Looking out for our four-footed friends.(THE FINAL WORD)
Publication Date: 22-JUN-07
Publication Title: Regulation
Format: Online
Author: Soupcoff, Marni

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When at least 16 pet dogs and cats died after eating contaminated pet food last April, people started to ask questions. Questions like, how could this happen? Who s watching over the pet food manufacturers? And why don't more things in life make their own gravy?

The answer to the second question came as a surprise to a lot of people: strange as it may sound, it is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that is charged with regulating Fido's chow.

That seemed slightly odd to those not familiar with the FDA's mandate. After all, why should the same agency that oversees human pharmaceuticals and food products care about what goes into a golden retriever's Gravy Train?

But in fact, sticking...



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