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Tainted Dog Food Now Getting People Sick Too!

04 May

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Follow up: Tainted Dog Food…Now Getting People Sick Too

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Tainted Dog Food Sickens 14 People.

Food safety News, Mary Rothschild

At least 14 people have been sickened with Salmonella Infantis infections in a 9-state outbreak linked to dog food.  At least nine of the individuals have been hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The CDC reported Thursday that… Read more »

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Posted by on May 4, 2012 in Dogs

 

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10 responses to “Tainted Dog Food Now Getting People Sick Too!

  1. heretherebespiders's avatar

    heretherebespiders

    May 4, 2012 at 13:16

    Yikes. And here I expected people were eating it – this is much scarier.

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    • DogDaz's avatar

      dogdaz

      May 4, 2012 at 13:36

      Yes – I didn’t think about just hand contact. Oh my!

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  2. sonelscorner's avatar

    Sonel

    May 4, 2012 at 13:26

    This is terrible. Thanks for the share hon. 🙂
    *hugs*

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    • DogDaz's avatar

      dogdaz

      May 4, 2012 at 13:37

      My pleasure Sonel. It is my hope that maybe one less person or animal will get sick.

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  3. Bassa's Blog's avatar

    Bassas Blog

    May 5, 2012 at 09:56

    Oh dear, that is awful 😦

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    • DogDaz's avatar

      dogdaz

      May 5, 2012 at 16:53

      Yes – Bassa – it is very scary

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  4. 2 Brown Dawgs's avatar

    2browndawgs

    May 7, 2012 at 07:24

    People should always wash hands after handling dog food. 🙂

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    • DogDaz's avatar

      dogdaz

      May 7, 2012 at 10:42

      I guess so. Never really thought about it before, though I do wash my hands a million times a day

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      • 2 Brown Dawgs's avatar

        2browndawgs

        May 7, 2012 at 10:50

        I know I should, but of course it is easy to forget. This was a good reminder for me.

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