Read more about the Diamond Pet Foods recall HERE.
From the CDC Website "Multiple brands of dry pet food produced by Diamond Pet Foods at a single manufacturing facility in South Carolina have been linked to some of the human Salmonella infections. People who think they might have become ill after contact with dry pet food or with an animal that has eaten dry pet food should consult their health care providers.
A total of 14 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of SalmonellaInfantis have been reported from 9 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Connecticut (1), Michigan (1), Missouri (3), North Carolina (3), New Jersey (1), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (1), and Virginia (1)."
Diamond Pet Foods is no longer responding to inquiries and refuses to comment further on the matter. Evidenced further by their latest press release "We are working with the CDC, but due to patient confidentiality, we cannot comment further."
The human illnesses that can be linked to the pet foods can be linked back to October 2011, if they started this long ago, why did they wait so long to stop production from every food being made in that plant? The recall did not occur until April 6, 2012 and that was just for the Diamond Lamb & Rice Pet Food. The Chicken Soup Pet Lover’s Soul Adult Light Formula dry dog food was recalled April 26, 2012. On April 30, 2012, Diamond Puppy was recalled and on May 4, 2012 they finally recalled Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul, Country Value, Diamond, Diamond Naturals, Premium Edge, Professional, 4Health, and Taste of the Wild.
I don't understand how Diamond let it get this far and how it took them so long to take action. They state that they put their food through 151 tests. How is Salmonella not one of those tests? I had my dogs on Taste of the Wild 3 months ago, I used the bag and switched over to Acana to see if it would help the one with allergies. I could have gotten sick because of this, my dogs could have gotten sick, albeit, very unlikely that they would.
Note: it is unlikely that a healthy dog would become sick by having Salmonella in pet food, however, it would be a problem for puppies or those dogs with a compromised immune system. It becomes a problem for people when they touch the food and do not wash their hands after feeding their pet.
On another note, I store my dogs food in a vittles vault because it is airtight and keeps the bugs out, I don't generally keep the bags, I wash out the container in between bags and pour the new bag in and toss the bag. I have just recently started cutting out the production numbers and UPC codes and taping them to the top of the container. I urge all of you to do the same if you don't keep the bag. If you do this it will allow you to check production numbers in case of a recall like this. I might start keeping all of my production numbers and UPC's in a binder that way I can keep track of what they are eating, since most of the bags in this recall would have been used months ago.
In the end all I have to say is, shame on you Diamond Foods for letting it get to this.
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