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Article: Dog eat dog & cats? Fur flies as charges of canine cannibalism and willful malnourishment roil pet industry. (Food Business).(Brief Article)
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- Food Processing
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- March 1, 2002
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Pet food has become a dog-eat-dog business. Cat-eat-cat, too. Quite literally, some people say, or at least allegedly say.
Therein lies one of the problems.
In a lawsuit, Procter & Gamble Co., maker of the Iams and Eukanuba pet food brands, claims that in-store demonstrators for rival premium kibble marketer Nutro Products Inc. have spread false, vicious rumors about road kill, euthanized pets and toxic chemicals in Iams products.
City of Industry, Cal.-based Nutro Products and Mars Inc.'s Vernon, Cal.-based Kal Kan charge in separate lawsuits of their own that Procter & Gamble Co.'s Iams business has purposely lowered feeding recommendations ...