Raw pet meat warning

RAW meat, touted by some as an easily digestible, nutrient-filled superfood for domestic dogs and cats, may put not only your pet at risk, but your own health too, researchers warned.

A survey of frozen, raw meat products sold at pet stores and supermarkets in the Netherlands revealed worrying levels of bacteria and parasites, a Dutch team reported in the journal Vet Record.

The pathogens included bacteria such as E. coli, salmonella and listeria and the parasite toxoplasma gondii, which causes toxoplasmosis.