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
PMI Nutrition recalls Red Flannel cat food due to Salmonella contamination
The recall is for PMI Nutrition’s 20 lb. bags of Red Flannel Cat Formula dry cat food for “possible” Salmonella contamination. According to the company press release, the recall was (…) 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
Vets petition AVMA to warn feeding jerky treats to pets: AVMA says not gonna happen
A rare petition-generated resolution asks the American veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) to discourage owners from feeding jerky treats to their pets in the absence of adequate safety data. More than (…) 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
Iron sachets in jerky treats pose serious health risk to dogs
Heads up pet treat consumers: Dr. Michael Fox in a recent post warns of a poisoning danger with oxygen absorber packets often found in bags of pet treats to keep (…) Read more
They’re back! Waggin’ Train jerky treats are poised to poison pets again
As incredible as it sounds, the infamous Waggin’ Train brand accused of sickening and killing thousands of dogs is back. Purina just launched a new campaign with three new jerky (…) 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