Pet food recall update: 6,000 claims filed thus far

According to USA Today,

Almost 6,000 claims have been filed in a class-action settlement stemming from last year's massive pet-food recall.

Pet food makers have already paid $8 million to pet owners affected by the recalls. In May, Menu Foods and other pet food manufacturers and retailers agreed to set up a $24 million fund to compensate owners.

Most of the fund will go to owners of pets who experienced kidney failure, which was linked to a contaminated ingredient from China. These ingredients were "adulterated in China with the industrial chemical melamine to make them appear richer in protein than they actually were."

For more information you can visit www.petfoodsettlement.com. The claims administrator can be reached at 1-800-392-7785.