Fi, the New York pet-technology company, is recalling two lots of dog supplements because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled products are Fi Calming supplement for Dogs, 180 g, lot 26118, and Fi 8-in-1 Formula supplement for Dogs, 180 g, lot 26159. They were sold direct to consumers and through Amazon and Chewy.com. Fi announced the recall on September 3, 2026, and FDA published the notice on September 8. No illnesses in people or in dogs have been reported.
The brand belongs to Vet Plus, Inc., of New York, New York. Fi says the problem traces to an ingredient supplied to its manufacturer, that the manufacturer has suspended production while it investigates, and that it is notifying affected customers directly.
What was recalled
| Product | Size | Lot Number | UPC |
| Fi Calming supplement for Dogs | 180 g | 26118 | 8 50064 80011 1 |
| Fi 8-in-1 Formula supplement for Dogs | 180 g | 26159 | 8 50055 11168 4 |
No other Fi products or lots are covered by the recall.
This is a human illness recall, not just a pet one
People do not eat dog supplements, and that is exactly why these recalls get underestimated. The exposure is the powder itself, the scoop, the container, the counter it sat on, the bowl, the dog’s mouth, and the dog’s stool. FDA’s notice says so directly: the risk to humans comes from handling the product or from animal waste after the dog has eaten it, and the risk goes up when hands are not washed after contact with the product, with surfaces it touched, or with waste.
A dog does not have to look sick for a household to be exposed. FDA’s notice makes the point that infected but otherwise healthy pets can be carriers and can infect other animals or people. In a house with a toddler who crawls on the floor, or an adult over 65, or anyone on chemotherapy or immune-suppressing drugs, that is the whole ballgame.
The notice also lists what a Salmonella infection can do beyond a few bad days: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, cramping and fever in the short run, and, more rarely, arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation and urinary tract symptoms. Reactive arthritis after salmonellosis is not a footnote. I have represented people who never got over it.
The sentence in this notice worth reading twice
Fi did not make this product. The recall is on the market because of “an ingredient supplied to Fi’s manufacturer.” That single clause carries the whole public health question, and the notice leaves every part of it blank.
The ingredient is not named. The ingredient supplier is not named. The contract manufacturer is not named. The number of units is not disclosed. And nowhere does the notice say whether that same ingredient lot went into supplements sold under any other brand.
That last one matters more than the rest combined. When contamination sits in an ingredient rather than in a finished product, the exposure is almost never limited to one label. Peanut Corporation of America was one plant selling paste and meal into hundreds of other companies’ products, and the recall ran past 3,900 products before it was over. A contract manufacturer running a contaminated ingredient into 180-gram tubs is a smaller version of the same structure. The public deserves to know whether the manufacturer used that lot for anyone else, and if the answer is no, FDA and the company should say the word.
Not the first pet food Salmonella recall this year
In May, Albright’s Raw Pet Food of Fort Wayne, Indiana recalled a lot of its Chicken Recipe for Dogs after FDA sampling found Salmonella. In August, Oma’s Pride of Avon, Connecticut recalled 639 bags of Woof Complete Canine Chicken Recipe after FDA tested the product in response to a consumer complaint and it came back positive; three dog illnesses were reported.
The Fi recall breaks the pattern in a way that should get attention. Albright’s and Oma’s Pride are raw frozen products, and raw pet food is where regulators, veterinarians and the press already look. Fi Calming and Fi 8-in-1 are shelf-stable supplement powders. Nobody buys a calming chew powder expecting a raw-meat hazard. The hazard came in through the ingredient supply chain, which is the part of pet food nobody watches.
If you bought one of these lots
Stop feeding it. Seal the container and put it in the trash — not the compost, not a donation bin, not a neighbor’s dog. Then wash your hands, and wash what the product touched: scoops, bowls, storage containers, counters, the inside of the cabinet. Hot water and soap.
If your dog has eaten the product and is lethargic, has diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, a fever, vomiting, decreased appetite or abdominal pain, call your veterinarian. If a person in the house has diarrhea, cramping or fever, call a doctor and say the household had a recalled pet product in it — that sentence is what gets a stool culture ordered, and a culture is what turns a case into a data point instead of a bad week.
Report illnesses or quality problems to FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine using Form 1932a at www.fda.gov/reportanimalae. Fi can be reached at 1-888-434-3647, seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern, or at support@tryfi.com.
Questions people are asking
Are all Fi supplements recalled? No. Two lots are covered — lot 26118 of the 180 g Calming supplement and lot 26159 of the 180 g 8-in-1 Formula. Check the lot number on the container against the table above before you decide.
My dog ate it and seems fine. Is that the end of it? Not necessarily. FDA’s notice warns that a healthy-looking pet can carry Salmonella and shed it, which is how the bacteria move from the bag to the bowl to the people in the house.
Can a person really get sick from a dog supplement? Yes. Pet food and pet treats have caused human Salmonella outbreaks for years, and the people who get sick are disproportionately small children who touch the food, the bowl or the dog and then put their hands in their mouths.
Resources
FDA recall notice — Fi supplements for dogs
Marler Clark Salmonella Lawsuits and Litigation
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