Comments on: Opinion: Menu Foods’ Latest PR is Offensive

By: Robert F Davis

Robert F Davis — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:27:59 +0000

They removed all financial documents….they certainly enhanced it all right!

Google keeps everything in memory though! Just finished blogging the following from the 2005 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, 2003 (the 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.”

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By: Becky

Becky — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:42:18 +0000

I call menu foods today to ask if they were going to pay my vet bill and was told that someone would contact me. I was also told that I could dispose of any remaining food packets, because they would not be needed. Yeah right, so helpful.

By: Other organized responses « vetcetera

Other organized responses « vetcetera — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:47:32 +0000

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By: Nikki Weidner

Nikki Weidner — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:50:38 +0000

Al, please go to www.howl911.com for help in reporting your dog’s illness. There you will find a link to Pet Connection’s online database, specifically created to centralize the reports of pets affected by the recalled food. You also need to call the FDA’s district complaint phone number to report this to the FDA. Document, document, document! Do not rely on Menu Foods to faithfully (or honestly) track the actual number of pets affected by the recalled food — it is not in their best interest to do so.

Itchmo Admin: We totally agree with Nikki. Please report your pet’s illness to a third-party (FDA) and keep all records of the food that’s been consumed, including a journal. We can’t imagine how difficult this may be, but you could play a hand in preventing this from ever happening again.

By: Al Rocca

Al Rocca — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:29:14 +0000

My dog has been affected by the tainted food and has multiple medical problems. I have tried to call and email menu foods with no luck. Their web site is useless.