Animals
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, and the pros and cons of a Chinese food boycott.
MoJo Audio: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine
- Pet Food Recall: Nearly Two Years Later, And The Death Toll Still Climbs
So many of our friends have been going to the bridge lately and we always think of our beloved Whiskers this time of year. Whiskers died in March 2007, due to kidney failure. He ate the Special Kitty cat food that was recalled, so we believe that he was...
- 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...
- 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 Survey ~ Will It Be Accurate?
A Michigan State University veterinary professor is launching a survey to better estimate how many cats and dogs died after eating tainted food and what, specifically, killed them. Federal officials have not said how many animals have died. More than...
- Special Kitty Pouch Cat-food Killed Whiskers
Many of you who read my blog regularly know we recently lost out beloved cat Whiskers to kidney failure. Today I read in the paper that the Special Kitty Pouch Cat-food that he regularly ate was being recalled because it caused kidney failure in an unknown...
Animals
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, and the pros and cons of a Chinese food boycott.
MoJo Audio: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine
- Pet Food Recall: Nearly Two Years Later, And The Death Toll Still Climbs
So many of our friends have been going to the bridge lately and we always think of our beloved Whiskers this time of year. Whiskers died in March 2007, due to kidney failure. He ate the Special Kitty cat food that was recalled, so we believe that he was...
- 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...
- 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 Survey ~ Will It Be Accurate?
A Michigan State University veterinary professor is launching a survey to better estimate how many cats and dogs died after eating tainted food and what, specifically, killed them. Federal officials have not said how many animals have died. More than...
- Special Kitty Pouch Cat-food Killed Whiskers
Many of you who read my blog regularly know we recently lost out beloved cat Whiskers to kidney failure. Today I read in the paper that the Special Kitty Pouch Cat-food that he regularly ate was being recalled because it caused kidney failure in an unknown...