Following the latest trend in pet food, consumers are buying their meat and their dog’s meat from the same butchers. Today’s New York Times reported on the growing number of (…) Read more
Posts in Category ‘Pet Food News’
Evanger’s food fraud shenanigans thwarted by blogger
The owners of Evanger’s Dog and Cat Food Company, obviously not the brightest criminals around, attempt to pull a fast one on the public and the FDA but was outed (…) Read more
Evanger’s caught in pet food fraud: Plain ol’ beef substituted for duck and lamb
You know it’s going to be a bad day for food safety when it starts out with watermelons exploding in China, an FDA recall for three brands of pathogenic pig (…) Read more
Did you know your chicken sandwich used to feel empathy?
Don’t you just hate it when people guilt trip you about your food choices? I do! Crimeny, if I had a nickel for every time my Mom said, “Jesus, Moll, (…) Read more
Poultry farmers motto: Use everything but the cluck
There’s a saying popular with the poultry industry crowd: “We recycle everything but the cluck!” Depending on your view of recycling that could be considered a good thing, but I (…) Read more
Fire-proof pet food? Flame retardant chemicals in pet food
You know, sometimes when I pop open my email and read the morning news, I just scratch my noggin and wonder, just what the bleep are they going to contaminate (…) Read more
Risks Too Great: U.S. Vets Warn Against Giving Potassium Iodide to Your Pets
Veterinary Clients Cautioned about Giving Potassium Iodide to Pets The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine has been receiving three to five calls per hour from clients inquiring about potential (…) Read more
Pet Treats in Bulk Bins at Pet Food Stores Crawling with Disease
One of my favorite new blogs is called Worms and Germs. They recently wrote an interesting article about pig ear treats. One thing I had not considered, which they wrote (…) Read more
I'll Have Two Extra Crispy Breasts Please, Hold the Arsenic
Don’t you just hate it when they always give you cancer with your order of chicken? Well, so do a couple of politicians in the State of Maryland. Fed up (…) Read more
Toxic Molds Found in Nearly All Animal Feed; Deadly Aflatoxin in Dog Food Kills Hundreds, Possibly Thousands of Dogs
Mycotoxins are, more frequently than not, present in animal commodities and feed. Out of the more than 3,300 samples tested during the 12 months of 2010, a striking 78% were (…) Read more