UPDATE: I have no association with Susan Thixton of Truth About Pet Food, either personally of professionally, or the Association for Truth in Pet Food. Seldom does a day pass (…) 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
WARNING: Horse feed contaminated with lethal additive recalled
This is a particularly distressing recall. It involves horse feed that was distributed to four states that could “possibly” be contaminated with a feed additive that is deadly to horses. (…) 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
How to Report a Problem with Pet Food: The Simplest – and the Best – Guide You’ll Ever Find. Seriously.
I have written many guides on how to report problems with a pet food, but this guide is a stripped-down version of my earlier guides; making it easier to understand (…) 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
Contaminated Chicken from China Conundrum; Drugs in Poultry Cause Allergy in Dogs
Mealbreaker (n.): a nasty, non-edible surprise found in food while it is being eaten; often lawsuit-provoking, sometimes fabricated, always disgusting. Do you know what’s one of Colonel Sanders 11 ‘Secret (…) 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
Covert recall of moldy KONG dog treats pisses-off pet parents
Reports of a creepy covert op to quietly recall KONG-branded pet treats and chews for mold have consumers worried and upset. Very little information is known, other than the treats (…) Read more
Nationwide recall for Bravo! pet food for Salmonella contamination
Several of Bravo!’s raw poultry pet foods for cats and dogs are being recalled following testing by the state of Nebraska for contaminates and they found – surprise! – Salmonella. (…) Read more