Animals
On September 30th, six years after Congress originally passed the law, the United States will implement a country of origin labeling program for supermarket foods. But due to industry pressure, some of the most important and potentially dangerous products are exempt from being labeled.
- The Chihuahua In The Coal Mine
Our beloved Whiskers died due to the Pet Food Recall (March 2007). Now we learn that human food isn't any safer. Food safety expert Marion Nestle talks about why US vegetables are scarier than American meat, the problem with "country of origin" labeling,...
- Christie Keith On The Pet Food Recall
If anything, I believe the human food safety system will change more due to the pet food recall than the pet food market will. Let’s make sure it “trickles down” to the pet food industry, and that issues like country of origin labeling, clear and...
- Pet Food Recall ~ Menu Foods Covers Their Assets
From North Country Gazette In another development, Menu Foods, the Canadian firm which initiated the biggest recall of pet food in the nation’s history in mid-March when it recalled 60 million containers of wet and pouched dog and cat food, has posted...
- Pet Food Recall ~ Ban Ingredients Of Chinese Origin
After dogs began falling ill and dying as a result of eating the food, Royal Canin SA recalled a number of its products, and stated it would no longer use any ingredients of Chinese origin in their foods. The government of South Africa also stopped imports...
- Class Action Lawsuit Involving The Largest Pet Food Recall In Us History.
WTW, with co-counsel, has brought the first California class action lawsuit involving the largest pet food recall in US history. Menu Foods, and its affiliated companies, have recalled approximately 60 million containers of pet food covering close to...
Animals
Country of origin labeling program not much help in keeping us & our pets safe
On September 30th, six years after Congress originally passed the law, the United States will implement a country of origin labeling program for supermarket foods. But due to industry pressure, some of the most important and potentially dangerous products are exempt from being labeled.
- The law does not apply to pet food - I find this particularly troubling after the pet food recall of 2007 that claimed Whiskers' life. Mixtures do not apply under the law—not even fruit salad.
- The law does not apply to dried foods or processed foods of any kind.
- The law does not apply to drugs.
- The law does not apply to everyone. Only stores which purchased over $230,000 of fresh produce in the previous year will be required to label their red-meat, poultry, produce, and fish.
- The law does not always mandate accuracy
Read more here.
- The Chihuahua In The Coal Mine
Our beloved Whiskers died due to the Pet Food Recall (March 2007). Now we learn that human food isn't any safer. Food safety expert Marion Nestle talks about why US vegetables are scarier than American meat, the problem with "country of origin" labeling,...
- Christie Keith On The Pet Food Recall
If anything, I believe the human food safety system will change more due to the pet food recall than the pet food market will. Let’s make sure it “trickles down” to the pet food industry, and that issues like country of origin labeling, clear and...
- Pet Food Recall ~ Menu Foods Covers Their Assets
From North Country Gazette In another development, Menu Foods, the Canadian firm which initiated the biggest recall of pet food in the nation’s history in mid-March when it recalled 60 million containers of wet and pouched dog and cat food, has posted...
- Pet Food Recall ~ Ban Ingredients Of Chinese Origin
After dogs began falling ill and dying as a result of eating the food, Royal Canin SA recalled a number of its products, and stated it would no longer use any ingredients of Chinese origin in their foods. The government of South Africa also stopped imports...
- Class Action Lawsuit Involving The Largest Pet Food Recall In Us History.
WTW, with co-counsel, has brought the first California class action lawsuit involving the largest pet food recall in US history. Menu Foods, and its affiliated companies, have recalled approximately 60 million containers of pet food covering close to...