It was more than inedible, the meat supplier Evanger’s Pet Food purchased from was a dead animal carcass processor. A company that removes dead animals from farms – including euthanized horses – and processes the meat from those dead animals for sale to pet food.
Some background. In Evanger’s lawsuit against meat supplier Bailey Farms, LLC – it states:
Bailey represented to Evanger’s that its plant was APHIS certified; when Bailey delivered its beef to Evanger’s, each pallets on which Bailey shipped the beef had a tag that contained Bailey’s APHIS certificate number “WI.-BLO-0004.” This same designation “APHIS #WI.-BLO-0004” was included on bills of lading and invoices Bailey sent to Evanger’s.
What is APHIS certified?
APHIS stands for Animal Plant Health Inspection Service. APHIS is a division of the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) but APHIS most certainly does NOT inspect – pass or fail – meat (for human consumption). Explained by the FDA in a previous update regarding Evanger’s: “USDA-APHIS provides a voluntary service to facilities that wish to export to certain countries, inspecting their facilities according to standards established by the importing country.” An APHIS certification would NOT provide the holder with the ability to process “human grade” meat.
Was the Evanger’s meat supplier (Bailey Farms) certified by APHIS for export?
The FDA says no; “The APHIS-assigned number that the supplier was using signifies export certification.”
But…was it actually a APHIS number?
I made a phone call to the USDA, APHIS regional office (governing Wisconsin), the office confirmed that Bailey Farms does not hold a current APHIS license. When I provided the APHIS number (stated in the Evanger’s lawsuit) to the USDA representative (APHIS #WI.-BLO-0004), I was told this number “was not a APHIS number”. The USDA representative stated the number must be a state number (such as in some type of Wisconsin state license). (I have shared everything I have learned with FDA – waiting on a response from FDA on this issue. When clarification is provided by FDA – it will be shared with consumers. I do not know if Bailey Farms ever had an APHIS number or not.)
The next phone call was to Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. Again, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture was not familiar with this type of number. However they did explain that Bailey Farms holds a valid “Animal Food Processor License” within the state (license number 209915-M2). Wisconsin Department of Agriculture stated the Animal Food Processor License held by Bailey Farms would also include the license to transport and process dead animal carcasses into pet food products.
Does a Wisconsin ‘Animal Food Processor License’ mean the Bailey Farms meat was USDA inspected and approved ‘human grade’ as Evanger’s told consumers?
No. Absolutely no. An Animal Food Processor License does NOT permit the holder with ability to process “human grade” meat. Wisconsin law states: “‘Animal food processing’ means slaughtering animals or processing carcasses or carcass materials for use as animal feed”. And (bold added): “(5) “Carcass” means all or part of a dead animal, as defined in s. 95.72 (1) (c), Stats. “Carcass” does not include any of the following: (a) Material that may be lawfully sold or distributed as food for human consumption.
What kind of ‘meat’ does Bailey Farms (supplier to Evanger’s Pet Food) actually process?
If you Google the street address for Bailey Farms (549 Karem Drive, Marshall, WI), this image is displayed…
Quoting their website “a producer of quality pet food products”. But…
The Google Map also tells us there is another business located at the very same location. The other business is “Marshall Stock Removal”…
A Google search for ‘Marshall Stock Removal’ finds “Bailey Farms Stock Removal“
Bailey Farms and Bailey Farms Stock Removal have the same exact logo, same physical address – they are the same company. Bailey Farms is not a ‘farm’ at all. Bailey Farms turns out to be a dead animal processor. A company that picks up dead animals (cattle and horses) from area farms and processes meat from these animal carcasses into pet food meat – no matter why the animal died and no matter if the animal was euthanized.
From the Bailey Farms Stock Removal Facebook page we find these images…
Freeze-Dried Dog Treats sourced from dead animal carcasses (non-slaughtered). The Bailey Farms/Bailey Stock Removal dog treats do not disclose they are sourced from dead animal carcasses, but they do include the warning “Not for human consumption – Dog Food” (unlike the Evanger’s pet food which marketed the products as “Human Grade” meat).
Are there more ‘Bailey Farms’ out there? Are more stock removal companies selling dead animal carcass meats – including euthanized horse meat – to pet food companies?
Absolutely there are. In every state – multiple in areas of the US that have large livestock populations – there are companies that remove dead animal carcasses and process the meat into pet food/animal feed. These companies are just like Bailey Farms – selling raw meat processed from the dead/non-slaughtered or euthanized animal carcass. And as well, rendering companies (some) pick up and process dead animal carcasses into pet food ingredients (though these would be rendered ingredients – not raw meat).
Is this legal? Is it legal to sell dog treats/dog food made from dead/non-slaughtered animal material?
Per federal law, it is ILLEGAL for animal food to contain any part of an animal that is non-slaughtered. The Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act defines an adulterated (illegal) food as (in part) “if it is, in whole or in part, the product of a diseased animal or of an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter”. Repeat: it is a direct violation of federal law for a pet food (any food) to contain even the smallest amount of meat sourced from a dead/non-slaughtered animal.
But…FDA openly allows anyone in the animal food business the opportunity to violate that law without prosecution. The exception is…unless the pet food company or meat supplier gets caught harming an animal.
With canned pet food – opposite to federal law – the FDA openly allows canned pet food to source meat from “diseased animals and animals that have died otherwise than by slaughter” – FDA states “it will be considered fit for animal consumption”. But FDA includes this disclaimer:
The Center will consider regulatory action based on low acid canned food violations alone where the report indicates a probable hazard to pets. CVM will also consider regulatory action against canned pet food on the basis of use of decomposed animal tissues or use of tissues containing violative drug residues.
So with the example of Evanger’s pet food – since the pet food caused the illness of multiple animals and the death of one, FDA investigated and multiple recalls occurred (again…only AFTER pets got sick and died).
With the use of meat such as that sold by Bailey Farms – sourced from dead animal carcasses – the FDA states:
CVM is aware of the sale of dead, dying, disabled, or diseased (4-D) animals to salvagers for use as animal food. Meat from these carcasses is boned and the meat is packaged or frozen without heat processing. The raw, frozen meat is shipped for use by several industries, including pet food manufacturers, zoos, greyhound kennels, and mink ranches. This meat may present a potential health hazard to the animals that consume it and to the people who handle it.
Districts should conduct preliminary investigations only as follow-up to complaints or reports of injuries and should contact CVM before expending substantial resources.
Review –
FDA “is aware” that meat from dead/non-slaughtered and diseased animal carcasses is sold to pet food manufacturers.
FDA “is aware” that this material is a direct violation of federal law (laws the agency is charged with enforcing).
FDA “is aware” this material “may present a potential health hazard to the animals that consume it”.
But…FDA will continue to allow meat from dead/non-slaughtered and diseased animal carcasses to be processed as pet ‘food’ and will only investigate it a pet dies or is sickened, but won’t expend “substantial resources” on the investigation.
Evanger’s purchased meat from a dead animal carcass processor – and sold this illegal meat as “human grade” to consumers (even in a pet food claiming “organic”). There was no punishment for a violation of law – only a recall.
By the way…The penalty (per law) for introducing an adulterated food into interstate commerce: “(1) Any person who violates a provision of section 331 of this title shall be imprisoned for not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000, or both.”
When will this end? When will FDA enforce law with pet food? When will a pet food company using illegal sources of ingredients be held accountable by law?
Maybe if some pet food companies, ingredient providers and FDA representatives spent a year in jail…maybe pet food would change.
A lawsuit – Pet Food Consumers v. FDA is coming. This has to stop and consumers will sue the FDA – forcing the agency to enforce law. Soon.
Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,
Susan Thixton
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ROBIN WORL
May 3, 2017 at 1:52 pm
time to do this!!
Claudia Loomis
May 3, 2017 at 2:08 pm
Thank you Susan! To your point about there being more “Bailey’s out there” We also need to know how many more Evanger’s are out there. As an holistic pet food retailer, we carried a limited number of Evanger’s cans and have since discontinued the line.Now we are diving down deeper with the pet food companies as to sourcing of ingredients, testing and production methods, and are asking all to complete a pet food questionnaire. We are requiring transparency from our pet food manufactures. We do not want to see any more pets suffer.
Susan Thixton
May 3, 2017 at 2:12 pm
Thank you right back at ya! Thank you for being diligent about the products you carry. Only independent pet food stores!
MK
May 3, 2017 at 8:35 pm
Claudia, practically all dry foods since they all contain “meals” which come from a rendering facility dead carcasses. This guy also sells raw and freeze dried. We should be thankful that Evangers is going after this guy which makes one less bad guy.
Acacia Rogers
May 15, 2017 at 6:58 pm
Actually not all “meals” are sourced from low quality meat. that’s on a case by case basis and dependent on the brand
heather stanton
May 29, 2017 at 7:49 pm
meals are exposed to extremely high temperatures not safe for dogs to eat
For Shane Merrick
January 9, 2018 at 2:19 pm
There’s one in redgranite WI too. Ran by the son of the man who started Bailey farms. He and his kids are doing the same. They even spray the “blood and juices” into fields they own. His long horns won’t even go near that area. Who knows what water wells it’s leaking into.
Sara
December 9, 2018 at 10:13 am
Report it !! Get the name? Find out who buys from him! Tell the tv news stations! What’s the name of his son ?
Laurie Raymond
May 3, 2017 at 11:12 pm
Here is the problem: when you try to trace ingredients back, usually the processor step is skipped. You can find the farm that raised the animal but not the feed lot, slaughter house or rendering company that sold the meat ingredient to the pet food manufacturer. I hired a paralegal to look into state law (CO) and any applicable federal laws governing how these entities (like Bailey’s and Marshalls) operate, and she found a maze of regulations without much indication of oversight or clear way to verify the entire chain of supply. I too have a retail store, and my investigations had convinced me that the sodium pen could not have gotten into the Hunk of Beef product except by deliberate tampering, because euthanized animal carcasses would be illegal in any food other than rendered products, where the amount and variety of carcasses processed would dilute the drug residue to a probably non-lethal proportion. This report shows that this is not the case at all. I have a monthly pet column in our local paper and I intend to cover this story this month. I suspect a justification the FDA would use for its “discretionary” approval of this toxic stuff is that “animal feeds” are designed to nourish livestock, which by definition are creatures no one intends will live out a normal lifespan. But if they become food for animals that are slaughtered for human consumption, how safe is that? And of course, pets are supposed to live a normal lifespan – or at least not be deprived of it by their food. This needs to be the biggest scandal we can contrive to make it. The pet food industry is evil (not all companies are, but how the hell can you know for sure?) and the pressures on the decent ones to grow insure that they will follow industry “norms” to safeguard profitability.
heather stanton
May 29, 2017 at 7:55 pm
fda doesnt even have standards in place when it comes to arsenic in meat cattle. fda fsis just got started and pew trust has an article about the flaws in their system, fsis is not testing for mercury or copper. what it comes down to is we cant even trust the usda to make sure the meat we eat is safe from heavy metals etc what can we expect from dog food companies? i personally feel orijen should have a class action lawsuit filed when they are churning out dog food made from “human grade ingredients” that exit their factory with 1500ppb of arsenic when levels for humans in rice cakes is 200 – 300 ppb and our dogs are eating this day in and day out and they take refuge behind nrc guidelines
they need to be put out of business
Barbara Fellnermayr
May 3, 2017 at 2:15 pm
Wow am I stupid. I own Amore Pet Foods in Canada, no government regulations on pet food. We claim to, and really do, use human grade meat. I pay $9.31/pound (Canadian dollars) for certified organic beef. How am I supposed to compete with companies that claim human grade yet pay 37 cents/pound. I have a customer call me last week, wanted to change to our food. He’s currently paying $70/40 pounds, ours would be $165/40 pounds. There are two reasons he wants to change 1) our location is much more convenient and 2) the other food is making his dog sick! People, wake up. You get what you pay for! I had another customer switch back for the following reason; he found out the hard way that when you buy crap you get to make your dog sick and pay a huge vet bill. Unfortunately this give raw food a bad rap!
Leanne
May 3, 2017 at 2:37 pm
I, too, worry about unscrupulous pet feed companies climbing onto the bandwagon of raw food.
heather stanton
May 29, 2017 at 7:58 pm
ive been told that the usda does not give pet food makers levels of heavy metals or other toxins contained in the meat all pet food companies should be having their foods independently tested for these levels thank god for clean label at least i can count on buying the food lowest in these toxins using their site
Colleenyts
May 3, 2017 at 5:24 pm
Barbara, where are you located in Canada? Are you a whole saker or make prepared raw foods? I only have access to Bold Canine Raw where I live. It makes me nervous, not having regulations, but my cat hates the only other option, Natures Variety raw which is very expensive, but I don’t think it’s because it’s a better quality. Trying my best to make time and research so can make my own. So far my cats seem to be doing ok with Bold raw, but I know they occasional change suppliers which makes me nervous. There are other companies that make prepared raw foods too, but cater to dogs only. So guess I’m going to have to find my own way for my cats. Do you sell in Ontario or can can recommend any companies that sell quality raw for cats too? Bold has 4 options for cats, but 25 recipes for dogs. I guess it’s a dogs world when it comes to access to quality pet food.
T Allen
May 4, 2017 at 7:47 am
Colleen-Why don’t you make your own cat food? It’s easy to feed cats. Buy your meats locally at a butcher you trust and add Alnutrin vit/minsupplements. http://feline-nutrition.org/feline-nutrition-resource-center/raw-food-online/10-alternative-nutrition-llc It’s cheaper than the commercial garbage like Barbara says. If you are lucky enough (and can afford it) to have a producer like Barbara you can buy your food.
heather stanton
May 29, 2017 at 7:59 pm
according to clean label project almost all natures variety tests middle of the road to bad when it comes to heavy metals and pesticides pba etc etc
heather stanton
May 29, 2017 at 7:56 pm
what raw food is this person using
Peter
June 20, 2017 at 7:26 am
Barbara, that is the societal phenomena that needs study, that we as consumers go to the “big box” warehouse store, and struggle to lift that enormous bag of dry food into our shopping cart. The reason to shop at that location, and choose that product… is price. We as consumers don’t engage at all to consider the reality of “price per pound,” and if it crosses our mind, it is only momentarily, and then smothered by denial. That aisle in the warehouse store smells dreadful… very nearly the same as the aisle with rubber tires… yet, we deny thinking about what that means.
laurelspage
May 3, 2017 at 2:20 pm
This is totally disgusting!!! I have cats not dogs, but this is just totally unacceptable for anyone to sell this stuff for dog food. It turned my stomach. I so hope that they get their pants sued off and can no longer sell this stuff to anyone.
Regina
May 4, 2017 at 12:47 am
Oh, yeah, I also wanna see them get their pants sued off.
But only AFTER they have burst into flames for being such liars!!!!
Barbara Archer
May 3, 2017 at 2:37 pm
Thank you, Susan, for all your hard work. This opens up a whole new can of worms I am sad to say. For the past six months I have been supplementing my 12 year old dog’s meals with freeze dried nuggets, beef, duck and/or chicken. The packages clearly state human grade and where the meats are sourced. However, is there a way to learn what companies are providing their meats, possibly companies like Bailey?
Susan Thixton
May 3, 2017 at 2:40 pm
There is no way to know who these companies sell to – unfortunately. We are at the mercy of a regulatory system that doesn’t enforce law and unscrupulous manufacturers.
Peter
June 21, 2017 at 6:57 am
Yes and Bailey’s Farms LLC, which is simply described as an “animal rendering facility” has been in trouble before, in 2014 the company paid $27K in fines for violating state permit requirements (illegal dumping) for waste which included “decomposing animal matter.” Within the framework of its business of processing downers for grubby pet food manufacturers, one can only imagine what they consider “waste” to be… that’s particularly horrific.
heather stanton
May 29, 2017 at 8:03 pm
you should also be asking about heavy metal pesticides etc levels in their foods. chicken is the safest and fish is the worst. avoid foods with kelp fish fish oil spirulina mussels etc etc arsenic is an endocrine disruptor mercury accumulates in the thyroid people think a food is good because “my dog has good poops on this brand ” what about the accumulation of toxins in the food that will kill him 6 years down the road?
landsharkinnc
May 3, 2017 at 2:47 pm
what surprises me is that this has not happened before with their own product – not just what they marketed to Evangers
Susan Thixton
May 3, 2017 at 2:50 pm
I would guess it has – many, many times – with many different suppliers and many different pet foods. It was amazing that everything fell into place and this got discovered. We own the discovery of this to a pet owner in Oregon and a little dog name Talula that lost her life. The pet owner did everything right to find an answer – that doesn’t always happen.
Regina
May 4, 2017 at 12:53 am
Let’s hope that with these discoveries, enough action will be taken so that Talula’s death was not in vain.
Hopefully this pet owner in Oregon will have given enough our movement enough juice to really get the ball rolling!
Keller
May 3, 2017 at 2:54 pm
With the funding for the FDA substantially cut under the present administration, as I understand it, there doesn’t seem to be much hope for enough FDA agents to even begin to cover the pet food industry and certainly not enough funds for the FDA to take anyone to court. It seems that it will be up to the consumers and their advocates to do all the policing – sounds like “doing business as usual” even when there were more funds available. More work for you, Susan. Great, huh?
Susan Thixton
May 3, 2017 at 2:58 pm
But…the last thing the FDA wants is for consumers to sue them (us sue FDA) to force them to enforce law. We have the grounds from a Supreme Court decision called ‘Chevron deference’. Here is a post I did on it: https://truthaboutpetfood.com/supreme-court-ruling-will-help-us-stop-the-fda/ We will force them – budget or no budget – the courts will force them.
Jacob
September 10, 2018 at 10:33 pm
FWIW, it is widely expected that the Chevron deference doctrine will go away after the next judge (likely to be Brett Kavanaugh) is confirmed to the Supreme Court. At that point, the regulatory agencies will have limited ability to set policy beyond what is written explicitly into law. In this narrow case of the leeway given to pet food producers, it would seem to be a benefit.
That being said, I would suspect it would set off a furious bout of lobbying and a new law would be passed to more explicitly set up a parallel set of regulations for pet foods. I’m not optimistic about how that will go.
angela
May 5, 2017 at 2:45 pm
Actually the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – which includes the FDA, NIH, CDC, as well as other agencies – is slated for a total fiscal 2017 budget of $73.5 billion. That’s up $2.8 billion from last year’s enacted level and $3.8 billion more than what President Barack Obama had proposed for fiscal 2017.
Erin
May 8, 2017 at 5:28 pm
Fiscal Year 2017 began late 2016. The budget that Trump sets will be FY 2018 starting lat this year (2017).
Carol Schatz
May 3, 2017 at 3:13 pm
Facebook won’t let me share either your FB post or this page directly. Keeps saying URL not found (direct share) or “We had trouble using the URL you provided. Please try again later.” (FB share). ☹
Susan Thixton
May 3, 2017 at 3:21 pm
Go to the Truth about Pet Food Facebook page and share from there. Unless Facebook has stopped it from being shared – don’t know.
Carol Schatz
May 3, 2017 at 7:00 pm
It just let me share from my newsfeed. Something wonky must have been going on at the time.
Peter
May 4, 2017 at 11:55 am
Some antiviral programs (that is: the program of the specific person at his/her own computer) have built-in parameters that will block “sharing” or even forwarding of URLs that the program deems are “unsecured.” That is, any URL that begins with “http://” rather than “https…” You can check/change the settings of your security program to determine/alter this, as the program is set to regard this as “unsafe.”
Terri Christenson Janson
May 3, 2017 at 3:41 pm
This is deplorable!!!! So they were using 4-D meat when they said HUMAN GRADE. Also putting it in their Organic products. Did Evangers ask where the meat from Bailey Farms came from??? How awful and it makes me so mad. I have been homecooking for about 5 years now and will be doing another batch after I get home from working 8 hours but my dogs are worth it. My beef comes from the grocery store where I shop. I can’t believe Evangers could not put 2 and 2 together when Bailey farms also picks up dead cows and horses. If they wanted to be safe they should have had QUALITY CONTROL in place. They lied big time….
Laurie Raymond
May 4, 2017 at 11:02 am
There is no way to exonerate Evangers for its lying to their retail “partners,” their own reps, and consumers. However, just try this (as I have and continue to do): call the manufacturer of any brand and ask for the name and address of the company from which they directly purchase their animal products. They won’t tell you. They will say something like “it’s a USDA or APHIS regulated facility,” or “that’s proprietary information.” This is the deliberately-invisible section of the meat supply chain in pet food where the horrific, law-breaking, lethal practices occur, with the cynical support of regulatory agencies. And although this is tragic and terrible, don’t for a minute believe the pet food industry is unique in the absolutely cynical way it has arranged to operate above and below the law to rake in outrageous profits. This is the state of capitalism at this moment. Always, the most vulnerable – animals, minority communities, the poor – pay with their own lives and health. We must not ignore the larger social, economic and political realities of the world we created and continue to support with our purchasing power and our taxes.
Marion
May 3, 2017 at 5:15 pm
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/marshall-area-pet-food-maker-fined-for-waste-dumping/article_01c6ea37-2dea-56c2-9477-67b937423816.html
They were find for waste dumping too… gross. Thank you for all this information!
stormidnight
May 3, 2017 at 6:31 pm
Keep it simple. If it’s not for humans, it’s not for anyone else. It indicates that the quality/efficacy is far below what you would tolerate. Definite red flag on any label.
heather stanton
May 29, 2017 at 8:05 pm
dont buy orijens they claim human grade but the levels of arsenic in their food is 1500 ppb human allowable levels in europe are 200-300ppb in a rice cake
angela
May 30, 2017 at 5:26 pm
Do you have PROOF about what you are saying?
angela
May 30, 2017 at 5:45 pm
Ellipse Analytics says it found LEAD in at least one Orijen dog food product, at levels three times the FDA guidance for lead in certain human foods.
They say the Orijen food tested positive for 300 ppb lead. The FDA advisory levels for dried fruit and candy limits lead to 100 ppb for human consumption.
Susan Hayes
May 3, 2017 at 6:42 pm
Thanks for all of your hard work and sleuthing on this and everything else, Susan!
Kiva Huffman
May 3, 2017 at 10:07 pm
So sad…breaks my heart to hear that these poor little animals are eating this. Everyone definitely needs to sue the FDA…our pets are worth it. I cook up chicken thighs for my dogs and use the broth over origen dry. It labels their meat and is 85.00 a bag…hopefully origen is honest…
T Allen
May 4, 2017 at 8:05 am
Orijen is no better than the rest. All dry kibble foods contain USDA rejected meat at the best and 4D at the worst (same as canned and raw) Even very expensive feeds ($85/15#=$5.66/#) don’t make sense economically if beef costs $3/# ground in the store and the cheapest fish is $6/#! Add all those other ingredients, although they are miniscule amounts, plus the cost of manufacturing, employees, trucking etc and tell me how they are paying for human grade meats. They aren’t.
LisaM
May 5, 2017 at 5:33 pm
“All” foods “same as canned and raw”, are using USDA rejected or 4D meats?
I purchase raw and canned foods from Susan’s approved list that she’s exhaustively researched, that are indeed human grade. I am guessing you did not mean all.
Kiva Huffman
May 3, 2017 at 10:10 pm
Susan THANK U FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO. I’M A FAN of Doctor Becker…and you both are wonderful! !!!
Natural Mom
May 7, 2017 at 5:10 pm
Fantastic work, Susan! This is why our family feeds a home made organic raw diet to our cats and dogs. It’s all human grade and we know exactly what is and is not in their foods. Will share this article with my friends who buy commercial raw pet foods. This reminds me of the oxymoron, “I’m from the government and am here to help you.” NOT! The whole government alphabet soup of FDA, CDC, WHO, etc. are not to be trusted as they never tell the full story. Keep up the great, vital work! God bless.
Rhonda Gillespie Floyd
May 23, 2017 at 5:45 pm
I don’t like to cook but I cook excellent meals and do so because I have to. Now I am also cooking for my 4 precious little doggies and old lady kitty. It is hard and it is messy and I don’t like to do it. But I do. Even sourcing human grade organic meat and veggies and appropriate human grade vitamins and supplements is not easy. It is getting easier as I’m becoming more accustomed to it.
I just could never trust anything but human grade made by me or a trusted friend any more.
As far as the government not enforcing laws – seriously? Imagine being the parent or family of a person killed by someone who is illegally in our country or by drugs which entered because the government decided that it would not enforce the laws on the books regarding those people entering the country. The government is supposed to protect the people and their property. But the last many years have been a joke as far as enforcing laws passed by our legislative bodies. Again, one cannot trust the government to protect them or their animals. It is very sad. But government is only as good as the people who work there. The rule of law has been openly laughed at for the last many years. Whole cities brag about it in fact. When the government doesn’t even care about protecting its legal citizens, I cannot be surprised that they don’t care about protecting our beloved animals.
Anonymous
June 8, 2017 at 12:36 am
Susan, Did you read the complaint against FDA for not enforcing the TBCA? Many of the claims will be useful in your suit for the same non-enforcement issues:
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/content/press_office/2016/2016_10_04_fda_complaint.pdf
ed
July 26, 2017 at 11:37 am
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170628/wheeling-police-investigating-suspicious-death
Dawn R Smith
August 4, 2018 at 10:26 pm
Thank you Susan for all your TLC for the animals & Dr. Becker is Awesome !! The only thing pet food companies see is $$$$. Makes me so mad, I would pay any amount of money to feed my Jazmine Shih-Tzu. It`s ALL Garbage!! If I can`t Eat it She Don`t Eat it. God Bless You. It takes no time to cook for you “Babies with Fur”. Stop making excuses it costs too much -It`s so much Cheaper. You know Exactly where the Meat is coming from “ORGANICS” is Important & Where All the other “Ingrediants are coming from & Most “Important ” How it`s “COOKED” & “Where it was Cooked”.
Anonymous
April 21, 2019 at 4:14 pm
You may want to follow up on this story. It is my understanding the operation has been shut down by the State of Wisconsin.
Kathy Schnelle
July 24, 2019 at 11:08 pm
yes, I found out it shut down…now after hearing all this, I’m glad it did…..but now where can I get safe raw for mu dogs? it has made such a huge difference especially in my seniors and special needs dogs–even being from Baileys…which of course I don’t want to deal with again