The J.M. Smucker Company announced a recall on certain lots of 9Lives, EverPet, and Special Kitty canned cat food due to possible low levels of thiamine (Vitamin B1). The issue (…) Read more
Upscale pet food plant reeks of rotten fish, neighbors complain
Neighbors who live near the WellPet pet food factory in Mishawaka, Indiana may soon be able to breathe without fighting the urge to gag since the plant installed emission control (…) Read more
Blue Ridge Beef raw pet food recalled for Salmonella and Listeria; puppy dies, kittens made sick from contaminated pet food
Blue Ridge Beef is voluntarily recalling two of its frozen products due to their potential to be contaminated with Salmonella and/or Listeria monocytogenes. Salmonella and Listeria can affect animals eating (…) Read more
Pet Food Safety Advocate Needs Your Help to Get to AAFCO
AMERICA’S TOP ANIMAL FOOD SAFETY EXPERT SEEKS DONATIONS FROM CONSUMERS TO ATTEND THE AAFCO CONFERENCE This winter, the number of pet food safety consumer advisors that plan to attend the (…) Read more
FTC Busts Mars Over Outrageous Eukanuba Dog Food Claim: That it Can Extend Dogs’ Lives by 30%
MARS PETCARE IN THE DOGHOUSE FOR BULLSHIT CLAIMS ABOUT EUKANUBA The Federal Trade Commission announced today a groundbreaking charge against Mars PetCare for lying to consumers. According to Mars Petcare (…) Read more
Consumers Sue ADM Over Deadly Horse Feed; ADM Denies Any Responsibility
Two consumers whose horses were poisoned by monensin contaminated horse feed made by ADM Animal Nutrition filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday accusing the company of fraud, negligence, product liability (…) Read more
Pet Food Rendering Plant Makes People Want to Puke and Has Children Run Screaming For Cover
A pet food rendering plant in Quebec has residents reaching for the barf bag every time they go out of doors, describing the stench as something akin to “vomit times (…) Read more
Eating the Dead: Pet Food Only a Zombie Could Love; The Circular Madness of Upcycling Dead, Dying, and Diseased Animals into Food for Animals
Have you ever wondered, before you tuck into that BLT, what the pig you’re eating used to eat? Considering the animal feed industry is poised to start using fly larvae (…) Read more
Beneful Lawsuit Dropped After Lawyers Admit They Can’t Prove It
In Canada this week a judge dropped a proposed class action lawsuit claiming Beneful of killing dogs. The judge granted the dismissal after the Plaintiff’s lawyers said they would be (…) Read more
Purina Recalls Sheep Feed due to Deadly Level of Elevated Copper
OK, so not many of you probably have sheep, but I still like you to be informed of animal feed recalls – no matter what type of animal it’s for. (…) Read more