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Tainted Pet Food

COMPANY RECALLS TAINTED PET FOOD

One of the nation's largest dog food producers has recalled some of its products in 22 states after receiving reports that they caused death and illness, a company executive said Thursday.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/22/dog.deaths/index.html

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I have two cats, so this recall caught my attention. Lucky for me I don't feed my cats that brand. I am wondering how long till some lawsuits come out for pets that died with symptoms related to their pet food consumption. I expect to see several in the up coming months, perhaps even seeing advertisement looking for possible class action suit candidates.

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Here is an update on the Diamond Food recall. Seems like they did not check some of the corn they let into the factory, and this may have led to the tainted food.

Corn used in product not properly tested
FDA report says company let some shipments into Gaston plant without checking for aflatoxin

https://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/13744935.htm

At the time of this article in late January, almost 100 dogs had already died or become sick. However, I didn't hear of any lawsuits being filed because of this.