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Federal agents raid Petco warehouse.

This from the wires this afternoon. There are 13 Petco stores in South Florida.

Petco Warehouse Raided for Unsanitary Conditions, U.S. FDA Says

2008 Bloomberg News!
By Catherine Larkin
June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Petco Animal Supplies Inc., the second-largest U.S. pet-store chain, had an Illinois distribution center raided by U.S. Marshals because animal food products were stored under unsanitary conditions, regulators said.

The Food and Drug Administration requested the seizure of animal food susceptible to rodent and pest contamination from Petco’s Joliet, Illinois, distribution center, the agency said today in an e-mailed statement. The center serves retail stores in 16 states, according to the FDA.

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