A cure for one of the biggest cat-killers in the United States

“No wheat, only meat”… that should be our mantra. As a holistic pet food feeder for over ten years, I have long known that corn and wheat were the nemesis of our pets.  But I stumbled across this article of how Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins links the grain-based proteins in dry cat foods to the explosive [...]

Evangers Dog Food Responds to FDA Ding

Read about the 6/12/2009 FDA action here.  Evangers has been barred from interstate commerce because their manufacturing process could lead to risk of botulism in the canned pet foods.  Now that we are year away from the first FDA ding and Evangers response, the consumer can judge for themselves whether or not they feel comfortable [...]

Evanger’s Pet Food in Trouble with FDA

Update: See the June 12, 2009 FDA action here.   If you have Evangers cans on your shelves, you should read this before you serve it to your pets.  The FDA barred this company from interstate commerce because of repeated issues with manufacturing that can lead to botulism. A recent inspection revealed significant deviations from prescribed [...]

FDA Bars Certain Cattle Materials from pet foods

The FDA has strengthened regulations prohibiting brain and spinal cord materials from cows over 30 months of age and older from entering both the human and the animal food supply. Because of the risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as “mad cow disease”), I have avoided using any beef pet foods for years. [...]