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FDA warns Nestle Purina of “significant violations” at pet food plant
Federal regulators sent a warning letter to Nestle Purina PetCare Co. about “significant violations” observed at a Purina pet food plant in Pennsylvania during an inspection of the plant last year. The warning letter, publicly released Wednesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Philadelphia office, it said, in part, the company’s low-acid dog and cat food was possibly…
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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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White House Guts Food Safety Modernization Act, Testing Nixed
News of cuts in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s draft food safety rules the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) stunned food safety advocates when it was revealed this week that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) gutted the FSMA on the q.t. Food Chemical News broke the story that cuts made by the OMB to the FSMA…
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Spain Confirms Stray Dogs Used to Manufacture Pet Food & Animal Feed
Laboratory DNA analysis confirms that dogs were used to make ingredients used in pet food and animal feed brands. An investigation in Spain uncovered an underground network of criminals involved in feed manufacture, tanneries, animal shelters, kennels involved in a heinous practice of using the corpses of sick and abandoned animals in the production of pet food. At least 40…
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Nasty-Ass Conditions Reported at Kasel Industries Pet Treat Plant
The Food and Drug Administration released the inspection report of the Kasel Industries pet treat plant in September, revealing shocking conditions. Among the Agency’s gag-worthy observations were rodent poop, a dead mouse, cockroaches running wild, beetles, worm-like insects galore, food and grease caked equipment, dirty old cardboard boxes used to hold product, were just a few of grisly discoveries mentioned…
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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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Stench From Valley Proteins’ Rendering Plant Causes Writer to Wonder, “What We’re Feeding Dogs.”
People who live in Fayetteville, North Carolina, near the Valley Proteins rendering plant describe the misery of living with the suffocating stench that emanates from the plant. “There is stink, and there is stink,” writes a local reporter. “There is stink you can live with, and there is stink that makes every breath a chore.” He said it made him…
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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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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…
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Book Review ‘Buyer beware: The crimes, lies, and truth about pet food’
For years I have been searching for a book about the real story behind the pet food industry, and yesterday my search came to an end, with the release of Buyer beware: The crimes, lies, and truth about pet food by author, advocate Susan Thixton. After reading the advance copy, I knew that this book would do to the pet…
