KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Last week millions of owners were told that rat poison in pet food might be killing their pets. Now, it might be a chemical used to make plastic.

The Orange County Health Care Agency can shut down food facilities for as long as the owners fail to correct conditions that pose a danger to public health. Here are the restaurants closed in February:

Many More Pet Deaths Could Come, According to the FDA; New Alpo Wet Dog Food Added to Recall

Is it rat poison that has sickened and killed an unknown number of pets across the country or is it melamine, a fertilizer and plastics ingredient? Should consumers be wary only of wet pet food sold in packets and cans, or has dry food been contaminated as well?

A dry dog food manufacturer got a shipment of the tainted wheat gluten suspected of sickening and killing cats and dogs nationwide, U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials said Friday, but they refused to name the company or its dog food brands.

Food safety standards are rising in Beijing but visitors to next year’s Olympics still risk exposure to contaminated products, officials said here Friday.

Hill’s Pet Nutrition company is recalling a brand of it’s dry cat food. The announcement follows news Friday that the chemical melamine was found in

Hill’s Pet Nutrition company is recalling a brand of it’s dry cat food. The announcement follows news Friday that the chemical melamine was found in

Hill’s Pet Nutrition company is recalling a brand of it’s dry cat food. The announcement follows news Friday that the chemical melamine was found in

3/30/2007 - Three bills designed to implement tougher food safety rules for growers and handlers of spinach and other leafy greens were this week approved in California by the Senate Agriculture Committee.