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
Posts in Category ‘Pet Food News’
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
Blue Ridge Beef Recalls Raw Pet Food Following Kitten Deaths
Another raw pet food is being recalled. This time it’s for a raw kitten food made by Blue Ridge Beef because of its contamination with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes after (…) Read more
20-Year History of Euthanasia Drug in Pet Food; Pentobarbital Still Found in Dog Food Today
While the horror of the Smucker’s debacle unfolds and the number of dog foods contaminated with sodium pentobarbital – a drug typically used to euthanize pets – grows, 20 years (…) Read more
JustFoodForDogs Recalls Dog Food For Listeria Monocytogenes
Just Food for Dogs issued the following press release yesterday (edited for content and clarity). JustFoodForDogs (JFFD) is voluntarily recalling its Beef & Russet Potato, Fish & Sweet Potato and (…) Read more
Evanger’s Publishes Dog Food Test Results for Dangerous Drug, Horsemeat Questions Remain
In another feeble attempt to win back consumer trust, Evanger’s has taken it upon themselves to test more of their dog food for the presence of the deadly drug pentobarbital. (…) Read more
