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Salmonella outbreak traced to PA pet-food plant
By Gina Spadafori
August 28, 2007
From Karen Roebuck of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, one of the heroes of the pet-food recall crisis, this article:
A salmonellosis outbreak that moved slowly through Pennsylvania and the country for 18 months only recently was connected to a Fayette County dog food plant, public health officials said Monday.
Pennsylvanians have been hardest hit, with 25 of the illnesses — or 38 percent of the 66 cases reported nationwide — occurring here, according to the state Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A Pittsburgh infant was among the victims.
For every reported case, the CDC estimates 30 or more illnesses go unreported.
Here’s the rest.
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it took 18 months to figure it out?!
” . . it is issuing this action out of an abundance of caution . . .”
“abundance of caution” seems to be the recall spin line.
Comment by straybaby — August 28, 2007 @ 9:46 am
DRUG RESISTANT SAMONELLA LINKED TO CHICKEN IMPORTED FROM THAILAND…
It was Mars Petcare’s plant. Remember the Krasdale and Red Flannel recalls a few days ago? Mars Petcare.
“The Mars Petcare U.S. manufacturing plant in Everson that made the two suspected dog foods linked to the outbreak is closed for inspection and cleaning, the Nashville-based company said in a news release yesterday.
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“Mars Petcare officials declined to answer questions about the recall. In a statement, the company said “it is issuing this action out of an abundance of caution and it sincerely regrets any inconvenience to pet owners as a result of this announcement.”
“People in 18 states, including Ohio and New York, have been infected, said CDC spokeswoman Lola Russell.”
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“The CDC reported in May a growing number of multi-drug-resistant foodborne cases of Salmonella Schwarzengrund worldwide. The INCREASE IN THE UNITED STATES IS LINKED TO IMPORTED CHICKEN, PARTICULARLY PRODUCTS FROM THAILAND, according to the report.”
Here’s a link to the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Report in case anyone wants to monitor weekly illnesses and death counts.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5633.pdf
Karen Roebuck: You’re great! You deserve a raise for all of your excellent reporting!
Comment by petlover — August 28, 2007 @ 12:06 pm
This blog, http://salmonellalawsuit.com/?p=47 reprinted Pennsylvania public health safety tips for handling and buying pet food. Let’s keep our pets and our families safe! I think that the safety tips were from an FDA press release, so you can also go to the FDA site for info.
Comment by HorseCrazy — August 28, 2007 @ 12:29 pm
This means all the food made at that plant for the past 18 months was contaminated. Right? And all the food on the shelf now, made at that plant, is contaminated. Right????
Comment by Kim — August 28, 2007 @ 3:12 pm
P.S. Pets with an infection could be lethargic and have diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps and vomiting. Even healthy animals with the infection can pass it to other animals or humans, who could have the same symptoms.
How many pets got sick from this??
Comment by Kim — August 28, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
Question? I thought pets didn’t get salmonella infections? isn’t that why they can eat RAW??
Another question: if pets are sick with salmonella, do they show all the above symptoms? or can they have just abdominal cramps and diarrhea??
Is sickness based upon the amount of cont. food eaten?
Does flagyl work on salmonella??
Thanks
Katie
Comment by Katie — August 28, 2007 @ 8:25 pm
Katie, My vets have only documented one case of a cat with salmonella and that cat had a compromised immune system.
Comment by MaineMom — August 29, 2007 @ 6:08 pm