First announced on 15th January, dog owners are being warned of a product recall on certain types of dog food due to concerns about Vitamin D poisoning.
Although there is nothing prominent on the Mars Petcare UK website, you can find more details on the UK Pedigree website. They are doing a precautionary recall of a limited number of Pedigree® Complete Dry Chicken and Vegetables, Pedigree® Mixer & Chappie® products containing levels of Vitamin D which could prove harmful to your pet if consumed over several weeks.
Owners who have purchased the products are being advised to immediately stop feeding it to their dogs and contact the consumer care team.
The details of the products being recalled are:
CHAPPIE Complete Chicken & Wholegrain Dry Dog Food
- Pack size: 3kg
- Batch code: 045F9MIN05
- Best before: 11 May 2022
PEDIGREE Mixer Adult Dry Dog Original
- Pack size: 3kg
- Batch code: 046E9MIN05 046F9MIN05 048A9MIN05
- Best before: 12 February 2022 20 February 2022 22 February 2022
PEDIGREE Mixer Adult Dry Dog Food Original
- Pack size: 10kg
- Batch code: 046E9MIN08 047C9MIN08
- Best before: 12 February 2022 17 February 2022
PEDIGREE Mixer Adult Dry Dog Food Original
- Pack size: 10kg
- Batch code: 046E9MIN08 047C9MIN08
- Best before: 12 February 2022 17 February 2022
PEDIGREE Adult Complete Dry Dog Food with Chicken & Vegetables
- Pack size: 12kg
- Batch code: 046C9MIN08 046D9MIN08 046E9MIN08
- Best before: 10 February 2022 11 February 2022 12 February 2022
PEDIGREE Adult Complete Dry Dog Food with Chicken & Vegetables
- Pack size: 2.6kg
- Batch code: 045F9MIN05 047A9MIN05
- Best before: 06 February 2022 15 February 2022
What is the risk involved?
Alice Moore, a Dorset veterinary surgeon at Castle Veterinary Clinic, Dorchester and Weymouth. said: “Dogs are very sensitive to some compounds of vitamin D and accidental ingestion of vitamin D tablets can cause significant toxicity.
Signs include drinking a lot, vomiting, diarrhoea, depression and lethargy. In severe cases, heart problems, kidney failure and vomiting blood can occur, and dogs have lost their lives after accidental ingestion of vitamin D tablets.”
Pedigree has advised owners to seek advice from a vet if you have fed this product to your pet and they are showing signs of illness. Symptoms to look out for include excessive drinking and urination.
A spokesman for Pedigree said: “These products do not meet our high quality and safety standards, so we are taking this proactive step to retrieve the listed products. We ask consumers who have purchased these specific, affected products to immediately cease feeding it to their pet and contact our consumer care team for more information.”
You can contact Mars Petcare Customer Service by telephone: 0800 013 3131 and online to UK. Pedigree HERE.
Local Vets:
- Girling & Bowditch, Tunnel Road, Beaminster: 01308 862312
- Bredy Veterinary Centre, Bridport: 01308 4567771
- Haydon Vets, Gore Cross, Bridport:013088 456808
- Kingfisher Veterinary Practice, Tower Hill Road, Crewkerne: 01460 72443
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