History Repeating Itself Again and Again – Truth about Pet Food

Due to Kohl Harrington (producer of the pet meals documentary Pet Fooled), we have now been supplied with Freedom of Info Act (FOIA) paperwork from the FDA. The paperwork are antagonistic occasion experiences submitted by pet meals shoppers and veterinarians.

These experiences date from 7/1/24 by 1/1/25.

Within the 260 pages (each paperwork), you will see experiences of pet deaths, severe pet diseases, and experiences of mildew, rancid merchandise, and bug infested pet meals. An unlucky situation we discover in all of those experiences, is historical past persevering with to repeat itself (with nothing executed by regulatory).

Equivalent to experiences of bugs in Purina merchandise…

From the newly obtained FOIA experiences, report EON-602073, dated 1/7/25.“I bought a 37 lb bag of Purina Professional Plan 27/17 Rooster and Rice System from PetCo on January 4, 2025. Upon opening the bag on January fifth, I observed a number of dwell larvae and dozens of cocoon remnants within the pet food bag. I contacted each Purina and PetCo. To my shock, PetCo states that that is sadly extraordinarily widespread with Purina Professional Plan, they usually have contacted Purina themselves a number of instances, with no decision. If the meals is so contaminated to comprise dozens of dwell larvae and unknown quantities of deceased bugs, what different unknown issues have contaminated the meals.”

Again in 2019, we share this Tweet from a pet proprietor to Purina evidencing the identical downside:

In different phrases, Purina has had bug points for at the least six years with no motion taken by regulatory authorities.

We additionally discovered quite a few experiences of sick pets that consumed Purina Pet Meals within the newly obtained FOIA paperwork, equivalent to this one…

EON-603243, 1/18/25“I bought the Purina One Rooster & Rice System for my canine from Goal on a Saturday night time. On Sunday morning, after consuming the pet food the night time earlier than, he started having diarrhea and vomiting in a number of episodes. At one level, his diarrhea was bloody. He continued to expertise extreme diarrhea and occasional vomiting for 4 extra days (till Thursday). We didn’t assume it was the meals initially as a result of he has had Purina beforehand; nonetheless, after fully stopping the pet food he instantly stopped having diarrhea and was again to regular. I strongly imagine that the meals was contaminated or the components considerably modified.”

Quite a few experiences within the FOIA paperwork have been eerily just like experiences of sick pets linked to Purina merchandise one 12 months earlier. In January 2024, the FDA obtained 1,184 experiences of sick pets involving vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, and lethargy all involving Purina merchandise. Most of the 2024 antagonistic occasions reported the sickness began simply after opening a brand new bag of Purina pet meals, simply because the 2025 instance above shared.

The FOIA paperwork additionally present a number of complaints of sickness and demise linked to varied manufacturers of jerky treats. Sickness and demise linked to jerky treats is one thing we have now seen in pets since 2006 (with the trigger NEVER decided by FDA).

Click on Right here and Right here to view the FOIA paperwork.

Of concern, we didn’t discover any antagonistic occasion experiences (although we didn’t intently learn each report within the 260 pages) that have been linked to any recall throughout this identical time-frame.

Remembers from 7/1/24 by 6/29/25:

1/27/24 – Viva Uncooked Pet Meals – uncooked – Salmonella.

5/20/24 – Mars Petcare Pedigree Canine Meals – dry – metallic items.

6/21/24 – TDBBS – uncooked tripe – metallic items.

7/1/24 – Viva Uncooked Pet Meals – uncooked – Listeria.

1/3/25 – Blue Ridge Beef – uncooked – Salmonella.

1/31/25 – Blue Ridge Beef – uncooked – Salmonella.

3/3/25 – Wild Coast – uncooked – Avian Hen Flu.

3/14/25 – Savage Cat Meals – uncooked – Avian Hen Flu.

4/4/25 – Supercan Pig Ear Slivers – treats – Salmonella.

4/7/25 – Zesty Paws – deal with – Salmonella.

4/12/25 – Blue Ridge Beef Pet and Kitten Combine – uncooked – Salmonella and Listeria.

Sadly it seems that the FDA Heart for Veterinary Drugs took NO ACTION on any of the 260 pages of pet proprietor and veterinarian complaints, together with the one under…

EON-608777, 3/20/25“Blue Buffalo Wilderness Rooster recipe dry cat meals”“We had two cats affected. They lived in separate households, have been indoor cats with no publicity to exterior animals. [Redacted] turned symptomatic within the night, we took him to the vet they usually discovered a severely enlarged liver. He was rushed to an in a single day clinic and died 24 hours after signs started. He was a wholesome 4 12 months outdated tabby. [Redacted] was a wholesome 4 12 months outdated shorthair who turned symptomatic [redacted]. He was taken to the vet they usually discovered a extreme an infection in his stomach. He was given IV antibiotics and ache remedy. He was to remain in a single day on the hospital. We obtained a name at 12:30 am that he had handed. He had no signs main as much as this. The one commonality is the dry cat meals. It’s Blue Buffalo dry cat meals.”

Lack of correct investigations by FDA so as to shield our pets is all too acquainted.

Susan ThixtonPet Meals Security AdvocateAuthor Purchaser Beware, Co-Creator Dinner PAWsibleTruthaboutPetFood.comAssociation for Fact in Pet Meals

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