“Dr. Jean Dodds” listed as speaker in upcoming Dog Nutrition Summit
It’s been more than one year since the California Veterinary Medical Board issued a “cease and desist” order to W. […]
It’s been more than one year since the California Veterinary Medical Board issued a “cease and desist” order to W. […]
Responding to a follow-up request for data TCR has been requesting from the U.S. Food and Dug Aministration since January […]
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One reason for the atypical FDA resistance could be because in 2020 Dr. Solomon, the FDA CVM director, made what he apparently believed was a private vow to the pet food industry not to issue any more updates about DCM in dogs following pressure that was applied by a group of farm state senate Republicans (and Democrat Jon Tester of the farm state of Montana) in a letter to then FDA Commissioner Hahn.
“I’m angry, my vet is angry. I’ve been angry…”
“I wish I had the confidence to believe [the FDA is] taking this seriously and working diligently to get to the bottom of the issue….”
“The FDA’s tepid warnings regarding DCM were insufficient to warn me and the hundreds of thousands of other dog owners whose dogs are now dying…”
There’s another story, which may be more significant — which is the fact that the important new data was not announced or reported on F.D.A.’s website until after TCR started making inquiries about the conference materials discovered by Holly. Among those materials were “Opening Remarks” delivered by F.D.A. CVM chief, Dr. Steven Solomon, in which he seems to express concern for how his agency’s research might affect the “bottom line” of some pet food companies.
Although maintaining that “that the absence of a broader COI [Conflict of Interest] statement by the authors does not constitute […]