nature's variety - the raw story

nature's variety has expanded last month's voluntary recall to include any chicken and organic chicken medallions and patties with a best by date on or before 2/5/11. read the whole story here.

the good news is that nv is switching to the high pressure pasteurization process to increase safety standards while maintaining the food's integrity. this is the same method that stella and chewy's uses and it's really quite interesting. very "20,000 leagues under the sea."

nature's variety raw chicken - voluntary recall

it seems a small amount of raw chicken tested positive for low-level salmonella at a nature's variety plant in texas. they have issued a voluntary recall on frozen chicken patties and medallions with the best by date of 11/10/10. all affected product is returnable.

no animals or people have been affected. this is a pre-emptive step taken by nature's variety as part of their quality control program.

we want to encourage feeders of raw food to keep investing in the health of their pets by feeding species-appropriate diets, like nature's variety. canine guts have evolved to process huge loads of bacteria found in dead and decaying prey and even in cases of large salmonella outbreaks it was the humans, not the dogs, who were affected.