A Michael Broad Blog
Heavy metal levels in pet food is between eight and 670-times higher than in human food and none was within a level considered safe for humans as found in a study. Veterinary Opinion Karen Becker, a veterinarian, says that if pet owners knew what they were putting in their dog and cat’s bowls, they …
Endotoxins from dead salmonella in pet food can harm your cat’s health but the FDA are apathetic to the pleas of a well-known pet food expert and consumer advocate, Susan Thixton, to change their stance with respect to this toxin in pet food.
Susan Thixton is one of the world’s best and most knowledgeable pet food consumer advocates. She really does understand the quality problems that we have with pet food of which many consumers are unaware. Susan is a champion of all pet food purchasers. She fights for us all and in doing so for the …
Three flavors of Rad Cat Raw Diet® pet foods are being voluntarily recalled from 48 U.S. states and Western Canada because they might be contaminated with Salmonella and/or Listeria monocytogenes, posing a health hazard to humans and pets. Lab tests confirmed Salmonella and/or Listeria monocytogenes in samples of the cat food from Radagast Pet …
There are signs that the federal agency charged with protecting the health of the public and their pets, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is acting in a biased way when reporting on bacterial contamination of pet food at pet shops. If this is true, is it because they are being lobbied (hassled to put …
By Jo Singer This blog is a follow up to Michael Broad’s recent article. I am pretty sure that reading about the ingredients found in commercial pet food isn’t one of the “sexiest” topics for our readers. It is probably not controversial enough to get our blood boiling or our passion ignited. But as …
FDA pulled the Rug Out From Under Pet Food Consumers Susan Thixton, the doyen of consumer rights in the pet food market believes that the FDA has been lobbied and cajoled by the big pet food manufacturers to stop verifying that some pet foods are actually ‘food’ (she means as opposed to pet ‘feed’). …
Is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agency disorganised to the point where it undermines their effectiveness in protecting the health of pets? There are indications that it is disorganised. When a government agency is disorganised it is unable to fully discharge its duties and the machinery of government fails to operate properly – …
