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75K Bags of Dog Treats Recalled

Kevin Spak — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:10:00 CDT

Careful what you’re feeding Fido, folks. A major pet product company—Hartz Mountain Corp.—is recalling 75,000 bags of its Hartz Naturals Real Beef dog treats, after a random FDA test discovered salmonella in at least one bag. So far there haven’t been any reports of animals falling ill,...

Widening Peanut Recall Now Includes Pet Treats

Drew Nelles — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:58:57 CST

Peanut-flavored pet treats are the latest addition to the recall list of at least 125 peanut butter products, USA Today reports. A salmonella outbreak at a Georgia peanut plant has so far sickened some 486 people and may have caused six deaths. Pets can get salmonella from the peanut treats,...

Tainted Pet Food Firms Settle With Owners

Matt Cantor — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:06:33 CDT

Pet-food companies have agreed to a $24-million settlement with pet owners after their products were tied to the deaths of thousands of animals, the AP reports. Under the deal, pet owners can be reimbursed for financial losses, such as vet bills, burial costs, and the market value of their lost...

'Regulation' No Longer a Dirty Word in DC

Sam Gale Rosen — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:38:46 CDT

"Regulation" is becoming less of a dirty word in Washington in the wake of the mortgage meltdown, woes on Wall Street, and scares over tainted food and toys. Many Democrats and even some Republicans want a shift from voluntary industry standards in vogue since the Reagan administration. "We're in for...

US, Chinese Firms Charged in Pet Food Scandal

Wesley Oliver — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:16:32 CST

US authorities today charged an American company and two Chinese businesses with manufacturing and importing tainted ingredients in pet food that killed thousands of cats and dogs last year, the AP reports. Las Vegas-based ChemNutra and its owners face a felony conspiracy charge and 26 misdemeanor counts for selling adulterated...

Wal-Mart Owns Up to Melamine in Dog Treats

Wesley Oliver — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:20:00 CDT

Two Chinese brands of dog treats sold at Wal-Mart contain a toxic chemical, the discount giant confirms. Customer complaints about the products prompted the company to quietly pull them from its shelves last month as it waited for further tests. The results confirmed the presence of melamine, the chemical at...

Chinese Goods Flunk Gov't Safety Tests

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:08:49 CDT

The Chinese government acknowledged today what people around the world suspected—many products manufactured by the world's largest exporter of consumer goods are unsafe. One-fifth of its manufactured wares fail to meet government safety standards, a regulatory agency said in a posting on its website. Despite the findings, which did...

Safety of Chinese-Made Toys Is Hardly Child's Play

Colleen Barry — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:25:38 CDT

The latest Chinese products posing safety problems for consumers are children's toys, joining toothpaste, pet food, and drugs on an increasingly worrisome list, the New York Times reports. Last week's recall of Thomas & Friends train toys brought the total number of toys recalled by the US this year to...

China Sentences Ex-Drug Chief to Death

Sam Gale Rosen — Tue, 29 May 2007 15:03:42 CDT

China's former top food and drug watchdog was sentenced to death today after being convicted of corruption and dereliction of duty. In the midst of an international uproar over food and pharmaceutical standards, the government found that Zheng Xiaoyu, 63, who was forced out in 2005, accepted more than $850,...