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As more dogs die, pea lobbyists muzzle FDA; FDA continues information blackout of often fatal heart condition tied to dogs’ diets; in new statement, FDA says hundreds of dogs’ cases ‘not relevant’
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Veterinarians, owners angered by farm lobby muzzling of FDA canine heart data as cases rise. Biden admin transparency?
No individual at the FDA or at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has yet provided any basis for refusing to release canine DCM quantity of reports received, and it has now been more than eighteen months since the FDA last provided such data, saying then that it had received “1100 + reports of canine DCM between January 1, 2014 and July 31, 2020.”
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Ahead of FDA pet food event, some hyperbole, drama, and misinformation
*This story has been updated. Tomorrow afternoon, the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) will host a much-anticipated listening session […]
Exclusive: FDA CVM responds to TCR questions following Midwestern warning letter
Editor’s Note Last week, TCR posed detailed questions to FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) Director Dr. Steven Solomon following […]
Death toll from Sportmix pet food recall said to be rising: “I am aware of approximately 40 deaths,” veterinarian tells TCR
The number of dogs fatally poisoned by contaminated food that the FDA announced was being recalled after at least 28 dogs died and eight became sick appears to be rising.
Pet Food Company Targets, Taunts Veterinarians
The most frustrating part of his job, Just Food For Dogs chief medical officer Chavez says, is an “easy” question. Convincing “veterinarians,” he continues, “who have a biological education and understand physiology that real food…real chicken; real broccoli; real rice is healthier than a little ultra-processed brown ball of feed-grade kibble that is shelf-stable at room temperature for two years in a bag. You know, it’s like, ‘Oh my God, are you kidding me?’”
Mr. Buckley happily joins in the attack: “I could ask my doctor. I could ask my dentist. I could ask my chiropractor what my diet should be. And none of them would recommend a highly-processed diet and nothing fresh.”
“The mainstream veterinarian needs research and proof that real food is healthier, and that just boggles my mind,” Dr. Chavez adds. “We’re the last healthcare profession that is recommending an ultra-processed daily sustenance. It’s just crazy.”
Breaking: FDA issues first statement on diet-associated canine heart disease since June 2019
The F.D.A.’s Center for Veterinary Medicine has just issued its first official statement on diet-associated dilated cardiomyopathy (or DCM) in […]
FDA to issue new announcement on links between certain diets and heart disease in dogs after expressing concern for pet food industry “bottom line” and vowing to tamp down on public statements
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.