Orijen Lawsuit / Acana Lawsuit: What You Should Know
The 2018 Orijen and Acana class actions accused Champion Petfoods of hiding heavy metals and BPA. Here is how every case ended, whether the brands have ever been recalled, and what the Mars purchase means for your dog's bowl.
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The Orijen lawsuit and the companion Acana lawsuit were a wave of consumer class actions filed against Champion Petfoods starting in March 2018. They claimed the company's premium dog foods contained heavy metals and BPA and that packaging phrases like "biologically appropriate" misled buyers. Every case that reached a court ruling ended in Champion's favor, with four federal appeals courts affirming between 2021 and 2023; the Illinois and Washington suits were voluntarily dismissed with prejudice in April 2024 on terms that were not made public. Here is what was alleged, how each case ended, whether the brands have ever been recalled, and what the Mars Petcare purchase means if you still feed them.
- 1Lawsuits: the 2018 heavy-metals cases decided by courts all ended for Champion Petfoods, with the Seventh, Tenth, Eighth and Second Circuits ruling for the company; Zarinebaf (Illinois) was dismissed with prejudice by stipulation in April 2024, and Rydman (Washington) ended in a private settlement on undisclosed terms before its April 2024 dismissal; Eilender v. Champion Petfoods USA, filed in New York in May 2026, was voluntarily dismissed on July 1, 2026 without a ruling; every case named here is closed as of September 30, 2026
- 2Recalls: no Orijen or Acana recall appears in the FDA recall database for the United States, and none is on record in Canada
- 3Ownership: Mars Petcare completed its purchase of Champion Petfoods on February 28, 2023, and Champion runs as a separate business unit inside Mars
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What the Orijen and Acana lawsuits alleged
The first complaint, Reitman v. Champion Petfoods USA, was filed on March 1, 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Similar suits followed in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Illinois, Washington and New York. Because both brands come from the same company, the Acana lawsuit and the Orijen dog food lawsuit are the same litigation: the complaints named recipes from both.
The plaintiffs did not claim their dogs had been poisoned. Their theory was economic: they paid a premium for food marketed as "biologically appropriate," made with "fresh regional ingredients" and "never outsourced," and would not have paid it had they known the food contained, or risked containing, measurable arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury and BPA. Later complaints added a pentobarbital claim after a 2018 supplier problem, covered below.
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Products named in the original California complaint included:
- Orijen Six Fish Dry Dog Food
- Orijen Original and Orijen Regional Red
- Acana Lamb & Apple Singles and Acana Duck & Pear Singles
- Acana Regionals Grasslands, Meadowland and Wild Atlantic
The heavy-metals numbers came from the Clean Label Project, which in April 2017 gave Champion's brands one star for heavy metals in its pet food ratings. That rating, not an independent lab test, was the foundation of the early complaints. Searches for an Orijen cat food lawsuit lead back to these same dog-food filings, and no court found that Orijen or Acana made a dog sick; the "orijen dog food cancer" threads on Reddit do not trace to any opinion.
Champion's response
Champion called the allegations "meritless and based on misinterpretation of the data," pointed to the heavy-metals white paper it published in May 2017 disclosing its own testing averages, and argued that trace metals occur naturally in fish, meat and plant ingredients and are present in essentially every pet food.
The heavy metals and BPA claims, checked against the data
The table restates Champion's May 2017 white paper: company-reported averages from tests the company says two third-party laboratories ran on Orijen and Acana dog foods from May 2014 to May 2017, beside the maximum tolerable limit the company cited from National Research Council and FDA guidance. Petful did not test the food.
| Metal | Company-reported average (mg/kg) | Maximum tolerable limit cited (mg/kg) | Source of the limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic | 0.89 | 12.50 | NRC range, lowest FDA-recommended value |
| Cadmium | 0.09 | 10.00 | NRC / FDA maximum tolerable limit |
| Lead | 0.23 | 10.00 | NRC / FDA maximum tolerable limit |
| Mercury | 0.02 | 0.27 | NRC / FDA maximum tolerable limit |
Taken at face value, each company-reported average sits well under its maximum tolerable limit; arsenic is the closest at about 7 percent of the limit. Two cautions: these are the company's numbers, not a regulator's, and a maximum tolerable limit is a level that should not impair health over a defined feeding period, not a target.
Why the Clean Label Project ratings were criticized
Veterinary nutrition experts attacked the ratings on three grounds, and the courts later noticed the same weaknesses:
- Relative, not absolute. Dr. David Dzanis, a board-certified veterinary nutritionist, noted the stars only compared foods with one another; without concentrations, nobody could tell whether any food was near a harmful level.
- No published data. Petfood Industry's Debbie Phillips-Donaldson pointed out the project never released its raw data, so nothing could be checked.
- Wrong benchmark. Coverage compared pet food readings to human drinking-water standards; the FDA said those do not translate to animals of different size, lifespan and physiology. Total-arsenic figures also ignore that arsenic in fish is mostly the far less toxic organic form.
The BPA claim had a similar problem. Champion does not add BPA, and in the Wisconsin case it submitted unrebutted expert testimony that the levels alleged "would not cause an adverse effect in a dog." The plaintiff offered only his own opinion that no amount of BPA was acceptable.
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How the Orijen lawsuits ended
Status verified as of September 30, 2026: every 2018 heavy-metals case that went to a court ruling (Reitman, Loeb, Weaver, Renfro, Song and Paradowski) ended for Champion Petfoods, and the rulings were affirmed on appeal in the Seventh Circuit (June 2021), Tenth Circuit (February 2022), Eighth Circuit (March 2022) and Second Circuit (June 2023). No court found the food unsafe; the courts found the plaintiffs had not shown a reasonable consumer would be misled, or had no standing. The Illinois (Zarinebaf) and Washington (Rydman) cases ended differently, as explained below the table. Separately, Eilender v. Champion Petfoods USA was filed in the Southern District of New York in May 2026 and voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff on July 1, 2026, without a ruling. Every case named in this article is closed.
A correction to our earlier version: it called the March 2018 California class action "Weaver." The California case is Reitman; Weaver was a separate Wisconsin suit, filed in December 2018, that reached the Seventh Circuit, and the February 2019 Wisconsin dismissal was a third case, Loeb.
The case-by-case outcome table lists each major case, the court, the year it ended, the claims and how it ended; every row was checked against the court opinion or docket.
The case-by-case outcome table below lists each suit with its court and year, the claims it made, and the ground for dismissal or the way it closed, so you can see the whole picture in one place.
| Case | Court and year | Claims | Ground for dismissal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reitman v. Champion Petfoods | C.D. Cal., filed March 1, 2018; Ninth Circuit Dec. 9, 2020; closed Jan. 29, 2021 | Heavy metals, BPA, biologically appropriate, fresh regional ingredients | Class certification denied Oct. 30, 2019 because claims varied bag to bag across 23 formulas; denial affirmed on appeal; named plaintiffs then dismissed their own claims with prejudice by stipulation |
| Loeb v. Champion Petfoods | E.D. Wis., Feb. 6, 2019 | Heavy metals rendered marketing false | Summary judgment for Champion; no evidence tied the food to any illness, and trace metals are naturally present in all pet foods |
| Weaver v. Champion Petfoods | E.D. Wis.; Seventh Circuit June 30, 2021 (3 F.4th 927) | Biologically appropriate, fresh regional, never outsourced, BPA, pentobarbital, omission | Summary judgment affirmed: only the plaintiff's own testimony on what consumers expect; unrebutted expert evidence that the BPA level would not harm a dog; no standing on pentobarbital |
| Renfro v. Champion Petfoods | D. Colo.; Tenth Circuit Feb. 15, 2022 (25 F.4th 1293) | Biologically appropriate, trusted everywhere, fresh regional, heavy metals, pentobarbital, omission | Dismissal affirmed: "Trusted Everywhere" and similar phrases are puffery; fresh regional not verifiable or puffery; no allegation of what metal level would make food unfit; no standing on pentobarbital |
| Song v. Champion Petfoods | D. Minn.; Eighth Circuit March 8, 2022 (27 F.4th 1339) | Biologically appropriate, fresh regional, heavy metals and BPA omissions | Dismissal affirmed: no reasonable consumer reads biologically appropriate as a promise of zero heavy metals; packaging itself showed non-fresh, non-regional ingredients |
| Paradowski (Colangelo) v. Champion Petfoods | N.D.N.Y.; Second Circuit June 6, 2023 (summary order) | Fraud by omission and N.Y. GBL 349 for not disclosing heavy metals | Summary judgment affirmed: the risk of trace metals was reasonably obtainable public knowledge, so no duty to disclose |
| Zarinebaf v. Champion Petfoods | N.D. Ill.; closed April 30, 2024 | Heavy metals, biologically appropriate, fresh regional | Not a ruling: stipulated voluntary dismissal with prejudice, each side bearing its own costs; terms not public |
| Rydman v. Champion Petfoods | W.D. Wash.; closed April 26, 2024 | Heavy metals, biologically appropriate, fresh regional | Not a ruling: the court was notified of a settlement on March 28, 2024, and the case was dismissed with prejudice, without costs, on April 26, 2024; settlement terms not public |
| Eilender v. Champion Petfoods USA | S.D.N.Y., filed May 17, 2026; closed July 1, 2026 | Not stated on the public docket | Not a ruling: plaintiff's notice of voluntary dismissal filed July 1, 2026 |
Zarinebaf (N.D. Ill.) and Rydman (W.D. Wash.) produced mixed pretrial rulings that trimmed the heavy-metals and "biologically appropriate" claims while leaving narrower label claims alive. Zarinebaf was dismissed with prejudice by stipulation on April 30, 2024, with each side paying its own costs. Rydman ended in a private settlement on undisclosed terms: the court was notified of the settlement on March 28, 2024, before its April 2024 dismissal with prejudice. Neither produced a court ruling on the merits or a public consumer payout.
Why "biologically appropriate" was held to be puffery
The Tenth Circuit in Renfro held that "Trusted Everywhere" and "Ingredients We Love From People We Trust" were classic puffery, and that the only thing a reasonable consumer could take from "biologically appropriate" was that the food is fit for dogs to eat; the plaintiffs never alleged what level of heavy metals would make it unfit. The Eighth Circuit in Song found it implausible that a shopper would read the phrase as a promise that Champion "eliminated all traces of heavy metals," adding that "made with fresh regional ingredients" no more promises only such ingredients than "made with real butter" promises butter is the only fat.
The Seventh Circuit in Weaver treated it as an evidence failure: Wisconsin law asks whether a label is likely to mislead a reasonable consumer in a material way, and a plaintiff offering only his own testimony, with no survey or market research, cannot reach a jury unless the phrase is misleading on its face. It was not.
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The pentobarbital claim and why it failed on standing
In March 2018, Champion's tallow supplier JBS delivered two lots of beef tallow contaminated with pentobarbital, a euthanasia drug. By the time Champion learned of it in May 2018 it had made about 1.7 million pounds of food with that tallow; it pulled back 1.6 million pounds, and roughly 100,000 pounds had been sold. The FDA inspected the Kentucky plant and closed the matter with no enforcement action; no retail recall was issued. The Seventh and Tenth Circuits threw the claim out on standing: the plaintiffs bought their food before March 2018, so none of it could have contained the tallow.
Was there ever an Orijen lawsuit settlement?
No public consumer payout or claims process exists. The heavy-metals cases that reached rulings ended for Champion; Zarinebaf was dismissed with prejudice by stipulation on April 30, 2024, with each side paying its own costs; and Rydman ended in a private settlement on undisclosed terms before its April 2024 dismissal. The confusion comes from two other suits: in July and August 2020, Animal Equality and the Organic Consumers Association sued Champion in D.C. Superior Court over "wild-caught" trout and "free-run" poultry marketing, resolved on January 5, 2021 with labeling changes, not a consumer payout.
Has Orijen or Acana ever been recalled?
No. As of September 30, 2026, no Orijen or Acana product appears in the FDA recall database for animal food, and the only company statement we have found is an April 2018 customer-service reply, reported on the Dog Food Advisor forum, that there are "no recalls for ORIJEN or ACANA." That covers dog food, cat food, puppy and senior recipes and treats alike; "orijen recall 2025" or "acana dog food recall 2026" searches return no FDA notice because none exists. Petful's Orijen recall history and Acana recall history pages are updated if that changes. A related question, "is Orijen WSAVA approved," has the same answer as it does for every brand: no food is WSAVA approved, because the WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee publishes guidelines and questions to ask a manufacturer but does not approve, certify or endorse any brand.
- A lawsuit is a private complaint that a court has to test; the Orijen suits were tested and dismissed. A recall is a company or FDA action that removes specific lots from sale, and it shows up in the FDA recall database. An FDA investigation, like the grain-free DCM inquiry, is the agency gathering reports and has not, in this case, led to a recall or a warning letter against Orijen or Acana.
Two events get mistaken for recalls: the 2018 pentobarbital tallow withdrawal above, and the FDA's DCM investigation, which named both brands in 2019 but never asked anyone to stop selling them. Neither appears on our list of popular pet food brands that have been recalled; the Orijen dog food controversy readers search for is the lawsuit history.
The full FDA DCM brand list and the grain-free science since 2019
The FDA opened its investigation into a possible link between certain diets and canine dilated cardiomyopathy in July 2018. Its June 27, 2019 update listed the 16 brands most often named in the 524 reports received between January 2014 and April 2019: Acana in 67 reports, the most of any brand, and Orijen in 12. The FDA has said report counts do not establish that a specific food caused DCM, that most reports involved grain-free formulas heavy in peas, lentils and potatoes, and that owners should work with their veterinarians. In its December 23, 2022 statement it said it "does not intend to release further public updates until there is meaningful new scientific information to share." No recall or FDA warning against Orijen or Acana came out of the inquiry.
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For the full brand list, the report counts and what the research since 2019 has and has not shown, see our guide to the FDA grain-free DCM investigation and brand list; this page only records where Orijen and Acana sit in it.
Is Orijen a good dog food today?
For most healthy adult dogs, Orijen remains a high-protein, meat-first kibble with a clean U.S. recall record, and the lawsuit history does not change that. The problems with Orijen dog food in complaints are practical, not legal: it is expensive and calorie-dense, its grain-free recipes carry six or more legumes (the pattern the FDA flagged), and buyers report recipe tweaks since the ownership change. The same applies to Acana: people asking "is Acana a good dog food" or "what is wrong with Acana dog food" are usually reacting to the FDA's 67-report figure, which is real but is not a finding of harm. Neither brand has an active FDA action against it.
For ingredients, nutrition numbers, price per pound and a scored verdict, read our Orijen Original review. This page stops at safety status so that review can do the product evaluation.
Do vets recommend Orijen?
Some do and some do not, and the split is not about the lawsuits. Vets who follow the WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee guidelines ask whether a company employs a full-time veterinary nutritionist, publishes research, owns its manufacturing and runs feeding trials, and they weigh the FDA DCM reports heavily. WSAVA does not approve, endorse or certify any brand, so "is Orijen WSAVA approved" has no yes-or-no answer for any food. Champion owns its kitchens and says it tests for heavy metals, but it has been a grain-free-first company, which is why many clinicians steer dogs with any cardiac history toward a grain-inclusive diet. Ask your own vet, and for a DCM-prone breed, about a taurine check.
Who owns Orijen and Acana now
Mars Petcare. Mars announced its purchase of Champion Petfoods, the Alberta company behind both brands, in November 2022 and completed it on February 28, 2023. That answers "who owns Champion Pet Foods," "who makes Acana" and "when did Mars buy Orijen" in one line.
- Champion Petfoods became a separate business unit inside Mars Pet Nutrition, which also owns Royal Canin, Pedigree and Iams. The Orijen and Acana names, the Kentucky and Alberta kitchens and the recipes carried over. What changed is the parent company standing behind quality control and recalls, and the fact that formula updates are now a Mars decision. Under U.S. labeling rules a recipe change can take time to reach the bag, so compare the ingredient panel on each new bag if consistency matters to your dog.
If you are reconsidering Orijen: choosing a food after the lawsuit history
If you still like what Orijen does, there is no safety reason from the lawsuits or the recall record to stop feeding it. The real decision is whether a grain-free, legume-heavy, high-calorie kibble fits your dog. If it does, Orijen Original is the flagship recipe and the one our review scores.
If the DCM question is what worries you, the cleanest way around it is a food that does not rely on peas and lentils for its structure. JustFoodForDogs JustFresh is a whole-food recipe formulated by veterinarians, sold refrigerated and made without pulses as a protein substitute.
For a delivered option, The Farmer's Dog portions fresh meals to your dog's weight and ships them frozen; its trial is an easy way to test whether a picky or sensitive dog does better off kibble.
Read these before you switch
- Our fresh dog food buyer's guide explains what "human-grade" and "gently cooked" mean and how to transition without stomach upset.
- Our roundup of the best dog food brands is where we answer the cleanest-brand and healthiest-food questions; the Clean Label Project stars behind the Orijen suits are not a ranking we use.
- For which brands sit at the bottom of the quality scale, the three tiers of dog food quality explains how we sort them; the lawsuit history does not put Orijen in the bottom tier.
Other pet food lawsuits worth knowing
The Champion cases were part of a broader wave of pet food label litigation, and most of it ended the same way. Rather than repeat outdated summaries, read the pages we keep current:
- The Rachael Ray Nutrish and Solid Gold lawsuits, two other label-claim cases.
- The Gravy Train pentobarbital lawsuit, the 2018 case where the same euthanasia drug that reached Champion's tallow supply led to a product withdrawal by the manufacturer.
What to do next
A calm checklist beats a panic switch:
- Check the recall database, not the forum. Search the FDA's animal food recalls page and our brand recall pages before assuming a story is a recall.
- Read the actual ruling. Look for the docket on Justia or CourtListener; a filed complaint proves only that someone paid a filing fee.
- Ask your veterinarian about DCM, especially for Dobermans, Boxers, Great Danes, Golden Retrievers and other breeds with known cardiac risk.
- Re-read the label on every new bag. Formulas change without announcements, and the Mars purchase makes that more likely, not less.
- Learn to read a pet food label, including the AAFCO statement, with our AAFCO-approved dog food guide.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The Orijen lawsuit was a set of consumer class actions, beginning with Reitman v. Champion Petfoods in California on March 1, 2018, alleging that Champion Petfoods' Orijen and Acana dog foods contained heavy metals and BPA and that phrases like "biologically appropriate" misled buyers into paying a premium. The plaintiffs did not claim their dogs were harmed; they sought refunds of the price difference.
Every heavy-metals case that reached a court ruling ended for Champion: the California class was never certified and the named plaintiffs dismissed their own case in January 2021, while Wisconsin, Colorado, Minnesota and New York courts had the claims dismissed or granted summary judgment to Champion, affirmed on appeal by the Seventh Circuit (2021), Tenth and Eighth Circuits (2022) and Second Circuit (2023). No court found the food unsafe. Zarinebaf (Illinois) was dismissed with prejudice by stipulation in April 2024, Rydman (Washington) ended in a private settlement on undisclosed terms before its April 2024 dismissal, and Eilender v. Champion Petfoods USA, filed in New York federal court in May 2026, was voluntarily dismissed on July 1, 2026 without a ruling.
No public consumer payout or claims process exists, so there is nothing to claim. The heavy-metals cases that reached rulings ended for Champion; Zarinebaf was dismissed with prejudice by stipulation on April 30, 2024, with each side paying its own costs; and Rydman ended in a private settlement on undisclosed terms before its April 2024 dismissal. Two 2020 advocacy-group suits were also resolved by agreement over "wild-caught" trout and "free-run" poultry marketing, settled in January 2021 with labeling changes and no consumer payment.
Mars Petcare. Mars announced its purchase of Champion Petfoods, maker of Orijen and Acana, in November 2022 and completed it on February 28, 2023. Champion operates as a separate business unit inside Mars Pet Nutrition and the Kentucky and Alberta kitchens carried over; since February 2023 the parent company behind recalls and formula decisions is Mars.
No. Orijen and Acana were named in the FDA's grain-free DCM investigation, which in June 2019 listed the brands most often mentioned in owner reports, but that investigation is not an FDA recall and produced no warning letter or enforcement action against either brand. The FDA's last statement, in December 2022, said it would not issue further updates until there is meaningful new science.
References
- Weaver v. Champion Petfoods USA Inc., 3 F.4th 927 (7th Cir. June 30, 2021), No. 20-2235. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-ca7-20-02235
- Renfro v. Champion Petfoods USA, Inc., 25 F.4th 1293 (10th Cir. Feb. 15, 2022), No. 20-1274. https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-ca10-20-01274
- Song v. Champion Petfoods USA, Inc., 27 F.4th 1339 (8th Cir. March 8, 2022), No. 20-3689. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-8th-circuit/2165493.html
- Paradowski v. Champion Petfoods USA, Inc., No. 22-962-cv (2d Cir. June 6, 2023) (summary order). https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66976116/colangelo-v-champion-petfoods-usa-inc/
- Reitman v. Champion Petfoods USA, Inc., No. 19-56467 (9th Cir. Dec. 9, 2020); district docket No. 2:18-cv-01736 (C.D. Cal.). https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/19-56467/19-56467-2020-12-09.html
- Loeb v. Champion Petfoods USA Inc., 359 F. Supp. 3d 597 (E.D. Wis. Feb. 6, 2019), No. 18-CV-494. https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7334194/loeb-v-champion-petfoods-usa-inc/
- Champion Petfoods. "White Paper: Heavy Metals and Pet Food," May 2017. https://championpetfoods.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-cpf-corp-Library/default/dw7a075427/pdf/Champion%20Petfoods%20White%20Paper-Heavy%20Metals.pdf
- FDA. "FDA Investigation into Potential Link between Certain Diets and Canine Dilated Cardiomyopathy." https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/outbreaks-and-advisories/fda-investigation-potential-link-between-certain-diets-and-canine-dilated-cardiomyopathy
- FDA. "Recalls & Withdrawals" (animal and veterinary). https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/safety-health/recalls-withdrawals
- Mars, Incorporated. "Mars Petcare completes acquisition of Champion Petfoods," Feb. 28, 2023. https://www.mars.com/news-and-stories/press-releases-statements/mars-petcare-completes-acquisition-of-champion-petfoods
- Animal Equality, Organic Consumers Association and Champion Petfoods. "Announce Resolution of Disputes," Jan. 5, 2021. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/animal-equality-organic-consumers-association-and-champion-petfoods-announce-resolution-of-disputes-301201233.html
- Food Safety News. "Pentobarbital continues to 'dog' pet food industry; beef tallow blamed," Nov. 2018. https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2018/11/pentobarbital-continues-to-dog-pet-food-industry-tainted-beef-tallow-prompts-recall/
- Dog Food Advisor forum. "Orijen/Acana lawsuit (see Admin comment below)," April 2018 Champion customer-service statement. https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/forums/topic/orijen-acana-lawsuit/
- Petfood Industry. "Clean label rating site misleading to pet food consumers." https://www.petfoodindustry.com/pet-food-market/blog/15463787/clean-label-rating-site-misleading-to-pet-food-consumers
- WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee. Global Nutrition Guidelines. https://wsava.org/global-guidelines/global-nutrition-guidelines/
Dave Baker is a journalist and editor who has worked at The New York Times and The Nation magazine. He was also part of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize–winning team at The Times-Picayune newspaper of New Orleans. After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, he moved to Brooklyn, New York, where Petful is now based. A longtime advocate for pet food safety, Dave tracked pet food recalls for nearly 15 years.
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