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    By Linda Doell

    | 4:00PM 2/28/2011
    When it comes to picking pet food, getting what's best isn't as simple as reading the labels, and advice varies depending on who's giving it. One thing is clear: People are passionate about their pets. With the 2007 fiasco of Chinese manufacturers adding the plastic melamine to pet food...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 4:35PM 9/16/2010
    While Congress struggles to modernize the U.S.'s impotent food safety laws, China has come up with its own, rather creative solution: Kill the culprits. China -- the country that produces the vast majority of our recalled consumer products and has had some of the most scandalous episodes of mass...

    By Beth Pinsker

    | 12:30PM 11/26/2008
    The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Food and Drug Administration has found "one positive" sample of traces of melamine in infant formula made in the United States. The report doesn't give information on which baby formula tested positive, or which manufacturers are involved. It also...

    By Carol Vinzant

    | 2:30PM 9/29/2008
    If we learned nothing from poisoned pets, will anything positive come of the latest Chinese tainted food scare, which has already killed four babies, sickened 54,000? The latest to fall is the iconic, delightful Cadbury chocolate bar. Cadbury announced today that it's recalling chocolates made in...

    By Carol Vinzant

    | 2:00PM 9/12/2008
    Was your dog one of the many around the country that ate the tainted pet food last year? You've got until November 24 to file a claim. According to USAToday, only 6,000 pet owners have filed so far, though many times that had dogs that potentially ate the food and got sick. We still don't know how...