Mars Petcare & Pedigree Retail Recall List

UPDATED NOVEMBER 22, 2008

Mars Petcare announced yesterday evening that it was recalling all dry dog and cat foods produced in its Everson, PA facility between February 18, 2008 and July 29, 2008, due to the presence of Salmonella Schwarzengrund. The recalled items were distributed only in the United States

Dry dog food and dry cat food packaged under the following brand names are part of this recall:

• Country Acres, Doggy Bag, Members Mark, Natural, Ol' Complete, Ol' Roy, Paws & Claws, Pedigree, Pet Pride, PMI Nutrition, Red Flannel, Retriever, Special Kitty, Wegman's.
  

The company advises that these brands also are produced at other Mars Petcare facilities in the United States. It's essential, therefore, to verify the specific product and date code information contained in the Mars news release in order to determine whether a specific bag of pet food has been recalled. Mars Petcare has posted on its web site a widget that consumers can use to determine whether the Pedigree pet food in their possession has been recalled.

Following is a preliminary list of retail store chains that carry one or more of the recalled items. This list will be updated as more information becomes available.

• Dillons (all locations): Pet Pride Indoor Cat Food, 3.5 lb. and 18 lb.; Pet Pride Weight Management Dog Food, 17.6 lb. Includes all products with Best Before dates of 2/2009 or earlier.
  
• Food 4 Less (all locations): Pedigree® Large Breed Dog Food, 20 lb. and 30 lb.; Pedigree® Small Chunky Bites, 32 lb.; Pet Pride Indoor Cat Food, 3.5 lb. and 18 lb.; Pet Pride Weight Management Dog Food, 17.6 lb. Includes all products with Best Before dates of 2/2009 or earlier.
  
• Giant Food LLC (all 181 Giant Food supermarkets in VA, MD, DE, and DC): All sizes of Pedigree® Small Crunchy Bits and Pedigree® Large Breed Complete Nutrition pet foods identified by the initials PAE contained within the Best Before date code on the package. 
  
• Kroger (Greater Cincinnati, including N. KY; southeast IN and Dayton; IN; IL; eastern MO; GA; SC; AL; Knoxville, TN area; Greater Louisville (including IN); Lexington and Nashville, TN): Pedigree® Large Breed Dog Food, 20 lb. and 30 lb.; Pedigree® Small Chunky Bites, 32 lb. Includes all products with Best Before dates of 2/2009 or earlier.
  
• Kroger (TX; LA; MI; Greater Louisville (including IN); Lexington and Nashville, TN; central OH and northern WV panhandle; Greater Memphis, TN; AR; MS; Greater Cincinnati, including N. KY, southeast IN and Dayton; IN; IL and E. MO; GA; SC; AL; Knoxville, TN area): Pet Pride Indoor Cat Food, 3.5 lb. and 18 lb.; Pet Pride Weight Management Dog Food, 17.6 lb. Includes all products with Best Before dates of 2/2009 or earlier.
  
• Kroger (Dallas/Fort Worth area, east Texas, Shreveport and Alexandria, LA): Pet Pride Indoor Cat Food, 3.5 lb. and 18 lb.; Pet Pride Weight Management Dog Food, 17.6 lb. Includes all products with Best Before dates of July 29, 2009 or earlier. NEW Nov 22nd.
• Martin's Food Markets (MD, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VA, WV): All date codes of Pedigree® Large Breed Original (20 lb.), Pedigree® Mealtime Crunchy Bites Small (4.4 lb.), Pedigree® Small Crunchy Bites Beef (32 lb.), and Pedigree® Small Crunchy Bites (20 lb.).
• Petco (169 stores in 10 primarily mid-Atlantic states): Pedigree® Small Crunchy Bites, 40# (SKU 1157612), Pedigree® Large Breed 36.4# (SKU 1157620), Pedigree® Small Crunchy Bites 20# (SKU 1087045), Pedigree Mealtime Small Bite 8.8# (SKU 147168). Contact your local Petco store to determine whether it is one of the 169 affected stores.
• PetSmart ("fewer than 150 stores"): Pedigree® Small Crunch Bites Adult Nutrition, 40 lb. bags. According to the retailer, a limited number of recalled products were sold in "fewer than 150 stores" in May and June. PetSmart is participating in the recall as a "precautionary measure". 
• Piggly Wiggly: We contacted Piggly Wiggly to find out whether they carried any of the recalled items. We received the following reply by email today: "Thanks for contacting Piggly Wiggly, LLC. However, we only license the rights to the name and do not operate any stores. The stores are all independently owned and operated and we have no way of knowing or controlling what each store offers. The stores each deal with different suppliers so to get accurate information about the pet food available at your store; please contact the local Piggly Wiggly store for information about what they carry." 
• Price Chopper (stores in CT, MA, NH, NY, PA, VT): Pedigree® Small Crunchy Bites Complete Nutrition (4.4 lb., 32 lb.); Pedigree® Large Breed Food For Dogs (20 lb.). Products can be identified by the initials "PAE" within the Best Before ID code. 
• Publix (no details on affected stores): Pedigree® Large Breed Dog Food (30 lb.). According to TCPalm.com, Publix has removed the recalled item from store shelves. There is no mention of the recall on the Publix web site. 
• Sam's Club stores (locations not specified): All Pedigree® products identified by the initials "PAE" within the Best Before ID code; all Sam's Club Member's Mark dog and cat food items identified by the numbers "17" as the first two digits of the second line within the Best Before ID code.
• ShopRite (200+ stores in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware): Pedigree® Small Crunchy Bites Adult Nutrition (4.4 lb., 20 lb., 32 lb.); Pedigree® Large Breed Adult Nutrition (20 lb.). 
• Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC (all Stop & Shop stores in MA, CT, RI, ME, NH, NY, and NJ): All sizes of Pedigree® Small Crunchy Bits and Pedigree® Large Breed Complete Nutrition pet foods identified by the initials PAE contained within the Best Before date code on the package.
• TOPS Markets (NY and PA): Pedigree® SM Crunchy Bites Beef, 32 lb. (UPC 2310031483); Pedigree® MLTM Crunchy Bite Small, 4.4 lb. (UPC 2310005104); Pedigree® Large Breed Original, 20 lb. (UPC 2310029158); Pedigree® Small Crunchy Bites, 20 lb. (UPC 2310014719). All date codes are included. 
• Walmart stores (locations not specified): All Pedigree® products identified by the initials "PAE" within the Best Before ID code; all Ol' Roy and Special Kitty Walmart private label brand items and all Sam's Club Member's Mark dog and cat food items identified by the numbers "17" as the first two digits of the second line within the Best Before ID code.
• Wegmans (all Wegmans Supermarkets in MD, NJ, NY, PA, and VA): All code dates of Pedigree® Dry Small Crunchy Bites Adult Nutrition 4.4 lb., Pedigree® Small Crunchy Bites Adult Nutrition 32 lb., Pedigree® Large Breed Complete Nutrition 20 lb.
• Wegmans (all Wegmans Supermarkets in MD, NJ, NY, PA, and VA): All code dates of Buju & Ziggie Complete Formula (3.5 lb. and 18 lb. sizes), Buju & Ziggie Indoor (3.5 lb.), Buju & Ziggie Indoor Formula (18 lb.), Buju & Ziggie Kitten Formula (3.5 lb.), Buju & Ziggie Original Medley (18 lb.), and Buju & Ziggie Gourmet Recipe (3.5 lb.)
• Winn-Dixie Stores (no details on affected stores): Joshua Whitton, the Communications Manager, told TCPalm.com that "Upon receiving information about potential health risks associated with these products, we immediately implemented a voluntary recall in our stores." There is no mention of the recall on the Winn-Dixie web site. Anyone who purchased a Mars Petcare/Pedigree dry pet food from Winn-Dixie should contact the store to determine whether or not the specific product was included in the recall. 

The recalled products were distributed in 31 states and the District of Columbia. If you learn of any retail-level recall announcements in your area that are not on this list, please post a comment, below.