Pet food outrage ping
Pet food toxin used in pig feed By Carrie Peyton Dahlberg - Bee Staff Writer Published 2:34 pm PDT Thursday, April 19, 2007
The chemical linked to cat and dog deaths on two continents has made it into pig feed, federal officials said Thursday, although it wasn't immediately clear whether any pigs that ate the melamine were later eaten by people. Melamine has caused tumors in rats, and shouldn't be used in animal feed, according to regulators and toxicologists.
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