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November 6, 2009

FDA: Dog treats tainted with Salmonella

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing this health alert to warn consumers not to use Pig Ears and Beef Hooves pet treats manufactured by Pet Carousel because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella. The products were distributed nationwide in both bulk and retail packaging for sale in pet food and retail chain stores. Pet Carousel is based in Sanger, Calif.

The products were manufactured under conditions that facilitate cross-contamination within batches or lots. Although no illnesses associated with these products have been reported, the FDA is advising consumers in possession of these products to not handle or feed them to their pets.

The affected pig ear products were packaged under the brand names Doggie Delight and Pet Carousel.

The affected beef hooves were packaged under the brand names Choo Hooves, Dentley’s, Doggie Delight, and Pet Carousel. All sizes and all lots of these products made by Pet Carousel are included in this alert.

Comments

I'm glad my dog is a vegetarian; it may not be a cure-all, but contamination like salmonella never originates with vegetables.

Posted by: Fallopia Tuba | November 7, 2009 9:22 AM

Are you serious? Did you so easily forget the spinach salmonella thing?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20498998/

And dogs need meat. Refusing to feed them what their body needs is abuse.

Posted by: Crysania | November 8, 2009 9:15 PM

I came to know about this the other day. I was not sure, if the news could be true at that time. Now, I am fully convinced and decided not to feed any of those to my dog.

Posted by: keyboards | November 11, 2009 12:44 AM

I am vegetarian/vegan becaucus of the cruelty to the animals being slaughtered. I resently adopted a dog after not having one for 16 years and feel a conflict with purchasing dog food that is from those tortured animals I refuse to eat. Are there brands that are from less cruel means of slaughtered animals...if that exists?

Posted by: Cindy Fox | November 15, 2009 8:13 PM

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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