Talking with Dr. Marion Nestle about the FDA and the future of pet food in America

This evening, Friday, Feb. 19, at 9 PM Eastern Time, Dr. Marion Nestle will be speaking live via streaming audio with Pet Connection's  Christie Keith about her recent visit to the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine and the present and future of pet food in America.



Dr. Nestle is one of the leading voices in the movement to reform how we deal with food and nutrition in this country. She is the Paulette Goddard professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University and a visiting professor in the College of Agriculture's nutritional sciences division at Cornell University. She branched out into covering pet food issues with her book about the 2007 pet food recall, Pet Food Politics, and is the co-author of a forthcoming book on feeding pets in America.



Speaking with Dr. Nestle will be Christie Keith, who has a few stories of her own to tell about the FDA and pet health and safety.



The interview with be via streaming audio, and you'll be able to comment and ask questions in a text-based chat room. Pet Connection readers can also post their questions here.



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Comments

[Sandi K]

This is great!

[Sandi K]

Thanks Christie and Gina for the opportunity! One thing I have been wondering about and I thought I would just put it out there...does anyone know if Menu Foods is really being investigated. The reason I ask is all over Menu Foods quarterly reports, they have the statement to their shareholders that they are still under investigation. It seems like if that were true, wouldnt there have already been either charges or the investigation closed as its been close to 3 years now. I dont know how all this stuff works....

[bridget de]

I am an animal advocate, owner and someone who

has been feeding wholefoods/ organic mostly and fresh to my dogs for over 20 yrs. I have some

questions regarding something I am interested in

regarding the depreciation of health over time due to additives in pet foods. I am a cook and I am a living example of a food philosophy that goes back to my italian heritage. I would love to speak to you about some of my thoughts. Is that possible. I also am advised by a geneticist who has been doing alot of reasearch in kidney and renal failure in certain animals and I have

a theory that I am beginning to test. Bridget de Socio.