Thanks to any one who offers advice.

Do not worry about it.

It cannot affect pumpkin or corn and just wash the carrots as you would any way.

This is simply not true. Pet waste contamination is a huge contributor to water pollution, perhaps even larger than fertilizers and pesticides. And much of it is due to leaching from home gardens into groundwater, as well as from parks and other open areas where owners fail to clean up properly after their pets. Any pet waste should be fully and thoroughly composted before being incorporated into the garden. A single ounce of dog feces contains 23 million bacterial microorganisms - about double that of human feces. Included in these are coliform bacteria, which can cause diseases like salmonella, giardiasis, cryptosporidium and ecoli. The feces also can contain hookworms, roundworms and other parasites.

While it is unlikely any of these can be transmitted into ears of corn or into pumpkins or squashes, I would avoid consuming anything that comes in contact with the soil......like the carrots, or any other root crops, greens, etc. And wash everything well!

I guess you had better take your dog to the vet soon, or put him down, as that article and gardengal say he probably has some nasties crawling around inside him.

Although this does give a reason where deep tilling has great advantages over simply putting compost on the top of the soil.
If those devil bugs can crawl up through eight inches of dirt we are doooomed, doomed I say!

It's not aboid reducing exposure to risk...there are far too many to be concerned about.

It's about being prudent. Proper washing and prep of food should take care of most problems in this situation.

I manage my family's vegetable garden in the same way taught by my grandfsther, who learned from his family...each spring, when we cleam out the barns, we drop a load or two on the vegetable patch. The rest goes on the fields, but that's grown for feed.

When it gets peculiar is when you are asked to hive advice that will be safe to follow, regardless of knowledge, in all soil types, in all climates. And to provide a measure of safety to prevent a legal barrier in the event of tragedy.

Because #$it happens. Doesn't mean anyone is at fault. Unless money can be made off you. Because we all know money is the most important thing. Or at least we act like it is, and you know what they say about actions and words.

I thought it was a very good question that the other posters are trying to answer with some authoritative info.

And, as was pointed up in the recent Indiana Melon Salmonella outbreak, WASH YOUR VEGETABLES before you eat them! Simple as that!

Kevin

Cooking entails temperatures high enough and long enough to destroy almost all the normal food pathogens - I can't think off hand of anything that isn't destroyed by normal cooking.

What, 1.5 billion of the 7 billion people who live on earth today are living in unbelievable filth and squalor, and most of them don't get sick as long as they cook their food and peel their fruit.

"Cooking entails temperatures high enough and long enough to destroy almost all the normal food pathogens - I can't think off hand of anything that isn't destroyed by normal cooking."

Doesn't Mad Cow survive the cooking process? I thought I heard that somewhere.

Kevin