FOI002600 FOI Trading Standards and Licensing

Short Description
Dog Food
Reference number
FOI002600
Date
21/01/2026
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):

-Total number of complaints received each year -Whether an inspection or sampling activity was undertaken -Whether correspondence with the FSA was undertaken -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:

-The year the incident occurred
-The name of the manufacturer
-The brand name of the product
-The product name
-How the incident was classified by your authority (e.g. recall, withdrawal, advisory, investigation) -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.
-The action taken by your authority (e.g. complaint logged, inspection conducted, enforcement action)