News tagged with 'Pet Food'

A dry cat food with insufficient amounts of thiamine has sickened 21 cats in the South and East, the company Diamond Pet Foods announced today following a September recall of its product.

An error in production led to a recall of NUTRO dry cat food, and now an independent lab has confirmed "sky high" levels of zinc, a mineral, in one bag tested.  Animal lovers report their pets are sick or have expired.

In 2007, more than 150 brands of dog and cat food were recalled after pets suffered kidney failure. Tuesday, two Nevada importers pled guilty to distributing melamine as a substitute for gluten, a protein.  They are facing fines and prison time. 

The FDA opened its first food safety office in China today with two more to follow. The offices will oversee $2 trillion in exports of food and drugs to the U.S. The trick will be to find a third party verifyer to certify the products before they are shipped.

Eight new cases of salmonella infection have been linked to dry pet food, according to US health officials. Salmonella Schwarzengrund, a specific strain of salmonella, has been linked to 79 cases of infection reported in 21 states.

In China, a leading baby formula is found to be tainted with melamine, the same byproduct of plastic production that contaminated pet food in this country.  China does not send formula or raw ingredients into U.S. made brands, but some still find their way to the U.S. market.

Over-sulfated chondroitin sulfate mimics the action of blood-thinner heparin and has been identified as the contaminant found in a large percentages of recalled vials. Whether it caused the 19 deaths and hundred of allergic reactions remains a mystery.