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Rumors about ethoxyquin toxicity in fish fuel consumer backlash, blog says

Rumors about the toxicity of ethoxyquin to fish sparked a backlash by consumers, according to a blog posted on petfood-connection.com. The blog says that a 2005 reassessment of ethoxyquin, commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), states, "Studies indicate that ethoxyquin is toxic to aquatic invertebrates, and mildly toxic to fish" when ingested.

Nature's Variety hosts 'World's Largest Dog Ice Cream Social' events

Nature's Variety and independent retailers will host dog ice cream socials in July as part of "National Ice Cream Month." Nature's Variety will provide its SweetSpots frozen dessert product for dogs to nearly 60 different "World's Largest Dog Ice Cream Social" events taking place July 17-18.

Top scoring petfood brands in eco-friendliness ranking

Just three of 30 popular petfood brands received top scores in a ranking of eco-friendliness by Greenopia. Greenopia collected data from petfood manufacturers and independent sources about many product factors, such as: ingredients, packaging, animal testing policies and green building design.

Pet support organization seeks petfood partners

Share the Love was recently founded as a non-profit group, to organize and distribute petfood donations to many needy animal shelters. Created by Scott Morgan, this organization operates as a food bank, distributing petfood and pet supply donations equally to animal rescue shelters, as well as outreach shelters for low income families.

Boulder, Colorado, is a leader in natural petfood movement

Residents in Boulder, Colorado, USA, lead the movement in feeding natural petfood diets to dogs and cats, according to an article from dailycamera.com. Although the price of natural and organic petfoods can be more than traditional food, Boulder residents are willing to pay.

United Pet Group expands recall of Pro-Pet Adult Daily Vitamin Supplement

United Pet Group voluntarily expanded its recall of Pro-Pet Adult Daily Vitamin Supplement tablets for dogs, due to Salmonella contamination concerns. The recalled products now include United Pet Group Pro-Pet and Excel product brands for dogs and cats, as well as certain other private label brands of the same products.

Pets of the Homeless leads national petfood drive

Pets of the Homeless will hold a national petfood drive for the first National Feeding Pets of the Homeless week, Aug. 8-14. The organization is asking the public to take donations of petfood and petfood supplies to one of the identified, local collection sites, so they can be distributed to food banks and homeless shelters nationwide.

Former North Star Foods owner proposes R&D center in Minnesota

Patrick Thesing, former owner of North Star Foods, proposed building a research and business development center outside of St. Charles, Minn, according to the Winona Daily News . The facility would focus on petfood production and be located on a 13-acre lot at 23671 County Road 37.

FDA calls January recall of Merrick Beef Filet Squares 'ineffective'

The January recall of Merrick Pet Care's Beef Filet Squares for dogs was "ineffective," according to the Food and Drug Administration. Tejas Industries Inc. manufactures the brand and was given a warning letter on June 1, stating an FDA analysis showed that the dog treats tested positive for Salmonella meleagridis.

Hill's Pet Nutrition updates technology to eliminate failures

Hill's Pet Nutrition continues to update its existing technology systems at the Kentucky plant to eliminate analog input failures. In 2006, the company decided to implement new control technology based on the Allen-Bradley ControlLogix programmable automation controller (PAC) from Rockwell Automation, to help eliminate I/O failures and streamline software programming

Several petfood recalls issued due to Salmonella concerns

Several manufacturers recently issued recalls for petfood products, due to concerns about products being contaminated with Salmonella. Merrick Pet Care Inc. recalled one lot of its Beef Filet Squares for dogs.

Feline's Pride recalls Natural Chicken Formula cat food

Feline's Pride recalled its Natural Chicken Formula raw food for cats and kittens due to Salmonella concerns, according to a news release from the Food and Drug Administration. The recalled product that tested positive for Salmonella was produced June 10.

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