Recall of dog foods cites taint from pet-euthanasia drug

Cleanlabel02 Aug, 2021News

One possible way [the drug got into the food] is through the use of contaminated ingredients," Clean Label Project Executive Director Jaclyn Bowen explained in an email. "Rendering plants take slaughterhouse animal tissues and convert them into stable, usable materials like purified fats such as lard or tallow... It is possible that animals exposed to pentobarbital were included in the rendering process."