Pet News Mar 2007

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Melamine, not rat poison, found in Canadian pet food: US officials
Melamine, a substance used in fertilizer in Asia, but not rat poison, has been found in Canadian pet food blamed for killing cats and dogs across North America, US officials and experts said Friday. (Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:25:16 GMT)

FDA Identifies Chemical in Poisoned Pet Food
The Food and Drug Administration has identified contaminated wheat gluten from China as the likely cause of poisoned pet food that has sickened a number of dogs and cats, and the agency is investigating to determine whether dry pet foods have also been affected, officials said today. (Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:58:24 GMT)

Pet Food Contained Chemical Found in Plastic, F.D.A. Says
Hours after the announcement of the contamination, the nationwide pet food recall was expanded to to include one brand of dry cat food. (Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:23:09 GMT)

Menu Foods says its pet food is now safe
Menu Foods Income Fund, maker of the tainted pet foods at the center of this month's massive recall, said on Friday it is no longer using a Chinese supplier of wheat gluten after U.S. officials found the chemical melamine in some of the recalled products. (Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:45:41 GMT)

New toxin suspected in pet deaths Food possibly tainted by agent used in plastics
The emotionally charged, nationwide pet food contamination problem took a new turn Friday when the federal Food and Drug Administration said it could not confirm that rat poison was to blame for the deaths of numerous cats and dogs. Instead, the agency pointed to the toxic chemical melamine, found in wheat gluten imported from China, as the possible culprit. (Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:23:51 GMT)

Pet food recall expands to new wet brand
The recall of wet and dry pet foods contaminated with a chemical found in plastics and pesticides expanded Saturday to include a new brand even as investigators were puzzled why the substance would kill dogs and cats. (Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:02:43 GMT)

Pet Food Recall Widens After Toxin Found
SATURDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) -- The massive pet food recall widened late Friday to include another major brand of moist dog food and, for the first time, a brand of dry cat food. (Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:02:25 GMT)

List of recalled pet foods grows longer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The recall of contaminated pet foods expanded Saturday to include a new brand, even as investigators puzzled over how a chemical called melamine would kill dogs and cats. (Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:44:54 GMT)

Nestl Purina, Hills join pet food recall
A recall of pet food expanded Friday to include the first dry product, which is available only through veterinarians' offices. Meanwhile, the FDA now says the contamination in wet pet food that has injured and killed pets across the country may not have been the pesticide aminopterin but possibly a fertilizer and plastics agent. (Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:48:54 GMT)

Purina joins pet food recall
Nestle Purina PetCare Company is voluntarily recalling all sizes and varieties of its ALPO Prime Cuts in Gravy wet dog food, adding those products to a growing list of pet food tainted with wheat gluten containing the toxic agent melamine, Purina said. (Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:13:55 GMT)

Major pet food recall expands to dry food
A major recall of pet food in North America has expanded to two more companies and now includes dry food for the first time, U.S. federal health authorities and the companies said. (Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:25:28 GMT)

Some Alpo Pet Food Added To Recall List
The massive recall of wet and dry pet foods contaminated with a chemical found in plastics and pesticides expanded to include some Alpo brand food, as investigators remain puzzled by what exactly is killing dogs and cats. (Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:30:01 GMT)

Pet food chemical may be worse for cats
A greater sensitivity of cats to a chemical found in plastics and pesticides could explain why they've died in larger numbers than have dogs after eating contaminated pet food, experts said Saturday. (Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:43:05 GMT)

Pet Food Recall Expands
After the massive pet-food recall, makers are expanding the recall to cover even more products. (Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:52:00 GMT)

Pet Food Chemical May Be Worse for Cats
Contaminant in Recalled Pet Food May Be Deadlier to Cats, Which Have Died in Greater Numbers (Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:11:49 GMT)

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