Tests found no pain killer in cat food

Earlier this
month, ExperTox of Deer Park, Texas, reported it had found acetaminophen, a common pain reliever, in samples of dog and cat
food.

Cat food tested
A few weeks ago, the UC
Davis’ veterinary school tested three cans of cat food provided by an individual
whose cat had been diagnosed with kidney failure but not liver failure, which
should be the case if acetaminophen were to blame, said Dr. Robert Poppenga, who
runs the toxicology section of Davis’ California Animal Health and Food Safety
System.

Negative
“We were told that this was the same food that
had tested positive for acetaminophen and cyanuric acid at a private laboratory
inTexas,” he said. “We immediately began
conducting our own rigorous tests on these foods. All the samples came back
negative for this type of contamination.”

No dog
food was tested at Davis, Poppenga said.