Comments on: Man Reimbursed For Pet Food Recall Vet Bills After Contacting Newspaper http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416 Essential news for cats, dogs and pet owners. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:09:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Pukanuba http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32629 Pukanuba Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:04:12 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32629 The more I read, the angrier I become. Some of you are out an awful lot of money but most of us are out at least a few hundred for tests that we should never have had to do but for these jackasses & their search for the cheapest ingredients possible. Also blows my mind that they do not feel it is necessary to reimburse anybody. I just can't imagine anyone being that cold.....& these people are beyond cold. I guess if you're filthy rich & in your ivory tower, you could care less about the little guys. All your money, cars & big estates were bought with blood money. Many pets died so you could live in luxury. Go to bed tonight & dwell on that. I will never buy anything in a can or pouch unless I know for absolute certainty that it's made by that company, not MF.......I wouldn't feed that to my dog even if I got a free year's supply. I think that it's not only MF but the big PF companies that still have toxic food out there & I'm sure they know it. What do they care? I can only hope that we can affect your profits & bottom line......maybe then you'll care. The more I read, the angrier I become. Some of you are out an awful lot of money but most of us are out at least a few hundred for tests that we should never have had to do but for these jackasses & their search for the cheapest ingredients possible. Also blows my mind that they do not feel it is necessary to reimburse anybody. I just can’t imagine anyone being that cold…..& these people are beyond cold. I guess if you’re filthy rich & in your ivory tower, you could care less about the little guys. All your money, cars & big estates were bought with blood money. Many pets died so you could live in luxury. Go to bed tonight & dwell on that.

I will never buy anything in a can or pouch unless I know for absolute certainty that it’s made by that company, not MF…….I wouldn’t feed that to my dog even if I got a free year’s supply. I think that it’s not only MF but the big PF companies that still have toxic food out there & I’m sure they know it. What do they care? I can only hope that we can affect your profits & bottom line……maybe then you’ll care.

]]> By: Lorie http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32336 Lorie Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:29:03 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32336 Mrs P, Purina gave me the same BS story, that their food was fine and it was my 2 cats not just one cats age that was causing the issues. Like 2 cats become sick within 24 hours of each other due to age. PURINA sucks. Mrs P,

Purina gave me the same BS story, that their food was fine and it was my 2 cats not just one cats age that was causing the issues. Like 2 cats become sick within 24 hours of each other due to age. PURINA sucks.

]]> By: menusux http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32267 menusux Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:33:58 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32267 http://itchmo.com/read/natural-balance-recall-expands-to-canned-food-and-treats_20070417/comment-page-5/#comment-6475 BW says: April 19th, 2007 at 6:03 pm "I called Purina today, and spoke to several people, finally a supervisor regarding the post on Itchmo about Nestle Purina having a big petfood processing plant in China. The first two people denied this, and said that it was absolutely all processed in the U.S. Then the supervisor denied it also. It didn’t seem that she was intending to lie to me, she was very nice. I think she was uninformed. I read her the article about the Purina plant in China. She left, came back and said that information was inaccurate! I said I wanted to know how to decipher the number codes on the bottoms of the Fancy Feast cans so I would know where they were processed. "She was very helpful, I read her 5 flavors, and she told me that the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th, numbers on the bottom, give you the location of the processing plant for that flavor. Four of my flavors were “1160″ She said that is in Jefferson Wisconsin. Great! I said. Then I read her the numbers of the Flaked Fish and Shrimp Feast!!! “1828″ "She was quiet, and said OH, sounded a bit shocked and then said, oh my it is processed in ( a very chinese sounding place!) I really think she was surprised. She put me on hold to go speak to someone and then she came back and she said that it was not processed in China, but it WAS processed in THAILAND!! After that, she seemed more prepared to believe that perhaps they did have a petfood processing plant in China too. "Anyway, I asked for codes for all 17 purina processing plants in the U.S. so I could check them out when buying my FF, and that I wanted to know the origen of all the ingredients too. She said she didn’t have that information, and could only look up the flavors I gave her the barcodes for, I only had 5 of those, but she said she would definitely send my information and request to their headquarters in St. Louis and have someone get back to me, hopefully with the information I wanted, but that it would take a while. (I am sure it will.)" http://itchmo.com/read/natural.....mment-6475

BW says:
April 19th, 2007 at 6:03 pm

“I called Purina today, and spoke to several people, finally a supervisor regarding the post on Itchmo about Nestle Purina having a big petfood processing plant in China. The first two people denied this, and said that it was absolutely all processed in the U.S. Then the supervisor denied it also. It didn’t seem that she was intending to lie to me, she was very nice. I think she was uninformed. I read her the article about the Purina plant in China. She left, came back and said that information was inaccurate!
I said I wanted to know how to decipher the number codes on the bottoms of the Fancy Feast cans so I would know where they were processed.

“She was very helpful, I read her 5 flavors, and she told me that the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th, numbers on the bottom, give you the location of the processing plant for that flavor. Four of my flavors were “1160″ She said that is in Jefferson Wisconsin. Great! I said. Then I read her the numbers of the Flaked Fish and Shrimp Feast!!! “1828″
“She was quiet, and said OH, sounded a bit shocked and then said, oh my it is processed in ( a very chinese sounding place!) I really think she was surprised. She put me on hold to go speak to someone and then she came back and she said that it was not processed in China, but it WAS processed in THAILAND!! After that, she seemed more prepared to believe that perhaps they did have a petfood processing plant in China too.

“Anyway, I asked for codes for all 17 purina processing plants in the U.S.
so I could check them out when buying my FF, and that I wanted to know the origen of all the ingredients too.
She said she didn’t have that information, and could only look up the flavors I gave her the barcodes for, I only had 5 of those, but she said she would definitely send my information and request to their headquarters in St. Louis and have someone get back to me, hopefully with the information I wanted, but that it would take a while. (I am sure it will.)”

]]> By: Kiki http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32249 Kiki Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:10:57 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32249 Good Luck Buddy - Best Wishes For Regained Health! These companies are BEYOND PATHETIC....BOYCOTT!!! Good Luck Buddy - Best Wishes For Regained Health!

These companies are BEYOND PATHETIC….BOYCOTT!!!

]]> By: Pukanuba http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32240 Pukanuba Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:55:03 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32240 To those of you posting about the code 1160 on a can of cat food......I put this in one of the threads on Itchmo's forum because there was also talk about that code.....maybe it was all of you, don't know for sure. I read somewhere that 1160 is the code for Menu Foods. I even wrote it down so I'd always know where those cans came from (& never buy them). I'm not sure if this is correct but I read that & then made a note of it. So sorry about your kitties......this is all so sad. To those of you posting about the code 1160 on a can of cat food……I put this in one of the threads on Itchmo’s forum because there was also talk about that code…..maybe it was all of you, don’t know for sure.

I read somewhere that 1160 is the code for Menu Foods. I even wrote it down so I’d always know where those cans came from (& never buy them). I’m not sure if this is correct but I read that & then made a note of it.

So sorry about your kitties……this is all so sad.

]]> By: Katie http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32234 Katie Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:11:47 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32234 I'm glad Mr Fernandez is getting reimbursement from NB, hopefully for all his bills. But, it is also upsetting that so many have been completely ignored by pet food companies. It really makes me angry that you can only get some reimbursement from companies if you attempt to drag their name thru the press - than the companies PR mgt. comes to life. It would certainly have been more helpful if the media had gotten involved early on and told the many stories of sick and dead cats and dogs. Pet food companies may have been forced to respond quicker and fewer animals would have gotten sick or died and maybe there would have been more monetary reimbursement. Than there are those of us who have had big vet bills for sick pets on unrecalled food because companies chose to hide in a closet in a state of denial. If the media had reacted, maybe those companies would have been forced to be honest. Will be interesting to see what happens - sounds like the PR machines are gearing up. Katie I’m glad Mr Fernandez is getting reimbursement from NB, hopefully for all his bills. But, it is also upsetting that so many have been completely ignored by pet food companies. It really makes me angry that you can only get some reimbursement from companies if you attempt to drag their name thru the press - than the companies PR mgt. comes to life. It would certainly have been more helpful if the media had gotten involved early on and told the many stories of sick and dead cats and dogs. Pet food companies may have been forced to respond quicker and fewer animals would have gotten sick or died and maybe there would have been more monetary reimbursement.

Than there are those of us who have had big vet bills for sick pets on unrecalled food because companies chose to hide in a closet in a state of denial. If the media had reacted, maybe those companies would have been forced to be honest.

Will be interesting to see what happens - sounds like the PR machines are gearing up.

Katie

]]> By: Mrs. P. http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32232 Mrs. P. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:43:43 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32232 Lorie, Sorry the can went the way of recycles before LadyCat got sick. It was Chicken Florentine though. I know it was the damn wheat gluten in there, even though Purina says it wasn't. Apparently the FDA is so stupid, they think lilies and antifreeze will put melamine in urine. Save the food, though. Maybe at some point we can figure out how to get it tested. Lorie,
Sorry the can went the way of recycles before LadyCat got sick. It was Chicken Florentine though. I know it was the damn wheat gluten in there, even though Purina says it wasn’t. Apparently the FDA is so stupid, they think lilies and antifreeze will put melamine in urine. Save the food, though. Maybe at some point we can figure out how to get it tested.

]]> By: Carol http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32222 Carol Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:15:18 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32222 Lorie, Both cats are still with us. Jessica has what seems like chronic renal failure and has good days and bad days--we give her supplements and still syringe feed her when she appears in distress, but then seems to come around. Smudge (who was the sickest) finally started eating on her own after 2.5 months. She seems to have some brain damage? as she eats funny and is no longer afraid of Lucy and Harry who she used to hide from and has a completely different schedule and routine. Both cats seem to have made it though but every day I still worry that the slightest bit of whatever that posion was, may show up again and they would not survive another bout..Hope yours are doing fine. Lorie,
Both cats are still with us. Jessica has what seems like chronic renal failure and has good days and bad days–we give her supplements and still syringe feed her when she appears in distress, but then seems to come around. Smudge (who was the sickest) finally started eating on her own after 2.5 months. She seems to have some brain damage? as she eats funny and is no longer afraid of Lucy and Harry who she used to hide from and has a completely different schedule and routine. Both cats seem to have made it though but every day I still worry that the slightest bit of whatever that posion was, may show up again and they would not survive another bout..Hope yours are doing fine.

]]> By: KimS http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32220 KimS Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:01:36 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32220 Not shocked at all by NB. They are all actors when it comes to taking responsibility for the rice protein concentrate being put in their food in the first place. "They didn't know" my foot! Not shocked at all by NB. They are all actors when it comes to taking responsibility for the rice protein concentrate being put in their food in the first place. “They didn’t know” my foot!

]]> By: Lorie http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32219 Lorie Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:59:44 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32219 Carol, Thank you, Lucy is a doll also thank goodness her lumps were okay. I remember the day I read you found them my heart broke for you how much can one family bare. How are the kitties doing? Carol,

Thank you, Lucy is a doll also thank goodness her lumps were okay. I remember the day I read you found them my heart broke for you how much can one family bare. How are the kitties doing?

]]> By: Carol http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32214 Carol Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:52:31 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32214 Lorie, Sorry I couldn't come through for you---I was also reading in the Forum as I just couldn't remember where I had read the info. I'm glad you posted. Your kitties are adorable! Lorie,
Sorry I couldn’t come through for you—I was also reading in the Forum as I just couldn’t remember where I had read the info. I’m glad you posted. Your kitties are adorable!

]]> By: Lorie http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32212 Lorie Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:58:23 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32212 Mrs. P What flavor was it mine was chicken florentine, I still have 20 cans left i wanted to get it tested but it is like 6 different batch numbers all from the same plant 1160 do you know what numbers where on your can. If I knew which number for sure i could send it away Mrs. P

What flavor was it mine was chicken florentine, I still have 20 cans left i wanted to get it tested but it is like 6 different batch numbers all from the same plant 1160 do you know what numbers where on your can. If I knew which number for sure i could send it away

]]> By: Mrs. P. http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32211 Mrs. P. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:48:27 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32211 That's me. LadyCat is now in chronic renal failure after eating one can of Elegant Medley. She ate it in March. That’s me. LadyCat is now in chronic renal failure after eating one can of Elegant Medley. She ate it in March.

]]> By: Lorie http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32209 Lorie Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:13:08 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32209 Looking For: The person who is fairly new who posted their cats were made sick by Fancy Feast Elegant Medley pet food. Mine were also back in March please respond. Looking For:

The person who is fairly new who posted their cats were made sick by Fancy Feast Elegant Medley pet food.

Mine were also back in March please respond.

]]> By: Steve http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32203 Steve Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:22:05 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/man-is-reimbursed-for-vet-bills-from-tainted-food-after-contacting-newspaper-1416#comment-32203 And don't forget while your battling the Pet Food Brands for your due compensation. Monday, July 02, 2007 Saying “Made in China” should be considered a warning label when it comes to imported food, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Sunday renewed his call to strengthen the country’s food safety system. “I think the basic rule of thumb is this: You should buy local when it comes to food, if you can. You should buy American ... and you ought to think twice before you buy imported food from China,” the Democratic senator said during a news conference outside his Springfield home. “At least for the time being, until the Chinese have assured us that the products they are exporting to the United States can live up to the standards of the United States, I would think twice before I’d buy these products,” Durbin added. Durbin’s comments came on the heels of news last week that federal officials discovered tainted seafood being imported from China. And don’t forget while your battling the Pet Food Brands for your due compensation.

Monday, July 02, 2007

Saying “Made in China” should be considered a warning label when it comes to imported food, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Sunday renewed his call to strengthen the country’s food safety system.

“I think the basic rule of thumb is this: You should buy local when it comes to food, if you can. You should buy American … and you ought to think twice before you buy imported food from China,” the Democratic senator said during a news conference outside his Springfield home.

“At least for the time being, until the Chinese have assured us that the products they are exporting to the United States can live up to the standards of the United States, I would think twice before I’d buy these products,” Durbin added.

Durbin’s comments came on the heels of news last week that federal officials discovered tainted seafood being imported from China.

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