Pet Food Recall Affecting People?

I was wondering how long it was going to take for someone to get sick because of this recall. Of course this story is a bit different than the one I am about to tell.

An woman says she became violently ill after eating some of her dog's food.

It's a case that could be related to the tainted pet food that has killed several dogs and cat's and sickened dozens more across in Canada and the United States.

Elaine Larabie tells the Ottawa Citizen that for three days she suffered symptoms that included loss of appetite, vomiting, foaming at the mouth and trouble urinating. She went to an emergency room on Tuesday and is now awaiting test results from blood work.

After noticing her dog, Missy, wasn't eating, Larabie said she took bites of Iams pet food in order to trick the terrier into thinking it was people food.

The ploy worked and the mealtime routine continued for about two weeks until both dog and master became sick on March 17.

So why would I expect a human being to get sick from tainted pet food?

Many, many, years ago, I worked the graveyard shift at a 7-11 convenience store in Las Vegas. Each evening, a homeless woman came in and bought a can of Skippy brand dog food. After paying for the food, she would walk outside, and sit down right outside the window.

She would pull a can opener from her bag, and open the can. She would then reach into the bag and pull out a plastic spoon. She would devour that can of food like it was the best thing she ever ate. She did this every night for the 6 months I worked at that store. Many times I offered to buy her a hot dog or nachos or something out of the sandwich case. She never accepted.

She was convinced there was more nutrition in the dog food.

If she could eat dog food every night, I am sure there are people out there that eat it on a regular basis as well.

Just FYI: Skippy dog food is NOT affected by the Menu Foods pet food recall. Skippy is produced by Del Monte, who does not use Menu Foods as a co-packer of any of their products. Other safe Del Monte pet food products are MeowMix®, Kibbles 'n Bits®, 9Lives®, Pounce®, and Gravy Train®.