However, FDA ensures that the ingredients used in pet food are safe and have an appropriate function in the pet food. In addition, canned pet foods must be processed in conformance with the low-acid canned food regulations to ensure the pet food is free of viable microorganisms. If you have a recalled product, don t feed it to your pets. There is no requirement that pet food products have pre-market inspection or approval by FDA. Answer: Veterinarians say that if you didn t give your pet...

Del-Monte pet products has announced a recall of select product codes of its pet treat. We apologize for the interruption of signal and have engineers working on the problem. Melamine is a substance not approved for use in food. There are over 30 product codes affected under this recall. WIBW-TV's Digital Transmitter was damaged by the electrical storm overnight Friday, March 30th. More Pet Food Being Recalled 4:44 AM Apr 2, 2007 Reporter: Dave Johnson The pet food recalls are only getting...

Experts are now saying a chemical called Melamine, used to make fertilizer and some plastics, may be to blame for a number of pet deaths across the country. While there has been several different theories about a cause, at one point experts were pointing at rat poison, the FDA now thinks a chemical used to make plastics is to blame. But knowing the cause isn't helping to put local pet owners minds at ease when it comes to feeding their pets. For now, pet owners are hoping the search for...

Mar 14, 2007 (CIDRAP News) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a pandemic influenza preparedness plan that defines the agency's current role in federal pandemic planning, such as expediting the review of new vaccines and antivirals, and spells out work it will do in areas such as food safety and targeting counterfeit drugs. Mar 14, 2007 (CIDRAP News) The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a pandemic influenza preparedness plan that defines the agency's...

With little hay carryover, hay fields thinned by drought and ice and pastures weakened by several years of drought, growing extra forage this spring might be wise. If other hay fields yield enough so that neither oat hay nor silage is needed, you still can cut oats for grain and straw. Oats planted under irrigation can be cut for hay early enough to permit double cropping to soybeans or a summer annual forage crop or even to corn for silage. With good soil moisture and 60 to 80 pounds of...