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Posts Tagged ‘pentobarbital’

Death Drug Found in One of the U.S.’s Largest Pet Food Ingredient Makers; Euthanized Animals to Blame

Valley Proteins, based in Winchester Virginia, one of the largest privately-owned rendering businesses in the United States – a company that processes slaughterhouse waste, rancid restaurant grease, and the occasional (…) Read more

  • December 17, 2019
  • Comments 23
  • Filed under: Pet Food Regulations
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From Stable to Table: Horses Turned into Pet Food & Their Bones Sold as Dog Chews. In America. Right Now.

There have only been a few times in my career as a pet food safety advocate where I stood paralyzed – frozen in horror – when I witnessed something so (…) Read more

  • November 6, 2019
  • Comments 13
  • Filed under: Consumer Advocacy
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20-Year History of Euthanasia Drug in Pet Food; Pentobarbital Still Found in Dog Food Today

While the horror of the Smucker’s debacle unfolds and the number of dog foods contaminated with sodium pentobarbital – a drug typically used to euthanize pets – grows, 20 years (…) Read more

  • February 19, 2018
  • Comments 2
  • Filed under: Pet Food Regulations
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FDA Warns Consumers NOT to Feed Evanger’s Pet Food Due to Pentobarbital Contamination

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just released an alarming report to consumers today to NOT to feed certain Evanger’s pet food products to their pets: “The U.S. Food and (…) Read more

  • February 17, 2017
  • Comments 3
  • Filed under: Pet Food

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