date:May 07, 2012
infections. They found that a handful of human Salmonella infections around the country matched up with the bacteria in the dog food.
When public health officials followed up with those individuals, most of them reported an association with Diamond Pets dog food. Bingo -- a link was made.
PulseNet is critical to our food safety system, said Dr. Casey Barton Behravesh, who leads the Outbreak Response Team at the CDC. It's a very important way for us to detect these big, multi-state outbreaks.