Hills Science Diet takes recall hit

As the melamine purge sweeps the pet food industry, Hills Pet Nutrition Inc., makers of Science Diet, issued a recall of a single product: Prescription Diet m/d Feline Dry Food.

The Food and Drug Administration detected melamine and melamine byproducts in wheat gluten received by the company to make dry cat food. The FDA is conducting an investigation into pet food products made with wheat gluten thatcontains the toxin melamine and their association with reports of injury and deaths in cats and dogs.