Month: April 2012

Salmonella can cause serious illness in cats and dogs and cross-contamination to humans is possible resulting in serious illness.

• Here is good information on the symptoms & treatment of salmonellosis in dogs & cats.
• The FDA has information on safe pet food handling to prevent food born illnesses like salmonella.
• The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has a very informative page on salmonellosis in humans.

Salmonella can cause serious illness in humans.  I couldn’t find anything on whether fish can get salmonellosis.

• The FDA has information on safe pet food handling to prevent food born illnesses like salmonella.
• The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has a very informative page on salmonellosis in humans.

If you have product included in the recall, stop feeding it to your fish and discard it.  Consumers can contact Hartz at 1-800-275-1414 (24 hours/day 7 days/week) with any questions they may have and to obtain reimbursement for purchased product.

FDA inspectors are visiting plants in China the produce chicken jerky looking for links to the over 600 chicken jerky related illnesses & deaths reported to the FDA by pet owners and veterinarians.  A concrete reason for the illnesses & deaths hasn’t so far been discovered, but 3 brands have been implicated according to internal FDA documents.  The FDA has yet to an announce a recall.

Those brands are:

• Waggin’ Train chicken jerky treats or tenders made by Nestle Purina PetCare
• Canyon Creek Ranch chicken jerky treats or tenders made by Nestle Purina PetCare
• Milo’s Kitchen Home-style Dog Treats made by the Del Monte Corp