“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
Posts in Category ‘Pet Food News’
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
Dolphin-Safe Cat Food? Think Again. Lawsuit Accuses Nestle-Purina of Using Suppliers Whose Fishing Practices Endanger Marine Mammals.
Three separate class action lawsuits filed last week accuse Nestle-Purina PetCare Co., StarKist Co., and Bumble Bee Foods of fraudulently labeling their products as “Dolphin Safe,” while use suppliers whose (…) Read more
FDA Pulls the Plug on Policy Guides Which Allowed 4D Meat in Pet Food, But Admits it Might Still Get a Pass
The FDA made the historic announcement yesterday that they are withdrawing three of their most loathsome Compliance Policy Guides (CPGs), including the ones that allowed pet food manufacturers to use (…) Read more
Heads, Feathers, and Feet Substituted For Fancy Pet Food Ingredients; Suppliers Plead Guilty to Food Fraud
Feed ingredient giant Wilbur-Ellis and commodities broker Collin McAtee of Diversified Ingredients pleaded guilty to mislabeling pet food ingredients for years, substituting crummy old feather meal, and by-products that included (…) Read more
How Plastic Will End Up in Everything You And Your Pets Eat. Sorry, But it’s True.
A stunning, and deeply troubling, report published in the journal Science Advances, scientists are finding tiny pieces of plastic, in organic fertilizer made from food waste. Microscopic fragments of plastic (…) Read more
Blue Ridge Beef Recalls Raw Pet Food Again For Pathogenic Bacteria, FDA Testing Reveals Contamination
Blue Ridge Beef is recalling a lot of raw pet food because of the potential for contamination with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, according to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). (…) Read more
Smucker’s Faces Multiple Lawsuits in Deadly Drug Dog Food Scandal
Another class-action lawsuit was filed against Big Heart Pet Brands and the J.M. Smucker Company for deceptively marketing Kibbles ‘N Bits dog food as being safe and healthy when in (…) Read more
New Study Reveals Certain Cat Foods Could Damage Kidneys Within Weeks
A shocking new study carried out by veterinary scientists in Munich shows that high phosphorus in certain cat foods can damage kidney function in cats. Before the investigation, scientists didn’t (…) Read more
Rad Cat Raw Cat Food Recalled For Pathogenic Bacteria, Listeria Found in Two Lots
In the midst of news about the world’s largest ever Listeria outbreak, another raw pet food in the US is found to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The Radagast Pet (…) Read more