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U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 3, 2007 @ 7:00am neoform

FOX News -- The U.S. is blocking imports of wheat gluten from a company in China, acting after an investigation implicated the contaminated ingredient in the recent pet-food deaths of cats and dogs. The Food and Drug Administration took action against wheat gluten.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 6:08pm neoform

CNN -- Recalled pet foods contained a chemical used to make plastics, but government tests failed to confirm the presence of rat poison, federal officials said Friday. The Food and Drug Administration said it found melamine in samples of the Menu Foods pet fo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Apr 29, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

MSNBC -- In 1996, Congress gave a strong nudge to these changes by passing legislation allowing wheat growers for the first time to switch to other crops and still collect government subsidies. The result is that farmers received federal wheat payments last year o.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Thu May 10, 2007 @ 9:42am neoform

USA Today -- Even some pet-food companies say they don't always know what's really in the food they sell. Or where the ingredients come from. If you long suspected pet food contained mystery meat, this won't surprise you. But for a $15 billion industry whose profit.. Read More