FDA issues another letter to firm behind deadliest dog food recall in years. Letter threatens more letters.
The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is kicking its letter-writing rhetoric up a notch. On Tuesday afternoon, the agency […]
The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is kicking its letter-writing rhetoric up a notch. On Tuesday afternoon, the agency […]
After a series of email exchanges with officials at Target (TGT) over several days including executive vice president Katie Boylan regarding the Minneapolis, MN-based company’s just-launched pet food brand Kindful, company spokesman Konnor Schmaltz told TCR late Monday that the company would decline to name any veterinarian who was involved in any capacity with the research and development of Kindful, which includes 50 dry dog and cat dry foods, canned foods, meal toppers, and treats. The company also refused to name the entity responsible for manufacturing the food.
This weekend, Target joined the growing list of retailers getting their paws in the $42 billion US pet food market […]
This story has been updated. Trupanion, Inc., the Seattle-based pet insurer, is expected to launch millennial-friendly Furkin (literal translation: “fur […]
The ASPCA is under fire again for how it spends donor money. The ASPCA’s spending habits and lack of fondness […]
This story was updated at 4:18 a.m. EDT on Thursday, August 5.*
Siobhan Delancey, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, told TCR Wednesday that there had still been only one report – an illness – thought to be connected to the recalled food.
We still have received only one report (8/2/21, after the recall was announced). This was an illness report and the dog is reported to have recovered. FDA has not yet determined whether the symptoms were caused by the food or another trigger. I’m afraid I can’t provide location information.
Alabama-based Sushine Mills, Inc. issued its third aflatoxin recall in less than one year on Friday. This latest recall also […]
During a contentious ninety-minute Pet Insurance Working Group meeting on July 22, insurance regulators and consumer representatives clashed with pet […]
In damning written comments submitted to the Pet Insurance Working Group task force on Wednesday, consumer representatives blasted the pet […]
Embark Veterinary, Inc. announced this morning that it has raised $75 million in Series B funding, a term often used […]