CFO of Menu Foods Sold Half His Shares Before Story Broke

AP reports that the CFO of Menu Foods sold about half of his shares in the company three weeks before the recall. Officials state the timing is a "horrible coincidence." Today, the shares are worth half of what Mark Wiens sold them for in February. (tip)

In separate news, Banfield, The Pet Hospital, reports a 30 percent increase in the number of cats with kidney failure during the three months the food was on the market. The poisoned food was more fatal to cats than to dogs.

The wheat gluten, imported by ChemNutra, was food grade and reportedly sold to food manufacturing facilities.

See Pet Deaths Show The Reach of Globalization, Menu Foods Expands Recall List (About Cats)