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Toxic Pet Food

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Toxic Pet Food

Curiosity might have killed the catâ??if the pet food hadn't gotten to it first

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  • May 2007

    • China Detains Pet Food Contaminator

      International Herald Tribune  |  May 4, 07 6:35 AM CDT

      China Detains Pet Food Contaminator

      (Newser) - Chinese authorities have jailed the head of a company accused of selling pet food makers  the melamine-contaminated gluten that's killed thousands of cats and dogs. The detention of Mao Lijun suggests Beijing is eager to cooperate with the FDA investigators currently on its turf, after initially disavowing any gluten sales to the U.S. at all. More »

    • FDA Names Food Safety Czar After Chicken Scare

      Chicago Tribune  |  May 2, 07 8:16 AM CDT

      FDA Names Food Safety Czar After Chicken Scare

      (Newser) - The FDA appointed a food safety czar yesterday, as the news that 3 million chickens had been fed melamine-tainted feed exacerbated growing public anxiety about food safety. The FDA said the chickens weren't recalled because most of them would have been sold by now, and the melamine was too diluted to be a health hazard for humans. More »

  • April 2007

    • Chinese Add Melamine to Animal Feed

      New York Times  |  Apr 30, 07 7:04 AM CDT

      Chinese Add Melamine to Animal Feed

      (Newser) - The compound that tainted pet food and is being blamed for hundreds of pet illnesses and deaths is a commonly used additive in animal feed in China, reports the New York Times . The coal derivative melamine, used in plastics and fertilizers, is nitrogen-rich, which triggers tests for protein content. More »

    • FDA Knew About Food Dangers

      Washington Post  |  Apr 23, 07 8:24 AM CDT

      FDA Knew About Food Dangers

      (Newser) - The FDA knew for years about problems at the peanut butter plant and spinach farms that led to major disease outbreaks, but took minimal steps to redress them. The agency's food safety arm can't keep up with the explosion in the amount of food it is supposed to regulate, the Post reports, and expects processors to police themselves. More »

    • FDA: Pet Food Poison Added Intentionally

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 20, 07 7:50 AM CDT

      FDA: Pet Food Poison Added Intentionally

      (Newser) - The chemical which contaminated over 100 brands of pet food—with disastrous results for dog and cat lovers—may have been intentionally added by Chinese manufacturers in an effort to fudge nutrition ratings on their rice protein and wheat gluten. "That's still a theory, but it certainly seems to be a plausible one," the FDA’s chief vet says. More »

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Daryl Meyerrenke, owner of Anderson Township Family Pet Center, stocks dog food at his store Wednesday, March 28, 2007, in Cincinnati. Meyerrenke has been moving more to natural and healthy pet foods in his store for four years. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
Daryl Meyerrenke, owner of Anderson Township Family Pet Center, stocks dog food at his store Wednesday, March 28, 2007, in Cincinnati. Meyerrenke has been moving more to natural and healthy pet foods...   (Associated Press)
Jeff Kerner shows a photo of his Yorkshire terrier
Jeff Kerner shows a photo of his Yorkshire terrier "Pebbles," who died of kidney failure after eating tainted pet food, at his office in Los Angeles Wednesday, April 11, 2007. The same food safety net...   (Associated Press)
US NEWS PETFOOD-LAWSUITS PH
US NEWS PETFOOD-LAWSUITS PH   (KRT Photos)
FDA Warns Of Contaminated Pet Food Still Being Sold
FDA Warns Of Contaminated Pet Food Still Being Sold   (Getty Images (by Event))
Chickens gather around a feeder in this 2006 file photo near Springdale, Ark. Federal officials on Friday placed a hold on 20 million chickens raised for market in several states because their feed was mixed with pet food containing an industrial chemical. (AP Photo/April L. Brown, FILE)
Chickens gather around a feeder in this 2006 file photo near Springdale, Ark. Federal officials on Friday placed a hold on 20 million chickens raised for market in several states because their feed was...   (Associated Press)
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2007 Pet Food Recalls
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The 2007 pet food crisis comprises the contamination and wide recall of many brands of cat and dog foods beginning in March 2007 and the ensuing developments involving the human food supply. The recalls in North America, Europe, and South Africa came in response to reports of renal failure in pets....

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