Unsettling Assumptions An unsettling video released today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center’s for Veterinary Medicine cautions consumers of the health dangers associated with pet food: foodborne illness (…) Read more
Posts Tagged ‘FDA’
U.S. Senator Brown Presses the FDA Over Inadequate Response to Tainted Chicken Jerky Inquiry
A press release today from U.S. Senator Brown spells out his demand that the FDA get off their ass and give him a proper answer to his to his inquiry (…) Read more
Secret FDA document reveals shocking test results of chicken jerky treats
[scribd id=83864090 key=key-5qoaho0nb87svbaoqaf mode=list] A document leaked by an unnamed source reveals, for the first time, the chronological timeline of the FDA’s efforts to discover the source of the toxic (…) Read more
“Made in the USA”: It don’t mean diddly squat
Made in the good ol’ US of A don’t mean diddly now-a-days. Long gone are the days of Mom and Pop operations and local ingredients; we live in a global (…) Read more
Consumers desperate for answers clutch at straws to stop jerky treats from poisoning more dogs
Reports continue to emerge daily in the news of dogs that have become ill or died after consuming tainted jerky treats that remain on store shelves despite an avalanche of (…) Read more
Number one selling dog treat in US causing kidney failure, death
Makers of Waggin’ Train dog treats Nestle Purina continue to deny today any problem with their treats despite hundreds of reports of complaints to the FDA. They insist that their (…) Read more
With over 400 new reports of tainted treats, Senator Brown urges the FDA to speed it up…again
“If these products are dangerous we’re asking (the FDA) to ask these manufacturers for a voluntary recall,” that’s what U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio demanded in a news conference (…) Read more
Tips for Frantic Pet Parents: All You Need to Know on How to Report a Pet Food Problem
Imagine your dog has just been diagnosed with what your veterinarian suspects may be food poisoning – what is the first thing you do? Why, panic, of course. Being in (…) Read more
Senator Brown Speaks to the Senate, Urging Swift Action on Deadly Dog Treats
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiBp6hW6cN4] An unlikely advocate for pets has been found in politician and pug parent U.S. Sen Brown of Ohio who has become the latest unofficial champion for pet parents, pugs, (…) Read more
Dog Treat Illness Complaints Continue To Flood FDA
Phyllis Entis (aka foodbuglady extraordinaire and one heckuva smart cookie) of eFoodAlert was kind enough to help me out and in the process got an update on the jerky treat (…) Read more