Dog Food Brand Years Recalls Products Over Suspected Dry Eye Cases Linked to Buckwheat in Türkiye

Years, a subscription service selling fresh dog food tailored to an animal's needs, emailed customers on Monday night to say it had identified a potential link between its buckwheat ingredient and a dry eye condition. The company urged owners to stop feeding Years' products to their pets or any other animal. Years said that as of Sunday, it had received reports of 57 suspected cases of dry eye.

The company said on its website: This follows a small number of reports of dogs having a potential adverse eye reaction to buckwheat, a common and approved ingredient, which we include in our meals. As of 16th August, this has affected 0.1% of our customers. The business, which boasts that its fresh meals are prepared by chefs, advertises gourmet dog meals including pork shoulder and apple stew, turkey thigh and cranberry fricassee and a steak and kidney hotpot.