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As new events unfold involving the Menu Foods pet food recalls, the sequence of reported recall news in retrospect becomes very interesting. I am providing this pet food recall timeline for information purposes only. My readers can gather their own conclusions.
| February 20,2007 |
Date Menu Foods notifies FDA of having received first reports of sick and dead cats. (Anecdotal data puts first reports back as far as December, 2006.) |
| February 27, 2007 |
Menu Foods starts testing reported tainting food on cats and dogs. |
| March 16, 2007 |
Menu Foods announces first recall after deaths of 16 tested animals. |
| March 17, 2007 |
| March 17, 2007 | Tainted wheat gluten identified as source of pet food contamination. |
| March 23, 2007 |
New York State Department of Agriculture and Cornell University scientists find aminopterin, a rat poison, in tainted food samples. |
| March 24, 2007 |
Menu Foods extends recalled products to all dates of manufacture. |
| March 26, 2007 |
Menu Foods clarifies PR of March 24th, stating no new foods had been added to list. |
| March 26, 2007 |
The FDA announces that melamine, a chemical used in plastics, fertilizers, and industrial foam, has been found in tainted pet foods. |
| March 30, 2007 |
Menu Foods Menu Foods clears for sale recalled food products manufactured outside the original reported dates. |
| March 30, 2007 |
Hills voluntarily recalls Science Diet Prescription Diet M/D Dry Food. |
| March 31, 2007 |
Eight in One, Inc., recalls all lots of Dingo CHICK'N JERKY treats from retailers, along with certain cats treats. Salmonella contamination is named as the reason for the recall. |
| March 31, 2007 |
Del Monte voluntarily recalls Pounce Meaty Morsels Moist Chicken Flavor Cat Treats. |
| April 3, 2007 |
The manufacturer (Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Company Ltd., China ) of the tainted wheat gluten and the U.S. Distributer (ChemNutra Inc., of Las Vegas, Nevada) of that product are revealed. |
| April 5, 2007 |
Menu Foods announces the expansion of its recalled pet food list. |
| April 5, 2007 |
Sunshine Mills announces the voluntary recall of dog biscuits for melamine contamination. |
| April 5, 2007 |
According to CNN, the FDA is exploring the theory of intentional contamination of wheat gluten for profit. |
| April 10, 2007 |
Menu Foods announces the recall of 36 additional canned cat food products. |
| April 10, 2007 |
Toronto Globe and Mail reports that Menu Foods CFO Mark Wiens sold 45% of his Menu Foods stock for $102,900 on Feb. 26 and Feb. 27. Wiens was quoted as saying, "It's a horrible coincidence, yes . . ." |
| April 12, 2007 | Senate hearings are held to investigate the ongoing pet food recall and government regulations over the pet food industry. Topics covered are the investigation timeline, source of the contamination, and the FDA's regulatory and inspection responsibilities. |
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