FDA Agents Raid Pet Food Plant, Offices

Federal agents searched facilities of a dog and cat food manufacturer and one of its suppliers as part of an investigation into the widening recall of pet products, the companies disclosed Friday.

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Pet Food Recall Expands to Third Company

NOTE: This story erroneously said Blue Buffalo recalled both cat food and dog food. It only recalled a kind of cat food.

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Wal-Mart Dog Treats Join Pet Food Recall

The recall of pet foods and treats contaminated with an industrial chemical expanded Thursday to include dog biscuits made by an Alabama company and sold by Wal-Mart under the Ol'Roy brand.

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Pet Food Contaminant Not in Human Food

None of the contaminated wheat gluten that led to the U.S. recall of pet food went to manufacturers of food for humans, the ingredient's importer said Tuesday.

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Rat Poison Found in Tainted Pet Food

Rat poison was found in pet food blamed for the deaths of at least 16 cats and dogs, but scientists said Friday they still don't know how it got there and predicted more animal deaths would be linked to it. After the announcement, the company that produced the food expanded its recall to include all 95 brands of the "cuts and gravy" style food, regardless of when they were produced. The company also said it would take responsibility for pet medical expenses incurred as a result of the food.

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Exciting Changes to Pet Food Forum 2009

Petfood Forum 2009 will take place April 20-22, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Hotel near Chicago, Illinois, USA. The premiere event for the pet food industry offers even more learning and networking opportunities than years prior.

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Great online resources for anyone looking for pet food information.

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According to Pet Food Industry Magazine, the Pet Food Product Safety Alliance had private testing done on samples of Nutro Natural Choice Chicken Meal, Rice and Oatmeal Formula, and Nutro Max Puppy, according to SunSentinel.com, in response to consumer complaints reported by …

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Almost 6,000 claims have been filed in a class-action settlement stemming from last year's massive petfood recall.

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Nutro vs. Pet food watchdog web site

Over the past several months, ConsumerAffairs.com, a self-proclaimed consumer news center, has been posting statements and consumer complaints about Nutro pet food products.

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FDA claims progress on pet food protection plan

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a six-month status report on its progress in implementing a food safety plan launched in November in response to high-profile contamination incidents - including the pet food recall - involving domestic and imported food …

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Toxic imports, like lead paint in toys, are the result of trading with much lesser-developed countries which have no incentive to raise safety, labor or environmental standards. Cheap goods from countries like China have an expensive price.

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After the recent pet food recall in March 2007, is it still safe to feed your dog or cat commercial pet food? Watch this shocking video that reveals dangerous ingredients contained in pet food (that manufacturers do not want you to know).

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It's been 4 months since the largest pet food recall in the US and Canada. Thousands of cats and dogs have died from eating pet food containing Chinese wheat gluten tainted with the chemical melamine.

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Thousands of dogs and cats have died from kidney failure since the largest pet food recall in March 2007. Andrew Lewis identified 68 ingredients in commercial dog food that should NOT be fed to your dog and found that only 9 brands are good enough to make his list.

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The Plaintiffs maintain that these companies have spent $300 million a year in making false and misleading marketing statements regarding the contents of their pet food to the dog and cat loving American public.

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Farmed fish were fed meal spiked with an industrial chemical linked to the ongoing recall of pet foods, though the contamination level was probably too low to pose a danger to anyone who may have eaten the fish, federal health officials said Tuesday.

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As American food safety regulators head to China to investigate how a chemical made from coal found its way into pet food that killed dogs and cats in the United States, workers in this heavily polluted northern city openly admit that the substance is routinely added to animal fe …

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A nitrogen-rich chemical used to make plastic and sometimes as a fertilizer may have been deliberately added to an ingredient in pet food that has sickened and killed cats and dogs across the country, public and private officials say.

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A collection of the latest links to find updated information about which foods are affected and where you can go for more information. If it is too depressing, the site has plenty of cute animal photos to bring your mood back up.

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Mr. Darcy will live but other pets won't as IAMS vainly tries to buy its customers sympathies with free pet food.

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The chief financial officer of Menu Foods Income Fund says it's a "horrible coincidence" that he sold nearly half his units in the troubled pet food maker less than three weeks before a massive recall of tainted pet food.

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Pet store staff often do not know essential needs of the animals they sell and they sell products that, while intended for the animal, may actually be harmful to the animal.

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On April 5, 2007, Menu Foods located in Canada has voluntarily expanded the already horrifying pet food recall to cover even more dates than was previously covered in their food recall that covers more than 100 brands of pet food.

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Many of them were also being driven by a feeling of guilt. At Pet Connection, we received a flood of stories from owners whose pets became ill with kidney failure, and who took them to the vet.

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Another major U.S. pet food maker said yesterday that it is recalling some edible products for cats and dogs after learning from the Food and Drug Administration that the company had received tainted ingredients from a manufacturing plant in China.

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good article about cats and pet food recall with alternative food suggetions for cats

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