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	<title>Comments on: Menu Foods&#8217; Exclusive Contract with Iams&#8217; Until 2013</title>
	<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159</link>
	<description>Essential news for cats, dogs and pet owners.</description>
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		<title>By: Concerned kid</title>
		<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-30621</link>
		<author>Concerned kid</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-30621</guid>
		<description>My cat only eats dry Iams she has always had a voracious apatite. we hade to put her on a diet to stop her geting way over weight. For a while know we have noteced her lack of appetite and just blamed it on sesonal changes. later when we took her to the vet we learned she had kidney falure. thank you for all your helpful coments. I would love to learn how to make my own catfood Cheryl Wrona thank you. I cant belive those companies lied to us.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My cat only eats dry Iams she has always had a voracious apatite. we hade to put her on a diet to stop her geting way over weight. For a while know we have noteced her lack of appetite and just blamed it on sesonal changes. later when we took her to the vet we learned she had kidney falure. thank you for all your helpful coments. I would love to learn how to make my own catfood Cheryl Wrona thank you. I cant belive those companies lied to us.</p>
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		<title>By: Cheryl Wrona</title>
		<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-30161</link>
		<author>Cheryl Wrona</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-30161</guid>
		<description>If any of you are interested in learning how to make homemade foods for you cats and dogs I will post my email and I will help you. It's not rocket sceince and you worries will be gone.  cuda@mysite.com  Cheryl</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If any of you are interested in learning how to make homemade foods for you cats and dogs I will post my email and I will help you. It&#8217;s not rocket sceince and you worries will be gone.  <a href="mailto:cuda@mysite.com">cuda@mysite.com</a>  Cheryl</p>
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		<title>By: Lisa Clay</title>
		<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-30110</link>
		<author>Lisa Clay</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-30110</guid>
		<description>"Customers are an essential element of our success. Their trust in us must be justified. Care should be taken not to make promises that Menu cannot keep."

What are the other elements that make up their success if not CUSTOMERS?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Customers are an essential element of our success. Their trust in us must be justified. Care should be taken not to make promises that Menu cannot keep.&#8221;</p>
<p>What are the other elements that make up their success if not CUSTOMERS?</p>
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		<title>By: TEALCSMOMMY</title>
		<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-30102</link>
		<author>TEALCSMOMMY</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-30102</guid>
		<description>Kaytye, I see the website. They email me almost every daywith advertisements.

http://www.thedogfoodconspiracy.com/dog-food-secretsii.php</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kaytye, I see the website. They email me almost every daywith advertisements.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thedogfoodconspiracy.com/dog-food-secretsii.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.thedogfoodconspirac.....retsii.php</a></p>
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		<title>By: Concerned Mommie</title>
		<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-23976</link>
		<author>Concerned Mommie</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 13:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-23976</guid>
		<description>I'm curious when  knowing to stay away from menu food, exactly what cat food is affilateded with menu food???? With having three cats that eat Fancy feast,and  not listed as a recall. How do we know what cat/dog food is affiliated?  And why do the U.S. companies  buy from China for their greed? Well evidently  our Country is making China and other countries rich and for us  to become poor along with all the deaths. I once heard from a noble politician that it will be our Country that will fall within. Does that make any since?  God Bless our animals to sacfrice their life and their loved ones that have to deal with this pain  because we deal out of United States.My hands are up in the air! Soooo we buy more products from china??? Come On..... That's not America, Kimmiejo 
                 
 Bellbrook,Ohio  U,S,A.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m curious when  knowing to stay away from menu food, exactly what cat food is affilateded with menu food???? With having three cats that eat Fancy feast,and  not listed as a recall. How do we know what cat/dog food is affiliated?  And why do the U.S. companies  buy from China for their greed? Well evidently  our Country is making China and other countries rich and for us  to become poor along with all the deaths. I once heard from a noble politician that it will be our Country that will fall within. Does that make any since?  God Bless our animals to sacfrice their life and their loved ones that have to deal with this pain  because we deal out of United States.My hands are up in the air! Soooo we buy more products from china??? Come On&#8230;.. That&#8217;s not America, Kimmiejo </p>
<p> Bellbrook,Ohio  U,S,A.</p>
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		<title>By: kaytye</title>
		<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-9445</link>
		<author>kaytye</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-9445</guid>
		<description>has anyone ever heard/or have any info. on the dogfoodconspiracy.com web site.  all info they advertise, their address. etc can NOT be found.  they are con artists playing off the hearts of people who love animals!!!!!!!!!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>has anyone ever heard/or have any info. on the dogfoodconspiracy.com web site.  all info they advertise, their address. etc can NOT be found.  they are con artists playing off the hearts of people who love animals!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: brokenheartedangry</title>
		<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-8666</link>
		<author>brokenheartedangry</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-8666</guid>
		<description>lost my five year old healthy standard poodle, to renal failure
i am not satisfied with the lack of response from the vet because my products have not been listed yet
if anyone can relate with this please e-mail 
zappajoy@optonline.net</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>lost my five year old healthy standard poodle, to renal failure<br />
i am not satisfied with the lack of response from the vet because my products have not been listed yet<br />
if anyone can relate with this please e-mail<br />
<a href="mailto:zappajoy@optonline.net">zappajoy@optonline.net</a></p>
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		<title>By: DogsRule07</title>
		<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-2692</link>
		<author>DogsRule07</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-2692</guid>
		<description>To Whom It May Concern, 

I'm mad as hell about this. I have fed my four dogs a few of these products and they have been sick at various times over the past 6 months. One had intravenous fluids for 3 days to get her past her 
diagnosed kidney failure. Three of them have had to be on antibiotics and my male German Shepherd is currently on antibiotics for bleeding from the urinary track. 

Where is the responsibility for oversight here, if we are to trust the people with the health of our beloved pets? This cheap Chinese market that is being shoved down our throats at our own economic peril is overshadowing our own health and that of our irreplaceable pets. 

Not only is it costing me a fortune, my pets are suffering irreversible damage that may lead to further long term costs...and all because we have put our trust in in these huge concolmerates like Wal-Mart and Kmart whom have likewise put their trust -without oversight- into questionable governments, that have proven to be untrustworthy,...and all that, for profit motives. This is abhorrent business policy at best and at worst...well...Unacceptable! 


Enough of this "Anything for Net Profits Goes..."All Bottom Line" madness" from these people. This has got to Stop! 

T. Huffhines 
Lenexa, KS</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Whom It May Concern, </p>
<p>I&#8217;m mad as hell about this. I have fed my four dogs a few of these products and they have been sick at various times over the past 6 months. One had intravenous fluids for 3 days to get her past her<br />
diagnosed kidney failure. Three of them have had to be on antibiotics and my male German Shepherd is currently on antibiotics for bleeding from the urinary track. </p>
<p>Where is the responsibility for oversight here, if we are to trust the people with the health of our beloved pets? This cheap Chinese market that is being shoved down our throats at our own economic peril is overshadowing our own health and that of our irreplaceable pets. </p>
<p>Not only is it costing me a fortune, my pets are suffering irreversible damage that may lead to further long term costs&#8230;and all because we have put our trust in in these huge concolmerates like Wal-Mart and Kmart whom have likewise put their trust -without oversight- into questionable governments, that have proven to be untrustworthy,&#8230;and all that, for profit motives. This is abhorrent business policy at best and at worst&#8230;well&#8230;Unacceptable! </p>
<p>Enough of this &#8220;Anything for Net Profits Goes&#8230;&#8221;All Bottom Line&#8221; madness&#8221; from these people. This has got to Stop! </p>
<p>T. Huffhines<br />
Lenexa, KS</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-2308</link>
		<author>Anonymous</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-2308</guid>
		<description>Cross posted with permission

http://www.thedogfoodconspiracy.com/v/a/fk.html

What's really killing our pet? Please, we need to know and we need it now!

keen (Abby Gayle's rep)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cross posted with permission</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thedogfoodconspiracy.com/v/a/fk.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thedogfoodconspiracy.com/v/a/fk.html</a></p>
<p>What&#8217;s really killing our pet? Please, we need to know and we need it now!</p>
<p>keen (Abby Gayle&#8217;s rep)</p>
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		<title>By: Sandy Dee</title>
		<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-2197</link>
		<author>Sandy Dee</author>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-2197</guid>
		<description>I second that Michael. They have said it is Wheat Gluten but it seems to me that there are products out there that have said they contain no Wheat Gluten and people are having sick animals with those too. Both wet and dry. 

At this point in this fiasco, I trust no pet food company with the health of my pets. My animals are living high on chicken, carrots and rice with a pet vitamin just to be sure they are getting what they need. Never again will and of this swill the pet food companies have been selling pass over their lips. Do they have lips? :) 

Scary that this same company imports wheat flour and all the other items also. Looks like I am going to be very careful about what I eat also. 

I've said a prayer for all those who have lost or have sick pets. If Karma exists, there are some people who should be very afraid of what is coming their way for their part in this trajedy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I second that Michael. They have said it is Wheat Gluten but it seems to me that there are products out there that have said they contain no Wheat Gluten and people are having sick animals with those too. Both wet and dry. </p>
<p>At this point in this fiasco, I trust no pet food company with the health of my pets. My animals are living high on chicken, carrots and rice with a pet vitamin just to be sure they are getting what they need. Never again will and of this swill the pet food companies have been selling pass over their lips. Do they have lips? :) </p>
<p>Scary that this same company imports wheat flour and all the other items also. Looks like I am going to be very careful about what I eat also. </p>
<p>I&#8217;ve said a prayer for all those who have lost or have sick pets. If Karma exists, there are some people who should be very afraid of what is coming their way for their part in this trajedy.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael C. Keen, Sr.</title>
		<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-2161</link>
		<author>Michael C. Keen, Sr.</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-2161</guid>
		<description>Do we, the consumers, know today any more than we knew before the recall? I don't know for certain what has killed my pet and no one knows what has killed and sickened their pets either. They, the manufacturers, the news media, the FDA, the vets and all the laboratories that are testing our pets FOOD have done nothing but complicate the situation.  I have counted 5 suposed reasons for our pet illnesses and each one has it's caveats. Next week is sure to bring some more clues or are these people just leaking enough information to keep us complacent and confused?  When will we know whats going on and when we know, will we really know? What if, what we know is not what is killing our pets? 

Feed your pets human grade food until that to is poisoned.

keen wihtout Abby Gayle</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do we, the consumers, know today any more than we knew before the recall? I don&#8217;t know for certain what has killed my pet and no one knows what has killed and sickened their pets either. They, the manufacturers, the news media, the FDA, the vets and all the laboratories that are testing our pets FOOD have done nothing but complicate the situation.  I have counted 5 suposed reasons for our pet illnesses and each one has it&#8217;s caveats. Next week is sure to bring some more clues or are these people just leaking enough information to keep us complacent and confused?  When will we know whats going on and when we know, will we really know? What if, what we know is not what is killing our pets? </p>
<p>Feed your pets human grade food until that to is poisoned.</p>
<p>keen wihtout Abby Gayle</p>
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		<title>By: Concerned Parent</title>
		<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-2081</link>
		<author>Concerned Parent</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-2081</guid>
		<description>I keep hearing to go to PETA's website to find safe, quality food for my cat.  The only places that carry most brands are from pet stores, and PETA is totally against this.  Petsmart carries alot of the brands, and on the front page of PETA "The PetSmart Investigation" all about creulty to animals.

Confused</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I keep hearing to go to PETA&#8217;s website to find safe, quality food for my cat.  The only places that carry most brands are from pet stores, and PETA is totally against this.  Petsmart carries alot of the brands, and on the front page of PETA &#8220;The PetSmart Investigation&#8221; all about creulty to animals.</p>
<p>Confused</p>
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		<title>By: Robert F Davis</title>
		<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-1966</link>
		<author>Robert F Davis</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-1966</guid>
		<description>I updated my blog as more of a question about the 'Mad Cow' issue....maybe Menu Foods can explain the paragraph more clearly in their annual report.... 

From the Menu Foods 2005 Annual Report - It sounds like Menu tried to sell 'Mad Cow' tainted food outside normal channels....or was this normal inventory that could not be sold due to the 'Mad Cow' Scare?
"4. Inventory Write-down. At December 31, 2005 Menu still had inventory on hand that related to pre-May 20, 2004 (teh date when a single case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy was discovered in Alberta). Since this inventory was not saleable in the United States, it proved to be a challenge to sell in the normal channels available to Menu. Throughout 2005, as efforts to sell this inventory were underway, Menu made provisions amounting to $0.9 million."
 
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:C_UukyaFlKsJ:www.menufoods.com/financials/docs/annual_report_2005.pdf+http://www.menufoods.com/financials/docs/annual_report_2005.pdf&#38;hl=en&#38;ct=clnk&#38;cd=1&#38;gl=us</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I updated my blog as more of a question about the &#8216;Mad Cow&#8217; issue&#8230;.maybe Menu Foods can explain the paragraph more clearly in their annual report&#8230;. </p>
<p>From the Menu Foods 2005 Annual Report - It sounds like Menu tried to sell &#8216;Mad Cow&#8217; tainted food outside normal channels&#8230;.or was this normal inventory that could not be sold due to the &#8216;Mad Cow&#8217; Scare?<br />
&#8220;4. Inventory Write-down. At December 31, 2005 Menu still had inventory on hand that related to pre-May 20, 2004 (teh date when a single case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy was discovered in Alberta). Since this inventory was not saleable in the United States, it proved to be a challenge to sell in the normal channels available to Menu. Throughout 2005, as efforts to sell this inventory were underway, Menu made provisions amounting to $0.9 million.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:C_UukyaFlKsJ:www.menufoods.com/financials/docs/annual_report_2005.pdf+http://www.menufoods.com/financials/docs/annual_report_2005.pdf&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=1&amp;gl=us" rel="nofollow">http://72.14.203.104/search?q=.....&amp;gl=us</a></p>
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		<title>By: Robert F Davis</title>
		<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-1965</link>
		<author>Robert F Davis</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-1965</guid>
		<description>Just blogged the following from the 2005 Menu Foods Annual Report:

In 2005 Menu Foods appears to try to sell 'Mad Cow' Food outside normal channels
From the Menu Foods 2005 Annual Report - attempts to sell 'Mad Cow' tainted food was underway....
"4. Inventory Write-down. At December 31, 2005 Menu still had inventory on hand that related to pre-May 20, 2004 (teh date when a single case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy was discovered in Alberta). Since this inventory was not saleable in the United States, it proved to be a challenge to sell in the normal channels available to Menu. Throughout 2005, as efforts to sell this inventory were underway, Menu made provisions amounting to $0.9 million."
 
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:C_UukyaFlKsJ:www.menufoods.com/financials/docs/annual_report_2005.pdf+http://www.menufoods.com/financials/docs/annual_report_2005.pdf&#38;hl=en&#38;ct=clnk&#38;cd=1&#38;gl=us</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just blogged the following from the 2005 Menu Foods Annual Report:</p>
<p>In 2005 Menu Foods appears to try to sell &#8216;Mad Cow&#8217; Food outside normal channels<br />
From the Menu Foods 2005 Annual Report - attempts to sell &#8216;Mad Cow&#8217; tainted food was underway&#8230;.<br />
&#8220;4. Inventory Write-down. At December 31, 2005 Menu still had inventory on hand that related to pre-May 20, 2004 (teh date when a single case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy was discovered in Alberta). Since this inventory was not saleable in the United States, it proved to be a challenge to sell in the normal channels available to Menu. Throughout 2005, as efforts to sell this inventory were underway, Menu made provisions amounting to $0.9 million.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:C_UukyaFlKsJ:www.menufoods.com/financials/docs/annual_report_2005.pdf+http://www.menufoods.com/financials/docs/annual_report_2005.pdf&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=1&amp;gl=us" rel="nofollow">http://72.14.203.104/search?q=.....&amp;gl=us</a></p>
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		<title>By: Robert F Davis</title>
		<link>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-1963</link>
		<author>Robert F Davis</author>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 04:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-exclusive-contract-with-iams-until-2013-159#comment-1963</guid>
		<description>Here is the cached report from Google...
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:gzZKWYjz-NcJ:www.menufoods.com/financials/docs/annual_report_2003.pdf+http://www.menufoods.com/financials/docs/annual_report_2003.pdf&#38;hl=en&#38;ct=clnk&#38;cd=1&#38;gl=us</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is the cached report from Google&#8230;<br />
<a href="http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:gzZKWYjz-NcJ:www.menufoods.com/financials/docs/annual_report_2003.pdf+http://www.menufoods.com/financials/docs/annual_report_2003.pdf&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=1&amp;gl=us" rel="nofollow">http://64.233.167.104/search?q.....&amp;gl=us</a></p>
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