We don't currently have a dog member in the family, but it should be noted that there have been widespread and persistent notices of recalls on a variety of "dry and dried dog foods and dog treats" due in almost all recent cases to salmonella contamination. Announcements come and go in the news, and it may be that the newspeople just haven't had much else to report (or nothing else with official press releases to tell them how to spell what they have to report) but they do seem to have been much more "in the news" in recent weeks.

If in doubt about something, one "official" source that should be reliable is the US FDA Animal and Veterinary Recalls and Withdrawals, and reports here stay up for a while when they might be on a news site for only a day or so.

A widespread recall of "dried jerky treats" got a lot of attention recently, and it may be just that other pet product suppliers are being extremely cautious for a while. Almost all notices have been about salmonella contaminations, and vet opinion is that these are seldom an extreme danger to our pets, producing mostly "flu-like" symptoms; but since we can be infected from our infected pets and it is (much more?) dangerous in humans there may just be more reporting on fairly ordinary risks.

One advice that's probably good: "Wash your hands every time you scoop the poop."

John