Comments on: Law Firm Says Menu Foods Gag Order Is Voluntary

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By: Elijah

Elijah — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:22:53 +0000

If Menu foods is contacting claimants who are represented by counsel, they are handling claims in bad faith and this could bring punitive damages, on top of any monetary awards.

However, if Menu foods is contacting claimants who have not informed Menu of being represented by counsel, or their attorney has not contacted Menu, then Menu should receive a “release of all claims” in exchange for any payment made on the claim. This would indeed waive customers right to future claims, which is standard in most settlement agreements.

Keep in mind that this is a property damage claim. Therefore plaintiffs are not entitled to emotional distress, missed time from work, etc. By law, this claim is the same as having a windstorm rip the roof of your house. You may have it replaced or have it paid at actual cash value, depending upon your home policy.

I find it interesting that Menu lists the different “Class Action Attorney’s” on their website! Menu would rather you obtain a lawyer because the payout will be much less. And ofcourse, the lawyers will get all the money and the plaintiff’s will most likely not see a penney. Remeber the class action asbestos lawsuit years ago? Enough said….

Bottom line, if you can settle a claim with Menu directly, you will fare much better than participating in class action suit.

By: MarySmith

MarySmith — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:45:06 +0000

Menu Foods: Tainted Pet Food Raises a Bigger Concern
May 28, 2007. By Gordon Gibb
http://www.lawyersandsettlemen.....foods.html

This article gave a nice *overview* of recent events in May until this statement at the bottom of the page:

“Menu Foods Legal Help

“If your pet has suffered or died as a result of eating any of these pet foods, please contact a [Menu Foods Lawyer] who will review your case at no cost or obligation.”

The “contact a [Menu Foods Lawyer]” is an active LINK!

By: High Note

High Note — Sun, 27 May 2007 17:54:52 +0000

The consumers sue the pet manufacturer and in turn the manufacturer sue’s places like Chemo Nutra and then they sue the Chinese manufacturer of tainted materials and who will get shoveled around and never get paid? Of course the consumer! This will drag on in courts forever.
All these pet manufacturers are to blame to some extent by their actions after this all happened and Also the suppliers for rice protein and wheat gluten in the U.S.
But the real people to blame are the Chnese manufacturers of the nutrients!
Chemo Nutra said they ordered human grade protein and it was marked this way on the bags. So are they at fault? The pet food manufacturers ordered their supplies from an American company thinking it was a good product. Are they at fault?
There is only one manufacturer of wheat gluten in the U.S. today! Because of the China manufacturers prices being so slow, they have put several manufacturers of nutrients ot of business in the U.S.
They made their self the cheapest and almost only supplier of vitamins and preservatives so many manufacturers had to buy from them. No one knew that they would put melamine and Cyanuric Acid in any products. They never tested for such things because it was not to be put in the food. So who is at fault? What will the courts think about it?
I personally feel that our pet food manufacturers are at fault in many ways but not because of the melamine and cyanuric acid. I think they are at fault because they have been using ingredients in our pet foods that can cause our pets harm for a long time and they knew it. Cancered cows, dogs and cats that have been ill, etc. should not have been put in our pets food supply. All of our pets deserve better quality food then that!
Then of course the pet food manufacturers attitudes and the way they did not speak up right way for the well fare of our pets was terribly wrong. Allowing our pets to get sick and even sicker each day without finding out for sure that their pet food could be contaminated is terribly wrong! They all had this responsibility !
I do hope the courts hold them responsible for this!
Without our pets they would be out of business. I would have thought they would have realized this in the first place instead of defending their products and then finding out their products were tainted all along! Yes they are responsible for the quality of the products they sell!
This has made me feel like I do not want to get another pet. I am too afraid to feed them anything any more! I cannot even feed them the food we eat because it could have enough melamine in it too to harm them The FDA has not told us any thing about whether it could harm our pets! Just said very little risk to us! Since when did the American people want to eat something even with a little risk? I don’t and I do not want to feed it to my pet! My dog has cancer now, and I am not sure about my Cat any more. She is acting strange about her food.
The strange thing is that my dog would eat the chicken and rice, etc. I made him one day and the next he would smell it and not touch it! My cat is acting the same way. Maybe these animals know what is tainted and what is not! Sure makes me wonder!
WEll now that we have those chickens in our food supply then I am only buying organic chicken from a supplier that does not use any chemicals and everyone else should do the same! Let the chickens set in the stores till their due date is gone. Or better yet sell them to China! I bet Tyson is one of the ones that had tainted chickens because I read an article that they did not want to buy from China any more!
I have noticed for sometime that each time I bought their chicken that it seemed tougher then usual and had a gristle going through it that I had never seen before and the taste was different too! I started buying an organic brand a while back because of this. I also noticed that they were not cleaning them as well either. When I started buying the organic it was a surprise, When you open up a package of the Tyson chicken it had an odor about it but this organic had such a fresh smell to it. I should have realized a while back that something was very different. Maybe feeding the chickens cow blood makes them smell different!! I do not like that practice either. Since they give Cows horomes and then the chickens would get it too.
What happened to just feeding an animal what it is suppose to eat! We are playing God to our animals and giving them things they should not consume and of course this will cause different problems with them.. Like mad cow and heaven knows what else in our furture. This all has to stop!! This recycling of scraps and giving it to animals that should not have it is terribly wrong and we all are going to suffer because of it!

By: 3FURS

3FURS — Sun, 27 May 2007 00:17:34 +0000

If Vets truly care about animals, and are only looking to make a fast buck, they will work with pet owners, and provide them with home prepared food plans. Then and only then will our animals cease being poisoned. Home cooking is not rocket science !! Then the few people who, out of necessity , have to buy pet food will go to reputable makers. The mass market sleeveens will be out of a job. But now we have to fight to have our human food made safe again. At least it’s less toxic than what our pets get. Governments have to protect the people, that’s what they are there for. Protect us from the enemy within our own boarders.

By: Kiki

Kiki — Sat, 26 May 2007 16:59:14 +0000

HEY ANN, I TRIED MY LINK AND YOUR LINK - THEY BOTH WORK ON MY END. HOPEFULLY, ONE OR THE OTHER WILL WORK FOR EVERYONE ELSE!!!

( NOT SCREAMING HERE, JUST CAPPED IT AND TOO LAZY TO RETYPE IT!!:) )

By: Ann H

Ann H — Sat, 26 May 2007 10:40:33 +0000

Kiki, I couldn’t get your link to work..

“[Judge] Hillman was unyielding.
“It seems to me that Menu Food is out to do whatever Menu Foods wants to do in a way that could adversely impact the rights of (possible members of the class action suit,” he said.”

http://www.usatoday.com/news/n.....ment_N.htm

800 Cases!?

“At the end of May a federal multi-district litigation panel will meet in Las Vegas to determine which court the more than 800 cases against Menu will be heard in. The panel is expected to announce a decision by mid summer.”

By: Kiki

Kiki — Sat, 26 May 2007 09:00:51 +0000

Menu Foods was ORDERED by the court to quit HARASSING pet owners. The story can be seen here. MF is out of control AND is a big liar, as it is clear that they did not and have not ever done anything voluntarily - EVER.

LOSERS!!!!

BOYCOTT FOREVER!!!!! WOOHOOâ€¦.

http://tinyurl.com/33pd8e

By: Iams should change their name to LIE-MS

Iams should change their name to LIE-MS — Sat, 26 May 2007 06:00:30 +0000

http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/menu_foods

Urgent Action Needed to Demand Justice for Dead and Dying Dogs and Cats

When word came to Menu Foods (reportedly as early as February 20) that some of its dog and cat food might be the cause of severe illness in its customers’ companion animals, the company quietly conducted lethal toxicity tests to confirm the contamination. Menu Foods forced dogs and cats to ingest toxic and lethal food in its laboratories before announcing a massive recall of 60 million cans and pouches of companion animal food from stores nationwide almost a full month after the initial illnesses were reported. During this critical month, hundreds, if not thousands, of people’s animal companions may have been at risk of being sickened and may even have died.

*video menu foods inside the lab*

Veterinarians around the country are reporting that their offices are filled with cases of dogs and cats experiencing renal failure because of contaminated food. They want answers, which Menu Foods, and the companies that contract with it, must provide.

PETA is calling on law enforcement agencies to investigate whether cruelty-to-animals charges should be filed against Menu Foods in the U.S. and Canada, for alleged failure to warn consumers about the tainted food as soon as the company had the information and for apparently feeding the tainted food to cats and dogs in order to test it, when the contaminant could have been identified through chemical analyses of the food and necropsies and tissue analysis of the animal victims. Also, there are non-animal test methods that could be employed, such as the functional gastrointestinal dog model (FIDO) or TIM-1 and TIM-2 (small and large gastrointestinal models).

No one knows just how many animals are sick and dying, but this tragedy is proof that laboratory tests on animals have not made products saferâ€”yet animals are still dying in laboratories for pet-food profits.

Menu Foods needs to hear from you. Please write to the company today to demand answers and an end to all laboratory tests on animals in favor of humane feeding tests conducted in homes and in veterinary offices using animals volunteered by their guardians, and urge your friends and family to do the same.

http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/menu_foods

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Sat, 26 May 2007 05:18:13 +0000

This isn’t much of a surprise. When Menu posted this ‘news’ about a court order, they told Canadians that, while the order wasn’t valid in Canada, they wouldn’t be responding to them, either, until their “internal review” was completed. Don’t hold your breath waiting for a “review” from Menu that isn’t put together by their PR and legal departments. This was an announcement that Menu runs the show, not American or Canadian pet owners. Today’s follow-up just confirms their heavy-handed attitude.

This is exactly the reason why I will not buy a pet food that has any part of its product line manufactured by Menu, Diamond, or American Nutrition. If they won’t stop using those manufacturers, I don’t want anything to do with ANY product they sell. Those manufacturers are deceitful at best and any company doing business with them has no place in my home. Period. It’s far more than guilt by association, it goes to the heart of business ethics and consumer trust. Menu, Diamond, and American Nutrition have no concept of either and I will not buy from them or any company who deals with them.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 26 May 2007 05:05:35 +0000

Why am I not surprised????

It is only about the money, EVERYTHING is only about the money! Those lying sacks of maseta, I’m sure the truth is always going to be just the opposite of anything they say. Remember their dirty nasty plant??? Remember the huge mansion, (big enough for several families of most of us to live in), remember that jerk’s attitude? I don’t even have enough respect for that scum to remember his name!!!!

And where is our government, of the people, by the people, and for the people???? Well, China bought them a while back so W could fight his private war. We have BIG mess going on here!!!!!

By: Pit Bull Lover

Pit Bull Lover — Sat, 26 May 2007 04:54:09 +0000

Mittens: “this is whatâ€™s going on only (Menu doesn’t) have the balls god gave a chipmunk to admit it”

The left one’s called “Ethics” and the right one’s named “Conscience.”

By: ANDYcat

ANDYcat — Sat, 26 May 2007 04:30:57 +0000

As a Canadian, I am ashamed that this despicable operation is allowed to operate within our borders.

For now, however, let them go on…they can’t pay up if they are bankrupt. Once the class actions are settled, look for the biggest boycott this country has ever seen.

Oh, and if you have stock there (apparently it’s a good time to buy), you sure as hell better keep an eye on those court actions…there will come a time when you’ll need to SELL. (Their CFO knows ALL about that.)

By: YaYa

YaYa — Sat, 26 May 2007 00:30:20 +0000

I hope we have Disc and Disc Loaded with the putrid Garbaged they’ve spewn for MONTHS now!
{oh yeah, only the stuff that came AFTER they Sold the Stock THEN called the Recall!}

All you Other pet food companies out there, Read, Learn, Listen. Don’t Play Games in this thing. We keep asking and keep telling and we keep begging YOU to Remove your Foods!

You just don’t Care.

Just Do it. Settle this Proper and Fairly.

Start FRESH.

Thank Menu Foods for setting the bar as to How it goes Now.

And if Menu goes Out of Business {as it should} and tries it under Another NAME—We’ll KNOW.

People, When and If you Call a Company that you’ve had Problems with {their foods}, I Hope you WRITE DOWN WHAT THEY SAY!
{and those Nasty, condesending attitudes on the phone towards you}

Of course, these are only my opinions and thoughts- can ya Feel the ^Heat^?!

By: YaYa

YaYa — Sat, 26 May 2007 00:11:07 +0000

I’ll repost what I said in the other “Gag” thread.

Thank You Ann H. and Itchmo.

“gag order” Ha! I thought so!

Will they EVER get it that, it would Behoove them to just be Straight for once?

Nah. Don’t think So.

{they} Can’t even P-R-I-N-T the Truth!

Whadaya think we are here, a bunch of chumps?!

You Wish!

Let me add, You Vile, Contemptible pieces of dried contaminated Wheat Gluten!