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Request Sent to FDA for Public Meeting with Pet Owners

It’s time FDA meets face to face with pet owners and respond to their questions.

It’s time FDA meets face to face with pet owners and respond to their questions.

The following request was sent to FDA yesterday, 10/18/18:

Association for Truth in Pet Food – the association representing Pet Food Consumers, the largest stakeholder group in pet food – would like to arrange a question and answer public meeting with FDA/CVM.

We would prefer to meet with FDA in Washington DC or during any AAFCO meeting. We are requesting a minimum of 3 hours for consumers to ask FDA questions. We will provide the venue.

Washington DC television station WJLA will be participating in this meeting, video recording the entire meeting. We will also make arrangements to provide the meeting to pet owners unable to attend as a Facebook Live event on the Truth about Pet Food page.

Please provide us three possible dates over the next six months and three more possible dates within the next 12 months (1 year from receipt of this email).

When they respond, it will be shared. And by the way, FDA/CVM frequently meets with industry.

 

Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,

Susan Thixton
Pet Food Safety Advocate
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TruthaboutPetFood.com
Association for Truth in Pet Food


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5 Comments

5 Comments

  1. Karen Jones

    October 19, 2018 at 11:50 am

    Yay Susan…good for you. Thanks for doing this for all of us pet owners!

  2. Teresa Johnson

    October 19, 2018 at 12:39 pm

    As much as I hate traveling to/through DC I would love to come to this. Hope they accept the invitation (and challenge) of meeting consumers face to face!!

  3. Diane Timmons

    October 20, 2018 at 6:56 am

    Susan, Thanks so much for doing this. Will they agree to the meeting – I have my doubts but, can only hope.

  4. Dianne & Pets

    October 23, 2018 at 3:05 pm

    is there a senator or congressman who could also attend who can make sure the FDA shows up?

  5. samiswan

    October 26, 2018 at 6:50 pm

    I hope they respond promptly. I wonder if the idea of being televised will spook them? It seems that this particular agency prefers to act in private, where they can’t be held accountable. Doesn’t it seem that they’ve forgotten that their purpose is to PROTECT the PUBLIC, not to enable corporate crime?

    As always, thanks for everything you do, Susan, and for keeping us informed.

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