In 20 07, Menu Foods, a
Canadian pet food manufacturer and retailer, massively recalled its
popular brands of pet foods which were said to cause sickness and
death of pet animals. According to the company, high levels of
melamine found in its pet foods, which originated in wheat gluten
and rice protein concentrate imported from Chinese suppliers, were
the cause of the incident, though such a claim was disputed by
Chinese officials. Rightly or wrongly