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Raaw Energy Dog Food recall: Due to possible Listeria contamination

Recall published 5 months ago

Due to possible Listeria contamination

The hazard: Listeria contamination

Because the organism here is Listeria, the recall is about where the food has been rather than how it looks today. Treat an affected pack as contaminated even if it is sealed and in date.

What the notice says: Severe infections can result in meningitis, abortion, and death.

Why it matters: Listeria monocytogenes is unusual among foodborne bacteria because it keeps growing at refrigerator temperature. A contaminated pack does not become safer for sitting in the cold, and it will look, smell and taste completely normal.

Symptoms and when to call a doctor

Listeriosis is mild or silent in most healthy adults, but it is serious for pregnant people, newborns, adults over 65 and anyone whose immune system is suppressed. The CDC describes intestinal illness as diarrhoea and vomiting, and invasive illness as fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance or convulsions. In pregnancy it can cause miscarriage, stillbirth or infection in the newborn even when the parent feels only mildly unwell. Symptoms can start within a day or not appear for weeks, so tell any doctor you see that you ate a recalled product and give them the date.

This page is general information, not medical advice. If you feel unwell, a clinician who can see you is the only person able to judge your case.

Recall details

Published
May 22, 2026
Risk level
Highest risk
Issued by
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Brand
Raaw Energy
Product type
Pet food & treats
Distribution
Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia

Products covered by this recall

Dog Food

What the company announced

Raaw Energy is voluntarily notifying the public of a recall involving products produced between 7/17/25 and 12/23/25 due to possible Listeria contamination. Another batch date is 3.31.26 Beef and Turkey Medley. While not all products from this period tested positive, this action is being taken out of an abundance of caution. Some products produced during this timeframe were not tested, and bacterial presence was identified during the same period. As a result, products manufactured within these dates could possibly be affected.

Consumers are advised not to use, sell, or consume any affected product. Please discard these items immediately to help reduce the risk of illness.

Tested foods: Highlighted below. * Bold print production dates.

Listeria monocytogenes can be exposed to the pathogen through consumption of contaminated food. People can be exposed to this pathogen through multiple routes such as contact with surfaces that have touched contaminated food, such as bowls, utensils, or countertops. Risk of human illness from Listeria monocytogenes contaminated pet food increases if people do not thoroughly wash their hands after handling the food or having contact with their pet, or by not thoroughly cleaning contaminated surfaces.

Infected humans may display symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia, fever, and lethargy. Severe infections can result in meningitis, abortion, and death. Pets exposed to contaminated food can be infected without showing symptoms. Infected pets, even if they do not show symptoms, can act as carriers and transfer Listeria monocytogenes through their feces and saliva.

People infected with Listeria monocytogenes may experience some or all of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, aches, fever and diarrhea. Severe Listeria monocytogenes infections can spread through the bloodstream to the nervous system (including the brain), resulting in meningitis and other potentially fatal illnesses. Pregnant women are especially susceptible to Listeria infection, which can result in miscarriage. The young, the elderly, and people with weak immune systems are also vulnerable to infection.

Food is ordered via the firm’s website and picked up in person by customers. Products were distributed to customers in CT, DE, MA, MD, NH, NJ, NY, PA, and VA.

The products are packaged in either 2-pound or 5-pound clear plastic tubes sealed on each end with a metal clip. Products are sold frozen in brown cardboard boxes containing 5 to 20 clear plastic tubes. The cardboard boxes have white stick-on labels identifying the product flavor, ingredients, and date code. See product list below.

Based on testing conducted on samples collected by New Jersey Department of Agriculture, some finished products tested positive and tested negative to contain Listeria monocytogenes . Not all the food was tested.

For your safety, please treat these products as potentially contaminated. We ask that you dispose of them in a secure manner so they cannot be accessed by people or animals.

  • Product: 4411 (Beef, Tripe, Duck Necks, and Chicken) · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 9.9.2025, 9.23.2025, 10.14.2025, 10.15.2025
  • Product: 4411(Beef, Tripe, Duck Necks, and Chicken) · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 9.9.2025, 9.23.2025, 10.15.2025
  • Product: 60/30/10 Chicken Medley · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 10.10.2025
  • Product: 60/30/10 Chicken Medley · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.29.2025, 8.6.2025, 8.7.2025
  • Product: 60/30/10 Turkey Medley · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.24.2025, 7.29.2025
  • Product: 60/30/10 Turkey Medley · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.24.2025, 7.29.2025
  • Product: 70/30/Beef Heart · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 8.19.2025
  • Product: 70/30/Beef Heart · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 8.19.2025, 8.20.2025
  • Product: American Bully · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 10.21.2025, 11.7.2025
  • Product: American Bully · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 10.21.2025, 10.22.2025
  • Product: *Beef and Chicken · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.30.2025, 8.12.2025, 8.13.2025, 8.15.2025, 8.28.2025, 8.29.2025, 9.2.2025, 9.5.2025, 9.16.2025, 9.17.2025, 9.24.2025, 10.7.2025, 10.8.2025, 10.30.2025, 12.16.2025, 12.17.2025
  • Product: Beef and Chicken · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.30.2025, 8.8.2025, 8.13.2025, 8.15.2025, 8.27.2025, 8.28.2025, 8.29.2025, 9.2.2025, 9.5.2025, 9.17.2025, 10.8.2025, 10.17.2025, 10.22.2025, 10.30.2025, 11.22.2025, 12.17.2025
  • Product: *Beef and Chicken Tripe Medley · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.30.2025, 8.13.2025, 8.14.2025, 8.15.2025, 9.17.2025, 9.18.2025, 10.8.2025, 10.9.2025, 10.14.2025, 10.29.2025, 11.18.2025, 11.25.2025, 12.9.2025, 12.23.25
  • Product: Beef and Chicken Tripe Medley · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.30.2025, 7.31.2025, 8.5.2025, 8.6.2025, 8.15.2025, 9.18.2025, 10.9.2025, 10.11.2025, 11.5.2025, 11.19.2025
  • Product: Beef and Pork · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.17.2025
  • Product: Beef and Pork · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.17.2025, 10.31.2025, 11.1.2025
  • Product: Beef and Salmon · Sizes: 5-ln tubes · Date Codes: 7.18.2025, 7.26.2025, 8.1.2025, 8.13.2025, 9.5.2025, 9.19.2025, 9.20.2025, 10.25.2025, 10.31.2025, 11.4.2025, 11.5.2025, 11.7.2025, 11.8.2025, 11.14.2025, 11.20.2025, 11.21.2025, 12.2.2025, 12.10.2025, 12.13.2025, 12.17.2025
  • Product: Beef and Salmon · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.18.2025, 7.26.2025, 8.13.2025, 8.15.2025, 8.29.2025, 9.2.2025, 9.5.2025, 9.6.2025, 9.12.2025, 9.18.2025, 9.19.2025, 9.20.2025, 10.25.2025, 10.31.2025, 11.5.2025, 11.6.2025, 11.7.2025, 11.8.2025, 11.12.2025, 11.14.2025. 11.19.2025, 11.21.2025, 12.2.2025, 12.13.2025, 12.17.2025
  • Product: *Beef and Turkey Medley · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.24.2025, 7.25.2025, 10.22.2025, 12.17.2025, 12.19.2025, 12.23.2025 3.31.26
  • Product: *Beef and Turkey Medley · Sizes: 2-l5-b b tubes · Date Codes: 7.25.2025, 7.26.2025, 12.18.2025, 12.23.2025
  • Product: Beef Liver and Kidney · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 9.13.2025
  • Product: Beefturducken · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 11.25.2025
  • Product: Beefturducken · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.29.2025, 11.25.2025
  • Product: Chicken Hearts · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 11.7.2025
  • Product: *Chicken Medley · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.17.2025, 7.24.2025, 9.10.2025, 9.11.2025, 10.10.2025, 11.14.2025, 11.15.2025, 11.18.2025, 11.25.2025, 12.5.2025, 12.19.2025, 12.12.25
  • Product: *Chicken Medley · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.17.2025 , 7.23.2025, 8.5.2025, 8.7.2025, 8.26.2025, 9.26.2025,10.11.2025, 10.15.2025, 10.16.2025, 10.25.2025, 11.22.2025, 12.5.2025,
  • Product: Chips Agility · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 9.23.2025, 11.1.2025, 11.7.2025, 11.8.2025
  • Product: Chips Beef · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.22.2025
  • Product: Chips Beef · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.22.2025
  • Product: Country Soul · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 9.4.2025, 9.5.2025
  • Product: Dog's Best Friend · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 11.13.2025, 11.14.2025
  • Product: Dog's Best Friend · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.29.2025, 9.3.2025, 11.13.2025, 11.14.2025
  • Product: Duck · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 9.11.2025, 9.12.2025
  • Product: Duck · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 9.12.2025
  • Product: Green Tripe · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 11.5.2025
  • Product: Green Tripe · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 10.17.2025, 10.18.2025, 11.1.2025
  • Product: Heart Chunks · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.19.2025
  • Product: Heart Corazon · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 10.14.2025
  • Product: Heart Corazon · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 8.9.2025
  • Product: Hybrid Beef and Chicken · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 10.17.2025
  • Product: Hybrid Dog's Best Friend · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.29.2025
  • Product: Italian · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 10.14.2025
  • Product: Italian · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 8.7.2025, 8.8.2025
  • Product: Kidney and Liver · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 10.18.2025
  • Product: Lamb Beef and Chicken · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 12.2.2025
  • Product: Natural Remedies · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 9.4.2025, 9.9.2025
  • Product: Pork · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 8.1.2025, 11.1.2025, 12.13.2025
  • Product: Pork · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 10.14.2025, 11.1, 2025, 12.13.2025
  • Product: R Chicken · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 11.5.2025
  • Product: R Chicken · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 11.5.2025
  • Product: R Chicken with Pork · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 11.4.2025, 12.10.2025
  • Product: R Chicken with Pork · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 11.4.2025, 12.10.2025
  • Product: *Salmon · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.31.2025, 9.10.2025, 10.24.2025, 10.25.2025, 10.29.2025, 11.14.2025, 12.5.2025, 12.12.25, 12.20.2025
  • Product: Salmon · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 7.23.2025, 7.31.2025, 8.8.2025, 9.10.2025, 10.29.2025, 11.14.2025, 11.22.2025, 12.5.2025, 12.20.2025
  • Product: Terrestrial · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 10.7.2025
  • Product: Terrestrial · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 10.7.2025
  • Product: Turkey Chicken · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 9.25.2025, 10.24.2025, 12.19.2025, 12.20.2025
  • Product: Turkey Chicken · Sizes: 2-lb tubes · Date Codes: 9.25.2025, 12.20.2025
  • Product: Turkey Medley · Sizes: 5-lb tubes · Date Codes: 9.24.2025, 9.25.2025

Moving forward,

To better serve our customers, we will be temporarily stopping all production of dog food effective May 21, 2026. This pause is necessary so we can carefully evaluate current issues, address them properly, and take appropriate corrective actions.

As part of this process, we will be resurfacing key areas to make them smoother, more sanitary, and easier to clean. All drains and sewer lines will be thoroughly cleaned and treated, and additional cleaning efforts will be made on the evaporators.

We will be strengthening our quality control measures.

We will be purchasing a pathogen detection system and testing every batch to help ensure the safety and quality of our products.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. As a small business, we are committed to doing the right thing and correct any issues.

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we focus on making these improvements and ensuring that our products meet the standards our customers expect and deserve.

Reproduced from the company announcement posted on fda.gov. Links and contact forms in the original are not repeated here; the official notice below has them.

Check your product

The notice names 8 codes you can read straight off the package. Type the one printed on yours and the list below narrows to it.

Model or item number

On the rating label, the box or the instruction sheet.

  • 12/23/25
  • 4411
  • 60/30/10
  • 70/30/Beef

Package size

Match the net weight or the piece count on the front of the pack.

  • 2 pound
  • 5 pound
  • 5 lb
  • 2 lb

Codes are lifted verbatim from the FDA — Company recall announcements notice. A code that is missing here may still be covered — the official notice is the complete list.

What to do about Listeria

Raaw Energy — Because the organism here is Listeria, the recall is about where the food has been rather than how it looks today. Treat an affected pack as contaminated even if it is sealed and in date.

  1. Do not eat it and do not open a sealed pack to inspect it — opening it only spreads the bacteria around your kitchen.
  2. Wash and then sanitise anything the food touched: the fridge shelf and drawer, chopping boards, knives, counters and your hands. Listeria colonises cold surfaces and can survive there after the food is gone.
  3. If anyone in the household is pregnant, over 65 or immunocompromised, call a clinician for advice even if nobody feels ill. That conversation is quick and it is the whole point of a Listeria recall.
  4. Photograph the label, the lot code and the date mark before the pack leaves the house — that picture is what a refund claim runs on.

Refunds, and what else you can claim

The purchase price is the floor, not the ceiling. Where a recall caused you a real cost, say so.

  • Claim the refund at the store first; it is the fastest route and needs the least paperwork.
  • If you bought several packs over time, list them. Firms routinely settle for more than a single unit when a customer asks.
  • Medical costs, lost earnings or a spoiled event are not handled at the service desk. Write to the company contact on this page instead, with dates and documents.
  • Keep copies of everything you send. If a recall caused harm, that file is what any later claim rests on.

Remedy named in the notice: Please discard these items immediately to help reduce the risk of illness.

Company contact: Raaw Energy — Consumers: 732-414-1446

The official notice

This page summarises a notice published by U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency notice is the authoritative version — read it before you act, and treat it as the final word if anything here looks different.

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Questions people ask about this recall

Why was Raaw Energy pet food & treats recalled?

Due to possible Listeria contamination Severe infections can result in meningitis, abortion, and death.

How do I know if I have the recalled product?

Match the codes printed on your package against the notice: model number 12/23/25, 4411, 60/30/10. If the code on your package is not on that list, your unit is outside the recall.

What should I do with it right now?

Do not eat it and do not open a sealed pack to inspect it — opening it only spreads the bacteria around your kitchen.

Can I get my money back?

The notice says: Please discard these items immediately to help reduce the risk of illness.

Which states were affected?

The notice lists Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia.

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