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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

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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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 15
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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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

  • May 26, 2019
  • Comments 10
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food
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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

  • May 1, 2019
  • Comments 5
  • Filed under: Pet Food Regulations
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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

  • April 8, 2018
  • Comments 2
  • Filed under: Ethics of Pet Food

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

  • March 27, 2018
  • Comments 3
  • Filed under: Pet Food News
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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

  • March 24, 2018
  • Comments 2
  • Filed under: Pet Food Companies
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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

  • March 23, 2018
  • Comments 10
  • Filed under: Pet Food Ingredients

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

  • March 21, 2018
  • Comments 0
  • Filed under: Pet Food News
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