Pet Food Recall: Eukanuba And Iams Kibbles (Salmonella)

[mrjarrell]

Well, if you've bought any of these check the dates and lot numbers. Don't want your four legged friends or yourself getting sick to death. You can return them for a refund or just toss them.

P&G Voluntarily Recalls Limited Quantity of Dry Pet Food Due to Possible Health Risk | P&G News | Events, Multimedia, Public Relations

 

[PaulF]

Nice find!

The press release states that it is Salmonella contamination of dry dog and cat food, and there is a risk of exposure from even handling the kibble. It goes on to state that there have been no reports of illness so far, but this is a corporate press release...a grain of salt may be warranted.

-Paul

 

[bobbittle]

Nice find!

The press release states that it is Salmonella contamination of dry dog and cat food, and there is a risk of exposure from even handling the kibble. It goes on to state that there have been no reports of illness so far, but this is a corporate press release...a grain of salt may be warranted.

-Paul

Just to clarify your statement, there is a POTENTIAL that it could be contaminated. Which (most likely) means that somewhere in that facility salmonella tested positive. Could have been on the mop used to clean the floor, the employee bathroom, etc. I don't care for their foods, but Iams/Eukanuba (P&G) is VERY proactive in dealing with these sorts of issues.

 

[wizard]

Thanks for the info.

 

[chezuki]

Dogs eat **** and random dead stuff they find.... Their food doesn't need to be sterile.

 

[zepan]

Dog eats the random stuff then washes it down out of the crapper.

 

[mrjarrell]

Dogs eat **** and random dead stuff they find.... Their food doesn't need to be sterile.

Then go and feed your dog something that's a known pathogen and see what it does to them. Salmonella is not good for dogs, cats or humans. It can make all of them deathly ill or even kill them. Just because an animal acts like a scavenger doesn't make them immune to disease.

 

[gunman41mag]

The VET bill will be expensive, plus most people dogs & cats don't have insurance

 

[92ThoStro]

This Is more for the human risk than for the dog. Those pet owners that feed their dogs a raw diet often feed raw chicken because chicken is less expensive than other meats. Salmonella is present on quite a good amount of chicken, and dogs can go largely unaffected. You have to remember dogs came from wolves. Can dogs get sick? Yep. Will they? Probably not.

But you have to keep in mind that people.don't take precautions like wearing gloves and or hand washing for 20 seconds using antibacterial soap when they handle dry dog food as opposed to raw poultry.

To go along with that, salmonella eating dogs can shed salmonella in their stools. Another concern.

If your dog ate the contaminated food, you don't need to run to the vet. You need to run and get the food out of your house and wash your hands and the dog bowls and the kitchen floor. The dog will be fine you won't.

But like.mentioned factory testing positive is not the same as the dog food being tested and ending.up culturing salmonella from it.

 

[chezuki]

This Is more for the human risk than for the dog. Those pet owners that feed their dogs a raw diet often feed raw chicken because chicken is less expensive than other meats. Salmonella is present on quite a good amount of chicken, and dogs can go largely unaffected. You have to remember dogs came from wolves. Can dogs get sick? Yep. Will they? Probably not.

But you have to keep in mind that people.don't take precautions like wearing gloves and or hand washing for 20 seconds using antibacterial soap when they handle dry dog food as opposed to raw poultry.

To go along with that, salmonella eating dogs can shed salmonella in their stools. Another concern.

If your dog ate the contaminated food, you don't need to run to the vet. You need to run and get the food out of your house and wash your hands and the dog bowls and the kitchen floor. The dog will be fine you won't.

This^ +1

Then go and feed your dog something that's a known pathogen and see what it does to them. Salmonella is not good for dogs, cats or humans. It can make all of them deathly ill or even kill them. Just because an animal acts like a scavenger doesn't make them immune to disease.

To reiterate... Dogs eat ****. And actually yes, the fact that they act like a scavenger in fact DOES make them more immune to some illnesses than humans... Salmonellosis for example.