The recall lot numbers for Hunk of Beef products are the following: with 1816E03HB, 1816E04HB, 1816E06HB, 1816E07HB, and 1816E13HB, with a June 2020 expiration date. If you feed your dog Evanger’s regularly please make a note.
Though pentobarbital has shown up in pet food before, those cases have involved pet food with ingredients sourced from rendering plants that grind up a slew of animal carcasses from a variety of sources. Evanger’s states that their Hunk of Beef product contains only beef, and does not include any ingredients from rendering plants.
However, the company notes in their statement that while the use of pentobarbital is tightly regulated, there is “absolutely no regulation” that requires a veterinarian to mark a euthanized animal to prevent it from entering the food chain. As a result of the contamination, Evanger’s terminated their relationship with the beef supplier that provided the contaminated meat.
We applaud Evanger’s quick thought and action regarding this problem and also the fact they paid for all pet bills for the pugs that were made ill (and died) by ingesting their product. However, it is so very sad and disgusting that it happened in the first place!
To read more on this disturbing subject please go to the Huffington Post. We can only hope incidents like this will become fewer and far between when and if stiff penalties are placed on suppliers to dog food companies.
