if we take a look at the past 10 years of pet food recalls we'll see that kibble is responsible for
66 percent of all recalls hey friends it's jess and jericho and the biggest objection to raw is
bacteria even the cdc advises against feeding raw food to pets due to the possible risk of
germ contamination but then if you scroll down on the very same page that warns against feeding raw
for germs it says do dry and canned foods contain these germs and it says yes it can so it's very
strange to me that the cdc advises specifically against feeding raw because of the contamination
of germs potential contamination of germs but then on the very same page they say that dry and
canned food can contain these germs so why would they advise against feeding one type of food but
not advise against feeding the other two types of food but regardless of which type of food we feed
the risks are there it all comes down to how we source and how we handle the foods for example
many of these salmonellosis outbreaks are linked to poor human hygiene for example there is an
investigation during a three-year period 2006 2007 and 2008 there was a large outbreak of salmonella
cases specifically with young children they found that dry pet food was linked to human illnesses
and as a result the manufacturing plant recalled 23,000 tons of pet food the study doesn't say the
manufacturing company's name or the brand they just say manufacturing plant x then an additional
outbreak of salmonella happened in 2008 that led to 105 dry pet food recalls and eventually that
led to the manufacturing plant permanently closing if we take a look at the past 10 years of pet food
recalls we'll see that kibble is responsible for 66% of all recalls canned is 32% and raw is 0.6%
pathogenic bacteria is the reason for almost half of the recalls over the last 10 years
there were just under 160 billion pounds of pet food recalls due to pathogenic bacteria
that's billion with a b 98% of those recalls were kibble so that equals to about 156 billion pounds
of kibble and 1.2 percent of those recalls were raw which equals to around 2 million pounds so 156
billion pounds compared to 2 million pounds 2 million is still a lot but when you compare it
to 156 billion it's not that much in 2021 in the us there were several pet food recalls due to
potential salmonella contamination risk midwestern pet foods recalled 140 lots of dry pet foods
meow mix recalled two lots of dry cat food natural balance recalled two lots of dry cat food as well
and bravo a raw pet food company recalled nine raw dog food products so just last year alone we have
three different kibble manufacturing companies that recalled hundreds of products and one raw
pet food company that recalled nine products according to a 2021 survey among 5,611 raw
feeding owners from 62 different countries 99.45 percent were not considered to have experienced
potential transmission of food-borne pathogens additionally 77.1 percent of households
feeding only raw diets had no confirmed cases of pathogen transmission or infection by laboratory
testing and only 31 households which is equal to 0.55% being identified as potential causes of
transmission and only 31 households which is equal to 0.55% percent being identified as potential
cases of transmission there was another survey in 2019 among raw feeding pet owners they received
responses from 16,475 households from 81 countries and only 39 households which is equal to 0.24%
reported having been contaminated by pet food and were also able to name the pathogen
however the meat pets had been analyzed in only three of those households which is equal to 0.02%
identifying the same pathogen as found in the samples taken from the infected individuals as
well as the 39 households above 24 households 0.15% reported a contamination from pet food
without being able to name the pathogen causing the symptoms so in total 99.6% of the households
feeding raw pet food to their pets did not report any pathogen transmission from the pet food to
themselves so again it all comes down to how you source and handle the food and if you're ready to
feed your cat better check out this playlist right over meow contains everything you need
to know to upgrade your cat's food to whatever situation works best for you thanks for watching