This GREEN Life

 
Following article reprinted from Pet Product News International  
No Acetaminophen in Pet Food, FDA Says
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finds no evidence to support an earlier report that acetaminophen contaminated pet food.

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This morning my good friend Lauren sent me a frantic, high alert email stating that she was “only going to feed Sahlen (her little dog) cooked chicken from now on.” I think her statement was a little frantic, but can you really blame her?  

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The ASPCA , or American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, just did an informative post over on their blog about feeding soy milk to cats. I know that many eco-folk are soy drinkers (I’m not however), and thought this would be of interest. A reader, Debra, asked whether or not it was […]

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A good friend of mine just sent me this article, Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret in China, from the New York Times this morning and I was shocked to say the least. The state of the commercial pet food industry just keeps on getting scarier.
“China’s food safety scandals have involved everything from fake baby milk […]

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In one of my previous posts, A Healthy Diet, I dove into the subject of natural pet foods. The more research I did, the more I realized how much conflicting information exists. Oprah recently toted her beloved dogs’ home-made diet and spawned some controversy. Some vets and pet nutritionists argue that it is extremely difficult […]

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Everyone is going frantic over all of the pet food recalls and rightfully so, but there are still so many natural options out there. I figured I would do some research and find out what “natural pet foods” are truly all-natural and within the means of someone on a budget. What should we be feeding […]

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