The Pet Food Nightmare Just Keeps Getting Worse!

Royal Canin USA Announces The Voluntary Nationwide Recall of its Dry Pet Food Products Containing Rice Protein Concentrate

Rice Protein Concentrate from China Tainted With Melamine DerivativePrompts Recall Announcement

ST CHARLES, Mo., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Canin USA is announcing today that the company has determined there is a melamine derivative in the rice protein concentrate in some of its dry pet food products.

Although Royal Canin USA has no confirmed cases of illness in pets, we have decided to voluntarily remove all of our dry pet food products containing rice protein concentrate. We are taking this proactive stance to avoid any confusion for our customers about which Royal Canin USA products are safe and which products may be affected.

See also the ASPCA Pet Food Recall Resource Center. There have been other recalls and developments this week.

On a related note, the lead story in this week's ASPCA newsletter is on homemade pet food.

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