I'm getting a lot of questions now about canine aspects of this recall, so I've addressed my take on some of the important issues below. Can Salmonella cause disease in dogs? Absolutely. The common myth about dogs being immune to Salmonella (mainly found on raw food sites) is just that, a myth. Dogs can and do get Salmonellainfections.

Abstract

Following an E. coli outbreak in 2006, when 17 people fell ill and one child died after eating mutton sausages in Norway, the meat industry introduced a number of measures in order to reduce the risk of food poisoning from meat. Clean animals and good hygiene during slaughtering are essential preconditions for food safety.

The head of Purdue University’s Department of Animal Sciences was on a team of experts who examined the relationship between the health of agricultural animals and consumers’ increasing demand for safe food. The report will be released Monday (May 7) in Washington, D.C.