The next AAFCO meeting begins this week. Pet owners can listen live to the meetings free of charge, or pay $575.00 to attend virtually. To listen live, here’s a link to an inventory of accessible phone numbers: Click Here. Should you would like to attend virtually, you’ll be able to register Here. The date and … Read more
From January 1, 2024 to current day (June 24, 2024), the FDA has issued thirteen consumer alerts about potentially dangerous foods. At the time each of those thirteen alerts were issued, the food product in query was not recalled. These public alerts were warnings to consumers based on opposed event reports received by the agency … Read more
From the Viva Raw website: To our customers, We desired to share additional information regarding our recent recall of Turkey and Puppy recipes from Lot 21244. Out of an abundance of caution we’ve got notified all customers who purchased this product in a certain timeframe, nevertheless, only Lot 21244 is affected. At the underside of … Read more
Recently, the FDA added “economically motivated adulteration” of foods to import alerts, a move to notify officials to be looking out for products which may not be as they seem. The agency has multiple pages on their website about this sort of adulteration, not just for imported foods but for products manufactured within the US. … Read more
On May 30, 2024 the AAFCO Pet Food Committee held a virtual meeting by which a vote was taken to pass or fail a proposed voluntary limited copper pet food claim. The proposal was: “Low Copper. A pet food that bears on its label the claim ‘low copper’, ‘low in copper’, or words of comparable … Read more
While you will have heard us say “pets need nutrients, not ingredients,” what exactly are those essential nutrients? Here’s a breakdown of all of the essential nutrients in accordance with the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) that are required for foods to be called complete and balanced for adult and growing cats and … Read more
The FDA has issued two public alerts inside 4 days regarding a human food product that has been linked to 12 human illnesses. The FDA has issued ZERO public alerts regarding pet food products that resulted in 971 illness reports (to FDA) in a single month, including greater than 100 pet deaths in the identical … Read more
A wise, attentive to details independent pet store owner alerted us to a possible problem. Pet food bags with patterns of tiny holes down the side of the luggage (not in plain site). So we went to a pet food store to search for the holes. They usually are not easy to see, depending on … Read more
Copper levels in pet food has been a concerning topic for the previous few years. A growing variety of pets have been diagnosed with copper storage disease, a growing variety of veterinarians have been outspoken about the dearth of a copper maximum in pet food regulations. The problem: pet food regulations written by AAFCO haven’t … Read more
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has jurisdiction over the production of meat, poultry and egg products – this includes slaughter facilities. A USDA representative is onsite during hours of operation in all slaughter facilities, and food production facilities (foods that contain greater than 2% cooked meat and foods that contain greater than 3% … Read more