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In March, Menu Foods, Nestle Purina Pet Care, and Hill?s Pet Nutrition recalled more than 60 million cans of U.S. dog and cat food because they were contaminated with melamine?a nitrogen-based industrial chemical that is used as a binding agent, as a flame retardant, and, most surprisingly, as a fertilizer in the developing world. The recall has now expanded to more than 100 brands of pet food. In April, melamine was also found in pig feed in the U.S. states of California, Ohio, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Utah. read more Read more at: . |