Blessings, Mollie Morrissette
Posts in Category ‘Pet Food News’
An animal welfare advocate’s Christmas wish
When Martha Stewart’s e-mail asks, “Didn’t think Christmas could get any better?” I wonder what planet she’s on. Unlike Martha, whose career is filled with the joys of crafting and (…) Read more
FTC puts conditions on Eli Lilly’s acquisition of Novartis Animal Health
Eli Lilly and will divest Sentinel medications used to treat canine heartworm and fleas. Global pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company has agreed to divest its Sentinel product line of (…) Read more
Santa needs a Valium; Search for non-toxic pet toys leads to nervous breakdown
Santa’s slavish devotion to selecting only the safest pet toys and treats is starting to catch up with him. Worn to a frazzle from searching for safe pet toys and (…) Read more
Flavored with Slavery: Fish Flavored Pet Food
If your pet food contains fish meal or fish oil harvested and processed in Asia, it probably was processed by the slave trade. Following the Guardian’s expose of slavery in (…) Read more
Is there fish in your pet’s food? Chances are it’s contaminated with crap
“Would you like a side of poop to go with your filet o’ fish or a plop o’ poop on your pet’s fish flavored food?” Not many people would say (…) Read more
A lonely assignment: Food safety inspector outposted to FDA’s China Office
Margaret Hamburg, the Commissioner for Food and Drug Administration will push Chinese officials to grant visas for more inspectors in a visit to China next week, part of an effort (…) Read more
Purina fires back at Blue Buffalo for back-peddling on by-products
Purina says Blue Buffalo’s self-confessed admission about adulterated food is absurd; and Purina claims it was they who unearthed the truth about the supplier who sold mislabeled chicken meal to (…) Read more
Blue Buffalo admits pet food was mislabeled, pets got inferior chicken instead
Blue Buffalo issued a press release telling consumers they just might not have been getting what they paid for. What’s worse, pets were not getting chicken meal but were getting (…) Read more
Plans to Extract Chicken Sh*t and Use It to Make Pet Food are Being Cooked Up Right Now
Just when you think the pet food industry can’t stoop any lower – they do. This time, plans are in place to recycle poultry industry sludge into – you guessed (…) Read more