A cat owner whose two cats were affected by tainted cat food was workin long and hard on gettng some justice for her cat's ordeal. A new organization called The Pet Food Products Safety Alliance answered the cat owner's plea. That organization -- created to raise public awareness of pet food safety issues – paid ExperTox to test the owner's cat food. The owner had saved several unopened pouches of Special Kitty since March and stored the food in her freezer.

"New laboratory tests have detected the pain killer acetaminophen in yet another brand of pet food, ConsumerAffairs.com has learned.

These results add to the growing number of cases in which toxicologists at ExperTox Analytical Laboratories in Texas have detected the over-the-counter pain medicine in dog or cat food.

The latest findings came in a composite of three flavors of Menu Foods’ Special Kitty food -- Special Kitty with beef and gravy, Special Kitty mixed grill in gravy, and Special Kitty with turkey & giblets in gravy.

The tests performed by ExperTox earlier this month also detected another toxin in the foods: melamine. That’s the chemical that triggered Menu Foods’ massive recall in March of more than 60 million containers of pet food.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found the melamine in the wheat gluten imported from China, which pet food companies used to make their products. Thousands of dogs and cats nationwide suffered kidney problems or died after eating the tainted pet food."

"“I expected the lab to find melamine,” said Carol, who worked as an X-ray technician for years. “But from what I’ve read, melamine isn’t too harmful and isn’t toxic unless it reacts with cyanuric acid. But the lab didn’t find cyanuric acid in the food.”

The acetaminophen in the cat food, however, may explain Jessica’s and Smudge’s problems. The popular pain killer can be toxic to cats, according to veterinarians."

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New pre-recall pet food tests show interesting result...........

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