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05-21-2014, 07:18 PM
Petco to Stop Selling Treats Made in China
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - MAY 20, 2014
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The pet food retailer Petco said on Tuesday that it would stop selling dog and cat treats made in China by the end of this year because of continuing fears that they are making pets sick.
Investigators at the Food and Drug Administration began receiving reports of illnesses in 2007. In an update last week, the F.D.A. said it had received more than 4,800 complaints of pet illnesses and more than 1,000 reports of dog deaths after pets ate Chinese-made chicken, duck or sweet potato jerky treats.
The agency said that tests found the antiviral drug amantadine in some samples of imported chicken jerky treats sold a year or more ago, but that it did not think that caused the illnesses. The F.D.A. said it would continue to investigate.
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Petco said that shoppers had asked it to stop selling treats from China. The company said it was switching such products out for treats that are made in the United States, New Zealand, Australia and South America.
The company said it began cutting down on the amount of Chinese-made treats three years ago. It expects to completely get rid of them in all its 1,300 stores by the end of this year.
It does not sell any pet food made in China.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - MAY 20, 2014
http://hoiquanphidung.com/upload/hqpd1/pc.jpg
The pet food retailer Petco said on Tuesday that it would stop selling dog and cat treats made in China by the end of this year because of continuing fears that they are making pets sick.
Investigators at the Food and Drug Administration began receiving reports of illnesses in 2007. In an update last week, the F.D.A. said it had received more than 4,800 complaints of pet illnesses and more than 1,000 reports of dog deaths after pets ate Chinese-made chicken, duck or sweet potato jerky treats.
The agency said that tests found the antiviral drug amantadine in some samples of imported chicken jerky treats sold a year or more ago, but that it did not think that caused the illnesses. The F.D.A. said it would continue to investigate.
http://hoiquanphidung.com/upload/hqpd1/pco.jpg
Petco said that shoppers had asked it to stop selling treats from China. The company said it was switching such products out for treats that are made in the United States, New Zealand, Australia and South America.
The company said it began cutting down on the amount of Chinese-made treats three years ago. It expects to completely get rid of them in all its 1,300 stores by the end of this year.
It does not sell any pet food made in China.