Over the holidays, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a 15-day Warning Letter to raw pet food maker G & C Raw, LLC following inspections the agency conducted (…) Read more
Posts in Category ‘Pet Food’
Maggot Infested, Rotting Carcasses and Euthanized Animals Are Key Ingredients in U.S.’s Largest Pet Food Ingredient Company
One of the largest animal waste disposal companies in the United States, Darling Ingredients Inc., is being accused of using carcasses from diseased, euthanized animals from the University of Pennsylvania (…) Read more
FDA Warns Us – Again – About Another Raw Pet Food Contaminated With Salmonella, Listeria Monocytogenes
Today’s headline from the FDA cautions pet owners not to feed Texas Tripe raw pet food after samples from some of the lots tested positive for Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes (…) Read more
Deadly Bacteria Found in Raw Pet Food. Again. Should We Be Worried? Hysterical? Or Just Plain Bored.
There was a small recall of raw pet food last week at Thorgersen’s Family Farm, one which I almost overlooked. Until I read the notice. Something about this recall was (…) Read more
FDA Investigates Darwin’s Pathogenic Pet Food Problems Following Illness and Death of Pets
The Food and Drug Administration and the Washington State Department of Agriculture are investigating a pattern of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes contamination in Darwin’s raw pet food products dating as (…) Read more
Darwin’s Recalls Pet Food For Salmonella and Listeria; Pathogen Problems Date Back 17 Months
Darwin’s Natural Pet Food announced another recall this month for its dog and cat food after they tested positive for Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. The contaminated pet food involves eight (…) Read more
Primal Pet Food Recalls Dog & Cat Formulas For Bone Fragments; Product “Out Of Spec”
Primal Pet Foods announced yesterday a recall for nine of their freeze-dried cat and dog food poultry formulas due to the grind size exceeding the ideal size of ground bone (…) Read more
Salmonella Tainted Smallbatch Raw Pet Food Recalled, FDA Testing Reveals
Smallbatch Pets is recalling its raw Chicken Blend pet food for dogs and cats, brand name Smallbatch, due to contamination with Salmonella. The affected products are sold frozen in 2lbs. (…) Read more
FDA Answers Questions About Evanger’s, Updates Expanded Recall While Speculation Swirls Over Horse Meat Scandal
FDA posted an update today addressing Evanger’s announcement earlier this week regarding the expansion of an earlier recall of Evanger’s canned Hunk of Beef and its Against the Grain Grain (…) Read more
FDA Warns Consumers NOT to Feed Evanger’s Pet Food Due to Pentobarbital Contamination
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just released an alarming report to consumers today to NOT to feed certain Evanger’s pet food products to their pets: “The U.S. Food and (…) Read more