639 Bags of Raw Dog Food Were Just Recalled for Salmonella. Check Your Freezer.

On August 14, Oma's Pride voluntarily recalled one lot of its Woof Complete Canine Chicken Recipe in the 6 lb bag over possible salmonella contamination. It's a small recall by volume — 639 bags — but it has a characteristic that makes it worth a specific look in your freezer rather than a shrug.

What to check for

Product	Woof Complete Canine Chicken Recipe, frozen raw, 6 lb bag
Lot code	BB012729
Manufactured	January 27, 2026
Best by	January 27, 2029
UPC	8 7938400145 9
Bags affected	639

Distributed between February 12 and May 15, 2026, through retail, wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels in Arizona, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Full details are in the FDA's recall notice.

Three illnesses have been reported in connection with the product. Oma's Pride says its investigation into the source and root cause is ongoing.

Why this one is likely to still be in circulation

Most food recalls have a short half-life because the product has a short shelf life. Bad eggs get eaten or thrown out; a recall announced in August for a product that expired in June is largely academic.

Frozen raw pet food is the opposite. This lot was made in January 2026 and carries a best-by date of January 2029. A bag bought in March could reasonably still be in a chest freezer in August, with two and a half years left on the label and no reason for anyone to have looked at it since.

That's the whole point of this post. Go look.

How the FDA found it

Worth noting, because it says something about how this system actually works: according to Food Safety News, the FDA received a consumer complaint, then collected and tested a sample of the product, which came back positive for salmonella.

Nobody's routine surveillance caught this. Somebody noticed something was wrong and reported it. If you ever suspect a pet food made your animal sick, the FDA has a page explaining exactly how to report it, and this recall is a reasonable argument that it's not a waste of your time.

If you have it

1. Stop feeding it immediately. Don't cook it and don't use it up.
2. Throw it out securely — in a bin your dog can't get into, or straight to the outside trash.
3. Contact Oma's Pride for a refund: 1-800-678-OMAS or [email protected].
4. Sanitize everything it touched. Bowls, utensils, scoops, the thawing container, the freezer shelf, the counter. Hot soapy water or the dishwasher.
5. Wash your hands thoroughly afterward.

The part that catches people out

The human risk here is at least as significant as the risk to the dog, and it's the part that recall coverage tends to underplay.

Salmonella exposure from raw pet food doesn't only happen through the bowl. It happens through the bag, the thawing tray, the scoop, the countertop, and the dog's mouth and stool afterward. The FDA's guidance on raw pet food diets is explicit that handling contaminated pet products is a route of infection for people, and that pets showing no symptoms at all can still shed salmonella in stool and saliva. Households with toddlers, older adults or anyone immunocompromised carry more of that risk than the dog does.

In dogs, watch for lethargy, diarrhea (possibly bloody), fever, vomiting and loss of appetite. Call your vet for bloody diarrhea, persistent vomiting, refusal to drink, marked lethargy, or any symptoms at all in a puppy, a senior, or an immunocompromised animal. Small animals dehydrate faster than people expect.

In people, symptoms are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramping.

Freezing is not a kill step

If you feed raw, this is the single most useful thing to internalize: the CDC notes that freezing, freeze-drying and dehydrating reduce germs but do not eliminate them. "Frozen raw" describes storage, not safety. A pathogen that went into the bag in January is still there in August.

That doesn't mean raw feeding is indefensible — plenty of owners do it carefully and their dogs are fine. It means the handling protocol has to be the one you'd use for raw chicken destined for humans, every single time, and not just when there's a recall in the news.

Staying ahead of the next one

Recalls are announced constantly and almost nobody hears about them in time. Three places worth a bookmark:

• FDA Animal & Veterinary: Recalls & Withdrawals — the authoritative running list of animal food and drug recalls.
• FDA: Outbreaks and Advisories — broader investigations, updated as they develop.
• AVMA Recalls & Safety Alerts — a searchable, plain-language feed maintained by the veterinary association.

And a habit that costs nothing: photograph the label — brand, lot code, best-by date — when you open a new bag of anything. When a recall notice appears three months later listing a lot number, you'll be able to answer the question in ten seconds instead of digging through the freezer for a bag you already emptied.

This post is general information, not veterinary advice. If you think your pet has been exposed or is showing symptoms, contact your veterinarian.

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Sources

• FDA, Oma's Pride Voluntarily Recalls One Lot of Woof Complete Canine Chicken Recipe (6 Lb Bag) Because of Possible Salmonella Health Risk — lot code, UPC, dates, distribution states, and consumer instructions.
• Food Safety News, Dog food recalled because of illnesses, August 2026 — the consumer complaint that triggered FDA sampling, and the reported illnesses.
• Petfood Industry, Oma's Pride recalls Woof Complete Canine Chicken Recipe for Salmonella — trade coverage of the recall.
• FDA, Get the Facts! Raw Pet Food Diets can be Dangerous to You and Your Pet — human handling risk and asymptomatic shedding by pets.
• CDC, About Pet Food Safety — why freezing and freeze-drying reduce but don't eliminate pathogens.
• FDA, How to Report a Pet Food Complaint — the reporting route that produced this recall.