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APSHANGHAI, China (AP) - A local distributor of a popular brand of dog food said Monday it had suspended sales of the product following reports that dogs who ate it had died from aflatoxin poisoning.
A customer service manager at Shanghai Yidi Pet Co. said the company stopped selling Optima brand dog food last week and notified its customers not to feed it to their pets after receiving complaints that dogs became sick after eating it.
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Ryan McLaughlin, a Canadian living in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou, publicized the problem after his own 1-year-old golden retriever, Addie, fell sick after eating Optima dog food. «When it's an imported dog food, you don't expect this sort of thing to happen,» Ryan, said in a phone interview. «Here we were paying the extra cash to try to ensure she was healthy and instead it made her sick,» he said. Addie died on Jan. 5.
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While Optima is the name of an American dog food brand, it was unclear if the food sold in China came from the U.S. Gu, of the local distributor, said only that his supplier was based in Taiwan.
Zhang said the product his company sold came from «somewhere in Australia.
In the United States, Optima products are made by Nashville, Tennessee-based Doane Pet Care Co.
Doane's U.S. operations were acquired in 2006 by Mars Inc., which makes Pedigree brand pet foods. The company's Web site does not list any international operations, and it was unclear if Doane was the manufacturer of the brand sold in China.
Mars Inc.'s regional office did not immediately respond to a call and e-mailed inquiries on Monday. Doane's phones rang unanswered before business hours Monday.
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http://www.pr-inside.com/shanghai-seller-stops-sales-of-suspect-r1001907.htm
Who owns what and where it is made is a mystery these days.
Anyway, keep a close eye on your pet if you are using Pedigree.
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