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RECALL: Diamond Pet Food expands recall; Chicken Soup for Pet Lovers Soul
Salmonella concerns prompted Missouri-based Diamond Pet Foods to recall a second batch of dry dog food produced at a South Carolina plant where production has been suspended, the company announced Thursday.
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RECALL: Diamond Pet Foods Recalls Naturals Lamb Meal & Rice Dog Food
Susan Thixton is reporting on a Diamond Dog Food Recall that hasn't even hit the pages at the FDA! Hot off the presses from Truth About Pet Food (dang she's fast!). Diamond Pet Foods Voluntarily Recalls Limited Number of Dry Dog Food Bags Due to a Potential Health Risk Recall is limited to one formula of Diamond Naturals Lamb Meal…
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How a Penniless Consumer Advocate Took on a Billion Dollar Empire
When I walk into the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) conference hall, packed wall to wall with the world’s biggest names in the pet food and animal feed industry along with state feed officials and federal regulators from both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), I wonder: How did I…
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RECALL: Wellness dog food due to mold contamination
Wellpet slipped a notice into their Facebook page late yesterday evening that they were recalling one of their Wellness dry dog foods because it contains a higher than acceptable level of moisture. The danger with high moisture of course is that dry pet food is the perfect breeding ground for mold. And not just any mold, but Aflatoxin; A mold…
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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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How Not to Get Shafted by a Pet Food Company
Millions of pets each year get sick from food poisoning and most of those illnesses go unreported and the ones that are, seldom have a satisfactory outcome. There are laws that are in place to protect consumers and by extension your pet, from foodborne illness. But, as many pet parents know, corporations violate those laws and produce unsafe pet food…
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UPDATE: Correction to Date Code in Natural Balance Pet Foods’ Voluntary Recall
Someone asleep at the pet recall switch, realizing their mistake, would like consumers to know they made a little boo boo. It seems like a tiny mistake, but I guess a one day difference in the pet food industry, apparently, means the difference between food contaminated with Salmonella and the next it’s not. I’ve never understood how that works, that…
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Fire-proof pet food? Flame retardant chemicals in pet food
You know, sometimes when I pop open my email and read the morning news, I just scratch my noggin and wonder, just what the bleep are they going to contaminate pet food with next? It just boggles my little pea brain. Rationale, well, that’s simply out of the question. Let’s see, if I was in that product development meeting, I…
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Toxic Molds Found in Nearly All Animal Feed; Deadly Aflatoxin in Dog Food Kills Hundreds, Possibly Thousands of Dogs
Mycotoxins are, more frequently than not, present in animal commodities and feed. Out of the more than 3,300 samples tested during the 12 months of 2010, a striking 78% were positive for mycotoxin presence, a recent survey shows. Even at low levels, mycotoxin ingestion may cause an array of metabolic disturbances resulting in poor animal health. These disturbances are often…
