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FDA Issues Company-Wide Warning Letter Re Pet Food

Posted on August 20, 2021

FDA issued a corporate-wide warning letter to Midwestern Pet Foods, Inc. (Midwestern) on August 9, 2021. The letter states that inspections of the company’s pet food manufacturing plants revealed violations

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Litigation Over Trace Amounts of BPA in Champion Petfoods Continues (Law360 subscription required)

Posted on April 6, 2021

As we have previously blogged about, in July 2020, the Eastern District of Wisconsin granted summary judgment in favor of Champion Petfoods (“Champion”) in a lawsuit asserting, among other things,

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Proposed Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Pet Food Company Involved in Ongoing Recall

Posted on February 1, 2021

We previously discussed a December 30, 2020 alert from FDA regarding recalls by Midwestern Pet Food, Inc. of nine total lots of Sportmix pet food products following reports of death

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FDA Alerts Consumers to Pet Food Recalls for Potentially Fatal Levels of Aflatoxin

Posted on January 6, 2021

On December 30, 2020, FDA issued an alert to pet owners and veterinary professionals about the recalls of certain Sportmix pet food products. Midwestern Pet Food, Inc. announced a recall

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Champion Petfoods Not Liable for Trace Amounts of BPA in Product

Posted on July 14, 2020

On July 8, 2020, the District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin granted Defendant Champion Petfoods’ motion for summary judgment and dismissed a proposed class action which alleged that

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USDA No Longer Requires Pet Food to be Manufactured During Hours of Inspectional Supervision

Posted on August 20, 2019

On August 14, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) finalized amendments to the rules (9 CFR 318.12 and 9 CFR 381.152) relating

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Dog Food Makers Face Multiple Class Action Lawsuits Following Vitamin D Recalls

Posted on February 21, 2019

Following on recalls of dog food due to excess Vitamin D in late 2018, manufacturers are facing lawsuits by dog owners claiming their pets were injured by the products in

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FDA Alerts Consumers to Dog Food Recalls For Potentially Toxic Vitamin D Exposure

Posted on December 5, 2018

On December 3, FDA issued an alert to pet owners and veterinary professionals about the recalls of several dry dog foods with potentially toxic levels of Vitamin D. Thus far,

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Is Pet Food the Next Front for “Natural” Lawsuits?

Posted on August 9, 2018

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Rachel Ray’s Nutrish dog food brand, alleging that “natural” claims were false and misleading under state consumer protection laws, based on testing

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Pet Jerky Update

Posted on May 17, 2016

FDA pet jerky update indicates decline in reported incidents, but still no identifiable cause.

Since 2007, FDA has been investigating a series of complaints of illnesses in pets associated with

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