The Mars Petcare U.S. Inc. low-acid canned pet food production facility in Columbus, OH, was crawling with an infestation of German cockroaches between October 2016 and July 2017. Mars markets wet dog and cat foods in cans, plastic tubs, and laminated pouches under the Pedigree, Cesar, Whiskas, Nutro and IAMS
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Mars recalls Cesar Classics Filet Mignon dog food for plastic pieces
Mars Petcare has recalled a limited number of Cesar Classics Filet Mignon Flavor wet dog food products due to a potential choking risk from small pieces of plastic.
The product can be purchased individually, as well as in flavor variety multipacks. The lot codes listed below are the only products
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Pet Food Safety: When Pet Food Makes Pets and Humans Sick
Between late 2011 and spring 2012, dozens of people across 20 U.S. states and Canada were falling ill with apparent Salmonella infections all coming from the same source. For nearly six months, the illnesses slowly cropped up around North America, with health investigators unable to connect the dots about how
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