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Pet Food Safety News exists to provide pet parents with clear, honest, evidence-based reporting on pet food recalls, ingredient sourcing, labeling claims, regulation, and industry practices that too often go unexamined.
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I do not sell pet products, accept advertising, use affiliate marketing, publish paid recommendations, take consulting fees from the pet food industry, or accept money to promote pet food brands.
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15 Comments
Donna J. Hamilton
Are you still doing your invaluable work with Poisoned Pets? I have been getting reports from Dog Food Advisor about problems in dog food, but I haven’t heard from you. I hope I am still on your list.
Mary
Both my cats have tooth resorption and I am wondering if there could be too much vitamin D in the Blue Buffalo salmon, sweetpotato and cranberry food I’m feeding them. I had read that too much vitamin D could be causing the issues. I was thinking I would change foods. How do I know what the vitamin D content in a cat food is? Would chicken likely be less? Do you have any recommendations?
Katie Cummings
Love love this blog! I am so happy i found her! She has great resources and is very knowledgeable! Trustworthy!
Kim
I went to the pet food store and went to purchase the premium food I have bought for years. The lady behind the counter insisted on giving me samples of something “better” and told me the food I was buying was subject to a recall last week. I asked her why it was not pulled from the shelves.she said they keep sending it, they put it out and sell it. Now, I am thinking she is an idiot. The food I buy is Nutro Ultra Senior Dry. I can’t find anything online incl fda.gov about there being a recall. Have you heard anything?
Ben Hoff
I get an error message when subscribing
Donna J. Hamilton
Recently I asked where I could donate without going through PayPal. Is there a PO box? Also, do you know of a dog food that is beef based but pea and grain free?
tammer p jensen
I think this is a great website and I am glad I found it because now I go here before buy my dogs and cat food thank you for this website more people need to kmow about it I wish I could donate now but must wait a while but wanted to say keep doing a job you are so blessed