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FDA Talks to Pet Food Industry About Food Safety ‘N Stuff (SPOOF)

Poor Michael R. Taylor.

Alternatively known as the Food and Drug Administration’s “food safety czar” or the guy voted by Americans they would most like to see thrown out of a job, he’s got to have one of the most nerve-wracking jobs of all time. Can you imagine going to work every day knowing you are responsible for food safety in America?

I imagine poor Mike furiously gnawing his fingernails to a nub, plagued by fits of unexpected panic attacks, teetering dangerously close to a complete nervous breakdown were it not for a prescription for Xanax. Read more

FDA says: “Food From Genetically Engineered Plants Is Safe To Eat”

Today the FDA publicly declared that “Food From Genetically Engineered Plants Is Safe To Eat.” The agency says since there is no scientific proof that GMOs are bad, therefore, they (…) Read more

The FDA answers pet parents top questions about pet food and animal drugs

Confused about cat food, perplexed by your pet’s puke, freaked out about pet foodborne illness, need the dope on animal drugs? Thankfully, our friends at the Food and Drug Administration’s (…) 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

FDA says AAFCO falls short, ingredients are neither approved or recognized as safe

Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) is facing an uncertain future with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA’s general advisors have told the Agency that AAFCO’s process for (…) Read more

Will the FDA uphold the sanitary transportation of pet food?

That depends. Don’t hold your breath though, because like most of the new proposed Food Safety Modernization Act rules relating to pet food and animal feed, the Food and Drug (…) 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

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

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

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