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How a Penniless Consumer Advocate Took on a Billion Dollar Empire

When I walk into the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) conference hall, packed wall to wall with the world’s biggest names in the pet food and animal feed (…) Read more

  • June 21, 2019
  • Comments 8
  • Filed under: Consumer Advocacy
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Watch Regulators Decide the Future of Pet Food at the First Ever Virtual AAFCO Conference.

Starting tomorrow you can watch live as government regulators hash out the model laws in a first-ever virtual conference. Listen – live – what ingredients are being considered for use (…) Read more

  • August 4, 2020
  • Comments 0
  • Filed under: Consumer Advocacy
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How a Pile Up of Dead Cows Led to the Discovery of What’s In Pet Food. And It’s Much Worse Than You Think.

“Fresno County declares emergency as cow carcasses pile up. Plant to temporarily close” and “Merced County declares an emergency, as cattle carcasses pile up from rendering plant issue.” It’s just (…) Read more

  • March 15, 2020
  • Comments 8
  • Filed under: Pet Food Rendering
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Dog Dies After Being Treated With Gabapentin, Exposing Flaws In the Divide Between Human and Animal Drugs

When Ronda Archangelo’s dog Mimi died after being treated with a gabapentin solution that contained xylitol, she wondered how such a tragic mistake could have happened. When she asked her (…) Read more

  • March 12, 2020
  • Filed under: Pet Safety
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How a Lethal Ingredient in Human Medicine Prescribed by Vets is Poisoning and Killing Dogs

Ronda Archangelo never knew until it was too late, that the medicine her veterinarian prescribed for her dog’s seizure disorder, would poison and kill her dog Mimi. She didn’t know (…) Read more

  • February 25, 2020
  • Comments 5
  • Filed under: Pet Product Dangers
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Raw Pet Food Maker Defies FDA and Refuses to Recall Contaminated Dog Food

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cautioning pet owners not to feed their dogs a batch Aunt Jeni’s Home Made frozen raw pet food after a sample collected from (…) Read more

  • February 19, 2020
  • Comments 6
  • Filed under: Dog Food

Gag-Worthy Conditions Found at Raw Pet Food Company; FDA Gives C & G Raw Two Weeks to Clean Up Their Act

Over the holidays, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a 15-day Warning Letter to raw pet food maker G & C Raw, LLC following inspections the agency conducted (…) Read more

  • January 3, 2020
  • Comments 6
  • Filed under: Pet Food

Death Drug Found in One of the U.S.’s Largest Pet Food Ingredient Makers; Euthanized Animals to Blame

Valley Proteins, based in Winchester Virginia, one of the largest privately-owned rendering businesses in the United States – a company that processes slaughterhouse waste, rancid restaurant grease, and the occasional (…) Read more

  • December 17, 2019
  • Comments 23
  • Filed under: Pet Food Regulations
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J.M. Smucker’s Special Kitty Cat Food Recalled Over Serious Health Concerns, Including Death

UPDATE: December 10, 2019.   After calling the JM Smuckers inquiring about the unnamed ingredient(s), they told me, “we do not have that information at this time.”   Asked if (…) Read more

  • December 7, 2019
  • Comments 17
  • Filed under: Cat Food
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Another Raw Pet Food Co Recall; Go Raw Brand Cat Food Found Contaminated with Salmonella

Another raw pet food was found to be contaminated with a pathogenic bacteria this week, this time from a company called Go Raw, LLC, of Cottonwood Utah. Go Raw is (…) Read more

  • November 16, 2019
  • Comments 2
  • Filed under: Cat Food
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From Stable to Table: Horses Turned into Pet Food & Their Bones Sold as Dog Chews. In America. Right Now.

There have only been a few times in my career as a pet food safety advocate where I stood paralyzed – frozen in horror – when I witnessed something so (…) Read more

  • November 6, 2019
  • Comments 12
  • Filed under: Consumer Advocacy
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  • cat and dog peering from a window

    Watch Regulators Decide the Future of Pet Food at the First Ever Virtual AAFCO Conference.

    August 4, 2020
  • cow kisses cat

    How a Pile Up of Dead Cows Led to the Discovery of What’s In Pet Food. And It’s Much Worse Than You Think.

    March 15, 2020
  • Mimi poisoned by gabapentin xylitol

    Dog Dies After Being Treated With Gabapentin, Exposing Flaws In the Divide Between Human and Animal Drugs

    March 12, 2020
  • dog xylitol poisoning gabapentin neurontin veterinary drug

    How a Lethal Ingredient in Human Medicine Prescribed by Vets is Poisoning and Killing Dogs

    February 25, 2020
  • cute poodles raw dog food recall

    Raw Pet Food Maker Defies FDA and Refuses to Recall Contaminated Dog Food

    February 19, 2020

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