Several lots of a brand of dog food are being recalled because it may be contaminated with a euthanasia drug.

  • Pet food brand recalls dog food over euthanasia drug fears
  • Some lots of Evanger's Hunk of Beef may contain pentobarbital
  • Product was sold in Florida, more than a dozen other states

Evanger's Dog Food has recalled five lots of its Hunk of Beef product "in an abundance of caution." The meat may be contaminated with the drug pentobarbital, it said.

Five dogs have gotten sick, and one has died after consuming the beef, which was sold online and also distributed to retail locations in 15 states, including Florida.

The company said pentobarbital was discovered in a single lot of the food, but it's recalling all lots manufactured the same week of June 6, 2016.

The affected lots numbers that start with 1816E03HB, 1816E04HB, 1816E06HB, 1816E07HB, and 1816E13HB, and have an expiration date of June 2020.

Evanger's blamed one of its suppliers for the pentobarbital and said it's no longer working with it.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.