The Hartz Mountain Corporation, working with the US Food and Drug Administration, has voluntarily recalled 4,850 bags of its Chicken-Basted Rawhide Chips due to possible contamination with salmonella bacteria.

The products were sold at major retailers nationwide.
Dog owners should check the bag for the lot code JC23282. If the bag has this code, or if no code is visible, stop using the product.
The UPC code on the recalled items is: 3270096463.

The company, based in Secaucus, NJ, issued the recall after an independent test detected salmonella in a bag of the chips. A second test of the same lot, however, came back normal.

Consumers should call Hartz at 800-275-1414 for more details or to obtain reimbursement if they purchased the suspect product.

Symptoms of salmonella poisoning in pets include lethargy, diarrhea, fever and vomiting. Some animals, however, can be carriers showing no symptoms and can pass the pathogen to other animals or humans.