http://www.thestar.com/News/article/195873

Matthew Chung
Staff Reporter

Menu Foods, the Mississauga-based company linked to the deaths of North
American pets has asked retailers to remove all of its 'cuts and gravy'
style food after reports that tainted products are still being sold.

The company had initially recalled wet dog and cat food manufactured at its
Kansas and New Jersey facilities between December 3, 2006 and March 6, 2007.
But the company said in a statement Saturday it would remove all 95 brands
of wet food, regardless of its manufacturing date, to ensure no tainted food
remained on store shelves.

"There is no known risk from items not listed on the recall list but an
abundance of caution is called for in this situation," the company said.
"(The Food and Drug Administration) has been apprised of this action."

Aminopterin, a toxin used as a rodenticide in some countries, was found in
tested food samples, researchers from New York State Food Laboratory and
Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine said Friday.

How the toxin got into the pet food remains a mystery, but the FDA has said
the investigation is focusing on wheat gluten in the food.

Wheat gluten itself could not cause kidney failure, but the common
ingredient could have been contaminated by heavy metals or mould toxins, the
FDS said.

Menu has said the illnesses coincided with the introduction of an ingredient
from a new supplier.

The companed commenced the recall of 60 million cans and pouches sold across
North America March 16 after animals in the U.S. died during Menu's routine
taste tests. Reports of kidney failure in some pets had already been
reported.

Lawsuits have been filed against the company in Toronto, Windsor and
Chicago.