Fold Hill Foods recall several cat food products because of safety concerns
Published by Food Standards Agency (FSA): · Ref. FSA-PRIN-36-2021
Reason for the recall
There is concern on the safety of the products listed above. There has been an increase in cases of pancytopenia in cats and there is a possible link to the cat food products listed above. P
- There is concern on the safety of the products listed above. There has been an increase in cases of pancytopenia in cats and there is a possible link to the cat food products listed above. Pancytopenia is a very rare condition wherein the number of blood cells (red, white and platelets) rapidly decreases, causing serious illness.
ReasonThere is concern on the safety of the products listed above. There has been an increase in cases of pancytopenia in…
BrandFold Hill Foods
Batch number(s)NA, All batch codes
Barcodenot stated
Product
Applaws Cat Dry Chicken, Applaws Cat Dry Chicken & Salmon, AVA Adult Fish, AVA Adult Mature Chicken 7+, AVA Senior Chicken 12+, AVA Sensitive Skin & Stomach, AVA Weight Management, AVA Hairball, AVA Oral Care, AVA British Shorthair, AVA Persian, AVA Maine Coon, Applaws Kitten Dry Chicken, by Sainsbu — Fold Hill Foods
- Brand
- Fold Hill Foods
- Batch number(s)
- NA, All batch codes
- Category
- Product recall
- Fold Hill Foods is taking the precautionary action of recalling several hypoallergenic cat food products because of safety concerns.
- Applaws Cat Dry Chicken (400g, 2kg and 7.5kg) — Batch: NA; Best before: December 2022 to June 2023
- Applaws Cat Dry Chicken & Salmon (400g, 2kg and 7.5kg) — Batch: NA; Best before: December 2022 to June 2023
- AVA Adult Fish (2kg) — Batch: All batch codes; Best before: All date codes
- AVA Adult Mature Chicken 7+ (2kg and 4kg) — Batch: All batch codes; Best before: All date codes
- AVA Senior Chicken 12+ (2kg) — Batch: All batch codes; Best before: All date codes
- AVA Sensitive Skin & Stomach (1.5kg) — Batch: All batch codes; Best before: All date codes
- AVA Weight Management (1.5kg) — Batch: All batch codes; Best before: All date codes
- AVA Hairball (1.5kg) — Batch: All batch codes; Best before: All date codes
- AVA Oral Care (1.5kg) — Batch: All batch codes; Best before: All date codes
- AVA British Shorthair (1.5kg) — Batch: All batch codes; Best before: All date codes
- AVA Persian (1.5kg) — Batch: All batch codes; Best before: All date codes
- AVA Maine Coon (1.5kg) — Batch: All batch codes; Best before: All date codes
- Applaws Kitten Dry Chicken (400g, 2kg and 7.5kg) — Batch: NA; Best before: December 2022 to June 2023
- by Sainsbury’s Hypoallergenic Recipe complete dry cat food with Salmon 1+ Years (800g) — Batch: All batch codes; Best before: All date codes
- by Sainsbury’s Hypoallergenic Recipe complete dry cat food with Chicken 1+ Years (800g) — Batch: All batch codes; Best before: All date codes
- Applaws Cat Dry Chicken & Lamb (400g, 2kg and 7.5kg) — Batch: NA; Best before: December 2022 to June 2023
- Applaws Cat Dry Chicken & Duck (400g, 2kg and 7.5kg) — Batch: NA; Best before: December 2022 to June 2023
- Applaws Cat Dry Ocean Fish (350g, 1.8kg and 6kg) — Batch: NA; Best before: December 2022 to June 2023
- Applaws Cat Dry Senior Chicken (400g, 2kg and 7.5kg) — Batch: NA; Best before: December 2022 to June 2023
- AVA Kitten Chicken (300g and 2kg) — Batch: All batch codes; Best before: All date codes
- AVA Adult Chicken (300g, 2kg and 4kg) — Batch: All batch codes; Best before: All date codes
What to do
- Fold Hill Foods is recalling the above products. Point of sale notices will be displayed in all retail stores that are selling these products. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the product. Please see the attached notices.
- If you have bought any of the above products you should stop feeding them to your cat. If you have bought an AVA product contact www.petsathome.com and fill out the contact form on the help page or livechat. If you have bought an Applaws product contact www.applaws.com/uk/contact-us. If you have bought a Sainsbury’s product contact www.sainsburys.co.uk/help or their Customer Careline on 0800 636262. If cat owners are concerned about the health of their pet then they should seek immediate advice from their vet.
Source: Food Standards Agency — food alerts — Food Standards Agency (FSA)
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