However, the success of the category was tested last year, when several brands were forced to
recall frozen items after the FDA discovered listeria and salmonella at a number of raw pet food plants.
The voluntary
recall from Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. on fresh and
frozen ground turkey, which has been linked to the Salmonella Heidelberg bacteria, affected
items produced in the company's Springdale, Ark., plant, said Patrick Kennelly, chief of the Food Safety Section of the California Department of Public Health.