Food Safety at Stella & Chewy’s :: An Overview

Stella & Chewy’s has not been affected by any of the recent pet food recalls. The safety of our products has always been and continues to be of paramount importance to us. In light of this serious scare in the pet world, we want our customers to know what we are doing at Stella & Chewy’s to ensure that they are getting exactly what we promise: premium quality pet-food products.

1. Stella & Chewy’s has recently opened our own state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Wisconsin. We produce ALL Stella & Chewy’s products and ONLY Stella & Chewy’s products at this federally-inspected plant. We own all of our own equipment, including our freeze-dryers, so that we maintain the utmost control over the safety of our products from beginning to end.


2. We follow the HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) guidelines, a prevention-based food safety system created by the FDA and the USDA. The purpose of HACCP is to identify and monitor specific food-borne hazards – biological, chemical, or physical properties – that can adversely affect the safety of the food product.


3. All of our farmers and suppliers provide “Letters of Guarantee” stating that their meats and produce are fresh, clean, and test negative for pathogens.


4. We are always striving to make the healthiest pet food. To that end, we are working with top animal nutritionists and meat scientists from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. The university team is helping us improve our already great diets with extensive palatability trials and nutritional analysis.


5. We produce everything in small batches, and we test every batch prior to shipping, for salmonella and E. coli 0157:H7. This is done at an independent lab and our results are available for customers to view online.

We’ve grown our company this far thanks in part to our wonderful customers and word-of-mouth referrals. We have not thrown money at marketing and coupons (much to some of your dismay!). Instead, we’ve put our money where it really matters—into our own state-of-the-art facility, buying the highest-quality meat and ingredients for our products, and ensuring that our manufacturing process is as safe as possible.

Please call us directly if you have any questions. 888-477-8977.