Dog food product recalls between 1st January 2020 and 31 December 2025
Case reference FOI2026/00150
Received 21 January 2026
Published 13 February 2026
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide details of any records held by your authority between 1st January 2020 and 31 December 2025 (past 5 years) relating to dog food product recalls, withdrawals, or safety incidents.
This includes (where held):
a) Total number of complaints received each year
b) Whether an inspection or sampling activity was undertaken
c) Whether correspondence with the FSA was undertaken
d) Any enforcement or advisory actions taken
For each dog food product incident recorded by your authority during this period, please provide the following information where available.
Per product incident:
i) The year the incident occurred
ii) The name of the manufacturer
iii) The brand name of the product
iv) The product name
v) How the incident was classified by your authority (e.g. recall, withdrawal, advisory, investigation)
vi) The hazard identified (for example, but not limited to: Salmonella, Listeria, Campylobacter, E. coli, or other bacteria; detection of foreign objects; nutritional deficiencies or imbalances; presence of undeclared allergens; and packaging issues.
vii) The action taken by your authority (e.g. complaint logged, inspection conducted, enforcement action)
If any of the above information is not held, please leave the relevant fields blank.
If compiling the full data exceeds the statutory time limit, please provide the available data within the time limit.
Please provide data in Excel or CSV format if possible.
Response
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide details of any records held by your authority between 1st January 2020 and 31 December 2025 (past 5 years) relating to dog food product recalls, withdrawals, or safety incidents.
This includes (where held):
a) Total number of complaints received each year
b) Whether an inspection or sampling activity was undertaken
c) Whether correspondence with the FSA was undertaken
d) Any enforcement or advisory actions taken
For each dog food product incident recorded by your authority during this period, please provide the following information where available.
Per product incident:
i) The year the incident occurred
ii) The name of the manufacturer
iii) The brand name of the product
iv) The product name
v) How the incident was classified by your authority (e.g. recall, withdrawal, advisory, investigation)
vi) The hazard identified (for example, but not limited to: Salmonella, Listeria, Campylobacter, E. coli, or other bacteria; detection of foreign objects; nutritional deficiencies or imbalances; presence of undeclared allergens; and packaging issues.
vii) The action taken by your authority (e.g. complaint logged, inspection conducted, enforcement action)
If any of the above information is not held, please leave the relevant fields blank.
If compiling the full data exceeds the statutory time limit, please provide the available data within the time limit.
Please provide data in Excel or CSV format if possible.
Answer: Please see the attached FOI2026 00150 Response Spreadsheet, as requested.
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