世界经理人-商业报道[biz.icxo.com]消息：美国一家宠物食品公司上周末发布的召回声明让无数宠物的主人担心不已。这家名为“菜单食品”(Menu Foods)的宠物食品制造公司表示，由于多只宠物在食用该公司生产的宠物食品后出现死亡或者不适症状，该公司将对旗下80多个品牌的宠物食品进行召回......More than 60 million cans and pouches of dog and cat food sold under dozens of brand names were recalled on Saturday after being linked to the deaths of 10 animals.
The food was manufactured by Menu Foods, of Streetsville, Ontario, which makes wet food sold as store brands for companies like Wal-Mart, Kroger and Safeway.
The company also makes food on behalf of many brand-name pet food makers. Menu Foods said it had recalled some food made for the Iams unit of Procter & Gamble. Two other pet food companies — Nestlé Purina PetCare and Hills Pet Nutrition, the unit of Colgate-Palmolive that makes the Science Diet brand — recalled some of their products that were made by Menu Foods.
Menu Foods is recalling only certain gravy-style pet food in cans and pouches it made from Dec. 3 to March 6.
The company said in a statement that tests of its food had “failed to identify any issues with the products in question.” But it did associate the timing of the reported deaths with its use of a new supplier for wheat gluten, a source of protein. Sarah Tuite, a spokeswoman for Menu Foods, declined to name the supplier.
Menu Foods is providing information on what packages are being recalled at (866) 895-2708.
The reported deaths of cats and dogs have been from kidney disease, Ms. Tuite said. Symptoms vary but can include lethargy, jaundice and vomiting, she said.
Kurt Weingand, a veterinarian and the associate director of external relations for Procter & Gamble’s pet care business, said that the company had been told of 20 cats that had developed kidney failure in the last two weeks. Of those, two have died. He said that the company did not know of any dogs that had been affected, but it recalled dog food that was made in the same Menu Foods plants as the suspect cat food.
Kidney failure is common in older cats; in younger animals it is associated with accidental poisoning, typically by antifreeze, Dr. Weingand said. The condition can be treated through hydration.
Ms. Tuite added that Menu Foods would compensate owners of pets that died, although she declined to say what the compensation would be. Pet owners who want to make a claim must mail documentation of their use of the affected products to the address on the company’s Web site, she said.
Menu Foods says it produces 1 billion cans and bags of wet food a year. Shares of the company’s stock fell by 26 percent on Friday, after it announced that the recall could cost it between $30 million and $40 million.
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