Anytime you are feeding an animal, whether it's a household pet or livestock, you should always carefully read the label first. Although many grain supplements are labeled for more than one species of livestock, some grain supplements suitable for other livestock should not be fed to horses. Use care when feeding horses Recent calls to the state's Agricultural Chemistry Lab concerning horse illness and death have led me to remind equine owners to be cautious when feeding their animals....

latest news Senators vote to tighten pet food standards By Greg Presto, Medill News Service Last Update: 5:24 PM ET May 2, 2007 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Senators voted unanimously on Wednesday to include a food safety measure as part of a Food and Drug Administration funding bill that would impose uniform standards for pet food and fines for food companies that fail to report product problems. latest news Senators vote to tighten pet food standards By Greg Presto, Medill News Service...

The industrial chemical melamine has now been discovered in multiple high-protein food additives -- wheat, corn and rice gluten -- from multiple Chinese manufacturers, leading industry experts to conclude that not only was the contamination intentional, but that such "economic adulteration" is disturbingly widespread, at least in China. The industrial chemical melamine has now been discovered in multiple high-protein food additives -- wheat, corn and rice gluten -- from multiple Chinese...

The investigators are trying to get a handle on just how much pet food tainted with an industrial chemical called melamine made its way into products consumed by pets as well as by hogs and chickens. On Monday, they announced that byproducts from tainted pet food had been used in chicken feed on some farms in Indiana. A few days earlier, they said that hog farms in six states may have received tainted pet food for use as feed. Acheson said that the investigation tracking contaminated pet...

The product is sold only in portion-paks shipped straight to consumers' home each month, so there are no bags on retail shelves anywhere in the country. Melamine detected in mail-order pet food. Replacement products are being shipped free of charge. The company thinks it has reached almost everyone affected. SmartPak Canine is recalling all lots of its LiveSmart Adult Lamb and Brown Rice food, which has tested positive for melamine, an industrial substance. Copyright 2007 Miami Herald...