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Feature articles on pet food:

Raw Food for Your Feline Friend

11/17/2008 - (NaturalNews) If you are a cat owner, more than likely you understand the importance of providing your feline friend with optimal nutrition. Your cat’s nutrition can be a very confusing topic if you are like a lot of pet owners out there. Nutrition is...

FDA Alert: Detention of Chinese Imports

11/17/2008 - (NaturalNews) The FDA issued an import alert, 11/12/08, detaining ALL milk products, milk derived ingredients and finished food products containing milk from China due to the presence of melamine. Close to two years after melamine tainted wheat, rice,...

Ethical Question of Veterinarian Food Recommendations

11/16/2008 - (NaturalNews) Almost every Veterinarian Clinic across the country offers dog and cat food for sale. Some only offer prescription foods specifically for pets needing a diet to address a disease; however, many others offer for sale maintenance dog and cat...

Variety Plan for Feeding Your Dog or Cat

11/14/2008 - (NaturalNews) If the worst would happen, and the pet food you provide your pet is recalled, do you have a back up pet food? Getting prepared for a recall isn’t being paranoid; it might prove to be the safest move you can make for the health of your pet. No...

Buying a 'Natural' Pet Food Product is Like Buying Fool's Gold

11/12/2008 - (NaturalNews) A recent survey from the GoodLife Recipe Pet Food company provided by (www.mediapost.com) website states that two-thirds of pet owners don’t consider cost when selecting a dog food or cat food. Their survey states that nearly 60% of pet...

FDA Set to Approve Genetically Engineered Animals

11/11/2008 - (NaturalNews) Genetically Engineered grains have been in existence for several years, amidst many concerns from various organizations and individuals. Now, the FDA is set to approve Genetically Engineered Animals to be introduced into the food chain. Ever...

Pet Food Recipe Changes and Challenges

11/11/2008 - (NaturalNews) If you haven’t seen it yet with your brand of dog food or cat food, you probably will soon. Prices of pet food ingredients are rising just like the prices of your groceries in recent months. Many pet food manufacturers are scrambling to...

Could Risky Meat By-Products Be Turned Into Energy?

11/7/2008 - (NaturalNews) I have discovered a possible means for the inferior garbage that gets dumped into pet food to be turned into valuable energy. Something that seems to be a far better method to discard of left over animal waste materials than becoming dog...

Veterinary Medical Association Meeting Shows Pet Safety Is Not a Priority

11/1/2008 - (NaturalNews) Recently the AMVA (American Veterinary Medical Association) held its annual meeting; reports of the topics discussed are discouraging. Per an article reported in MedicalNewsToday.com several veterinary speakers clearly continue to support...

Undeniable Proof the FDA Allows Pet Food to Break the Law

10/30/2008 - (NaturalNews) The FDA website, on a page regarding pet foods, proudly cites the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). With reading just a few of the FD&C Act laws, and a little reading on the FDA website, there is absolute proof that the FDA ignores...

Feeding Your Pet Treats Could Be Harmful - Give Them a Nutritional Bonus Instead

10/24/2008 - (NaturalNews) We all do it; we give our pets treats as a reward or just because we love them. And many times pet owners don’t think about the extra calories in treats or worse yet, consider if the treat contains harmful ingredients. It’s a treat, it won’t...

COOL Law Proves Ineffective in Reducing Melamine Risks

10/23/2008 - (NaturalNews) Since the 2007 pet food recall, melamine has been discovered in many ‘people’ products from infant formula to candy to powdered cheese to coffee creamers; recalls continue worldwide. Although the Chinese government assures the world they...

Higher Profits for Big Pharma: Selling Drugs to Pets

10/21/2008 - (NaturalNews) Within the last few years, large Pharmaceutical companies have introduced several ‘people’ drugs into the pet field. Many new drugs from doggie Prozac to weight loss drugs are already approved by the FDA. For pharmaceutical companies to...

Protect Pets from Salmonella with Electrolyzed Water

10/17/2008 - (NaturalNews) The most recent pet food recall from Mars Pet Care - due to salmonella contamination - appears to be becoming habit. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Mars Pet Care products have been having Salmonella problems for several...

Cow Brains, Spinal Cords to be Banned From Pet Food Starting in 2009

10/15/2008 - (NaturalNews) Effective April 23, 2009, the FDA has banned a series of cattle products from all animal feed and pet food in attempt to prevent the spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease. BSE is a fatal, degenerative...

FDA Proposal for Safer Imported Food

10/14/2008 - (NaturalNews) The FDA issued a proposal to design new legislation to reduce a practice known as “port shopping.” This is a small step forward towards safer imports into the US; a little slow in development, but better late than never. Currently there...

FDA Gives Pet Food Companies a Loophole to By-Pass Law

10/7/2008 - (NaturalNews) The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) is a set of laws passed by Congress in 1938 giving authority to the FDA to oversee and take legal action to protect the safety of food, drugs, and cosmetics –- there have been many revisions...

Is BPA in Canned Pet Food Linings a Concern for Pets?

10/2/2008 - (NaturalNews) Bisphenol A or BPA is an ingredient used to make hard, clear plastics and is also found in the lining of many canned products including pet foods. BPA is known to seep into food or liquids. The FDA, in typical fashion has waffled on its...

Buying the Presumably More Expensive Dog Food or Cat Food Can Save You Money

9/27/2008 - (NaturalNews) It’s almost overwhelming when you visit a pet store and wander down the mile long aisles of pet food. Thousands of pet food brands all seem to say the very same thing -- 100% Complete Nutrition and ‘Premium’ and ‘Choice’. The brand your...

Canned or Kibble - Deciding Which Pet Food Is Best for Your Pet

9/26/2008 - (NaturalNews) As if it isn’t difficult enough for pet parents to decide on which brand or variety of dog food or cat food to choose, you also have to decide if you should be feeding dry or canned pet food. Walk into any pet store and you are staring at...

Pets Can’t Lie, but Pet Food Manufacturers Legally Can

9/20/2008 - (NaturalNews) You come home from work and notice your dog or cat peeping at you from around the corner, you immediately know something’s up. Regardless whether you discover a ‘present’ left on the living room rug or a broken vase from the cabinet they...

Former Pet Food Contaminant Melamine Now Surfacing in Baby Formula

9/20/2008 - (NaturalNews) Melamine is raising its ugly head again, this time reports are saying traces of melamine were found in a Chinese brand of baby formula. The Canadian Broadcasting Company is reporting (September 11, 2008)that 14 babies developed kidney stones...

Menadione Sodium Bisulfate: A Pet Food Ingredient to Be Wary of

9/18/2008 - (NaturalNews) While it’s a little noticed pet food ingredient, Menadione Sodium Bisulfate (and its many named variations) is one ingredient to look out for and avoid. This ingredient is commonly found in many dog foods, cat foods, and treats. Unfortunately,...

Mars Pet Food Recall Announced on September 12th, 2008

9/17/2008 - (NaturalNews) Mars Pet Food announced a voluntary recall of many brands of dog food and cat food on September 12th, 2008 due to “potential contamination with Salmonella”. The recall only affects products sold in the United States. Products affected...

Chinese Milk Formula Leads to Hospitalization

9/17/2008 - (NaturalNews) A milk product contaminated with melamine has been recalled in China according to the China Daily (1). Sanlu, a producer of baby milk food, has recalled its product after a child diagnosed with kidney stones died. The product was found to...

Cigarettes, Lies, and Pet Food Advertising

9/16/2008 - (NaturalNews) It’s difficult to imagine that cigarettes and lies have any connection with pet food -- but when you look closely at the advertising tactics of some pet foods, look closely at the ingredients in those pet foods -- you’ll find cigarettes,...

U.S. and China Announce Food Safety Progress for Pet Food?

9/13/2008 - (NaturalNews) The U.S. Health and Human Services announced, on June 18, 2008, progress between China and the U.S. stating, “strong and sustained cooperation by both nations to strengthen the safety of food products exported to the United States from China.”...

FDA Pet Food Safety Policies Comprised of Twisted Logic

9/12/2008 - (NaturalNews) The FDA is supposed to protect our pet’s food. Congress took note of the deadly pet food recall last year and mandated the FDA to clean up its act. Human food and pet food regulations are supposed to be updated and in working order by September...

To Raise a Healthy Pet, Read Between the Lines of Its Behavior

9/10/2008 - (NaturalNews) Not to sound too ‘out there’ but I’m a big believer that pet food manufacturers and our pets show us ‘signs’. The point being to urge you to always be aware of the signs presented to you with your pets and the products they consume. Earlier...

Are the Ingredients in Pet Food 'People' Safe?

9/9/2008 - (NaturalNews) When I officially began reviewing pet foods, companies I contacted shared without hesitation if their foods used human grade or pet grade meat ingredients. Now I am seeing a shift in that. These days many are telling me they use human grade/quality...

Safety Tips for Placing Your Pet in the Care of Others

9/6/2008 - (NaturalNews) I recently read an article about a Dog Day Care who had the unfortunate experience of a dog escaping the facility in the middle of the day and no one noticed. At the end of the day, the dog’s owners (brand new to this daycare) returned to...

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