The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported this morning that FDA tests did not find aminopterin, a rat poison, in the pet food samples it tested, but melamine:

U.S. Food and Drug Administration testing found a chemical commonly used in plastics, but no rat poison, in the recalled pet food that has killed and sickened cats and dogs nationwide, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review learned Thursday.

Testing by the FDA and at least one lab independent of the agency found melamine, a chemical used in plastics and household textiles, in samples of the recalled pet food and in one of its ingredients -- wheat gluten -- said an FDA official and another source close to the investigation. Neither wanted to be identified prior to the FDA's formal announcement this morning.

They further reported that the FDA has received over "8,000 complaints regarding the recalled food and is testing hundreds of customer-submitted samples."
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