Just when you thought your dog food was safe!

I just got home and that means I just got the chance to check various websites. Our sister blog Southbay Pets just posted a breaking news story about yet another pet food recall by Pedigree. The link on the blog entry doesn't seem to be working for me (I think I've got a problem with firefox) so I found another link to a news article here! Those that shop at Albertsons in Southern California and Las Vegas are affected. Pedigree has conducted a voluntary recall of PEDIGREE® Complete Nutrition Small Crunchy Bites in the 20 pound bag due to a possible Salmonella contamination.

This article says that...

Complete Nutrition Small Crunchy Bites is a multi-component dry pet food. Last week, a component that should have been on hold due to positive testing results was inadvertently shipped to our Tracy, California facility and used in the production of 100 bags of PEDIGREE(R) Complete Nutrition Small Crunchy Bites with best buy dates of 07/2009.

Here is a rundown of the affected food:

Product: PEDIGREE® Complete Nutrition Small Crunchy Bites
Size: 20-pound bags
UPC Code: 23100 14719
Lot Code: 830BFCAT02
Best Buy Date: 07/2009
Best Buy Date Location: Back of bag
Affected Stores: Albertsons locations in Southern California and Las Vegas.

For your reference, here's a some safe pet food handling tips from the Food and Drug Administration.

If you have any questions, please call (877) 568-4463 or visit www.petcare.mars.com.