U.S. Salmonella Outbreak traced to chickens from Thailand

[RamboLiberal]

Buried in a story about a local PA pet food plant sending out pet food with salmonella that has infected people - mostly children in U.S. We need country of origin labeling on all products IMHO!

The CDC reported in May a growing number of multi-drug-resistant foodborne cases of Salmonella Schwarzengrund worldwide. The increase in the United States is linked to imported chicken, particularly products from Thailand, according to the report.

A salmonellosis outbreak that moved slowly through Pennsylvania and the country for 18 months only recently was connected to a Fayette County dog food plant, public health officials said Monday.

Pennsylvanians have been hardest hit, with 25 of the illnesses -- or 38 percent of the 66 cases reported nationwide -- occurring here, according to the state Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A Pittsburgh infant was among the victims.

For every reported case, the CDC estimates 30 or more illnesses go unreported.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_524472.html

Dog Food affected: Krasdale Gravy Dry Dog Food, Red Flannel Large Breed Adult Formula dry dog food, 55-pound bonus bags of Ol'Roy Complete Nutrition Dry Dog Food, which is sold by Wal-Mart. That food was made by Doane Pet Care Co. in Manassas, Va., according to the FDA.

[Tanuki]

1. No surprise that Wal-Mart is involved.

Multi-drug resistant salmonella, the latest part of the "high cost of low cost."

[earthboundmisfit]

2. Color me dense - but is this saying that we're importing chickens

from Thailand to make dog food? Jeezus, WHY? Considering shipping across the world, how could it actually be cheaper to import chickens than to get them here????

[kestrel91316]

3. Ol' Roy, Walmart.........shades of the melamine/"gluten" recall.....

You get what you pay for. This stuff is bottom-of-the-barrel generic.