Popular Brands Of Dog Food Recalled After FDA Finds Them Laced With Toxic Levels Of Vitamin D

A large number of dog foods from eight different dry food brands have been recalled as a result of overly large amounts of vitamin D were found in these foods, according to the Food and Drug Administration of the United States.

Although vitamin D sounds like a good thing, excessively high levels of this vitamin are toxic to pups. In this case, the foods in question contained a massive 70 times the amount of vitamin D that was originally intended, making them completely unsafe for pets.

Eating too much vitamin D can result in severe health consequences in dogs. This includes severe vomiting, sudden loss of weight, kidney failure, and even death. The products affected are as follows.

Brand: Natural Life Pet Products

Chicken and Potato Dry Dog Food

• Best by dates: 4 December 2019 to 10 August 2020
• Size: 17.5 lb. bag
• UPC: UPC 0-12344-08175-1

Brand: Lidl

Orlando Grain-Free Chicken & Chickpea Superfood Recipe Dog Food

• Product number: 215662
• Best by dates:
  • TI1 3 Mar 2019
  • TB2 21 Mar 2019
  • TB3 21 Mar 2019
  • TA2 19 Apr 2019
  • TB1 15 May 2019
  • TB2 15 May 2019

Brand: Nutrisca

Chicken and Chickpea Dry Dog Food

• Best by dates: 25 February 2020 to 13 September 2020
• Size and UPC:
  • 4 lb. bag (UPC 8-84244-12495-7)
  • 15 lb. bag (UPC 8-84244-12795-8)
  • 28 lb. bag (UPC 8-84244-12895-5)

Brand: Kroger

Abound Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dog Food

• Size and UPC:
  • 4 lb. bag (UPC 11110-83556)
  • 14 lb. bag (UPC 11110-83573)
  • 24 lb. bag (UPC 11110-89076)
• Lots: All corresponding lots

Brand: Sunshine Mills, Inc.

Sportsman’s Pride Large Breed Puppy Dry Dog Food

• Size and UPC: 40 lb. bag (UPC 0-70155-10566-0 and UPC 0-70155-10564-0)

Evolve Chicken & Rice Puppy Dry Dog Food

• Size and UPC:
  • 14 lb. bag (UPC 0-73657-00862-0)
  • 28 lb. bag (UPC 0-73657-00863-7)

Triumph Chicken & Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food

• Size and UPC:
  • 3.5 lb. bag (UPC 0-73657-00873-6)
  • 16 lb. bag (UPC 0-73657-00874-3)
  • 30 lb. bag (UPC 0-73657-00875-0)

Brand: Ahold Delhaize

Nature’s Place Real Country Chicken and Brown Rice Dog Food

• Size and UPC:
  • 5 lb. bag (UPC 72543998959)
  • 15 lb. bag (UPC 72543998960)
• Lots: All corresponding lots

Nature’s Promise Chicken & Brown Rice Dog Food

• Size and UPC:
  • 4 lb. bag (UPC 068826718473)
  • 14 lb. bag (UPC 068826718472)
  • 28 lb. bag (UPC 068826718471)
• Lots: All corresponding lots

Brand: Ahold Delhaize

ANF Lamb and Rice Dry Dog Food

• Size, best by date, and UPC:
  • 3 kg bag (UPC 9097231622) – best by 23 November 2019
  • 7.5 kg bag (UPC 9097203300) – best by 20 November 2019

Brand: ELM Pet Foods, Inc.

ELM Chicken and Chickpea Recipe

• Size, best by date, and UPC:
• 3 lb. bag (UPC 0-70155-22507-8)
  • D2 26 FEB 2019
  • TE1 30 APR 2019
  • TD1 5 SEP 2019
  • TD2 5 SEP 2019
• 28 lb. bag (UPC 0-70155-22513-9)
• • TB3 6 APR 2019
  • TA1 2 JULY 2019
  • TI1 2 JULY 2019

ELM K9 Naturals Chicken Recipe

• Size, best by date, and UPC:
• 40 lb. bag (UPC 0-70155-22522-9)
  • TB3 14 Sep 2019
  • TA2 22 Sep 2019
  • TB2 11 Oct 2019

If you have foods that match these descriptions, do not feed them to your pups. Report any illnesses through the Safety Reporting Portal of the FDA, or your state’s Consumer Complaint Coordinators.

Feature Image Source: The Dogington Post