FDA rejects Evanger’s donation of recalled dog food

Animal shelters would have received dog food recalled for potential pentobarbital contamination.

The United State Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected a request to donate recalled dog food by Evanger’s Pet Food. FDA issued a letter on June 29 warning Evanger’s that FDA didn’t consider the pet food company’s testing methods sufficient to ensure the safety of shelter animals. The pet food…

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