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Article: US maker of tainted dog food agrees to $3.1 million settlement after dozens of pet deaths
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- January 4, 2008
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A company that made contaminated pet food that killed dozens of dogs in the U.S. will pay $3.1 million (2.1 million) in a settlement with pet owners, an attorney said Friday.
The pet food, which contained a mold called aflatoxin, was produced at Diamond Pet Foods' plant in South Carolina. The company will set up a fund to reimburse pet owners for the loss of their dog, veterinarian bills and the cost of any unreturned contaminated food, said attorney Jim Andrews, who represented a Knoxville, Tennessee, family that sued the company.
Diamond Pet Foods, based in Meta, Missouri, acknowledged that workers at its Gaston, South Carolina, plant failed to follow internal testing ...