002065 and best by date is Jan. 2, 2026; and Answers Pet Food Straight Chicken Formula for Dogs, and its UPC/bar code number is 856554002065 and best by date is Mar. 11, 2026.

Pet foods contaminated with Salmonella and L. mono are of particular public health importance because they can affect both human and animal health.

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