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Posts in Category ‘Politics of Pet Food’

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Poisoned Pets speaks at the FDA meeting; advocates safe pet food

UPDATE: Just in case you missed my mini-speech/presentation to the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine when I spoke at the FSMA Public Meeting (below) on the Proposed (…) Read more

  • January 24, 2014
  • Comments 0
  • Filed under: Politics of Pet Food
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The madness of recalls, FDA style

NOTE: This gem of an article was unearthed from my dusty old Drafts file. Although the recalled products news is ancient history (January 2013), the rest of the article is (…) Read more

  • January 19, 2014
  • Comments 4
  • Filed under: Politics of Pet Food
home on the range dogs and cat outside

Carcinogen found in food prompts FDA warning, ignoring pet food risk

The FDA issued a softly worded request of food manufacturers to please, please try their darndest to see if they can’t reduce the amount of the genotoxic, neurotoxic, carcinogenic chemical (…) Read more

  • November 15, 2013
  • Comments 4
  • Filed under: Politics of Pet Food
sleeping with your dog

USDA plans to allow poultry from China for humans; FDA already says no probs for pets!

Senator Chuck Schumer rode the Obama administration up one side and down the other this Sunday for what he calls are “plans the USDA has” to green-light chicken raised and (…) Read more

  • November 13, 2013
  • Comments 6
  • Filed under: Politics of Pet Food
Whut u talkin' 'bout, dey is dangerus?

FDA issues jerky treat warning; Treats from China can be dangerous! (kidding)

The FDA recently put out a damning condemnation of raw pet food, warning consumers it could be “dangerous” to your pet. What I found so infuriating about the notice was, (…) Read more

  • November 7, 2013
  • Comments 3
  • Filed under: Politics of Pet Food
You suck FDA

Half-baked new FDA animal food law leaves pets at risk: PART II

One messed up animal food law The much-anticipated, but highly disappointing, proposed rule Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals meant to (…) Read more

  • November 3, 2013
  • Comments 6
  • Filed under: Politics of Pet Food
cat paws at table food cute

White House Guts Food Safety Modernization Act, Testing Nixed

News of cuts in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s draft food safety rules the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) stunned food safety advocates when it was revealed this week (…) Read more

  • March 29, 2013
  • Comment 1
  • Filed under: Pet Food News, Politics of Pet Food

FDA Failure to Act in China Leaves Pets at Risk of Dangerous Imports

While digging through the FDA investigations of the chicken jerky treat plants they visited in China this year, I uncovered a few interesting tidbits. Morsels, I know you will find (…) Read more

  • December 4, 2012
  • Comments 3
  • Filed under: Pet Food News, Politics of Pet Food
Jackpot!! Man, I hit the motherload!

FDA Grew Some Nuts & Suspended Sunland’s Dirty Nut Operation

Yesterday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration flexed its muscle and suspended food facility registration of Sunland Inc., utilizing brand new authority under the Food Safety & Modernization Act to (…) Read more

  • November 28, 2012
  • Comment 1
  • Filed under: Pet Food News, Politics of Pet Food

AVMA vs. Raw Food; Industry Wins, Pets Lose

One of the first questions that people ask their vet is, “What do you recommend that I feed my pet?”  From now on, the answer people might get from their (…) Read more

  • August 5, 2012
  • Comments 17
  • Filed under: Politics of Pet Food
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