One in Seven of the test animals given dog food made by Menu Foods have died. The moist and wet dog food (sold by Eukanuba, Iams, Nutro and under various store labels) was contaminated by a type of rat poison that is illegal in the US. Dry food is not included in the recall at this time.
Rat poison came into the dog food from wheat glutten imported from China. Menu Foods is a Canadian company, and the plants linked to the pet deaths were located in Kansas and New Jersey,
The official count of dogs and cat killed is expected to climb into the thousands, as 60 million pounds of cat and dog food are involved and the company was slow to act, running its production line for weeks after contamination problems arose. >> To report a pet-food related pet death.
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