OK, it’s safe to buy pig ears for the dog again.

Except for pig ears on a recall list, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday withdrew their previous warnings to avoid buying or feeding pets any pig ear treats.

The
Continue Reading After 154 reported cases in 34 states, the pig ear Salmonella outbreak is over

Dog Goods has expanded an existing recall to include all 30-packs of “Berkley & Jensen” brand pig ears sold at BJ’s Wholesale Club stores.

Dog Goods purchased the pig ears from a single supplier in Brazil from September 2018 through August 2019. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, together with
Continue Reading All ‘Berkley & Jensen’ pig ear treats sold at BJ’s Wholesale Clubs recalled

Federal public health officials stepped up their warning today about pig ear treats for dogs as human illnesses related to the multi-branded products have now sickened 127 people in 33 states in a multi-drug resistant Salmonella outbreak.

The FDA and CDC today issued new consumer alerts and other updated product
Continue Reading Outbreak growing fast; new warnings caution against all pig ear pet treats

Shortly before federal officials issued a blanket warning against pig ear pet treats today a New Jersey company expanded its recall of such products that are directly linked to a human outbreak of Salmonella infections.

Lennox Intl Inc. of Edison, NJ, posted its expanded recall with the Food and
Continue Reading Lennox expands recall of pet treats; dozens of new human illnesses reported

At least one recall has followed the July 3 announcement that federal and state officials are investigating contaminated pig ear dog treats that are likely responsible for a multistate, multidrug-resistant Salmonella outbreak. More products could be recalled.

Pet Supplies Plus has recalled all of its bulk pig ear products from
Continue Reading Pig ear recall follows multistate, multidrug-resistant Salmonella outbreak.

Pig ear dog treats are the suspected source of a multidrug-resistant, multistate Salmonella outbreak among humans, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The CDC reports that whole-genome sequencing analysis of Salmonella isolates from 30 of the 45 outbreak victims predicted antibiotic resistance or decreased susceptibility
Continue Reading Antibiotic resistance complicates treatment of people infected in pig ear outbreak