Smokehouse Pet Products announced a recall today of their 4-oz bags of dog treats labeled as “Beefy Munchies,” after routine sampling and testing by the Colorado Department of Agriculture revealed (…) Read more
Raws For Paws Recalls Dog Food After Children Become Ill; Salmonella Found in Raw Dog Food
The FDA is advising consumers not to feed pets certain lots of Raws For Paws Ground Turkey Food for Pets because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella, the presence (…) Read more
Deadly Drug Found in Dog Food; Smucker’s Gravy Train Contaminated with Pentobarbital.
A shocking report from an ABC news investigation reveals that the deadly euthanizing drug sodium pentobarbital was found in the iconic American dog food: Gravy Train. A lethal drug, most (…) Read more
Evanger’s Caught Lying, Now Have No Legal Defense Against Lawsuits
Evanger’s Dog and Cat Food Company is in deep trouble again – this time for lying to their insurance company. Now their insurance company, Colony Insurance Co., doesn’t owe Evanger’s (…) Read more
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
Security Risk Prompts Me to Cancel Attendance at the Association of American Feed Control Officials Conference
I have some concerning news to report: A security risk prompted me to cancel my plans to attend the AAFCO conference next week. The reason for my decision was based (…) Read more
Darwin’s Recalls Pet Food For Salmonella and Listeria; Pathogen Problems Date Back 17 Months
Darwin’s Natural Pet Food announced another recall this month for its dog and cat food after they tested positive for Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. The contaminated pet food involves eight (…) Read more
Primal Pet Food Recalls Dog & Cat Formulas For Bone Fragments; Product “Out Of Spec”
Primal Pet Foods announced yesterday a recall for nine of their freeze-dried cat and dog food poultry formulas due to the grind size exceeding the ideal size of ground bone (…) Read more
How To Get A Copy of AAFCO’s Ingredient Definitions of Pet Food For Free (Or Almost Free)
Every year the when the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) publishes its new Official Publication (OP), a handbook which contains the terms used in pet food, consumers wonder (…) Read more
Who Are The Voices That Protect Your Pets And The Food You Feed Them?
In a 29-billion-dollar pet food industry that serves 84 million U.S. households with pets, how many people do you think there is that work directly with State and Federal pet (…) Read more