<div id="subtitle">Las Vegas company, owners sentenced to probation for importing Chinese contaminated pet food</div><div><p>Federal prosecutors say a Las Vegas-based company and its owners have been sentenced to three years probation for distributing a toxic pet food ingredient.</p><p>Prosecutors in Kansas City say 43-year-old Sally Qing Miller and 57-year-old Stephen S. Miller also must pay a $5,000 fine, and their company, Chemnutra Inc., must pay $25,000.</p><p>The Millers imported over 800 metric tons of Chinese wheat gluten contaminated with melamine and sold it to pet food manufacturers.</p><p>Thousands of cats and dogs reportedly became sick or died from the contaminated gluten, leading to the nationwide recall of more than 150 pet food brands in 2007.</p><p>The court said the Millers won't have to pay further restitution because of a $24 million settlement in a related civil suit in New Jersey.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68543231&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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