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The US FDA is reporting that the death toll for Canada's Menu Foods has risen to 14, including 13 cats and one dog. Nine of the animals died as part of Menu Foods' internal taste tests. Still, the product somehow made it to the American market.

Menu Foods, based in Streetsville, Ontario, on March 16 recalled canned food sold under brands such as Iams and Eukanuba and retailers' own labels. The food was tainted by a shipment of wheat gluten, said [director of the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine Stephen] Sundloff, who declined to disclose the maker or distributor of the gluten.

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The affected pet food consists of cans and pouches of cuts- and-gravy style food made between Dec. 3 and March 6. Retailers including Royal Ahold NV's Stop & Shop, Kroger Co., Safeway Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and PetSmart Inc. sell the products, the FDA said last week.

EARLIER: Recall Alert: 60 Million Cans of Wet Pet Food

FOLLOW-UP: Chicago Woman Sues Menu Foods