Kirsten, as far as I know the suppliers are not the same for food made and sold in Europe. For instance, the Royal Canin food sold in Europe is made in the French manufacture and they have local suppliers for the ingredients, not the chinese ones. For Hill's I have no idea. But this doesn't mean it's completely safe anyway.

I do not know if the problem has hit Europe. In France we do not hear anything about animal deaths and Food recalls. In the Netherlands I have vaguely heard of it because I work in a company who is testing all kinds of foods and chemicals for toxicity, otherwise there is nothing said.