28/09/2025
This is not just happening in America. Also please be aware Mars now owns and manufactures Orijen and Acana.
Following a major outbreak of Salmonella schwarzengrund in the United States, a colossal study was undertaken by Behravesh et al. (2010) who found dry dog and cat food to be the cause of the outbreak. However, it took the two teams 3 years to establish the fact. In that time, 79 people over 21 states were poisoned with Salmonella schwarzengrund – half of them were children under 2 years of age. The issue was traced back to Mars pet food who ended up recalling over 23,000 tonnes.
Two years later, the CDC in the United States reported that 53 people from around the United States and Canada had contracted Salmonella infantis from dry dog food (or their dry-fed dogs) in 2012, 20 of whom were again children under two years of age. One in three of those ended up in hospital
☢️ Guys, we need to do something about this. ☢️
REFS
1. Behravesh, B., Ferraro, A., deasy, M. et al. (2010). Human Salmonella infections linked to contaminated dry dog and cat food, 2006–2008. Pediatrics, 126(3): 477–483
2. US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc, 2012). Multistate outbreak of human Salmonella infantis infections linked to dry dog food (Final Update). Published online, July 18th,
