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Are Pet Food Reviews Legit? Think Again. Most Are Just Ads in Disguise
I was shopping the other day at the health food store, looking for the holy grail: un-scented certified organic shampoo, when my eyes popped out of my head. There, on the shelf was a – drum roll – a Certified Organic, Human Edible, Animal Welfare-Approved pet food! This was the day I had been waiting for! Do you know why…
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ARTWORK
DRAWINGS BY MOLLIE MORRISSETTE My artwork is to aid in the welfare of animals and benefit my work to protect them from harm. And all the proceeds from selling my artwork support my work on Poisoned Pets. PORTRAIT OF A LADY WITH FABULOUS HAIR Original artwork $2960 Open Edition Prints $49 PORTRAIT OF A LADY WITH HER KITTEN Original artwork…
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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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Official representative of U.S. pet food consumers needs your help.
Do you know who the United States consumer representative to the Association of American Feed Control Officials is? Me. I am your representative, and I need your help. Today. Why? In three short weeks, I need to attend the next Association of American Feed Control Officials conference in Savannah, Georgia on January 20th. But I can’t do it without your…
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Help Change the Future of Food for Animals
Have you ever been the victim of a misleading pet food ad or a deceptive marketing scheme? Perhaps there was a time when a very compelling ad convinced you to buy a pet food product, only to find out later that you had been misled by the marketing? If so, you’re not alone. Each year, American consumers spend billions of…
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How To Stop From Being Swindled By The Pet Food Industry
Have you ever been the victim of a misleading pet food ad or a deceptive marketing scheme? Perhaps there was a time when a very compelling ad convinced you to buy a pet food product, only to find out later that you had been misled by the marketing? If so, you’re not alone. How American Consumers Get Swindled By Misleading…
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Poisoned Pets Needs Help Getting to AAFCO; Deadline Looms, Donations Needed
Do you want a consumer advocate at the annual Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) Conference? If you do, there’s only one way that’s going to happen, and that is if you pitch in to help get me there. It costs money to go to these meetings – a lot of money – and I can’t afford to go…
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Help Send Poisoned Pets to the AAFCO Conference
The deadline looms to register for the upcoming AAFCO conference, and I am asking – no, I’m begging – for your help to get me there. I need to be there to help my two colleagues, Susan Thixton and Dr. Jean Hofve, give Big Pet Food hell. Remarkably, there are only three of us up against hundreds of pet food…
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Find Out What Happened in Denver at the AAFCO Conference
UPDATE: I have no association with Susan Thixton of Truth About Pet Food, either personally of professionally, or the Association for Truth in Pet Food. Have you ever wonder what happens when a cat is set among the pigeons? Put a bunch of pet food safety advocates among a room full of pet food industry big wigs and government officials…
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Consumer advocates at AAFCO: As popular as a skunks at a picnic and as rare as hen’s teeth
The American Association of Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) 2015 Midyear Meeting is fast approaching and this year it will be taking place from January 13th – 15th in San Antonio, Texas. I will be attending the meeting because I sit on two AAFCO committees: The Pet Food Committee and the Ingredient Definitions Committee. It is a rare opportunity for a…
