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US, Chinese Firms Charged in Pet Food Scandal

Posted Feb 6, 08 6:16 PM CST in US 

(Newser) – US authorities today charged an American company and two Chinese businesses with manufacturing and importing tainted ingredients in pet food that killed thousands of cats and dogs last year, the AP reports. Las Vegas-based ChemNutra and its owners face a felony conspiracy charge and 26 misdemeanor counts for selling adulterated and misbranded food. The Chinese businesses face 26 counts each.

Prosecutors allege the companies intentionally mislabeled the products to avoid inspection in China. “In today’s global economy, crimes that occur halfway around the world can seriously impact our lives,” argued US Attorney John Wood. Last March, the FDA recalled over 150 brands of pet food, which killed an estimated 4,000 dogs and cats, Bloomberg reports.

Sources Associated Press, Bloomberg

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Amy Parish sits with her two dogs, Nastle, left, and Reeses in her backyard in Tucker, Ga. Parish, 40, stopped giving her two aging chow chows canned food since the pet food recall last March. Two Chinese...   (Associated Press)
Pebbles, the Yorkshire terrier that became a symbol of the national pet food scare is shown in this, March 21, 2007 file photo, at Collett Veterinary Clinic in Los Angeles. Pebbles died Thursday while...   (Associated Press)
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