Mary Wilson
Well-known member
November 9, 2023
Coral Beach
One person has been hospitalized and six additional people are sick in a widespread outbreak of Salmonella Kiambu infections traced to pet food, according federal public health officials.
Six of the seven patients are children one year old or younger, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The patients are spread across seven states: California, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Florida, Alabama and Hawaii.
“Epidemiologic and laboratory data show that a specific lot of Victor brand Hi-Pro Plus dry dog food is contaminated with Salmonella and has made people sick. The manufacturer, Mid America Pet Food, has recalled this and all other brands of pet food they make. See recalls for more details,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...
The FDA reports that a retail sample of Victor brand Hi-Pro Plus dry dog food collected by the South Carolina State Department of Agriculture and analyzed by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control matches the strain of Salmonellafound in the seven ill people.
The CDC has conducted whole genome sequencing of samples from the outbreak patients and it shows they all were infected with the same Salmonella, suggesting they were sickened by the same source. ...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023...has-sickened-mostly-infants-recalls-underway/
Coral Beach
One person has been hospitalized and six additional people are sick in a widespread outbreak of Salmonella Kiambu infections traced to pet food, according federal public health officials.
Six of the seven patients are children one year old or younger, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The patients are spread across seven states: California, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Florida, Alabama and Hawaii.
“Epidemiologic and laboratory data show that a specific lot of Victor brand Hi-Pro Plus dry dog food is contaminated with Salmonella and has made people sick. The manufacturer, Mid America Pet Food, has recalled this and all other brands of pet food they make. See recalls for more details,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...
The FDA reports that a retail sample of Victor brand Hi-Pro Plus dry dog food collected by the South Carolina State Department of Agriculture and analyzed by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control matches the strain of Salmonellafound in the seven ill people.
The CDC has conducted whole genome sequencing of samples from the outbreak patients and it shows they all were infected with the same Salmonella, suggesting they were sickened by the same source. ...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023...has-sickened-mostly-infants-recalls-underway/