Food product contamination scares resonate as much with pet "parents" as with human ones, for much the. Same reason: They target a vulnerable object of great affection, who usually can't tell you how they're suffering.And their population increased during the pandemic. According to one estimate, 12.6 million American households adopted a new pet during the pandemic. The pet food market is estimated at $96.9 billion for 2020 and is forecast to grow at up to 5% a year for the immediate future, according to Technavio.As pets proliferate, so does the attention paid to their safety. There have been eight FDA pet food recalls so far in 2021 (as of press time), with 43 listed in 2020. These include some high-profile ones like Midwestern Pet Foods, which went through two recalls of dry dog food this year, the first of them a mold toxin contamination that was implicated in the deaths of at least 110 dogs and led to at least one lawsuit.
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