27 Varieties of Dog Food Recalled for Contamination with Euthanasia Drug

Ray Simon
Lab Eating Dog Food

Pentobarbital is a sedative typically used to treat insomnia, but can also induce death when administered in large doses. The sedative is a known euthanasia drug given to pets when they are put to sleep.

Smucker claims that the amount detected was “extremely low” and did not pose a risk to pets, however, its presence was “not acceptable.”

Dog food products affected by the recall include:

Phenobarbital was uncovered during a study commissioned by WJLA, a Washington D.C. area television station. Gravy Train was the only brand of pet food that was found to contain pentobarbital.

The study was undertaken in response to the 2017 discovery of pentobarbital in brands of canned/wet dog food manufactured by Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Co. Inc., an adulteration that resulted in serious illnesses in several pets and at least one death.

Source: CBS Minnesota

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