Watch out for Salmonella in Commercial Dog Food!
Don't touch the (commercial) dog food!
Think pet foods are getting safer? Think again.
It’s getting so bad you may not even want to touch your pet’s food.
An FDA memorandum released this week stated that it is: “particularly concerned about salmonella being transmitted to humans through pet foods, pet treats, and supplements for pets that are intended to be fed to animals in homes, where they are likely to be directly handled or ingested by humans.”
The Food and Drug Administration announced it is stepping up its efforts to test pet food for contamination with salmonella. Food officials are concerned that humans handling pet food or treats contaminated with salmonella could accidentally ingest the bacteria, thereby making them sick.
Salmonella in Commercial Dog Food:
And there is plenty of evidence to back up concern over human infection, the FDA said. The agency pointed to CDC data that show 70 people got sick from January 2006 through December 2007 in connection with salmonella-tainted dry dog food produced in Pennsylvania.
The 2006-2007 dog food outbreak featured a salmonella Schwarzengrund, according to the CDC, a bacteria known to be resistant to some antibiotics used to treat the infection.
