Pfizer’s decision to pull from the market a 60-year old animal food additive, after a government study found chickens contaminated with arsenic, has landed it in trouble with the Chinese company that makes the drug.

On Monday, Zhejiang Ronyao Chemical Company, which alleges it spent millions of dollars gearing up to produce Roxarsone — also known as 3-Nitro — under a long-term exclusive manufacturing deal, sued Pfizer for damages in Trenton’s federal court.

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