The Way You Handle Your Pet’s Food Could Make You Sick

Yahoo! News interviews Thomas A. Russo, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, in a story titled, "The Way You Handle Your Pet’s Food Could Make You Sick." Russo stresses that the biggest risk of getting sick from dog food is from raw pet food. “The risk with that is much greater than with dry dog food,” he says. “You need to be much more careful in washing your hands with this.” However, he says, “there’s no question that other commercially-prepared food can be contaminated as well.” Prevention and other outlets also carried the story.