Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 2019
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New US Covid infections for the week ending January 16th were 8.5% below those of the week ending January 9th, so it appears that the incidence of new cases mat have peaked and is turning down, at least for the time being. One caveat to that, though, is that we don t know how many of the prior week s cases were from reports that had been delayed over the holidays. For a check on that, we can compare new cases from the week ending January 16th to those from the week ending December 19th, two weeks which sh
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Representative image Midwestern Pet Foods said it is cooperating with the FDA on a second recall of dry cat and dog food.
Pet food manufacturer Midwestern Pet Foods Inc. is expanding a voluntary recall it initiated in December for dog and cat food made at its Chickasha, OK plant that exceeded acceptable limits of Aflatoxin, a toxin made by a type of mold on corn and other grains.
Midwestern Pet Foods issued the first recall for several lots of its Sportmix brand dog and cat food on December 30 after several reports of deaths and illnesses in dogs emerged. A company announcementposted to the FDA’s website this week said the firm is now recalling other dry cat and dog food products manufactured at the facility that included corn as an ingredient because those goods could also have high levels of the toxin
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Midwestern Pet Foods has expanded a voluntary pet food recall after the deaths of more than 70 dogs, including 80 reportedly ill. This is likely a result of the consumption of food containing fatal levels of a toxin produced by mold, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
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The pet food company, Midwestern Pet Foods Inc., of Evansville, said it expanded the voluntary recall out of caution after more than 70 dogs reportedly died.
The company issued the first voluntary recall at the end of December last year after clinical tests had shown that certain pet food products contained aflatoxin. The Food and Drug Administration found that aflatoxin which is produced by mold exceeded acceptable levels.