This morning the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine released their latest Veterinarian Newsletter with these recalls that our furry and feathered friends should know about. Forgive me for listing the cat vitamin recall first; I am a bit partial to my own species!

Cats & Kittens: salmonella in Hartz Vitamins

Hartz Mountain Corporation of Secaucus, NJ, is carrying out a firm-initiated Class I recall of 888 bottles of Hartz Vitamin Care for Cats and Kittens chewable tablets. The product, which was distributed nationwide, tested positive for the presence of Salmonella.

Bird and Wild Animal Feed: pesticides in bird food

More than 61 million units of non-domestic bird food and other wild animal feed are the subject of an ongoing, firm-initiated Class III recall by Scotts Miracle Gro, Canal Winchester, OH. The products were distributed nationwide and are being recalled because the food and feed products were found to have been treated with pesticides that were not labeled with instructions for approved use only on wild bird or wild animal products or on all of the individual components that might be present in such stored grain mixtures.

Horses, cattle, deer, lambs, and pigs: drugs and aflatoxin

Central Connecticut Cooperative Farmers Association, Manchester, CT, has completed a Class I firm-initiated recall of 5,870 lbs. (bulk and 50-pound bags) of 12% Equinator Integrity Horse Pellets that were distributed in the state. The reason for the recall was that the horse feed was contaminated with medication not approved for use in horses.

A Class III firm-initiated recall is ongoing by Southern States d/b/a Cooperative Milling, Inc., Gettysburg, PA, involving 1,142 bags of pelleted horse and sheep feeds. The products, which were distributed in Delaware, Maryland, New Hamp-shire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, were recalled due to elevated aflatoxin levels.

Purina Mills LLC d/b/a Land O’Lakes Purina Feed LLC, Camp Hill, PA, is carrying out a Class II, firm-initiated recall of 100,450 bags of 68 different animal feed products for horses, cattle, dear, lambs, and pigs that were distributed nation-wide. The products are being recalled because they contain elevated levels of aflatoxins.