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Article: Pet food probe keeps local officials busy
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- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- June 1, 2007
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Many tons of contaminated wheat gluten sit untouched in an
Allegheny County warehouse, too dangerous for pet food, too valuable
to throw out.
Farm animal feed laced with the same industrial chemicals,
however, were found at Pennsylvania mills and suppliers, held briefly
and then sold.
The national human and pet food contamination crisis is keeping
federal and state investigators in Pennsylvania busy as they quietly
investigate everything from a few dead pet frogs to scores of
businesses to several thousand tons of imported food ingredients.
"Essentially, the crisis reaction is over, but the FDA is in the
midst of a food security and surveillance project to follow up on
this," said Thomas ...