While the horror of the Smucker’s debacle unfolds and the number of dog foods contaminated with sodium pentobarbital – a drug typically used to euthanize pets – grows, 20 years (…) Read more
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JustFoodForDogs Recalls Dog Food For Listeria Monocytogenes
Just Food for Dogs issued the following press release yesterday (edited for content and clarity). JustFoodForDogs (JFFD) is voluntarily recalling its Beef & Russet Potato, Fish & Sweet Potato and (…) Read more
Evanger’s Publishes Dog Food Test Results for Dangerous Drug, Horsemeat Questions Remain
In another feeble attempt to win back consumer trust, Evanger’s has taken it upon themselves to test more of their dog food for the presence of the deadly drug pentobarbital. (…) Read more
Evanger’s Declares War With The FDA, Denies Inedible Meat Used in Pet Food
In a move that can only be described as reckless, today Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Company picked a fight with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for (…) Read more
Evanger’s to Expand Pet Food Recall Amid Horse Meat and Deadly Drug Concerns; Blames Supplier and FDA for Problems
Evanger’s admits to finding horse DNA in its Hunk of Beef pet food in a letter sent to customers Tuesday. The company also has plans to recall all of its (…) Read more
Evanger’s Admits Horse Meat Found in Pet Food; Plans to Recall All Pet Foods with Beef for Pentobarbital Concerns
If you thought things could get any worse for Evanger’s – it just did. Joel Sher, the vice president of the company, admitted to a reporter that DNA analysis found (…) Read more
Evanger’s Misleading Claims, Misplaced Blame and Other Pet Food Lies
Like so many other pet food companies that lie with abandon and take consumers for a ride day in and day out, Evanger’s is distinctive in one respect, somehow they (…) Read more
As Evanger’s Scandal Unfolds, a Look Back at Their Troubled History
The story begins when Joel and Holly Sher, a suburban couple from Northern Illinois, bought Evanger’s, a sixty-seven-year-old pet food cannery, in 2002. Despite its age, Holly remembered, that just (…) Read more
Companion Canned Dog Food Recalled for Metal Fragments, Choking Hazard
Companion canned dog food sold at Stop and Shop, Martin’s Foods, and at Giant Food Store retail outlets is being recalled because it may contain – an as yet unnamed (…) Read more
FDA Confirms Evanger’s Dog Food Contained Euthanasia Drug Pentobarbital
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) spokesperson confirmed yesterday that the agency found sodium pentobarbital in unopened cans of Evanger’s dog food, following the recall announced on Friday. As (…) Read more