You’ll never see it listed on a pet food package. Yet, it is in nearly every single brand of pet food on the market. What is it? It’s not an (…) Read more
Posts in Category ‘Pet Food News’
Whistleblowers at Mars warn of deadly poison gas
Problems continue to mount for Mars Petcare as more people come forward alleging that Mars compromised their health by exposing them to a lethal pesticide used to fumigate grains and (…) Read more
Horrors: Human remains in animal feed fed to cattle
Sometimes, the stories I hear about what goes on inside the pet food industry, beggar description. But, the story that follows definitely gets the prize for one of the most (…) Read more
Kirkland, Diamond pay paltry $2M to settle Salmonella dog food lawsuit
A class action lawsuit filed by pet parents whose pets were sickened by Salmonella tainted pet food, manufactured by Diamond Pet Foods for Costco’s private label brand Kirkland Signature pet (…) Read more
Mars Petcare, maker of Pedigree pet food, accused of negligence
Since the news broke about hazardous conditions in a Mars Petcare pet food plants, understandably, pet parents have begun to worry about the safety of pet food made there. And (…) Read more
Did the FDA kill the AVMA jerky treat resolution?
A resolution before the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) that would have discouraged the feeding of jerky treats to pets was not adopted at the AVMA House of Delegates winter (…) Read more
Diamond pet food plant smells like freshly roasted ass
Often, as I read about a pet food plant that neighbors complain emits the smell of freshly roasted ass, I wonder: Why is that? All sarcasm aside, I know the (…) Read more
Poisoned Pets speaks at the FDA meeting; advocates safe pet food
UPDATE: Just in case you missed my mini-speech/presentation to the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine when I spoke at the FSMA Public Meeting (below) on the Proposed (…) Read more
CDC report: Dangerous conditions at Mars Petcare plant, Mars faces lawsuit
The identity of a pet food plant named in a damning report about health hazards inside a Missouri pet food plant has been confirmed: It was a Mars PetCare pet (…) Read more
The madness of recalls, FDA style
NOTE: This gem of an article was unearthed from my dusty old Drafts file. Although the recalled products news is ancient history (January 2013), the rest of the article is (…) Read more