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The Pet Food Institute Is Fighting to Remove Incentives That Fight Climate Change
The Senate passed a historic climate bill this week at a time when scientists warn that nations have only a few remaining years to make deep enough cuts in carbon dioxide to avoid planetary catastrophe. The bill, The Inflation Reduction Act, aims to substantially expand federal support for alternative and sustainable fuels like renewable diesel production. In a statement, President…
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Consumer activists & their impact on the pet food industry
A report, Consumer Activists and Their Impact on the Pet Food Industry, details pet food industry’s most dangerous market influencers: Pet food safety activists. In it, three activists are named: Susan Thixton of Truth About Pet Food, Dr. Jean Hofve of Little Big Cat and yours truly. The report will be the subject of a presentation at Petfood 2.0, an…
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Nestle Purina pet food plant plagued by putrid stench for years
Nobody can say for sure when it started, but some remember the horrible smell from as long as ten years ago. But everyone knew where it came from though. It came from a place that makes pet food, a Nestle Purina PetCare plant in the UK. The kids called it the “dog food factory smell”. Others were more descriptive, saying…
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The proposed foreign supplier verification program hasn’t a hope in hell of helping pets
American pets lose out to big business interests I thought the Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals proposed rule for animal food was bad, but another new proposal, meant to protect consumers from U.S. importers who bring potentially dangerous and untested foreign pet food ingredients and products into America, will do…
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Busted! Owner of Evanger’s arrested on felony charges
The president of Evanger’s was arrested on charges of subornation of perjury, bribery and communicating with a witness in an ongoing trial where he is charged with Class 1 felony theft and money laundering. Joel Sher, owner of Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Co., was booked into county jail and charged with attempting to bribe a witness in a case…
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Finally, a place for petsumers: The Association for Truth in Pet Food
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. Today, pet food safety advocates, Susan Thixton and Mollie Morrissette, announced the creation of a consumer association devoted to the safety of commercial pet food. For the first time in U.S. history, consumers, and the…
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Big Pet Food Says No to Your Right to Know
Tomorrow when the polls open in California on November 6, The California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act Prop 37 will be voted on. The country looks nervously on as the future of food as we know it hangs in the balance. If it passes, it will prohibit pet food manufacturers who include genetically engineered material in their formulas…
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Help send Dr. Jean Hofve to the AAFCO meeting!
Holistic veterinarian Dr. Jean Hofve and author of the hugely popular and influential website Little Big Cat, has been an animal advocate and fierce critic of the pet food industry for nearly two decades. One of her most important tasks is to represent consumers at the meetings of AAFCO, which sets the standards by which pet food is made.…
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RECALL! Purina Feed Products Due to Elevated Vitamin D Level
Purina announced a recall of several of their animal feeds for elevated levels of vitamin D, which may cause death in any animal or fish. The press release follows:
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Suppressed pet food documentary, A Dog’s Breakfast, prevented from vanishing by Poisoned Pets
Fear not, pet food fans, the documentary Pet Food: A Dog’s Breakfast has been prevented from ever vanishing again. The expose on the pet food industry, pulled from scheduled programming on American television earlier this year and thus far only seen by a Canadian television audiences, surfaced recently on YouTube. Internet audiences concerned that the video may vanish again, no…
