Findings of Salmonella in raw meat-based pet food in the United Kingdom have declined for the first time in recent years.
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) collected data on Salmonella reports from livestock species in Great Britain during 2023.
There were 331 reports of Salmonella from raw meat
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Raw pet food, smokies, and unapproved producers were some of the issues identified by food agencies in the United Kingdom in a report on food crime.
Details come from the 2024 Food Crime Strategic Assessment published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS). Food crime costs
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has analyzed the risk to dogs and cats from eating contaminated raw pet food and the impact on the people who feed them such products.
Raw pet food has become increasingly popular in recent years. Such items are made from Category 3 Animal-By-Products (ABP) that
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Canadian officials report that an outbreak of Salmonella infections in people has been traced to raw pet food and possibly contact with cattle.
The Public Health Agency of Canada just released information about the outbreak, which began in July 2020. Since then, 40 people have been confirmed to be infected
Continue Reading Canadian officials trace Salmonella outbreak to raw pet food; 40 patients confirmed
A food safety platform in the United Kingdom has selected an initial batch of projects to receive grants.
The UK Food Safety Research Network (FSRN) will fund six projects with amounts ranging from £30,000 ($36,100) to £62,000 ($74,700).
Each project involves researchers partnering with companies or government agencies in the
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Woody’s Pet Food Deli of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling Raw Cornish Hen pet food sold with a “With Supplements” sticker because of a Salmonella health risk to people and pets.
The product was distributed in the company’s retail stores in Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Woodbury, MN.
Salmonella can affect animals
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A study on a deadly E. coli outbreak in the United Kingdom linked to raw pet food adds to the evidence of such products being a risk factor for human infections, according to researchers.
In August 2017, four people were infected with related strains of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)
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Bravo Packing Inc. of Carneys Point, NJ, is recalling all of its raw frozen pet food — ground beef and “Performance Dog” — after tests showed contamination with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes.
The FDA is urging consumers to take extra care if they have any of the recalled dog food
Continue Reading Raw dog food tests positive for Salmonella, Listeria; FDA cites danger to humans
Officials continue to warn people to properly handle and cook poultry amidst an ongoing three-year Salmonella Reading outbreak that has sickened more than 120 people in Canada with the same strain of the bacterium that hit people in 43 U.S. states.
At least 16 more people in Canada were confirmed
Continue Reading Canadians renew warning about Salmonella outbreak and raw poultry
An analysis of pet food made from raw meat by researchers from the University of Zurich has found Salmonella and E. coli.
Numerous recalls of raw pet food because of those pathogens have been posted in the United States in the past couple of years. Some human infections were confirmed.
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