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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'>Permission to cross-post:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=dateline>ATLANTA -- </span>Diamond Pet Foods is voluntarily recalling its Diamond Naturals Lamb Meal & Rice dry dog food because it may be contaminated with salmonella. <o:p></o:p></p><p>A statement from the company Friday said no illnesses have been reported and no other Diamond products are affected.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Pets that eat the food or people who handle it could become infected with salmonella. Healthy people infected with salmonella should watch for the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramping and fever. <o:p></o:p></p><p>Pets with salmonella may have decreased appetite fever and abdominal pain.<o:p></o:p></p><p>The product was distributed to customers in 12 states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia. It is possible those customers may have distributed it to other states.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Customers who have purchased the following Diamond Naturals Lamb & Rice products should stop feeding it to their pets and discard it:<o:p></o:p></p><p>- 6-pound bag with the production code DLR0101D3XALW and best before Jan. 4, 2013;<o:p></o:p></p><p>- 20-pound bag with the production code DLR0101C31XAG and best before Jan. 3, 2013;<o:p></o:p></p><p>- 40-pound bag with the production code DLR0101C31XMF and best before Jan. 3, 2013;<o:p></o:p></p><p>- 40-pound bag with the production code DLR0101C31XAG and best before Jan. 3, 2013;<o:p></o:p></p><p>- 40-pound bag with the production code DLR0101D32XMS and best before Jan. 4, 2013. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sandi Wittenberg<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Red Bay Bassets<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>