Safety Report: Update 1: Fold Hill Foods Cat Food Products - recalled due to safety concerns, UK

United Kingdom

Company name: Fold Hill Foods
Product recalled: Applaws Cat Dry Chicken, Applaws Cat Dry Chicken & Salmon, 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, by Sainsbury’s Hypoallergenic Recipe complete dry cat food with Salmon 1+ Years, Applaws Kitten Dry Chicken, by Sainsbury’s Hypoallergenic Recipe complete dry cat food with Chicken 1+ Years, Applaws Cat Dry Chicken & Lamb, Applaws Cat Dry Chicken & Duck, Applaws Cat Dry Ocean Fish, Applaws Cat Dry Senior Chicken, AVA Kitten Chicken, AVA Adult Chicken, AVA Adult Fish
FSA Recall date: 06/16/2021
Recall details: Fold Hill Foods is taking the precautionary action of recalling several hypoallergenic cat food products because of safety concerns. This product recall information notice has been updated to include all best before dates for Applaws products with the site code GB218E5009. This is not due to the identification of further safety concerns, but is a voluntary action by the manufacturer to make things easier for consumers to understand which products have been affected.

- Applaws Cat Dry Chicken (400g, 2kg and 7.5kg)
- Applaws Cat Dry Chicken & Salmon (400g, 2kg and 7.5kg)
- AVA Adult Mature Chicken 7+ (2kg and 4kg)
- AVA Senior Chicken 12+ (2kg)
- AVA Sensitive Skin & Stomach (1.5kg)
- AVA Weight Management (1.5kg)
- AVA Hairball (1.5kg)
- AVA Oral Care (1.5kg)
- AVA British Shorthair (1.5kg)
- AVA Persian (1.5kg)
- AVA Maine Coon (1.5kg)
- by Sainsbury’s Hypoallergenic Recipe complete dry cat food with Salmon 1+ Years (800g)
- Applaws Kitten Dry Chicken (400g, 2kg and 7.5kg)
- by Sainsbury’s Hypoallergenic Recipe complete dry cat food with Chicken 1+ Years (800g)
- Applaws Cat Dry Chicken & Lamb (400g, 2kg and 7.5kg)
- Applaws Cat Dry Chicken & Duck (400g, 2kg and 7.5kg)
- Applaws Cat Dry Ocean Fish (350g, 1.8kg and 6kg)
- Applaws Cat Dry Senior Chicken (400g, 2kg and 7.5kg)
- AVA Kitten Chicken (300g and 2kg)
- AVA Adult Chicken (300g, 2kg and 4kg)
- AVA Adult Fish (2kg)

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.

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.

Check the full recall details on www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/alert/fsa-prin-36-2021-update-1

Source: FSA