Dog Trainer Says Pet Food Contains Lead, Other Toxins - Law360

Dog Trainer Says Pet Food Contains Lead, Other Toxins - Law360

By Emily Field

Law360 (April 11, 2018, 9:20 PM EDT) -- A pet owner hit Champion Petfoods with a proposed class action in Massachusetts federal court on Wednesday alleging that its Acana and Orijen brands of pet food are tainted with mercury, lead and arsenic, despite their marketing of the foods as safe and pure.

Dog trainer and Massachusetts resident Lisa Slawsby said that, since 2014, she has bought an average of one bag per month of the allegedly contaminated pet foods for the dogs she trains and boards. More recently, she started buying two bags a month...