For over a decade, Mars Petcare, the largest pet food maker in the world, has been promising they would introduce a certified sustainably sourced fish-based pet food, but today, Mars (…) Read more
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Pet Food Industry Lobbyists Lost Their Battle With the Passage of the Landmark Climate Change Act
For the first time in history, the United States passed the first Act that addresses climate change, a bill the pet food industry fought every step of the way, one (…) Read more
The Pet Food Institute Is Fighting to Remove Incentives That Fight Climate Change
The Senate passed a historic climate bill this week at a time when scientists warn that nations have only a few remaining years to make deep enough cuts in carbon (…) Read more
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
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
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
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
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