For those with cats or dogs....

There is a recall underway in the US of a large number of store brands of canned cat food, specifically cuts-in-gravy style, for both cats and dogs. They have received complaints of deaths from kidney failure. They haven't traced the cause despite testing, but they have found that it was timed with a change in a production ingredient, so it may well be involved.

The article is here on Yahoo, or just go to the page about the recall which includes the recall press release itself as well as the specific affected brands for cats and dogs.

(Fortunately, we spoil ours, and anyway they get pate-style due to Basta's lack of teeth. Still, yikes.)