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GloriaJH 
All these recalls are very sad - but, it shows that the companies are on top of things and letting the petparents know about problems as quickly as they can.
In the article it was good to know that most other Wellness foods are manufactured in their own plant in Indiana, because I use Wellness products.
Sorry, but I have to disagree about the timely response stuff. The CDC has known about the problem since at least March - and the problem in HUMANS with salmonella from dogs or the food dates back to OCTOBER 2011:
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The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports numerous varieties of pet foods manufactured at the Gaston, SC Diamond Pet Food facility have been linked to fourteen human Salmonella infections in nine states. Five people were hospitalized.
From the CDC website: "Multiple brands of dry pet food produced by Diamond Pet Foods at a single manufacturing facility in South Carolina have been linked to some of the human Salmonella infections."
"A total of 14 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Infantis have been reported from 9 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Connecticut (1), Michigan (1), Missouri (3), North Carolina (3), New Jersey (1), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (1), and Virginia (1)."
"On April 2, 2012, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development detected Salmonella in an unopened bag of Diamond Naturals Lamb Meal & Rice dry dog food, which had been collected March 14, 2012, during routine retail testing of dry pet food. Public health investigators used PulseNet to identify recent cases of human illness with a PFGE pattern indistinguishable from Salmonella Infantis which was isolated from the unopened bag of dry dog food produced by Diamond Pet Foods. In interviews, ill persons answered questions about contact with animals and foods consumed during the week before becoming ill. Seven of 10 (70%) ill persons interviewed reported contact with a dog in the week before becoming ill. Of 5 ill persons who could recall the type of dog food with which they had contact, 4 (80%) identified dry dog food produced by Diamond Pet Foods that may have been produced at a single facility in South Carolina."
The first recall was April 22, 2012 from that Diamond manufacturing plant in SC. They assured us then there were no problems with the other lines of food manufactured there, then kept adding brands and lines to the recall. NOW, because of the Human salmonella problems, pet food manufacturers are recalling foods manufactured at the plant.
http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/articles/cdc-links-diamond-pet-food-to-human-salmonella-outbreak.html
