OK, I’ll admit it, right off the bat: I am a clean freak. There, I said it. There is a medical term for my diagnosis, it’s known as obsessive compulsive (…) Read more
Tip of the Iceberg Report: Fraudulent Certified Organic Products from China
The Titanic ignored the warning, and look what happened to them For the second time this year the USDA is warning organic distributors of fake certified organic products coming from (…) Read more
The Best Part of Waking Up…Is Cat Crap in Your Cup!
What you are about to read gets logged in my brain under “Holy Shit, Now I’ve Seen Everything” file. That file keeps getting fatter despite the title. Just when you (…) Read more
This Month in Crazy: Pot for Pets and I Don't Mean Flower Pots
We all love our pets to distraction and want to keep them happy. Since it’s hard for pets to roll a joint, a Seattle company is working feverishly to fix (…) Read more
New, eco-friendly use for pet food ingredients discovered! Or how to turn rotting meat into plastic in 5 easy steps!
Unlike most boys his age, when Professor Bressler was a little boy he dreamed of one day creating an environmentally-friendly plastic from cow guts. Blessed with a strong stomach and (…) Read more
This Week in Crazy: Anti-Freeze Flavored Vinegar Kills 11 People in China
The latest out of China is that 11 people died after consuming vinegar that was contaminated with anti-freeze. Can you beat that? Apparently, some dip-shit, I’m sorry, I mean mentally-challenged (…) Read more
Confessions of a crazy cat lady
Life in the boonies, where a copy of the New York Times is as rare as a book store in sticks, tends to be as dull as dishwater. Normally, news (…) Read more
RECALL: Merrick’s Doggie Wishbone Contaminated with Salmonella
This has been an ugly week in Food Safety Land. There was a major train wreck over in Human Food Safety Land: the third largest recall in US history of (…) Read more
FDA Unveils New PETNet System to Track Pet Food Related Incidences: FAIL
FDA Moves at Glacial Speed to Assist Pets A plan, 4 years in the making, finally came to fruition with the FDA’s announcement of the creation of PETNet, Pet Event (…) Read more
Nestle Purina ONE Cat Food Recalled for Salmonella Contamination, Serious Complaints Reported
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Nestlé Purina PetCare Company have announced a recall of Purina ONE cat food due to contamination with Salmonella. **Another Purina Recall?** The (…) Read more