http://www.bravorawdiet.com/recallinfo.html

That is awesome to know. I wonder what anti-raw vets will think about that.

Thanks for posting this, Michael.

This is the SECOND time my dog has been eating contaminated food, for crying out loud! First it was Chicken Soup for puppies before we switched to raw and now Bravo. I've got some of the turkey sitting in my freezer.

Dammit, this just makes me sick and angry and what a crappy way to start the day.

There are existing FDA regulations which do not allow Salmonella presence in cooked pet foods – i.e., canned foods and kibble. While raw diet manufacturers do not make cooked foods, we fall under the same FDA standards as those who do. Despite the difference in products – cooked vs. raw – Bravo! wants to fully cooperate with the FDA and is voluntarily complying with their regulations.

Raw meat, especially poultry, harbors pathogens (bacteria). That is why it is essential for you to wash your hands after handling raw meat and to clean surfaces and utensils that have been in contact with raw meat. Approximately 15 percent to 23 percent of all poultry is estimated to be contaminated with Salmonella by the time it reaches the age of slaughter.1 Therefore, contamination takes place long before the poultry parts ever make it to raw diet manufacturers for processing. The USDA recognizes Salmonella as a fact of life and has even set “tolerance levels” for Salmonella – so poultry producers are allowed to have a certain amount of Salmonella present in their birds. The reality for raw feeders is that low levels of pathogens are present in most raw meats, most of the time, whether they feed raw meat from the supermarket or whether they buy prepared raw diets from manufacturers. If you have been feeding raw food to your pet for more than a day or two, your pet has consumed pathogens such as Salmonella.


Sarah, This should provide a little more clarification for you and set you at ease about Bravo. I use Bravo products because all their meat (whole bones & ground) comes from hormone free, antibiotic free animals, not just the chicken. The fear is if the FDA changes it's regulations so that all meat that is going to be consumed raw be iradiated.

Thanks, Sue.

I saw "Bravo Recall" and my head spun. I've just recently switched him over to Nature's Variety but he's been on Bravo for a long time. He had a bout of Salmonella during the first month we had him and I really don't want to go down that road again.