Last week the Food and Drug Administration surprised consumers with the announcement of the final rules allowing the increase of the maximum dose of ionizing radiation limits for irradiation of (…) Read more
Posts Tagged ‘FDA’
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
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
FDA Ineffective in Protecting You or Your Pets
In a special report today in the New York Times, it was revealed that the FDA’s failure in the New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak was “ineffective” and “halting“. I (…) Read more
Countdown to Black Friday for Pets: Day Five
It seems appropriate that on the fifth day I should publish the story of the difference between the safety of food for humans vs. the safety of food for animals (…) Read more
Vets advise avoiding toxic treats while Purina tells them it’s all lies
Veterinarians were advised by Nestle-Purina on what to tell their clients In April, Nestle Purina sent a letter to about 20,000 veterinarians nationwide, asking them to share “accurate, fact-based information” (…) Read more
Pet food industry vet downplays toxic treats role in killing dogs
Veterinarian David A. Dzanis, columnist for the Petfood Industry magazine, poses the question: what if Chinese chicken jerky treats are being “falsely maligned“; that the treats are being unfairly criticized (…) Read more
Nestlé Purina Recalls Veterinary Diets OM Canned Cat Food Due to A Low Level of Thiamine (Vitamin B1)
Just when you think the pet food recalls couldn’t get any worse, they just did. This time it’s another company, Nestle-Purina, and another type of pet food. Due to a (…) Read more
Diamond pet food plant up and running, despite sickening report
The Diamond plant responsible for the largest pet food recall since 2007 is back in business today. The FDA gave it the thumbs up after Diamond gave it a good (…) Read more
Job opportunity at FDA: Nutritional analysis of chicken jerky pet treats? Huh?
Looking for a job? Do you own a private lab? Do you know how to perform basic nutritional analysis? Then you’re in luck. The Federal government has a job for (…) Read more
