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14 Cat, Dog Deaths Linked to Menu Foods, FDA Says

Quick Facts:

• Thirteen cats and one dog died after eating products made at Menu Foods Income Fund's plants in Kansas and New Jersey.
• Nine of the animals that died were used in Menu Foods taste tests, while the remainder were pets owned by individuals.
• The products are packaged in cans and pouches under numerous brand names and are marketed nationwide by many pet food retailers including Ahold USA Inc., Kroger Company, Safeway, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., PetSmart, Inc., and Pet Valu, Inc.
• Stephen Sundlof, director of the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine, said that 10 deaths were reported last week.
• Menu Foods recalled canned food sold under brands such as Iams and Eukanuba and retailers' own labels.
• The food was tainted by a shipment of wheat gluten.
• Menu Foods, an income trust, fell 15 cents, or 3.6 percent, to C$4 on the Toronto Stock Exchange today. The price has plunged 54 percent since the day before the recall.
• The recall, which amounts to about 1 percent of the pet food sold in the U.S., will cost Menu Foods C$30 million ($25.5 million) to C$40 million, the company said.

Further information on the pet-food brands affected by the recall can be found at http://www.menufoods.com/recall or by calling 1-866-895-2708.

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