Did it just happened that Salmonella kibble recalls dropped to zero AFTER the FDA met with Mars, Purina and Pet Food Institute?
In January of 2014, the top brass at FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine hosted a meeting with Mars, Purina, and their trade association Pet Food Institute. From Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents recently received about the meeting, the discussion topic was Salmonella in pet food.
In the two years preceding this meeting with FDA, Members of the Pet Food Institute had experienced a couple of recall filled years for Salmonella in kibble/dry pet foods with 14 different recalls. By comparison, the raw pet food category experienced two recalls in the same two year time frame.
But after this meeting, recalls just happened to make a dramatic change. Kibble recalls dropped to just 3 in the same year (2014), 1 in 2015, and zero in every year since. And…it just happened that raw pet food recalls soared after that meeting.
Did this dramatic shift in recalls just happen?
Or is the FDA practicing even more ‘enforcement discretion’ to help their Big Pet Feed friends?
Click Here to read the full FOIA document about the special FDA meeting.
Should you wish to voice your opinion to FDA on this issue, reference FOIA 2018-7997 – email FDA at AskCVM@fda.hhs.gov.
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Gdoggie Stone
August 21, 2019 at 4:24 pm
I wonder what would happen if the consumers started to complain about getting Salmonella from handling the dog food, would FDA take action than? I’m only guessing that one could get salmonella from handling the product?
Laura
August 21, 2019 at 7:45 pm
I’m sure we could potentially get salmonella that way. It may have happened somewhere already and no one would think to look there. I guess we should be diligent about hand washing after handling pet food just in case.
Debbie
August 21, 2019 at 6:06 pm
Tuffy’s Does NOT make Nutrisca …..
Susan Thixton
August 21, 2019 at 6:13 pm
You can see the Tuffy’s Nutrisca recall notice here: http://wayback.archive-it.org/7993/20170112073818/http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ArchiveRecalls/2015/ucm434023.htm
Susan F Mael
August 21, 2019 at 7:41 pm
What do you expect from an administration that is corrupt from top-down? Pets and people are merely pawns in the profit-driven business world.
Susan Thixton
August 21, 2019 at 8:00 pm
This involves every administration – for decades. Not one has done the right thing for pets.
jllh358
August 21, 2019 at 9:53 pm
Yes, the FDA is suspect in this. They have been using their “discretion” to aid and abet their buddies in the kibble industry for YEARS. Tales abound of their collection methods with raw food: from selection to handling and this is nothing new. Ever since raw food has taken an upswing and punched a hole in the profits of big kibble, we’ve seen more “witch hunts” of raw and more protection of kibble. Infuriating but hardly surprising. We appreciate what you do, Susan!
Amelia
August 22, 2019 at 10:32 am
All government agencies are corrupt! Nothing new. Don’t think it will change in our lifetime. But we thank you Susan for providing pet parents with all your informative articles which helps us make better decisions.