Entries Tagged as ‘Food Safety’

April 3, 2007

Tainted Pet Food… Tainted Human Food?

I was wondering when this was going to be brought up. In the course of the pet food recall, there were a few people asking what would happen if a person ate the tainted pet food. The most well-known story involved the Ottawa woman who tried to trick her new dog into eating his food [...]

March 31, 2007

Update: Pet Food Recall Expands

Just when you thought it was safe to feed your pets again, Purina is recalling Alpo Prime Cuts in Gravy wet dog food, and Hills is recalling its Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry food.
Also, the FDA is saying that while it didn’t find any rat poison in the samples it tested, it did find melamine, [...]

March 23, 2007

Turkey, Olives and Pet Food, oh my!

Coming on the heels of the Lilydale sliced turkey breast recall (the affected meat may have contained salmonella), Marcella’s Garden is recalling tubs of olives because they may have botulism.
Turkey and olives. Who cares, right? On to the real show: cat food!
Well, the source of the contamination has been found: the wheat used in [...]

March 20, 2007

Massive Pet Food Recall

If you own a cat or a dog, you’ve probably already gone to your cupboard to check your food to see if they were part of the Menu Foods recall.
As the fallout expands, we’re now finding out that Menu Foods knew about the problem last month. They found out there was a problem, and when [...]