Made in the good ol’ US of A don’t mean diddly now-a-days. Long gone are the days of Mom and Pop operations and local ingredients; we live in a global (…) Read more
Posts Tagged ‘FDA’
Consumers desperate for answers clutch at straws to stop jerky treats from poisoning more dogs
Reports continue to emerge daily in the news of dogs that have become ill or died after consuming tainted jerky treats that remain on store shelves despite an avalanche of (…) Read more
Number one selling dog treat in US causing kidney failure, death
Makers of Waggin’ Train dog treats Nestle Purina continue to deny today any problem with their treats despite hundreds of reports of complaints to the FDA. They insist that their (…) Read more
With over 400 new reports of tainted treats, Senator Brown urges the FDA to speed it up…again
“If these products are dangerous we’re asking (the FDA) to ask these manufacturers for a voluntary recall,” that’s what U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio demanded in a news conference (…) Read more
Tips for Frantic Pet Parents: All You Need to Know on How to Report a Pet Food Problem
Imagine your dog has just been diagnosed with what your veterinarian suspects may be food poisoning – what is the first thing you do? Why, panic, of course. Being in (…) Read more
Senator Brown Speaks to the Senate, Urging Swift Action on Deadly Dog Treats
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiBp6hW6cN4] An unlikely advocate for pets has been found in politician and pug parent U.S. Sen Brown of Ohio who has become the latest unofficial champion for pet parents, pugs, (…) Read more
Dog Treat Illness Complaints Continue To Flood FDA
Phyllis Entis (aka foodbuglady extraordinaire and one heckuva smart cookie) of eFoodAlert was kind enough to help me out and in the process got an update on the jerky treat (…) Read more
Dogs continue to die as poisonous jerky treats remain on store shelves
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQtfrVxv1Rc] With each passing day that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is unable to determine the contaminant responsible for poisoning dogs in chicken jerky treats, dogs continue to (…) Read more
Congressional Leaders Demand FDA Action Over Poisonous Jerky Treats
United States Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and United States Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) are fed up with the Feds and are demanding that the United States Food and Drug Administration (…) Read more
Nestle Purina pulls compensation offers off the table in Waggin’ Train deaths
Nestle-Purina, still under federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scrutiny for selling a product possibly connected with the illness and death of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of dogs tells pet parents (…) Read more