FDA Cautions Pet Owners of Hare Today Gone Tomorrow Due to Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes

The U.S. FDA is cautioning pet owners not to feed Hare Today Gone Tomorrow Ground Chicken/Bones/Organs because the product collected by the FDA tested positive for Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. The product is identified as “Ground Chicken” on the product labeling and as “Ground Chicken/Bones/Organs” on the firm’s website. The FDA collected this sample while following up on a consumer complaint in which a kitten became sick with Salmonella after eating the recalled product. The FDA collected samples from lot 12.04.2018, which tested positive for both Salmonella and L. monocytogenes. Although the Salmonella isolated from the feces of the sick kitten did not match the strain found in the product sample, Federal law requires that all pet food not be contaminated with pathogens, including Salmonella and L. monocytogenes, because of the potential impact on human and animal health. @ https://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/ucm629711.htm?utm_campaign=1-23-2019-HareToday&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elqTrackId=FECD96F5CBBDC8B11C89600AEAA9B445&elq=b74c8f5e202547ea841b0b9c4b243238&elqaid=6522&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=5328