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Correction: “The Permanent Household Hazard” report is unlocked & live
Hi everyone, An automated system glitch earlier today sent out a notification stating that my new investigation, “The Permanent Household Hazard: How Pathogen Shedding Turns Pet Food into a Living Room Biohazard,” was password-protected. It is completely unlocked and live right now. You can read the full investigation directly on the site: The Permanent Household Hazard: How Pathogen Shedding Turns…
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The Permanent Household Hazard: How Pathogen Shedding Turns Pet Food into a Living Room Biohazard
A raw diet doesn’t just put your pet at risk—it turns your living room into a self-sustaining bacterial hazard. Here is how pet biology, household moisture, and federal regulatory loopholes expose human families to dangerous pathogens.
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FDA Failed to Protect Consumers Again. Here’s the Latest Proof.
FDA's July 6, 2026 warning letter documents Listeria monocytogenes in finished raw pet food from Waves and Wine, Inc., sold under the brand Chef's Pure Pet Food. The letter also reveals product lines the company never tests for pathogens at all, an unvalidated kill-step method, and a single expired supplier guarantee standing in for real verification. Months after the positive…
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The Animal Cruelty Hiding in Your Pet’s Food
Gestation crates, veal crates, and battery cages aren't just livestock housing — they're the front end of a supply chain that renders straight into your pet's food bowl. A stalled bill called the Save Our Bacon Act just exposed how far Smithfield and Tyson will go to protect it.
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Cannabis Edibles Are Everywhere — And They’re More Dangerous for Cats Than Anyone’s Saying
Marion Nestle — the food-politics expert I respect enormously — wrote a post on her Food Politics blog about dogs and cannabis edibles (“Weekend warning: pets and cannabis edibles,”). It was a good, thorough piece. I noticed that it never mentioned the real danger THC poses to cats specifically — something I thought was extremely important for her to know.…
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Pet Food Rendering Industry: What’s Really in Your Pet’s Bowl
Late Monday night, a truck hauling hog carcasses lost part of its load on a highway near Clinton, North Carolina. Bloated animals scattered across both lanes of traffic. Police, firefighters, and the mayor himself showed up to the scene. Mayor Lew Starling surveyed the dead animals strewn across the roadway and said it was “the very worst of the worst…
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Big Pet Food’s Secret Ingredient: Why They’re Fighting to Keep GMOs Off Your Pet’s Label
Editor’s Note (Updated May 2026): When this article was originally published in 2012, California’s Proposition 37, the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act, had just been narrowly defeated — in no small part due to a well-funded industry opposition campaign. The years since have largely validated the concerns raised here. The federal government eventually stepped in with its…
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Filthy, Putrid Conditions Found at Animal Feed Facility During FDA Inspection
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to ReConserve Inc., an animal food producer, on Jan. 3 detailing significant violations of animal feed manufacturing laws at its Baltimore facility. ReConserve is the largest recycler of bakery, cereal grain, snack foods, and related food by-products in the US by converting leftover, expired, and inedible bakery waste –…
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Dow Chemical – Maker of Napalm and Agent Orange Has an Image Problem, and the Pet Sustainability Coalition is Helping Them Fix It
From napalm to pet shampoo: How the Pet Sustainability Coalition (PSC) is helping give Dow a new name. The PSC is in the business of selling the illusion of sustainability in the pet industry, and they help companies like Dow – cultivate that image. For companies willing to pay for it, the PSC will certify that pet food, treats, and…
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The Pet Food Institute’s Dangerous Plan to Dismantle Pet Food Regulations
The Pet Food Institute (PFI) doesn’t like how pet food is regulated. And they have a plan on how to fix it. “There’s only one answer, and it’s one federalized system,” says Dana Brooks, the President and CEO of the Pet Food Institute, a trade group whose members account for the vast majority of the dog and cat food made in…
