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The Microbiological Safety of Low Water Activity Foods and Spices

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Food for pets and other animals may be prepared and processed in environments and from ingredients that result in Salmonella contamination. A number of ingredients used in dry pet foods and animal feed have a historic association with Salmonella contamination, including rendered animal proteins. Pets and animals that consume Salmonella-contaminated foods can become infected or carriers of the pathogen. The risk of salmonellosis to humans from pet food is greater than that in pets, given the relationships between humans and pets in the home and the low infective dose to humans of Salmonella compared to animals.

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  1. Microbac Laboratories, Inc., 101 Bellevue Road, Suite 301, Pittsburgh, PA, 15229, USA

    Bradley A. Stawick

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    Jeffrey L. Kornacki

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  1. Food Safety Intervention Technologies, U.S. Department of Agriculture ARS, Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA

    Joshua B. Gurtler

  2. University of Georgia Center of Food Safety, Griffin, Georgia, USA

    Michael P. Doyle

  3. Kornacki Microbiology Solutions, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Jeffrey L. Kornacki

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Stawick, B.A., Kornacki, J.L. (2014). Pet Foods. In: Gurtler, J., Doyle, M., Kornacki, J. (eds) The Microbiological Safety of Low Water Activity Foods and Spices. Food Microbiology and Food Safety(). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2062-4_16

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