FDA DCM 2019 brand disclosure — 16 dog-food brands most frequently named in DCM reports (historical snapshot; no causal link established)

FDA DCM 2019 brand disclosure — 16 dog-food brands most frequently named in DCM reports

Source: FDA CVM consumer/advisory page, retrieved 2026-08-05 via Tavily extract. This is a first-hand U.S. federal-government text; the claims below are verbatim substrings of source_file (C1).

Editorial context (read this before using the list)

This topic records the FDA's 2019 public disclosure of the dog-food brands most frequently named in diet-associated DCM reports. It is a historical snapshot of report volumes, not a recall and not a safety finding about any brand. It must be read together with the FDA's later position — captured in FDA_DCM_investigation_closure_2022_dec and FDA_DCM_interim_conclusions_no_causal_link — that the evidence was insufficient to establish a causal relationship between any reported product and DCM.

Practical takeaway: do not treat these 16 brands as a current "do-not-feed" list. The counts reflect how often each brand was *named in a report*, not a measured risk per unit sold, and some reports named multiple brands. Always consult a veterinarian (and, if needed, a board-certified veterinary nutritionist) before changing a pet's diet.

Verbatim C1 claims (each a byte-substring of the source file)

1. Dog Food Brands Named Most Frequently in DCM Cases Reported to FDA. Graph shows the dog food brands most frequently named in reports of DCM submitted to FDA.
2. Acana 67; Zignature 64; Taste of the Wild 53; 4Health 32; Earthborn Holistic 32; Blue Buffalo 31; Nature’s Domain 29; Fromm 24; Merrick 16; California Natural 15; Natural Balance 15; Orijen 12; Nature’s Variety 11; NutriSource 10; Nutro 10; Rachael Ray Nutrish 10
3. it is important to note that the graph below is based on reports that included brand information and that some reports named multiple brands
4. they do not supply sufficient data to establish a causal relationship with reported product(s).
5. FDA urges pet owners to work with their veterinarians, who may consult a board-certified veterinary nutritionist, to obtain the most appropriate dietary advice for their pet's specific needs prior to making diet changes.

Scope note

These are the FDA's 2019 report-volume statistics for the diet-DCM investigation. The broader case-count trajectory and the investigation's closure (no causal link established) are in FDA_DCM_investigation_timeline_2014_2024, FDA_DCM_investigation_status_2018_2022 and FDA_DCM_investigation_closure_2022_dec.