RecallSep 8, 2026FI Supplements: Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella
757 products scored186 ingredients explainedNo paid placement
Front of the packageFinger wipes
Vet's Best Ear Relief Finger Wipes, front of the package
Turn it over: every ingredient is below
Vet's BestBrand transparency B

Ear Relief Finger Wipes

Finger wipesGroomingScored October 2026

Panel Score 86 out of 100, grade B: Good, check the flags
Flags
22 caution
Ingredients
11all in our library
Brand grade
Btransparency, costs 2 points
Recalls
0linked to this product
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Vet's Best
Ear Relief Finger Wipes

Starting point96
Brand transparency · B-2
Documented recall · none0
Panel Score86 B

Good, check the flags

Scored October 2026 · checkthepanel.com

Flags-8 points in all

2 flagged ingredients.

Avoid first. Each flag costs points in the score above; where a flag has an entry behind it, it links to the evidence.

Caution-4

Essential oil blend

Natural does not mean inert; several essential oils are documented irritants, especially for cats.

Caution-4

Tea tree oil

Tolerated diluted, a documented poisoning risk concentrated; cats are markedly more sensitive.

IngredientsAs published by the brand · 11 lines

Every ingredient, top to bottom.

Listed as printed on the package. Tap any line to see what it is and why it's there.

11 ingredients. 2 of them carry this product's 2 flags and are marked below. The other 9 raised no flag.

Checked against the brand's own page on Oct 15, 2026. A package on the shelf can be older or newer than that page; trust the one in your hand.

RecallsFrom FDA notices

Recall record.

This product

None linked

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Vet's Best, the brand

No FDA recalls on file

None of the FDA recall notices we have imported names Vet's Best.

Brand6 Vet's Best products scored

The brand behind it.

BTransparency

Vet's Best

Medicated oatmeal shampoo with named actives and no added synthetic fragrance or dye.

Vet-formulated with a named, fragrance-free botanical panel built around salicylic acid and tea tree oil. The B grade takes 2 points off this product's score.

Vet's Best brand page

Independent testing & contaminants

No independent testing on file.

Third-party lab findings for things that never appear on an ingredient label. This is separate from the score above and does not change it.

We haven't found published third-party lab results (PFAS, heavy metals, phthalates) for this product. That is not a clean bill of health, just an absence of data.

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Panel Score 87 out of 100, grade B: Good, check the flags
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