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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 as tasty as I did. Always eager to find more rope for the FDA to hang themselves with, I am rarely disappointed to find a cache of coiled hemp waiting…
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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 kick crap-ass food manufacturers like Sunland to the curb. For the first time since the law passed the FDA sent a message to American manufacturers that unless the food they…
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AVMA vs. Raw Food; Industry Wins, Pets Lose
One of the first questions that people ask their vet is, “What do you recommend that I feed my pet?” From now on, the answer people might get from their veterinarian is to steer clear of raw pet food diets. To the dismay of raw food proponents and the glee of traditional pet food manufacturers, the American Veterinary Medical Association…
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Congressman rips the FDA over jerky treats as death soar
The guarantee Congressman Dennis Kucinich targeted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Monday for failing to adequately protect consumer’s pets by failing to come to a conclusion that would allow them to order a mandatory recall of the pet jerky treats imported from China blamed in the deaths of thousands of pets. Instead, he says, they just drag their feet…
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Senator Brown blasts head of the FDA over tainted pet treats
At a Senate Appropriations hearing Thursday, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) rattled the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s cage, over China and toxic pet treats. At the hearing, Brown urged Dr. Margaret Hamburg, head of the FDA, to be more aggressive on pet treat safety, and to continue all efforts to find the root cause of the contaminant. Sen. Brown…
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FDA veterinarian confirms boots on the ground in China, asks vets for help
The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) reported Wednesday that a veterinary medical officer with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave a detailed account of the FDA’s investigation of over one thousand complaints of canine illness associated with chicken jerky treats imported from China.
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FDA inspectors are investigating jerky treat production facilities in China
Just published is a report by MSNBC that confirms that Federal health inspectors have been sent to China to investigate the possible reasons for jerky treat's toxicity.
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FDA whistleblowers treated like skunks at a picnic
A lawsuit filed against the FDA for targeting whistleblowers reveals the extent to which the FDA goes to protect its secrets. In a strong letter to the FDA U.S. Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) said whistleblowers are “often treated like skunks at a picnic". Health officials in the FDA know, unless they like being thrown under the bus for blowing…
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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 last month regarding the tainted treats. In a letter sent to FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Sen. Brown asked the FDA, “to promptly pursue efforts to find the contaminant in…
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Secret FDA document reveals shocking test results of chicken jerky treats
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 chicken jerky treats. The document reveals that heavy metal testing was not done until most recently, the results of which are not yet completed. As indicated, the metal tests are still pending, which could…
