Two days ago, Northwest Naturals voluntarily recalled two raw pet food products after testing turned up possible Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Nobody’s covered it yet, and that gap needs closing fast, because this is the third dog food recall in about a month — after Adequan’s glass fiber recall in July and the Fromm and Oma’s Pride recalls on Aug. 17 and 21. If you’re feeding raw at all, this is the one that applies to your freezer, not just your medicine cabinet or pantry.

Northwest Naturals is a raw pet food company based in Portland, Oregon, one of the bigger names in commercial raw and freeze-dried diets. This recall isn’t the company’s first — it had an unrelated bird flu-driven recall back in December 2024 — but a second contamination event in under two years is worth sitting with if raw feeding is part of your dog’s routine.

Quick Verdict: What’s Recalled

Detail	What You Need to Know
Recall date	Aug. 28, 2026
Company	Northwest Naturals, Portland, OR
Cause	Possible Salmonella and/or Listeria monocytogenes
Product 1	Frozen Chicken Recipe, 2 lb bags (cat food and dog protein topper) — Lot B-5, Best By 01/26/2028, UPC 087316384956
Product 2	Frozen Raw Diet for Dogs Chicken Recipe, 6 lb bags — Lot B-19, Best By 01/25/2028
Amount recalled	53 cases (1,272 lbs) of Product 1; 19 cases (684 lbs) of Product 2
Distribution	Retail stores nationwide
Illnesses reported	None as of publication
Your move today	Check your freezer bag against the lot codes above

What’s Actually Recalled

Two products, both chicken-based, both frozen. The first is the Frozen Chicken Recipe, a 2-pound bag sold as cat food and also marketed as a raw protein topper for dogs — so even households that don’t feed a full raw diet might have a bag of this in the freezer as a mix-in. That one carries Lot B-5, a Best By date of Jan. 26, 2028, and UPC 087316384956.

The second is the Frozen Raw Diet for Dogs Chicken Recipe, a 6-pound bag meant as a complete raw diet rather than a topper. That one is Lot B-19, Best By Jan. 25, 2028.

The numbers involved are modest — 53 cases of the first product, 19 of the second, a little under 2,000 pounds combined — and both were sold nationwide through retail stores rather than direct-to-consumer shipping. Modest volume doesn’t mean low stakes, though. A 2-pound bag of topper can sit in a chest freezer for months before it gets used, well past the point most owners would remember exactly when or where they bought it.

Is My Dog’s Food Recalled? Quick Checklist

1. Check if you feed Northwest Naturals chicken product at all. If you’re not feeding either the Frozen Chicken Recipe topper or the Frozen Raw Diet for Dogs Chicken Recipe, this recall doesn’t touch you today.
2. Pull the bag and find the lot code, usually printed near the best-by date on the bag.
3. Compare it against Lot B-5 (Chicken Recipe topper) or Lot B-19 (Raw Diet for Dogs).
4. Match the best-by date as a secondary check — Jan. 26, 2028 for the topper, Jan. 25, 2028 for the raw diet.
5. If it matches, stop feeding it immediately, even if your dog or cat has been eating it without any problem so far.

Salmonella and Listeria Symptoms in Pets

Both pathogens can cause real illness in dogs and cats, though — and this trips people up — plenty of pets shed either bacteria without ever looking sick. Watch for lethargy, diarrhea (sometimes bloody), fever, and vomiting. Some pets show a milder version: just decreased appetite, fever, and abdominal discomfort, without the more dramatic GI signs. If your dog has eaten either recalled product and is showing any of that, that’s a same-day vet call, not a wait-and-see.

Because both organisms are zoonotic, handling contaminated raw food is a human health risk too. Wash your hands thoroughly after touching either product, disinfect any surface or bowl the food contacted, and keep raw pet food away from anything used for human meals. That’s standard raw-feeding hygiene regardless of a recall, but it matters more here since these lots have a confirmed contamination risk rather than a hypothetical one.

Three Recalls in a Month Is Not a Coincidence Anymore

We said something similar covering Fromm and Oma’s Pride a week and a half ago — different causes, probably a coincidence. I’m less comfortable calling this one a coincidence. Adequan’s problem was glass fiber in an injectable joint drug, a manufacturing defect with nothing to do with feeding. Fromm’s was metal fragments in canned pâté, another physical contamination issue. But Oma’s Pride and now Northwest Naturals are both raw diet companies, both hit by pathogen contamination, both within the same three-week window.

That’s not proof of an industry-wide raw food crisis. Raw diets carry a structurally higher baseline risk of Salmonella and Listeria than cooked or extruded kibble, full stop — that’s true in a normal month, not just this one, and it’s part of why the CDC generally advises against raw pet food for households with young kids, elderly members, or anyone immunocompromised. What’s notable is that two recalls surfaced in close succession, which suggests either heightened FDA sampling attention on raw diets right now, or genuinely more contamination making it out the door. Either way, if raw feeding is your dog’s diet, this is the second reminder in a month to actually check lot codes instead of assuming your trusted brand is exempt.

If pathogen exposure from what your dog eats or scavenges on trail is a topic that interests you beyond the food bowl, we’ve also covered H5N1’s risk to trail dogs — raw poultry diets show up there too, for related reasons.

What to Do If You Have Either Product

Stop feeding it, full stop, regardless of how your dog has done on it so far.

Don’t just toss it if pets or wildlife can get into your trash. Bag it securely, or check with your retailer about a refund — recalled raw pet food is exactly the kind of thing a curious dog will dig back out of an open can.

Watch your dog or cat for the symptoms above over the next several days, since Salmonella and Listeria don’t always show up immediately.

Call your vet if you see anything beyond mild symptoms, and tell them specifically that it’s tied to this recall. That context helps them decide whether to test rather than treat blind.

Report it to the FDA through the FDA’s Safety Reporting Portal if your pet gets sick, even a mild case. Adverse event reports are part of how the agency tracks whether a recall needs to widen.

If Your Food Isn’t on This List

You’re fine to keep feeding it. This isn’t a reason to abandon raw feeding as a category any more than the Fromm recall was a reason to swear off canned food. Handlers who feed raw successfully generally already practice tight hygiene — sanitized bowls, no cross-contamination with human food prep surfaces, frozen storage done right. That habit is your actual defense here, recall or not.

What is worth adopting, if you haven’t already: check the lot code every time you open a new bag, the same reflex as checking an expiration date. Three recalls in five weeks is enough of a pattern that “I’ll check next time” isn’t a great plan anymore.

A stocked trail first aid kit won’t do anything for a food-safety problem at home, but the same underlying habit applies — know what’s in your gear and your freezer, and don’t assume something’s fine just because it was fine last time. If you’re feeding a working or high-mileage dog on the nutrition side of long hiking days, that’s also worth revisiting if a chunk of the diet just came off your shelf.

Bottom Line

Northwest Naturals recalled 53 cases of its Frozen Chicken Recipe (Lot B-5) and 19 cases of its Frozen Raw Diet for Dogs Chicken Recipe (Lot B-19) on Aug. 28, 2026, over possible Salmonella and Listeria contamination. No illnesses have been reported yet. It’s the third dog food-adjacent recall since late July, and the second raw-specific one in three weeks. Check your freezer bag against the lot codes above — it takes less time than finishing this article did.

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Recall details sourced from the FDA’s notice for Northwest Naturals, filed Aug. 28, 2026. Raw pet food handling guidance referenced from the CDC. This is a developing situation — check the FDA notice directly for updates, and consult your veterinarian if your pet shows symptoms after eating either recalled product.