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Timeline of the 2007 pet food recalls
This Timeline of the 2007 Pet Food Recalls documents March 2, 2007
how events related to the 2007 pet food recalls unfolded.
The company begins to investigate a possible problem
Several contaminated Chinese vegetable proteins were
when as many as 1 in 6 pets began to die after consuming
used by pet food makers in North America, Europe and
products containing wheat gluten.[4]
South Africa, leading to renal failure in animals fed the
contaminated food. Both the centralization of the pet
food industry and the speed and manner of the industry
Mid-march, 2007
and government response became the subjects of critical Cornell University and a New York state-based testing fa-
discussion. cility receive samples from Menu Foods for testing.[5][6]
Contaminated goods are im- The initial recall
ported March 16, 2007
On March 16, Menu Foods issues a U.S. nation-wide recall
November 6, 2006 for dog and cat foods produced at two of its facilities
Tainted wheat gluten in bags from Xuzhou Anying Bio- between December 3, 2006, and March 6, 2007.[7][8] The
logic Technology Development Company in China is im- initial recall comprises sixty million units of cuts and
ported to the United States by Las Vegas-based ChemNu- gravy-style food in pouches sold under nearly 100 brand
tra, Inc. from a Chinese textile company. names, including premium brands like Iams and private-
label brands sold at nationwide chains such as Wal-Mart,
November 2006 Kroger, and other large retailers.[9] While the recalled
Canada-based company Menu Foods begins to use the products represent just 1% of pet foods available in the
tainted wheat gluten at its plants in the U.S. states of U.S.,[10] the recall is one of the largest in American histo-
Kansas and New Jersey. ry.[11]
March 21, 2007
Early reports of pet deaths Menu Foods confirms the problem was with the wheat
gluten used to thicken and enrich the gravy in the
December 2006 canned and pouched wet food products, and that the
Unconfirmed reports indicate that Menu Foods receives medical problems exhibited in test subjects include renal
word of a possible problem with some of its products as failure. At the time it is unknown why the renal failure
early as December 2006.[1] occurs.[12]
February 20, 2007 Late March, 2007
Menu Foods acknowledges receiving the first complaints Following the first word of a recall, reports of pet sick-
of sick pets on February 20. nesses and deaths began to come in from throughout the
United States and Canada. Although Menu Foods prod-
February 26, 2007 ucts are also sold in Mexico, little information is pub-
The Chief Financial Officer of Menu Foods, Mark Wiens, lished regarding the situation in that country.
sells roughly half of his Menu Foods stock on February 26 Some independent sources, such as petconnec-
and 27. He has referred to the timing as a "horrible coin- tion.com, begin collecting several hundred reports of an-
cidence."[2] imal deaths per day.[13]
February 27, 2007
Menu Foods begins internal taste testing of its food.[3]
The company conducts taste testing of its products quar-
terly, and the February testing was not a result of the re-
ceived complaints.
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"Rat poison" alleged to be con- the imported Wheat Gluten from the suspect firm has en-
tered the human food supply."[21]
taminant
April 4, 2007
March 23, 2007 The contaminated wheat gluten is determined to have
The New York State Food Laboratory reported that come directly from China or through the Netherlands to
aminopterin was found in samples sent to them by Cor- the U.S. through ChemNutra, a Las Vegas-based supply
nell.[6] Aminopterin is widely described in news reports company for pet food manufacturers. ChemNutra orders
as a "rat poison" though that assertion may be based up- a recall of all of the suspected wheat gluten batches. [22]
on a hypothetical use listed in the 1951 patent applica- The Chinese government refuses FDA requests to in-
tion and not upon the actual use of the chemical.[14] spect facilities suspected of producing contaminated
prodcuts.[23]
The recall expands April 5, 2007
The Chinese government categorically denies any con-
March 24, 2007 nection to the North American food poisonings to the
Menu Foods expands the recall to include dozens of more New York Times, claiming they had no record of exporting
cat and dog food products, including all varieties of ’cuts any agricultural products that could have tainted the re-
and gravy’ type wet pet food in cans and pouches, not called pet foods, including the wheat gluten that has
just specific UPCs, as before, in order to ensure pet stores been the focus of the investigation. The general manager
removed any chance of contaminated batches reaching of the Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development
consumers.[15] Company also denied that they had exported any wheat
gluten to North America.[24]
Wheat gluten contaminated April 6, 2007
with melamine The Chinese government tells the Associated Press that
they will investigate the source of the wheat gluten. The
March 27, 2007 Xinhua News Agency states that "sampling and examina-
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to tion" of wheat gluten was underway across China, cen-
Animals first reports that symptoms described in affect- tering on the presence of melamine.[25]
ed animals are not "fully consistent with the ingestion of
rat poison containing aminopterin."[16] Further recalls and possibly
March 30, 2007 thousands of animals dead
Fhe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces
a possible source of the sicknesses, indicated by the pres- April 9, 2007
ence of melamine, an industrial chemical, in wheat News breaks that scientists at a University of California,
gluten imported from China. The FDA prohibits the im- Davis animal health laboratory confirmed that a "popular
port of wheat gluten from a specific Chinese company, brand of pet food" submitted for testing by area veteri-
Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Com- narians was contaminated with melamine, even though
pany (徐州安营生物技术开发有限公司),website, and it is not on the list of recalled cat and dog foods.[26]
says that the contamination may be in dry pet foods as
well.[17] April 10, 2007
Late that Friday, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc.,[17] Del On April 10, Menu Foods announces that the recall will be
Monte,[18] and Nestlé Purina[19] recall several brands of expanded to include foods manufactured at Menu Foods’
wet and dry pet foods. plant in Streetsville, Ontario. Menu Foods officials had
believed that the plant did not have the same problems
April 3, 2007 as their New Jersey and Kansas plants, but tests revealed
Concerns are first voiced in the news media that the im- that contaminated wheat gluten had made it into Cana-
ported gluten may have been used in products intended da.[27]
for human consumption,[20] however the United States By April 10 Menu Foods had only confirmed 16 deaths
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) assures consumers outside of its test subjects, comprising 15 cats and one
that all of the suspect gluten was used exclusively in pet dog. This number is frequently cited in news reports as
foods and there is "no evidence to suggest that any of
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there is no equivalent of the Centers for Disease Control April 17, 2007
to verify the cause of other reported pet deaths.[28]
On April 17 a product not containing wheat-gluten is re-
called due to the presence of melamine in pet food. Nat-
April 11, 2007 ural Balance Pet Foods has found melamine in two prod-
One self-reported on-line data base reaches more than ucts containing rice protein from a then-unnamed sup-
3600 deaths allegedly connected to the recall.[13] The FDA plier (Wilbur-Ellis). Eleven dogs and "three or four" cats
acknowledges receiving more than 15,000 complaints are reported as known to be suffering kidney problems as
from consumers related to the recall, but will not com- a result of eating the food.[35]
ment on the possible amount of pet sicknesses or
deaths.[21][29] April 18, 2007
The same day, a distributor of agricultural and indus-
The contaminated rice protein is publicly identified as
trial products, Wilbur-Ellis, discovers a single pink, one-
having come from Wilbur-Ellis, who had by then distrib-
ton bag labeled "melamine" among 145 other white bags
uted the contaminated protein to five different pet food
of imported rice protein concentrate from Binzhou Fut-
manufacturers in Utah, New York, Kansas and Missouri.
ian Biology Technology in China. Wilbur-Ellis immediate-
Since pet food recalls are voluntary, the FDA refuses to
ly quarantines the shipment.[30]
name the companies involved.[30] [36]
By April 11 there are more than 130 brands of dog
and cat foods from five companies recalled. Most of the
foods are wet, though there are some dry foods and dog Additional contaminants
biscuits as part of the recall as a precautionary measure
even though no cases of poisoning from dry foods have April 19, 2007
yet been reported.
On April 19, 2007 researchers announce that they have
identified three additional chemicals in the melamine-
Senate hearings contaminated rice protein and animals that had con-
sumed it. The chemicals include cyanuric acid, a chemical
April 12, 2007 used in chlorinated pools. All three chemicals are deriva-
tives of melamine.[37][38]
Hearings are held by United States Senator Richard
The same day, Royal Canin issues recalls of eight vari-
Durbin in front of the United States Senate Appropria-
eties of their pet foods.[39]
tions Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
Also on April 19, U.S. federal officials said that they
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies.
were investigating reports that Binzhou Futian rice pro-
FDA officials admit that contaminated food was likely
tein had been used in hog feed, but declined to specify
still on store shelves throughout the country, and urge
where. The California Department of Food and Agricul-
consumers to re-check the food they have in their pos-
ture placed American Hog Farm in Ceres, California, un-
session.[31]
der quarantine, after melamine was found in the urine
Also on the 12th, Menu Foods admits that a "clerical
of the hogs on the farm. California State Veterinarian Dr.
error" allowed more tainted product to be released to the
Richard Breitmeyer said "All animals appear healthy,"
public after the recall had begun.[32]
and that "It is unknown if the chemical will be detected
in meat." American Hog Farm primarily supplies whole
Recalls in South Africa hogs to individuals. Anyone who has purchased a pig
from American Hog Farm since April 3 is advised not to
Royal Canin dog food was recalled in South Africa on
eat it.[40]
April 12 after 19 dogs were confirmed to be suffering
"acute renal failure" related to eating recalled dog
food.[33] That week Hill’s Pet Nutrition also recalled a
April 20, 2007
batch of food for diabetic cats in South Africa.[34] The South African pet food industry announced that they
would no longer import gluten products from China after
the presence of melamine was confirmed in Chinese corn
A second contaminated food gluten.[34] At least 30 dogs have died of renal failure re-
source lated to contaminated food in South Africa.[41]
April 15, 2007 More recalls
Wilbur-Ellis notifies the FDA that it had found a bag la- Also on the 20th, pet food company SmartPak issued a
belled melamine mixed in with a shipment of rice protein late night recall of two dog food products related to con-
concentrate.[30] taminated rice protein. SmartPak was one of the two re-
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maining companies supplied by Wilbur-Ellis, leaving only sibly via slaughterhouses in Kansas and Utah.[citation need-
one company refusing to recall its contaminated prod- ed]
ucts.[42] Also on Monday, April 26, seven recalls are either ex-
panded or issued for the first time.
April 23, 2007 The final Wilbur-Ellis-related recall is issued by
China finally gave permission to FDA investigators to en- Chenango Valley Pet Foods, nine days after Wilbur-Ellis
ter the country.[43] had announced its rice protein was contaminated with
melamine.[citation needed]
That day Diamond Pet Foods also issues an expanded
The human food supply recall[citation needed] and Costco’s Kirkland Signature brand
issues a new recall.[citation needed]
April 24, 2007 Blue Buffalo also expands its recall,[48] Harmony
The FDA announces that melamine has been found in Farms announces a recall,[49] and American Nutrition,
the urine of hogs in North Carolina, California and South Inc. (ANI) issues a voluntary recall of 28 different pet food
Carolina, that farms in Utah, New York and possibly Ohio products that they manufacture which are sold under
had received contaminated feed. They had not yet deter- other labels.[50] ANI states that pet foods that they manu-
mined if, beyond a small amount in California, any cont- facture under their own label are not affected by the cur-
aminated meat had reached the human food supply. The rent recall.[51]
FDA also announces that it was now testing six common Finally, China’s Foreign Ministry says that it has
food ingredients – wheat gluten, corn gluten, cornmeal, banned the use of melamine in food products, admitting
soy protein, rice bran and rice protein concentrate – as a that products containing melamine had cleared customs
precaution.[44] while continuing to dispute the role of melamine in caus-
At least one plaintiff in a lawsuit against Menu Foods ing pet deaths. China also vowed to cooperate with U.S.
first receives a call from someone on behalf of Menu investigators to find the "real cause" of pet deaths.[52]
Foods who would not initially identify herself. She would
not provide a last name, a return telephone number or April 27, 2007
information on how she got the plaintiff’s number. Even- Natural Balance Inc. issues another voluntary recall, re-
tually the caller acknowledged she was from Menu Food’s calling three of their varieties of dog food and one variety
insurance adjustor, Crawford & Company. This call is fol- of cat food,[53] and Canine Caviar issued a voluntary re-
lowed a few days later by a second caller who, when told call of 3 varieties of pet food.[54]
it was illegal for the plaintiffs to be contacted directly The April 26 and April 27 recalls by Blue Buffalo, Ca-
by representatives of the defendant, allegedly responded nine Caviar, Diamond, Harmony Farms, and Natural
"So you don’t want a settlement package?"[45] Balance are claimed by all five brands to be due to unau-
thorized inclusion of rice protein by American Nutrition,
April 25, 2007 Inc. (ANI), their manufacturer. This adds a new potential
FDA Officials traced the melamine responsible for pet source of contamination and distrust, namely non-com-
deaths to two Chinese plants, which have been supplying pliant contract manufacturers, beyond the original prob-
American distributors since last summer.[46] On that lematic Chinese ingredient suppliers. Diamond and Nat-
same day, Chinese authorities shut down Binzhou Futian ural Balance refer to this as a "manufacturing deviation"
Biology Technology Co. Ltd., and detained the manager, by ANI.[53][55] Blue Buffalo and Harmony Farms charac-
Tian Feng. Feng denies responsibility, saying that he terize this as "product tampering" by ANI.[48][49] Blue
"didn’t do anything wrong," and denying that he even Buffalo has announced plans to change manufacturers
knows what melamine is.[47] while Canine Caviar and Natural Balance both announced
that they will avoid future problems due to incorrect
manufacturing by demanding more paperwork from
More recalls their manufacturers.[48][54][56] ANI has issued a press re-
lease denying any deliberate or intentionally wrongful
April 26, 2007 conduct.[57]
On April 26, the FDA announced that over 6,000 hogs The FDA announces that of 750 samples of wheat
have been quarantined on farms in California, New York, gluten and products containing wheat gluten that 330
South Carolina, North Carolina, Utah, Kansas, Oklahoma had tested positive for melamine contamination. Out of
and Ohio. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Agricul- 85 samples of rice protein concentrate and products
ture announced that the meat of 345 hogs that had eaten made with it, 27 were contaminated.[28]
contaminated feed had entered the U.S. food supply, pos-
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Humans eat animals fed conta- or poultry from animals known to have consumed feed
tainted with contaminated pet food scraps based on cri-
minated food teria predating current research on toxicity of melamine
and cyanuric acid in combination."[61]
April 28, 2007
May 8, 2007
The Chicago Tribune reports that, according to California
state officials, approximately 45 state residents con- Adulteration of animal feed with cyanuric acid in China
sumed pork from hogs that had been fed melamine-con- is reported.[67]
taminated feed.[58] It is also announced that melamine discovered in fish
feed at hatcheriers that raise fish for human consump-
April 30, 2007 tion. [47]
The FDA and the United States Department of Agriculture
May 9, 2007
(USDA) issue a joint press release stating that contami-
nated feed was used at approximately 38 chicken farms Officials from the USDA and FDA testify in front of the
in Indiana in early February and that and all fed broiler United States House of Representatives Committee on
chickens have been processed. They state that the likeli- Agriculture.[68]
hood of human illness is very low.[58][59][60][61]
May 11, 2007
May 1, 2007 Royal Canin issues an additional voluntary recall, recall-
The FDA and USDA acknowledge that millions of chick- ing seventeen of their varieties in addition to those re-
ens fed contaminated feed had been eaten.[62] called on April 18 (at which time they stated that ’Effec-
tive immediately, Royal Canin USA does not source any
May 2, 2007 of its vegetable proteins-including rice gluten-from Chi-
na’)[69]
Menu Foods recalls additional pet food items made at the
same plant as prior recalled items due to suspected cross-
May 14, 2007
contamination.
Royal Canin announces an expansion of its existing re-
May 3, 2007 calls.[39][70]
Chinese authorities detained Mao Lijun, general manager
May 15, 2007
of the Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development,
on unspecified charges.[63] 56,000 swine are cleared for processing without being
The same day, SmartPak Canine executed a voluntary tested for cyanuric acid after a revised risk assessment by
nationwide recall on two products that tested positive the USDA and FDA still concluded that there is "very low"
for melamine. risk to humans from eating the contaminated meat.[71]
Dr. David Acheson, assistant FDA commissioner for
food protection, states that the FDA has begun to in- May 17, 2007
vestigate domestic food manufacturers who use protein Chenango Valley Pet Foods expands its recall to foods
products to ensure that no contaminated product is be- that do not explicitly contain wheat gluten or rice pro-
ing used in foods intended for human use, noting that tein, citing cross-contamination with those ingredients
it has no evidence of this occurring, "but it’s prudent to in the manufacturating process. For the first time, a non-
look."[64][65] cat or dog pet food is recalled since the list includes ferret
food.[72]
May 7, 2007
The USDA releases some swine and poultry from farms May 18, 2007
suspected of having received contaminated feed for pro- Researchers at the USDA Bee Research Laboratory and
cessing based on no melamine being detected in feed the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine begin investigat-
samples using approved tests. No mention is made ing bee feed for the presence of melamine-related com-
whether USDA conducted tests for melamine in animal pounds as a possible cause of Colony Collapse Disorder
tissue of animals released for processing[61] A USDA – the unprecedented die-off of a quarter of the honey-
spokesman was reported as saying 20 million chickens bees in the United States during 2006 that endangers the
were included in this category of animals released for human food supply. Commercial bee feeds are protein-
processing.[66] based, containing soy and yeast ingredients; however, no
United States food safety officials issue joint risk as- link has been found so far.[73]
sessment of very low risk to humans from eating pork
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In U.S. District Court, Judge Noel Hillman cautions May 29, 2007
Menu Foods and their insurance adjustor, Crawford &
Zheng Xiaoyu, the head of the Chinese State Food and
Co., to avoid contacting pet owners who had joined any of
Drug Administration from its founding in 1998 until 2005
the lawsuits against Menu Foods because, legally, Menu
receives the death sentence for corruption. Zheng was
can only contact plaintiffs through their lawyers.[45]
convicted of taking bribes worth $844,000 – significantly
less than the bribes taken by officials given lesser penal-
May 20, 2007 ties in China.[79] Dozens of Chinese died due to the ap-
Menu Foods and Chenango Valley Pet Foods both an- proval of untested medicines and falsely-labeled food
nounce that they are phasing out Chinese ingredients un- during Zheng’s tenure.[80]
til they can be assured that they are safe. Other pet food China also announces the creation of its first recall
manufacturers, including Nestlé Purina Petcare have system for unsafe food products.[80]
started screening for melamine.[74]
May 21, 2007 Melamine used by U.S. manu-
After four dogs suffering kidney problems are brought to facturer as food binder
the same clinic in Visalia, California, they are found to
have all eaten Nutra Nuggets brand food – a food not on May 30, 2007
the recall list. Melamine contamination is confirmed af-
The FDA issues a press release stating that two US-based
ter a sample was sent to a laboratory at University of Cal-
animal feed manufacturers had been adulterating live-
ifornia at Davis.[75]
stock feed and fish/shrimp feed with melamine. Tembec
BTLSR Inc. of Toledo, Ohio, manufactures feed ingredi-
Human food tests positive for ents AquaBond and Aqua-Tec II, adding melamine to im-
prove the binding properties of pelleted food.[81]
melamine
May 31, 2007
May 22, 2007 Zeigler Bros., Inc. issues a voluntary recall of its shrimp
United States Department of Health and Human Services feeds products that contain AquaBond.[82]
(DHHS) officials announce that melamine was detected in
catfish imported to Arkansas from Asia for human food. June 5, 2007
The fish were being investigated for antibiotics, which
Sergeant’s Pet Care Products voluntarily recalled some
were not found. The DHHS stated that the levels detected
production lots of Atlantis Goldfish Flake Food and Atlan-
did not pose a human health hazard.[76]
tis Tropical Fish Flake Food due to melamine being found
in these specific products (approximately 20-80 parts per
May 23, 2007 million). The fish food that is being recalled is for pet/or-
Diamond Pet Foods recalls bags of Nutra Nuggets Lamb namental fish and not used to feed fish intended for hu-
Meal and Rice formula dry dog food after they are found man consumption.[83]
to be contaminated with melamine that Diamond attrib-
utes to cross contamination in the manufacturing
process.[77] Acetaminophen investigated
U.S. District Court Judge Noel Hillman orders Menu
Foods to have no contact with plaintiffs unless their at- June 6, 2007
torneys are involved in the discussion after lawyers from The FDA launches and investigation after aceta-
six firms representing pet owners claim that the compa- minophen, best known under the brand-name Tylenol,
ny was directly contacting their clients. Hillman states is identified by ExperTox Inc., a laboratory in Texas, as
that "It seems to me that Menu Food is out to do whatev- a fifth contaminant present in many varieties of pet
er Menu Foods wants to do in a way that could adversely food.[84][85] A single 500 mg tablet of acetaminophen is
impact the rights" of the plaintiffs.[45] sufficient to kill an adult cat.[86] The FDA does not iden-
tify which brands might be affected, however on June
May 25, 2007 13 website ConsumerAffairs.com reports that two of the
Corn gluten from China tests positive for melamine and samples were Pet Pride "Turkey and Giblets Dinner" and
cyanuric acid and is intercepted by Canadian authori- "Mixed Grill", both manufactured by Menu Foods.[84][87]
ties.[78]
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June 7, 2007 Contaminated corn gluten and
The FDA announces that melamine-contaminated shrimp
feed and feed ingredients made in the United States, may rice protein concentrate from
have been exported by Zeigler Bros. Inc. to thirteen
countries -- Panama, Venezuela, Belize, Suriname, Costa
China acknowledged to have
Rica, Honduras, Ecuador, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, been found in Europe
Jamaica, Gambia, Lebanon and Canada. It is unclear
whether the exported products actually reached their June 21, 2007
destinations or entered markets there.[88]
The Health & Consumer Protection Directorate-General
China announces that three shimpments of raisins
of the European Commission (EC) acknowledged that
and health supplements form the United States were
corn gluten contaminated with melamine and rice pro-
blocked because they "failed to meet the sanitary stan-
tein concentrate contaminated with melamine and ana-
dards of China" after levels of bacteria and sulphur diox-
logues, both originating from China, had been intercept-
ide were found to be too high. The shipments were either
ed in Poland and Greece, respectively. [91]
destroyed or sent back. In April 2007 alone, the United
States had rejected 257 food shipments from China.[89]
June 27, 2007
June 11, 2007 Chinese state media announces that 180 food factories
have been closed for improperly using industrial chemi-
Menu Foods announces that a "significant customer" –
cals and recycled or expired food. The director of the Chi-
later identified to be Procter & Gamble – has decided to
nese General Administration of Quality Supervision, In-
end its contract for cuts-and-gravy products. The con-
spection and Quarantine’s quality control and inspection
tract accounted for 11% of Menu Food’s 2006 sales. Proc-
department states that "These are not isolated cases."
ter & Gamble continues to purchase solid canned food
Most of the offending manufacturers were unlicensed
from Menu.[90]
food plants with fewer than 10 employees. It is estimated
that three-fourths of China’s one million food processing
June 12, 2007 plants are small and privately-owned. In addition, the
The FDA announces that acetaminophen has not been Chinese State Administration for Industry and Commerce
found in five samples of cat food and two samples of dog states that it closed 152,000 unlicensed food manufactur-
food. FDA spokesman Mike Herndon says that, "At this ers and retailers in 2006 for making fraudulent or low-
point, FDA sees no compelling need to analyze any more quality products.[92]
samples for acetaminophen." A third, independent lab al- On the same day, the American Society for the
so did not detect acetaminophen. It is not clear whether Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announces that "fears
the FDA checked samples of the same brands of food in of widespread contamination of pet food with aceta-
which acetaminophen was allegedly found because the minophen are unfounded," confirming the results of FDA
initial laboratory could not initiate contact with the FDA investigators. The ASPCA collaborated with toxicologists
or publicly identify the manufacturer because of client with the California Animal Health and Food Safety Sys-
confidentiality. Only if the FDA contacted the lab could tem at the University of California, Davis. They found
information be shared, and the FDA did not do this until no acetaminophen contamination in three cans of the
June 12.[85] same food that tested positive for acetaminophen at a
Texas laboratory. Additionally, since the cat that had eat-
June 13, 2007 en the food suffered kidney, but not liver, failure, aceta-
Don Earl, a pet owner who links the death of his cat in minophen poisoning seems unlikely. [93]
January to consumption of Pet Pride cat food, reveals
that he had paid ExperTox to analyze samples of the pet
food. He alleges that the tests showed acetaminophen
Contaminated corn gluten
and cyanuric acid, but no melamine. The contaminated from China pulled from market
items were not subject to any recall.[87]
in Switzerland
June 28, 2007
Official feed controllers of the Swiss research institute
Agroscope Liebefeld in Posieux (ALP) stated that corn
gluten contaminated with melamine, cyanuric acid and
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