“This is something we’ve been working toward for some time, and feel it’s the right thing to do for pets and our customers,” said a PetSmart spokeswoman.
The FDA has received nearly 5,000 formal complaints from animal lovers who say their pets have either become ill or died (from kidney failure) as a result of eating treats from China, primarily chicken jerky.
There has been a “limited number” of reports coming into Bravo with dogs experiencing nausea and diarrhea after eating the food. There have been no cases of human illness as of yet.
