Pet foods recalled nationwide due to salmonella risk
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Midwestern Pet Foods is recalling a lengthy list of dog and cat food brands potentially contaminated with salmonella, posing a possible health risk to animals as well as to the humans feeding them.
Salmonella can sicken animals eating food contaminated with the bacteria and can also infect people handling it, causing symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever and rarely more serious ailments in humans. Pets with salmonella infections may be lethargic, have diarrhea, decreased appetite or even appear healthy but carry the infection to others. The action by Midwestern Pet Foods involves specific expiration dates of brands including CanineX, Earthborn, Sportmix, Meridian and Pro Pac that were produced at a plant in Monmouth, Illinois, according to the company's recall notice, posted Saturday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.On May 7, health influencer Paul Saladino, M.D.. posted a video to his X account that promoted feeding "raw dairy" to infants. The post received over 90,000 views and sparked strong backlash before it was removed the following day. Saladino regularly advocates for "animal-based" diets featuring raw milk, including on his TikTok channel where he has over half a million followers.
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