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
Posts in Category ‘Consumer Advocacy’
News relating to the association, which is a consumer advocacy association for consumers and stakeholders of the pet food and pet treat product markets
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
Official representative of U.S. pet food consumers needs your help.
Do you know who the United States consumer representative to the Association of American Feed Control Officials is? Me. I am your representative, and I need your help. Today. Why? (…) Read more
Help Change the Future of Food for Animals
Have you ever been the victim of a misleading pet food ad or a deceptive marketing scheme? Perhaps there was a time when a very compelling ad convinced you to (…) Read more
Artist Creates Amazing Portraits of Animals to Help Poisoned Pets
I’ll bet you didn’t know I was an artist as well as an animal advocate. I thought you might like to see what I do when I’m not working on (…) Read more
Security Risk Prompts Me to Cancel Attendance at the Association of American Feed Control Officials Conference
I have some concerning news to report: A security risk prompted me to cancel my plans to attend the AAFCO conference next week. The reason for my decision was based (…) Read more
How To Get A Copy of AAFCO’s Ingredient Definitions of Pet Food For Free (Or Almost Free)
Every year the when the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) publishes its new Official Publication (OP), a handbook which contains the terms used in pet food, consumers wonder (…) Read more
Who Are The Voices That Protect Your Pets And The Food You Feed Them?
In a 29-billion-dollar pet food industry that serves 84 million U.S. households with pets, how many people do you think there is that work directly with State and Federal pet (…) Read more
How To Stop From Being Swindled By The Pet Food Industry
Have you ever been the victim of a misleading pet food ad or a deceptive marketing scheme? Perhaps there was a time when a very compelling ad convinced you to (…) Read more
Pet Food Safety Advocate Needs Your Help to Get to AAFCO
AMERICA’S TOP ANIMAL FOOD SAFETY EXPERT SEEKS DONATIONS FROM CONSUMERS TO ATTEND THE AAFCO CONFERENCE This winter, the number of pet food safety consumer advisors that plan to attend the (…) Read more