Two of the nation’s leading manufacturers have withdrawn their top-selling brands after New York state agriculture officials found illegal drug residues of unapproved antibiotics on the popular pet treats. Wednesday’s (…) Read more
Posts Tagged ‘FDA’
China Busted for Doping Chickens with Illegal Drugs
China is facing another food safety scandal after the Beijing-controlled China Central Television (CCTV) said that a commercial chicken producer had supplied KFC and McDonald’s with chicken that had been (…) Read more
Purina’s Waggin Train Chicken Jerky Treat Facts Website Disputed
Purina website dismisses consumer concerns Nestle-Purina, one of the companies blamed for causing the illness and death of thousands of American pets with its top-selling treats Waggin’ Train brand, is (…) Read more
New FDA Rule: Maximum Dose of Radiation Increased on Meat and Poultry
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
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