U.S. Food and Drug Administration

 

Pet Food Recall (Melamine)/Tainted Animal Feed
Updated: February 6, 2008

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Introduction
What Pet Foods Have Been Recalled?
What Is FDA Doing?
News Updates
Recall Notices by Company
How Do I Report a Pet Food Complaint?

Introduction

On March 15, 2007, FDA learned that certain pet foods were sickening and killing cats and dogs. FDA found contaminants in vegetable proteins imported into the United States from China and used as ingredients in pet food.

A portion of the tainted pet food was used to produce farm animal feed and fish feed. FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture discovered that some animals that ate the tainted feed had been processed into human food. Government scientists have determined that there is very low risk to human health from consuming food from animals that ate tainted feed. All tainted pet food, animal and fish feed, and vegetable proteins continue to be recalled and destroyed.

As a result of FDA and USDA's comprehensive investigation, on February 6, 2008, FDA announced that two Chinese nationals and the businesses they operate, along with a U.S. company and its president and chief executive officer, were indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a scheme to import products purported to be wheat gluten into the United States that were contaminated with melamine.

What Pet Foods Have Been Recalled?

What Is FDA Doing?

News Updates

Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall

Recall Notices by Company

Menu Foods

Del Monte Pet Products

Hills Pet Nutrition

Nestlé Purina PetCare Company

Sunshine Mills, Inc.

Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc.

Cereal Byproducts Company

Royal Canin USA

CJ Foods

SmartPak

Chenango Valley Pet Foods

American Nutrition, Inc.

Diamond Pet Food

How Do I Report a Pet Food Complaint?

Please contact your Consumer Complaint Coordinator