Introduction In February 2007, a Canadian company, Menu Foods, learned that its products caused kidney failures and deaths of animals. The problems appeared because of the presence of melamine and cyanuric acid in pet food (Brown et al., 2007). The investigations found out that contamination was associated with wheat gluten produced by Xuzhou Anying in China (Vail, Jones, & Sparkman, 2007). This information, however, was disclosed only a month later, when the organization had to recall its goods from the stores. The scandal involved several prominent companies, including Procter & Gamble, and caused much loss to all parties. This paper investigates the tainted pet food crisis of 2007, its reasons, and results. It also suggests solutions that could have improved the situation before it became critical. Summary of the Events A complex sequence of events prompted the scandal. It had started several months before the problem was first discovered in November 2006 (Nestle, 2008). Menu Foods ordered wheat gluten from ChemNutra that was produced by Xuzhou Anying. As laboratory tests revealed later, the producer sold adulterated ingredients that contained chemicals. Menu Foods received the first complaint about a pet kidney failure in February 2008. Only about a week later, the company started palatability testing. This action was a coincidence rather than a measure to solve the problem reported by the alarming calls, as Menu Foods ran such tests every three months. The hired testing company did not disclose its identity since animal testing is strongly condemned, and the procedure included animal experimentation. For that investigation, the company involved twenty-five cats and ten dogs (“Transcript of FDA press conference on contaminated animal feed,” 2007). It is notable that, although Menu Foods was continuously receiving calls reporting kidney problems or deaths before, during, and after testing, the organization did not express concerns regarding its results. Nine cats were dead, and two cats were ill with kidney failure. Only two weeks after the first alert, Menu Foods notified ChemNutra that there was a possible problem with wheat gluten the company had shipped. The results of the testing initiated another investigation made by the Animal Diagnostic Laboratory at Cornell University. Notably, Menu Foods did not disclose the results of the previous examination but asked the laboratory to test the food for pesticides and insecticides as if the cats were refusing to eat it (Nestle, 2008). Procter & Gamble informed Menu Foods that it had started to receive alarming calls, too (Nestle, 2008). Later, the company started to recall cat food made at the Menu plant. Only a month after the first issue, the organization decided to recall 60 million units of cat and dog food (Nestle, 2008). Its clients, including Royal Canin USA and Blue Buffalo, recalled some of their products voluntarily too (“Contaminant found in second,” 2007). Shortly after Procter & Gamble’s scientists found melamine in food supplies, Cornell and state laboratories of New York announced the aminopterin finding. In March 2018, Pet Connection reported almost 2,800 pet deaths as a result of Menu Foods pet food consummation (Nestle, 2008). Notably, contaminated pet foods remained available for