Menu Foods Update: Not Just Melamine
ConsumerAffairs.com just posted a recap and more info on the tentative settlement, announced Tuesday, between Canadian-based Menu Foods and the pet owners claiming the company’s products poisoned their dogs and cats. The action involves owners from 19 states, seeking compensation for veterinarian bills. Allegations include deceptive and unfair trade practices and negligence.
One of the more interesting things: Many vets now believe it wasn’t just melamine OR just cyanuric acid that separately contaminated different products. It had to be both together to form the crystals that caused kidney damage. So somehow, not one, but two, toxic industrial chemicals managed to simultaneously find their way into our pets’ food supply.
This is from the article:
"Either one of those chemicals alone wouldn't cause these (deaths)," Dr. Barbara Powers, immediate past president of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) and director of Colorado State University's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, told ConsumerAffairs.com. "It has to be the combination of the two. So it's not melamine alone."
ANGIE BRENNAN, a Sun-Sentinel page designer,
lives with four dogs and one boyfriend. And has a lifetime of animal stories to share.
DIANE LADE, a reporter on the Sun-Sentinel's Help Team, has lived with cats, dogs, reptiles, fish, an iguana, and an armadillo.
CYNDI METZGER, editor of the Sun-Sentinel's Outlook section, is smitten with Bella, her poodle who regularly ignores requests to sit, stay and get off the ivory-colored sofa. 
JOHN TANASYCHUK, a Sun-Sentinel lifestyle writer, has lived with cats as long as he can remember. He and his partner currently share their home with three.
