While there is a risk to your pets by eating the infected food, there’s also a risk to the human handling the product. You should return the recalled dog food to the store where you bought it

The contamination came to light when a litter of puppies got sick after consuming Blue Ridge Beef’s Puppy Mix, and the customer reported it to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,

The FDA encourages pet owners to wash and sanitize their hands after handling recalled food or any utensils that come in contact with recalled food.

Dog owners in seven states have been warned that recalled puppy food is contaminated with salmonella. Blue Ridge Beef announced on Monday that 2-pound packages of its Puppy Mix product were being recalled due to contamination with the dangerous bacteria.