I can't read things about that horrible period without bursting into tears. I knew a kitty and watched her struggle to live after being poisoned by contaminated food. She did not make it, but it was not because her owner and vet did not try. It was a heartbreaking time. It was that event that caused me to begin really educating myself about cat nutrition. Up until then all I really knew was that canned food was better than dry.
In addition, I had a CRF girlie at that time. I was spending a lot of time in the CRF info websites,
www.felinecrf.com and
www.felinecrf.org There was post after post after post of people coming in asking why their young cats had died of CRF. This was before the recall became common knowledge. Absolutely devastating.