How Does Pet Food Get Contaminated With Salmonella?
In the case of the Mars Petcare US Pet Food Recall, a pet food factory employee contracted salmonella. The employee apparently contaminated the pet food facility, leading to a salmonella-related Pedigree Dog Food recall. Eventually, the salmonella pet food recall was expanded to include more than a dozen other brands of cat food and dog food, like Special Kitty and Ol’ Roy. The pet food plant was shut down as a result of the salmonella outbreak, but the source was never found. Ultimately, the pet food manufacturing plant was shut down permanently. More recently, an industrial peanut supplier’s peanut paste and peanut butter products were found to be tainted with salmonella. Dog treats containing the salmonella-tainted peanut butter – like Grreat Choice Dog Biscuits, sold by PetSmart – were subsequently recalled due to possible salmonella contamination. So this is a second way that pet foods and pet treats can become tainted with salmonella – when an ingredient used to manufacture the p
