Saturday Night Live spoof of pet food tv commercial featuring a raging, pissed-off pet parent at Big Pet Food is dead on. SNL reminds pet parents “When you want (…) Read more
Posts in Category ‘Pet Food News’
FDA says AAFCO falls short, ingredients are neither approved or recognized as safe
Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) is facing an uncertain future with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA’s general advisors have told the Agency that AAFCO’s process for (…) Read more
Will the FDA uphold the sanitary transportation of pet food?
That depends. Don’t hold your breath though, because like most of the new proposed Food Safety Modernization Act rules relating to pet food and animal feed, the Food and Drug (…) Read more
Pet Food Industry’s Darkest Secret: Chemically Denatured Condemned and Inedible Material
You’ll never see it listed on a pet food package. Yet, it is in nearly every single brand of pet food on the market. What is it? It’s not an (…) Read more
Whistleblowers at Mars warn of deadly poison gas
Problems continue to mount for Mars Petcare as more people come forward alleging that Mars compromised their health by exposing them to a lethal pesticide used to fumigate grains and (…) Read more
Horrors: Human remains in animal feed fed to cattle
Sometimes, the stories I hear about what goes on inside the pet food industry, beggar description. But, the story that follows definitely gets the prize for one of the most (…) Read more
Kirkland, Diamond pay paltry $2M to settle Salmonella dog food lawsuit
A class action lawsuit filed by pet parents whose pets were sickened by Salmonella tainted pet food, manufactured by Diamond Pet Foods for Costco’s private label brand Kirkland Signature pet (…) Read more
Mars Petcare, maker of Pedigree pet food, accused of negligence
Since the news broke about hazardous conditions in a Mars Petcare pet food plants, understandably, pet parents have begun to worry about the safety of pet food made there. And (…) Read more
Did the FDA kill the AVMA jerky treat resolution?
A resolution before the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) that would have discouraged the feeding of jerky treats to pets was not adopted at the AVMA House of Delegates winter (…) Read more
Diamond pet food plant smells like freshly roasted ass
Often, as I read about a pet food plant that neighbors complain emits the smell of freshly roasted ass, I wonder: Why is that? All sarcasm aside, I know the (…) Read more