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National Briefing | West: Nevada: Guilty Pleas in Case of Tainted Pet Food

Jun. 16, 2009
A Las Vegas-based company and its owners have pleaded guilty to distributing a tainted ingredient used to make pet food that killed potentially thousands of animals.
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