Important steps to take in the wake of Kroger’s pet food recall Aside from the obvious advice to take your pet to a vet immediately, there are a few suggestions: (…) Read more
Safe Animal Feed PSA Video from the FDA/CVM
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXFlWiGKu2M] In this informative, if somewhat bland, video produced by the FDA/CVM in September 2010, the host outlines the importance of feed safety and how it affects the health of (…) Read more
RECALL: Kroger Pet Food Contaminated with Toxic Mold
Deadly toxin found in pet food sold across 19 states Kroger is recalling cat and dog food due to aflatoxin contamination, a deadly toxin, in danger of poisoning pets in (…) Read more
Wait – Chicken Sh*t In Food Is a Homeland Security Issue?
The identity of companies that use recycled animal waste in animal food is classified information, says the United States government. A request for information on which companies use recycled animal waste, (…) Read more
Antibiotic drugs in meat from China serious threat to health, report finds
This summer, when the FDA called the misuse and overuse of antibiotics in meat animals a serious threat to public health, I had to wonder what the threat would be (…) Read more
The Alchemy of Waste: The Transformation of Garbage Into a Billion Dollar Empire
The horrifying reality of the animal feed industry is that, with few exceptions, the ingredients used to make it are primarily derived from the waste materials left over from food (…) Read more
Pet food recipe: Recycled fat with just a pinch of dioxin
You know what my problem is? It’s just been driving me crazy that I can’t figure out how all those nasty cancer causing heavy metals got into the pet food (…) Read more
Arsenic and old sewage sludge: It’s what’s poisoning pets
You wouldn’t eat arsenic, so why do pet food manufacturers think you’d feed it to your cat or dog? Perhaps they’re hoping you’ll never find out how much toxic metal (…) Read more
Freshly roasted ass: What a rendering plant smells like
Have you ever wondered what a rendering plant smells like? People who have grown up near the Vernon, California, home to several rendering plants, are used to the smell of (…) Read more
Euthanized Animals; It’s What’s for Fluffy and Fido’s Dinner
Maybe you’ve heard the horrors stories, the rumors, that dog food contains euthanized animals – maybe even dogs and cats. The fear, that the food you feed your pets might (…) Read more