Petition to Require Pet Food Companies to be Held Accountable for Damages
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED:
Request that the U.S. Congress enact legislation to require pet food manufacturers and the companies that market those pet food brands to be held financially liable for any medical costs related to or contributing to the illness and/or death of a pet that can be reasonably attributed to the food consumed by the pet. And that all pet foods include the name of the manufacturer, not just the brand under which it is sold.
This petition is in response to the thousands of pet parents and owners who have suffered under the Menu Foods recall and their slow response that started on March 16th, 2007.
Sign after the jump.
Or read about all the latest news surrounding the recall.
In creating this petition, our motive is three-fold:
- First, we want to ease the pain and suffering of those who have lost their pets due to mistakes and negligence of pet food makers. The loss or illness of a pet can be emotionally devastating. On top of it, the financial burden of uninsured veterinary treatment can be a double-whammy, leading pet parents and their families to significant financial damage — often affecting other family members such as kids and the elderly. This legislation will create a venue for settling these cases fairly and out of court, eliminating the need for a lengthy court case, which companies rely on in order to reduce the likelihood of payout.
- Second, create a financial motive for pet food makers and marketers to set higher standards for pet food. We want to let them know that consumers are interested in higher-grade pet food. And that the longer a company waits in issuing warnings or recalls related to their product, the larger the potential financial damage. This new law would hold the manufacturers (often smaller, less financially sound organizations) and also the larger corporations that market the branded foods — who ultimately control what goes in them.
- Third, a clear public disclosure of who actually makes the food. Since the financial liability falls to the brand as well as the manufacturer, the name of the company that actually produced the food should be obvious to the consumer. How much clearer would this recall have been if the food was labeled “Made by Menu Foods”?
Once the final tally of the pet deaths is complete, the petition will be delivered to the head of the congressional committee that controls FDA funding (Dave Obey, D-WI, chairman of House Appropriations Committee).
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March 21st, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Ben Huh 98004
March 21st, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Natalie Bullion 94574
March 21st, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Vic Aul 94574
March 21st, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Pet food Co, have been getting away w/putting in bad stuff in pet food for years. It’s time that pet food has better rules.
March 21st, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Traci Cleaver 98105
March 21st, 2007 at 6:49 pm
They need to be held responsible. They aren’t reporting all the deaths that are occuring at an alarming rate. some of these deaths date back into November. They knew they had a problem and waited almost a month to recall.
March 21st, 2007 at 6:50 pm
lisa rogers 87507
March 21st, 2007 at 6:54 pm
96161
March 21st, 2007 at 6:57 pm
The horrible little secret has now been exposed — pet owners have been paying the marketing costs of brand-name pet food retailers — all of whom are merely selling the same product. Now that that product is tainted, they are all exposed for the charlatans they are.
Consumers should be protected from such marketing fraud. Our pets are frequently child-surrogates or childrens’ companions. They are certainly family members. Shame on these awful pet companies.
March 21st, 2007 at 7:55 pm
Lacy Parnell 76248
March 21st, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Emily Wu 98004
March 21st, 2007 at 8:14 pm
John Pierce
80220
I am in total agreement with the Petition to Require Pet Food Companies to be Held Accountable for Damages
March 21st, 2007 at 8:23 pm
It is not only unacceptable that these companies knowingly allowed tainted pet food to be sold, and subsequently consumed by our pets, it is criminal. Our pets are our best friends and constant companions; for some they serve as our eyes and ears, for others they are our only source of unconditional love, and for all of us who have pets, they are important members of our families and we need them and love them as such. For all that they give to us, they deserve so much better than to be poisoned by people whose only concern is covering up their negligence and worrying about their bottom line.
In my opinion, those responsible for this heinous act of criminal negligence are the real animals in this scenario, and they must be held accountable.
March 21st, 2007 at 8:55 pm
CHRISTINE O’NEILL
March 21st, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Even worse, some of us are going out of our way to get “healthy” or special food for our companion animals… and some of THESE brands are also ending up in the recall.
This is a huge concern for me, since I am disabled, and my animal is MORE than a companion… she helps me be able to live on my own. She helps me manage. I’d really be lost if she got sick!
March 21st, 2007 at 9:00 pm
sari stiles 53224
March 21st, 2007 at 9:07 pm
It’s a great idea, but it’ll be an uphill battle… just look at how long it took and how many pets lives were lost before the airlines finally decided to start climate controlling their cargo bays and putting in rules for handling of checked animals
March 21st, 2007 at 9:08 pm
DEBRA CHAMBERS
98042
March 21st, 2007 at 9:15 pm
It is sad that we must read your blog to find out the most reliable and detailed information on this tragic situation. We all thank you for that.
We have another solution. After twice returning the recalled food (first Nutro then the Purina), we are now simply making our own soft dog food (which we mix 50 / 50 with hard dog food nuggets that we have purchased for years from Solid Gold) for our two toy poodles out of food that we are also eating ourselves: chicken, rice, carrots, and chicken stock. Our dogs love it!!
If vast numbers of fellow pet owners switched to their own home-made food (at least as a supplement) then it would send a clear message to the pet food industry.
March 21st, 2007 at 9:18 pm
Susan Fechtmann
19970
March 21st, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Carolyn Oehlerts
34677
March 21st, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Fay Yu 11211
March 21st, 2007 at 10:26 pm
77096
Gail Erskine
March 21st, 2007 at 10:28 pm
77096
Gail Erskine
March 21st, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Thank you for your very informative blog and the great work you are doing for us pet owners who want accountability from the people who manufacture and market pet food. It’s about time!
March 21st, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Sandra Palmer 95436
March 21st, 2007 at 11:12 pm
94122-1506
Shari A. Mann
March 21st, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Jeffrey Williams
97056
March 21st, 2007 at 11:57 pm
14432 Sharon DeRuyter
As I sign this, my 5-year-old, previously healthy cat is lying in an animal hospital fighting for his life. He trusted me, and I feel as if I have let him down. They need to find out how this happened and prosecute all those who knew about this prior to the recall. Had the food been pulled from the shelves when it was first known that there may have been a problem, I wouldn’t have purchased the food which sickened my cat.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:03 am
Kumpi Pet Foods
Evy Serpa
Aurora, CO 8013
Thank you for keeping us up to date and the endless hours you contribute to keeping corporate America accountable. I started my own pet food company nine years ago when my German Shepherd died of cancer when he was only five. There is FAR too much the general public does not know about pet food and your petition is a breath of fresh air.
I will post this on my website and actively support making it as widely known as possible.
Thanks again!!!
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:04 am
Evy Serpa
Kumpi Pet Foods
Aurora, CO 80013
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:11 am
Anne Remington 61107
My 6 month old kitten is at the vet’s right now recovering from a violent illness of a mysterious nature. When I first took her there she was vomiting blood. She’s had every kind of test including barium xrays. Last week she ate some Iam’s tuna flakes with sauce from another batch than the ones which are posted as being tainted. If I find out that it was the food that caused this……….
I’m not in favor of the government regulating our lives but it seems we may need it when there are low standards for certain industries. As the airline industry needs a passenger bill of rights maybe the animals of our country need theirs too. They wouldn’t if people did their jobs as they were supposed to and common sense courtesy was extended. This whole thing is really sickening but maybe it’s what it takes for the industry standards to be raised.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:17 am
Michelle Price, 43232
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:18 am
40507 Laura Kelly
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:21 am
13033 winnie owens
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:27 am
Catherine Wreford
cwreford@fundedcapital.com
90046
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:30 am
45224
Meshell Simms
Menufoods and all pet food companies involved need to be held accountable!!!!!
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:45 am
30309 Suzanne Struble
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:56 am
emily diaz 60073
i have a dying cat at the vets right now. i have been feeding her the nutro natural choice wet food for about 5 months now. she seems to be progressing but her kidney levels are not changing. my family and i (including our pets) are very saddened by this. i am trying to get a hold of a lawyer to file suit against this horrible company that has known so long about this contaminated food. if they would have let us know sooner we would not be in the position right now. thank goodness for the banfield animal clinic in petsmart said they are not charging for any vet bills to us that we have/are incurring while she is there and still living. we are keeping our fingers crossed that our cat gets better and comes back home alive.
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:17 am
Jim Conforti 84096
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:25 am
loretta jacobs - 94904
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:22 am
97330 Bobbie Schroering My Precious perfect Yorkie 2lbs.10 ozs. died this Sunday. She was my little Angel for 13 years. I adored her. She was so loving and kind. She had severe diahhrea and bloody projectile vomiting. I was feeding my dogs Nutro canned . She recovered after 3 vet visits I.V’s, and lots of 24 hr. love and care. A week later she died. I knew before I even heard of the recall that it was the food. I talked with I clerk at the pet store and told him that I knew it was the food. Today I was sent to this website. I never expected this loose to be so terribly excruciating and painful. I protected and deeply loved this little adorable baby. I held her in my arms as she passed on.I told her how grateful I was to have had her for my Little darling. I thanked her for being such a good little girl. I was devastated,watching her struggle ,she could barely breathe. She was a part of our lives for 13 years, I will miss her so much,I can not express how sad I am. I miss her little pitter patter as she followed me from room to room. I miss her beautiful little face and her kisses.
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:35 am
Kimberly Barnhardt 97266
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:36 am
97330 Bobbie Schroering
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:15 am
22802 greg and shannon payne thank you murder foods (menu foods)
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:49 am
I THINK IT’S UNFORGIVEABLE THAT A COMPANY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS AND STILL CONTINUE TO PUT OUT A DEADLY PRODUCT!! ALSO, I THINK IT GOES BACK MUCH FURTHER THAN 12/2006, AS MY CAT GOT SUDDEN RENAL FAILURE/DIABETIC SXS. LAST JULY, AND SHE’S NEVER BEEN SICK A DAY IN HER 15 YRS. OF LIFE! I FED HER IAMS, AND SOME OTHER “GOOD” CAT FOODS!! FORTUNATELY, SHE SURVIVED, AFTER I SPENT ABOUT $2000. TO SAVE HER, AND WITH A LOT OF LOVE, AND PRAYERS FROM MYSELF AND FRIENDS! HOWEVER, I STILL HAVE TO GIVE HER AZODYL AND EPAKITIN, TO MAKE SURE SHE IS OK! I WANT TO SUE THESE BASTARDS FOR EVERY PENNY THEY MADE ON THE ILLNESS OF OUR BELOVED COMPANION ANIMALS/FRIENDS!!-KDO;
KEVIN D. OGBORN
85207
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:50 am
KEVIN OGBORN
85207
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:51 am
84804
Lyle Dulap
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:51 am
84804
Lyle Dunlap
March 22nd, 2007 at 5:29 am
90278 Cheryl Huddle and Richard Ford
Redondo Beach, CA
My heart breaks for those who have lost their babies as a result of the toxic foods. My 18 year old tabby cat, Scratcher, has been in the hospital since Tuesday with enlarged kidneys. He was fed Authority, Nutro Gourmet Classics and Sophisticat wet food brands. His kidney values seem stable (for his age), so we’re hoping it’s an infection, not renal failure. Our other kitties seem Ok. Unfortunately, I discovered I had fed recalled food (Mixables) to our Dobie, Sadie, since last summer. Although she seems fine, we had her blood tested…still waiting for the results. If anything happens to my “kids”, I’ll feel so guilty. We will actively support and sign the “Accountability Petition”.
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:11 am
Judy Nemec 44212
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:23 am
Michelle Perry 60660
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:24 am
Travis Eaton
03447
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:34 am
Kelly Angle
91709
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:34 am
07727 Janice Frostick
It would appear that the same safety and hygienic measures used
for products for human consumption are not used for products for
pet consumption. Delay in recall seems to have cost many pet
owners the lives of their pets.
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:52 am
66062 Janet Septer
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:54 am
46254 lela Sites
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:07 am
53228 Patrice Beauchene
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:08 am
53228 Victoria Sadler
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:09 am
53228 Marie Custer
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:12 am
03908
Lucinda Nadeau
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:59 am
11231
Andrea D. Ploscowe
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:35 am
Cheri Greene 76245
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:37 am
20906
chusakaandme
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:48 am
06033
Christopher Sincock
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:54 am
80123
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:08 am
This is just so scarey!! Thankfully my dog food wasn’t on the list! But I’ve switched those that can to dry. I have seven furbabies!
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:09 am
39470
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:16 am
Sue Gosnell
30316
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:26 am
Lisa Clay
07456
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:29 am
Landon Ahtes
30309
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:32 am
01581
MB. Wulf
This cavalier treatment of pets and the people who love them dearly has got to stop. Selling spoiled eggs, carcinogens, and the ground-up bodies of euthanized pets in pet food has got to stop. Delayed recalls in the event of food quality/safety issues has got to stop. Non-disclosure of the names of brokers to whom suspect ingredients are traced has got to stop. Higher standards! Accountability! Transparency! Enforceability! All these things have got TO START.
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:43 am
Susan Murphy 04609
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:48 am
Carol Sundell 48187. I agree food companies should be held accountable for the deaths of pets from their food. I feel so sorry for all those people that had to spend money out on vet bills and some that have lost pets my heart goes out to you. I used to feed nutro to my Dals and found them in serious problems one day with kidney failure about 4 years ago. Gosh the vet bills alone were really high. I know they claim it wasn’t going on back then, but you wonder. I lost them both one to heart failure and one to kidney failure before their time. I now feed my dogs kumpi food and I’m very happy with the turn around in them. I too searched for various safe foods and found it hard to find a company that didn’t have a recall. I did for a period of time cook my dogs own food. Finally a canine officer and trainer turned me onto the food for my dogs when he saw all the different brands I tried that the collie wouldn’t eat or the Dalmatian. Both are service dogs and I’m very pleased with the food and their coat has a natural shine without a lot of grooming. Thanks for a wonderful product. You have convenienced me to stay with with the products just by the changes in my new pair of canines.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:01 am
Linda Alberda 44143
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:09 am
Avery Watts 96652
Frankly - CATS don’t need cooked slop from a can - they need fresh raw meat. Preferably rodent or bird.
Put THAT in a can and I might buy it.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:15 am
30038 Shelice Smith
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:37 am
Kate Simmer 19139
My cats are my best friends, every day I’m astounded with the unconditional love they give me, and to think that these companies sold me food that could have killed them makes me sick. I’ve known for awhile that pet food companies have only their pocketbooks in mind at the expense of our pets’ health, but this is the last straw. They’ve lost me as a customer forever. I’m going RAW. And if my cats get sick from having eaten their stinking food, count me in on every lawsuit there is. They messed with the wrong pet owner.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:40 am
Georg Hawks 13760
Please hold these capitalist bastards accountable.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:41 am
My heart goes out to all the pets and pet parents… those responsible need to be held accountable for expense, loss and grief caused.
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:43 am
karen velasquez 80465
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:53 am
28387
Jeanne Zimmerman
This is beyond negligence ~ it’s murder. Menu Foods knew their foods were toxic and continued to sell them anyway. We need to hit their bottom line hard ~ class action suits and boycotting their products
forever.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Sally Pfitzer; 95726
Pet Food manufacturers should be held accountable for the safety of their products. We buy those products believing in the promises they make of health and happiness.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Kerri Kuczma, 98107
This just makes me sadder every time I hear about more lost pets… Something needs to be done.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Maxine Hayden, 90405
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:58 pm
BJ Thurman
29527
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:03 pm
45410 Michele Thrash
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Teresa Concannon
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:04 pm
08002
Teresa Concannon
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Lisa Winant, 98103.
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:17 pm
48843
Kym Goemaere
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:19 pm
43154
Susan DeLong
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:23 pm
48843
Kym Goemaere
1 Female Cat - Baby - Domestic Shorthair - 2 yrs old
Excellent health until week of 1/28/07
Fed IAMS Select Bites her whole life - have pkgs that match recall batch
diagnosed with acute renal failure
currently undergoing treatment for acute renal failure
currently SUBQ fluids every third day
blood work done every other week
special prescribed food - Royal Canin modified formula (wet & dry)
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:36 pm
85603
Dawn Turner
I’m not a litigious individual, and I don’t believe in frivolous lawsuits. But in cases like this where so many pets and pet owners have been harmed, and there was a delay in the time of the recall from when the company knew there was a problem, there is clearly a need for these companies to be held accountable.
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:36 pm
89131 Andrea Gonzalez
visit kumpi.com…we should have the right to know exactly what we are feeding our animals. what exactly are the fillers? we pay a lot of money for the more expensive brands of food for our animals…they are supposed to be of a higher quality and have a higher standard for quality control.
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Helen Oglesby 35222
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Shannon White 10028
My perfectly healthy 7 year old cat died on 3/10/07. I caught her eating my dogs Nutro Natural Choice dry dog food the day before. As a result, I took my other cat and dog to the vet to make sure they were ok. Got the blood tests back today - cat is healthy, dog has an increased enzyme count in his kidneys. Is it a coincidence, or is there more to this story? I’m extremely concerned this isn’t limited to the wet food.
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:55 pm
10011 Karen Leiding
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:12 pm
35210 April Anderson
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Becky Fox 16415
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Kathleen Cullen 92116
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:31 pm
22031
Sandra Dunhill
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Lynette Ackman 60630
WHY are pet food companies allowed to declare pet food “complete and balanced nutrition” based on six animals completing a six-month food trial?
It is CONSUMER FRAUD.
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:38 pm
16877
Patty Lambert
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Matt Miller 04011
March 22nd, 2007 at 2:59 pm
THIS PETITION MEANS ALOT TO THOSE OF US WHO HAVE LOST OUR PETS DUE TO THIS RECALL OF CONTAMINATED FOOD. GOD BLESS
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:01 pm
19131 Stacey Gaskins
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:07 pm
christine carabetta
12430
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Debra Savittieri
85258
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:17 pm
07945 Chris Jurist
People need to understand that pets are some people’s only family and they are to treated like people and cared for in the same manner.
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Kate Palmer 06903
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:24 pm
My Sugar Bear is gravely ill and hospitalized currently onloy 6 yrs old> she ate IAMS canned foods alternatly since nov. Diagnosis extreme kidney failure…..not gettting better even though she is hospitalized and IV etc>My beef is now with the vets who won’t care for her without payment first….$3000 dollars.
Talk about in- humane. I want to let pet owners know who these vets are and vet hospitals are that turned me away. dies.! Kill, thier practice!!!! I want to expose these profesionals so that their ability to ‘act’ like they help Please call me. (602) 570-9007
Pray.
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Claudia Stratton 97042
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Alanna Roff, 17025
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:45 pm
93550
Dusti Hutchings
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:11 pm
34482 Mollie Henry
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Helen Reynolds
06084
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Dianne Mofidi 95758 My cat Meow, who was my friend for 12 years died March 1 2007. She ate Iams tuna with ocean white fish in sauce as a treat every day. She died of severe renal failure, her BUN was 200 and her creatinine was 18. She was a healthy cat until about two days before she died. I still hear her meow. My kids and I miss her every day.
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Amanda
Canada
N5C 1P1
March 22nd, 2007 at 4:45 pm
15206 Jenee Libby
March 22nd, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Joan Batcha
60516
March 22nd, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Tonya Faulks
29372
March 22nd, 2007 at 5:50 pm
13210 Jacob Eichten
March 22nd, 2007 at 5:52 pm
For those of us that consider our pets our family, this would not even be an issue if it was humans dying. The manufacturers need to be held to the stricktest accountability.
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:01 pm
90028
Melanie Cretens
I am crying at some of the comments here from the victims who have lost their pet, or are watching them go through renal failure. Please go to this link: http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/project.....ntents.htm
Iams is one of the worst. It’s disgusting and until some mass lawsuit and public outcry occurs, they will get away with MURDER.
March 22nd, 2007 at 6:17 pm
63118
Joy Ward
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:15 pm
Carrie Schumacher
98006
The simple fact they do not post the many deaths and illness’s is very alarming. The same regulations should be for my pets food as well as ours. Since they are our responsiblity, it is their responsiblity to us, to maintain the decent balance of their food. Not poison our pets, because it is cost effective to them.
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:17 pm
17112 Choy-Foong Wong
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:20 pm
44039 Nancy Winrod
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:28 pm
44039 Nancy and Rick Winrod
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:37 pm
94804
Holly Harwood
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:40 pm
94122
Deidre Howell
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:43 pm
MaryEllen Marshall
94109
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Officially, my cat had a bloodclot and complications. But I think a number of those complications could have pointed back to the food he ate. He had Iams canned sometimes. He was one of the best friends I ever had. He was only 13. We could have been together for another 5 years.
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Colette Annas 80111
Would also be nice to see regulated labels just like required for any other food.
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:53 pm
Gordon Hawley 93003
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:55 pm
Julie Schauber 93013
March 22nd, 2007 at 8:05 pm
Kris Jensen-Van Heste 08003
March 22nd, 2007 at 8:13 pm
44130 Judy Smothers
March 22nd, 2007 at 8:14 pm
44130 Jerry Kaufmann
March 22nd, 2007 at 8:28 pm
Joseph Leven 19151
March 22nd, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Darrell Turner 01702,
My cat has been living with kidney failure, poor little Guy. He can’t control boules throwing up all the time, because of the crappy foods. Aways diarea, he has a terrible life. I think its Because of the FDA does do what there supposed to do keep us and pets safe since it was put into Homeland Security We don’t have a chance against those ass holes We get poison and are pets don’t have prayer.
March 22nd, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Debra Rivera 95901
I lost a toy poodle to this food and want to find someone who is doing a class action suit. My heart is broken, my baby was only 4 years old!
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Joyce F Casto 08069 We miss our beloved pet.
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:49 pm
should be amended to read “And that all pet foods include the name(s) of the manufacturer(s), and plant location(s)…
michael giacco 33896
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:01 pm
21234 - Linda Plack
It makes me so sad to read of all the people who have lost their beloved pets. I am grateful that our spoiled little cat baby is okay, and I hope that her food doesn’t appear on the list in the future. She has eaten Fancy Feast for years and so far everything seems to be fine. Menu Food should be held accountable, but so should the supplier of whatever ingredient it turns out to be that was contaminated. I hope other pet food manufacturers are aware of who that is and will come forward if they have been supplied by that company. My sense of security is a little shaky until I know for sure that no other manufacturers have been affected. Answers seem to be slow in coming.
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:19 pm
Yuni LaFontaine 90291
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:19 pm
95110
March 22nd, 2007 at 11:03 pm
92677
Maggie Harryman
My thoughts and prayers go out to all who have lost a special part of their family. The Pet food industry should pay $$$$
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:21 am
Holly Antos 18612
I think that most people regard their pets as family members and these pet food companies need to realize that if they themselves wouldn’t want to feed the crap they are manufacturing to their own family members why would we (the consumers) want to feed it to them either? I think that menu foods should be held accountable. They failed to act quickly and I still don’t think pet owners have the “whole” story, and I fear they never will. This company instead of coming forth and trying to save as many pets lives as possible decided to hide behind their wall of corporate greed to milk and mooch as much money out of their products as possible, and instead of consoling pet owners, taking action, and taking responsibility for their actions they commented and complained about how much the recall was going to cost them as if to say you should feel sorry for them because they lost ton of money. They have the nerve to say this despite the fact they have taken away something from people across the country that money can’t buy. Pets lives, our family members lives. For those whose pets became ill but survived how many years, months, weeks have this company shaved off of your pets lives? What are the long term effects? What will the bills incurred end up being in the future because of this? No matter how hard the pet food industry tries to suck up, they are too late, theres one thing they can’t give us back, our pets lives, health, or longevity. For this these pet food companies and menu foods should suffer. I personally will never purchase, buy, or use ANY brand pet food found on the recall list, manufactured by menu foods, or in any way related to those involved. I can not and will not put trust back in these companies. On a final note pet food manufacturers should be made to clearly state which manufacturer makes their products and also the plant code locations so that in the event of a recall there is more organization and the products can be removed from store shelves as quickly as possible, provided the company comes forth before the problem becomes crisis unlike menu foods sorry attempt at swift, effective, action. I am enraged by the way this was handled, and that it happened in the first place, and my heart goes out to everyone who fed their pets any of these products.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:53 am
Kim Duke
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March 23rd, 2007 at 1:31 am
44133
Steve Umek
I hope all the people at Menu Foods enjoy all the money they made, cause they have no souls. So slow to respond to the complaints because doing the right thing would cost them $$$. I feel for all those who lost their furry family members. I hope these money hungry, soulless companies like this go down in flames.
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:58 am
12833 Brenda Grimes
Please protect our pets, they are our CHILDREN. We need better quality control in the food chain for them. They need to pay for all the heart breaks they have caused so many people. Thank you.
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:58 am
Janine Costanzo
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March 23rd, 2007 at 2:04 am
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Erin Mallon
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:32 am
Bernadette Javan
89149
My dog got really sick.My dog is the only one I have.He’s my baby.I was so depressed for 3 days bec he had to stay inpatient for meds & IV.
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:35 am
V9B3X9
Gloria Peterson
So sad! This is something that should never happen.
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:45 am
19533
The name of where the food is actually made needs to be on every product!
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:31 am
80247
Pamela Fowler
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:32 am
80247
Ian Fowler
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:42 am
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Sarah K.
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:19 am
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Deborah Jarvis
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:48 am
84321 kirsten hatfield
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:52 am
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Debbie Bone
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:10 am
11378, Denise Messemer
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:20 am
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tristica manross
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:20 am
44054 Debbie Hammer
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:28 am
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Esther Havel
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:28 am
08230 Esther Havel
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:38 am
Laura Alfieri - 32812
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:40 am
We should line them all up and make them eat the dog food themselves!
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:06 am
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Debbie Johnson
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:07 am
14747
Joyce R.
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:07 am
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Michelle H.
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:08 am
14747
John J.
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:11 am
PA15241 Shannon Zonneveld
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:28 am
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Serena Illauer
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:49 am
98855 Carleen Cochran
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:01 am
It is unconscionable that nearly a month elapsed before any Media report on this. It is further disgraceful that Veterinary Professionals were not gvine a heads up and warned to be looking for this problem. How many pets died needlessly? One day! one days notice could have meant an animal could survive. Its also about time that packaging include the processing facility in order to avoid needing to surf through a maze of cover up and double talk when people are looking to the source for a problem. I hop the law suits bury Menu Foods. Its about time to smarten up and reqire proper food preparation practices across the board.
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:06 am
Stacy Flansburg 32730
I think that better regulations are a good idea, however the biggest problem is not the laws but the enforcement of these laws. It’s a sad reality that while there are many people that take pride in their work and providing good quality and safe foods, there are many many more that are only here to make a proffit and could care less who or what gets hurt in the process.
I was lucky that my 3 kitties were not affected by this, but a couple of my friends were not and have incured hundreds of dollars of vet bills to have their pets tested and treated from getting sick off of the tainted foods. They are lucky though that now vets know what to look for and did not loose them to an unknown illness like so many have already.
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:09 am
28732 Melissa Porter
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:12 am
I would just like to send out my thoughts and prayers for the families of these animals. I understand what you are going through because my dogs are just like my children they are a major part of our family. My family would not be complete with out our four legged children!
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:14 am
43551 kathy schmenk
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:18 am
Stephen Richnafsky
447 Autumn Oaks Place
32746
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:21 am
MY NAME IS ROSEANNA I DONT KNOW IF MY CATS HAVE KIDNEY FAILURE YET BUT THEY ATE MOST OF THE UPC CODES ON THE LIST I HAVE 6 CATS 2 ARE SHOWING SIGNS I WANT THIS COMPANY OUT OF BUSINESS THESE ARE MY KIDS NOT ANIMALS THEY ARE MY LIFE AND EACH ONE IS DIFFERENT NO MONEY CAN BE PUT ON THEM
ROSEANNA BEHLER
348 HANOVER AVENUE
ALLENTOWN PA 18109
610-573-3833
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:34 am
32746 scylina spikes
When we purchase our pets they become part of our family for our children and other family members. These companies NEED to be held accountable for their actions. This is an enjustice to all of these animals.
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:52 am
I want to sign this petition, however we seem to be forgetting about those pets who haven’t died, but are suffering daily due to the aftereffects of this tainted food. One of my cats died, and I miss him terribly, but my other cat is still sick. He went through treatment and will be on prescription diet food, medication and monthly checks for the rest of his shortened life. What about him?
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:06 am
46227 Darlene Combs
My heart is just sick over this. Did you think you could hide it?
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:09 am
Micha Hale
28792
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:20 am
Candace Matwijiw
84049
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:31 am
Reshohnah Salazar
84106
Menu foods needs to be held accountable for this mess. I am extremely upset and don’t think I will ever get over the passing away of my dog.
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:40 am
49302
Rose Schlappi
Menu foods products caused acute kidney failure in my chihuahua. He also suffered seizures as a result of the kidney failure. He survived the ordeal but my wallet didn’t - the whole thing cost nearly $1000.
Menu Food refuses to answer my emails and doesn’t answer their phone.
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:55 am
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Adrienne Stephenson
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:56 am
46037 Hooyenga
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:04 am
Lisa Kontoes
01570
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:05 am
Madeleine Plasse
01570
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:06 am
Natalie Weathers 30458: My loving dogs have been by my side through thick and thin. Two of the three have had problems from the food (Ol’Roy) and I am standing by their sides now. I will continue to be their voice because they didn’t deserve what they have experienced.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:10 am
Debra Ator 76655
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:12 am
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March 23rd, 2007 at 11:21 am
leona douglas
77018
i don’t happen to believe that it is just the ‘wet’ food that has been contaminated. i had a rescue boxer female who died at the end of january suffering from acute kidney failure of unknown origin. she was eating a dry form of nutro natural choice lamb and rice and was also on a supplement (which was in a pouch) to boost her immune system. our other two dogs were having intermittent episodes of vomitting/diarrhea having been on a short term amount of iams chicken and rice, also the dry version. there’s no telling which item was the culprit. but you have not idea the agonizing, helpless experience watching a beloved pet who had already had a traumatic life, to die so quickly before your eyes before she was able to receive any medical help. her veterinarian could not explain her short term and extreme illness, describing it as very, very rare. princess did not make it to her second birthday.
i compel this company to be fully forthcoming with their information. i do not believe for a second that it is just limited to the ‘wet’ version of their production. wheat/gluten is found in the dry product as well and should be fully investigated by the FDA!!!
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:25 am
Claudia Seelen 77590
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:28 am
I would wish that every decision-making executive of each and every company involved in this horrible mess would be made to suffer the exact same pain and death that they have caused for so very many of our four-legged babies. We must find ways to keep this from ever happening again. Labels must contain ALL information as to the production of these foods; Brand name, Production company name, Plant name and location, full and detailed list of each and every ingredient with % of each included. There must be strict and stringent laws put in place to hold these companies, and the individuals of these companies, wholly responsible for their products and whatever damage and suffering their products may cause. There must also be a means to enforce these laws. May God bless and have mercy on all of those affected by this and may He help us all to find the means to keep this from ever happening again.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:31 am
Laurie Fitzgerald-Westberg
97415
My pets mean the world to me and anything that can/will harm them is totally unacceptable. Pets are members of families and bring such unconditional love to thos of us who are fortunate enough to be members of their world. They depend on us for everything and those companies who are involved in the well being of pets should be held accountable for anything that can be harmful or deadly to them.
If any companies will not accept this responsibility they should cease operations immediately.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:51 am
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linda ferretti
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:53 am
Linda Ferretti
11756
My dog died 3/12/07 from kidney failure. I did feed him some Ol Roy wet food.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:57 am
Jamie Gronley, 95133
My kids mean the world to me. THANK GOD they weren’t eating any of these foods…
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Verneeda Adkins
25309
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:03 pm
38139 Kathryn Schultz
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:03 pm
25309
Verneeda Adkins
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:03 pm
08520-2407 miriam and william blair
there needs to be much more stringent rules as to pet foods….this is disgraceful!!!!!!! so many innocent pets have to suffer from good old american manufacturing greed and indifference!!!!!!
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Michael Adkins
25309
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:04 pm
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March 23rd, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Mary Brua
25309
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Menu foods should be financially responsible for all medical tests and bills, for we all have to protect our kids (pets) and we have to take them to the vet to make sure that there is no problem. Someone should be paying for their vet bills, aside from the parents (owenrs).
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Dawn Evans 92553
I am very disturbed by the slow response by all the company’s involved. I lost my dog as many others have lost their animals. These pet were a large part of our families. Someone needs to accept responsibility for our losses and the suffering our pets went through.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Anne Molnar 08822
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:22 pm
70117 paul c allen
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:22 pm
78228, Martha Sevier
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:26 pm
92065 Cristina Chenette
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Pet’s are some of us only children. I know they are mine. I trust the food i give mine wich is the High end stuff not junk. We need to hold the Industary accountabile. They make over 14 billion on us. They can do there part. Pass laws for pets like humans.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:27 pm
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Renee Dent
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Companies should be held accountable any and all damages they do.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Companies need to be held accountable for damages they do.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:33 pm
All companies should be held account for damages they do.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Misty Goodman 61878
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:42 pm
zip: 04864, Carolyn Damon - I believe I now know what killed my 4 1/2 year old Brittany in 2005. She developed vomiting, diarrhea, was leaking urine, and even though I spent $5000 trying to save her life no one had a clue what to do. I had an autopsy done at Portland Emergency Veterinary Clinic in Portland, Maine. She had aplastic anemia. No red blood cells in her body. Her spine was like jello I was told. I am angry. This was now declared on CNN today to be contamination by rat poison. I am outraged. Rat poison would have had the effects on my dog Rheba that I mentioned. I now cook for my current. I will never trust these people again!!!
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Bahareh Harandi 60622
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:47 pm
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Teresa Walton
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:47 pm
LESLIE ANDRZEJEWSKI
44836
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Susan Argyrides 11758
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:51 pm
75219, Shayne Morgan
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:51 pm
john j. stevensonn
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:53 pm
27607 Patricia McCutchen
I have NO remaining confidence in any pet food on the market and will not until regulations are put in place AND enforced that require ongoing toxicological monitoring of all products made by the pet food industry. In the absence of effective oversight of this corrupt industry, every time we open a can or a bag of pet food and feed it to our beloved companions, we’re basically playing Russian roulette wtih their lives.
Oh and . . .thanks again to China and to our government’s disastrous global trade policies for bringing the rat-poison-laced wheat product into this country in the first place. We should be boycotting Menu foods and all pet food manufacturers who use them as a supplier. We should also be boycotting EVERYTHING that comes into this country from China.
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:57 pm
83646 Shirley Greene
March 23rd, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Sarah Kelley
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Michaela Hinerman 80015
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Sarah Kelley
37660
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:03 pm
14609
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:14 pm
elaine nasta 10304 I went to Waldbaums today and they are still selling Americ’a Choice Preffered Pet wet food. I checked the upc code and the numbers are only 1 # off from the ones listed (last diget being different). Am I supposed to feel safe with this? I had been feeding my ferals this brand (I feed about 8-10) and trap them for TNR. Two weeks ago, I trapped 2 little ones for TNR, and when I called to see how they were doing, I was told that one of them had died!!! Of course, I will never know if the food was the reason, but I feel very bad about this situation and a bit guilty. Items still on shelves? It’s ALL about the money!!! ~:o( TAKE EM ALL OFF.
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:15 pm
21224
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Robert Johnson / March 23 2007
Baltimore, 21224
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Zip: 98506
John Zappulla
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:23 pm
My wife and I can not get over the loss of our pet dalmation,
we had her for eight years and she was in good health. Suddenly
in December she got very sick, the vet said she had kidney failure.
Two days after Christmas she died, we thought we did something wrong
and could not forgive ourselfs, now we find out her favorite dog food
killed her.
Robert Johnson, 21224
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:24 pm
33776Carole A. Errico George F. Errico
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:28 pm
45036 Clara Smith
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:28 pm
07003 Patricia C. Gilleran
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Pat Seals
80603
We pet owners purchase feed, relying heavily on manufacturers promise of good nutrition and quality of their products.
Manufacturers MUST be held responsible for poisoning our pets ! They should, by all rights, be forced to reimburse pet owners for vet bills created by their lack of due diligence.
Just why didn’t the manufacturer of the affected foods not discover this dreadful ingredient? Aren’t they supposed to analyze their product, as they state?
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:33 pm
96813
I cannot believe these laws do not already exist!
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:36 pm
13203 Paula Ann Taylor
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:39 pm
This is just dreadful. My little Brandy was throwing up and pooping something feirce a couple of months back. I finally switched food and it finally stop. But the Iams and Mighty Dog pouch food I have been feeding her for years now explains all of the doctors visits $$$ and the throwing up and pooping. I hope there will be a class action suit - because Menu Food must pay.
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Pat Taylor
13316
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:49 pm
zip code 32780, Shelley Nettles
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:53 pm
33704
stacey ward
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Steven
48328
March 23rd, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Our pets are our family! Please help us to protect them! I just lost TC last month. The Vet couldn’t explain what happened…..was it the food?????
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:04 pm
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Cal Stanley
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Curtis S. WIlson
91403
My story is number 250.
Thank you
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Mel Solano
33872
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:10 pm
Christy 32801
March 23, 2007
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:17 pm
I lost two dogs to to this gross mis-justice, it is time for stricter laws concerning pet foods!
Margaret Picus
89052
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Debra Gates
73120
Not only have these people caused pet owners to poison their beloved pets, it seems they are also severely underreporting the number of affected pets. Those of you who have lost pets have my deepest sympathy. I want to see you get what you think is justice for you and your pets.
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:32 pm
This is absolutely maddening.
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:33 pm
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Lisa Braun
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Doug Burkhart
40242
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:38 pm
28730 Brock Mancini
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:40 pm
10028 Kellman My health dog had to be put to sleep Dec 23 she could not walk, eat, drink, This loss is trememdous and continues to be. I could scream. All 11 Years I had this perfect dog he was on nutro wet and dry foods and treats. Recently he had 3 pouches of there newer food. How can one company be responsible for all these foods. I hope a law is made that no company can have the market on this. There would never have been all these losses…………..
One Very Mad and Depression Person
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Carl Lafferty
21218
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Excuse my gramatic errors as I am very upset. I would like the name of a lawyer in nyc that may be involved in this situation.
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Steve Gonring 53086
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:54 pm
77414 Dorothy Simmons
March 23rd, 2007 at 2:57 pm
31061 Shirley Blizzard
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Jill Schubert
44107
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Mary Moren 85835 - Pretty sure this recall will not just be for wet/pouch foods! AND I’m pretty sure it won’t be just recent events! We fed our two Beagles dry Science Diet and lo-n-behold… a healthy 5 year with normal blood tests and normal annual exam just a couple months earlier was diagnosed with… yes… acute kidney disease out of the blue.. The vet said she couldn’t figure it out but she did note there had been a few “other cases recently” which was odd in dogs so young…. The saddest part was after treating the first dog for over six months and watching her get worse even with hospitalization, IV’s, Xrays, daily dose of fluids, different meds including steroids and several thousand dollars later…. she had to be put down due to the terrible suffering. Then a very short 11 months the 2nd dog was gone! NEWS FLASH…. This began in August 2005 and the first dog down was January 2006 and second dog down in December 2006. We rescued an older Beagle recently and she appears healthy but immediately threw out the Science Diet last night AFTER I went to the vet and they said they thought the recall would grow to include the dry food too! We will gladly join any Class Action in order to effect changes for the future well being of our of our animals here and abroad as necessary!
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:23 pm
80016 Thomas Lahey
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:26 pm
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Linda Stumpf
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:40 pm
53405
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:40 pm
53405 BARB MCDONALD
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:47 pm
76039 Renate McCollum
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:51 pm
98037 DAnnell Williams
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:59 pm
33324
Annette Seydlitz
March 23rd, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Kasey Lance
48912
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Just by pure luck, my cat was being fed foods not on the list. Isn’t there any type of quality control or are stray cats and dogs (taster animals) cheaper than equipment and technicians. Crucify the idiots.
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:02 pm
10023, Cynthia Weinman I am so furious at Menu Foods, but even more so at Nutro since they are the brand name and it is likely that they knew about this for a while. Our cat Dennis started to refuse to eat a month ago (he probably knew there was something wrong with the Nutro food) and when I think of the weeks we spent urging our poor cat to eat this poisonous food, it makes me want to cry. Thank god he’s OK, but no thanks to these greedy manufacturers who don’t care about our animals, only about their money. Nutro’s punishment should be that their CEO and vice presidents should have to eat the food they sold to us — that certainly would make them more careful in the future.
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Kip Mason
Zip Code: 80111
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Jessica Weatherby
The pet food companies should be accountable for their actions or lack of action in this case. For most of my family and friends, our pets are our family, and these companies are killing our “children” inadvertly and they should be held accountable for this.
32257
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:13 pm
43026 M. Eichenlaub
Once complaints began to come in, this food was tested and as many as one in six animals died during those tests but the manufacturer still did not recall the foods. Pet owners bought into their claims of having a “happier, healthier pet” if they purchased their products. The manufacturers got their money and pet owners all over are left only with carcasses!
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Zip Code 33071
The pet food companies should be accountable for their actions or lack of action in this case, including the FDA. The FDA is not doing enough to make sure that the food that we feed our pets (my case my children) is safe. The food that we feed them is also affecting their immune system and this is the reason why our pets die of cancer.
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Us pet owners are under alot of stress worrying about if our brand of dog food will be safe– Our furkids are very precious to us and not just consider property but a member of our families. The pet food companies should be held responsible we put our trust in them and they have viloated our trust. Thank you
Louise Jones, 1836 Hancock B ridge Parkway, Cape Coral-33990–Diohgi@aol.com
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:29 pm
85340 Roxanne Kearns
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:34 pm
It is easy to go and buy just any pet food. But pet food, like anything else, is a “get what you pay for” deal. Yes, pet food companies have neat advertising and cute puppies and kittens on their packaging, and they will swear up and down the block that it is the best, most nutritous, most safe pet food you can possibly buy. But a public unwilling to educate themselves on what goes into the making, testing, and marketing of something they will feed a pet, possibly an expensive pet , at the very least an extension of ones family, is a public that is almost asking for a disastrous event such as this to happen. That sounds harsh, but really, a little research goes a long way. Until that kind of thing can happen, I say hold them responsible not only for the owned pets who have died, but for all of the animal lives wasted during their ridiculous testing procedures that are SUPPOSED to prevent an owners animal from dying. If this was one of my dogs,I WOULD WANT TO KICK SOMEONES ASS IN A REAL BAD WAY. Feed Kumpi.
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:34 pm
85718 Robert Rowley
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Harrisburg, PA 17112 2 cats with acute renal failure
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:48 pm
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Christine Dodd
March 23rd, 2007 at 4:57 pm
MELANIE HILL
melanie.jpechacek@farmersagency.com
76708
March 23rd, 2007 at 5:19 pm
50677
Jan Emerson
March 23rd, 2007 at 5:20 pm
My Family at this point are afraid to feed our pets any wet foods, and were also advised by our vet that any of the softfoods, treats, or even dry foods for pets manufactured by this company should be avoided of which really narrows what we can feed our pets, of which has become very costly..
And how do we know that somehow this was not done on purpose by China, with all that is going on the polictical front with this country and China…
March 23rd, 2007 at 5:26 pm
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Dina Cabrera
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:00 pm
28205
Mary Massie
My cat was put to sleep on Feb.28, 2007 because of kidney failure. I was feeding him Iams Select Bites in Gravy. The most important thing, my cat, cannot be replaced. However, I want compensation for at least the vet and cremation expenses incurred from their tainted product.
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Richard Hoth 50677
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Alexandra Youngs
92131
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:10 pm
30324
Elizbeth Richardson
My Dog Chloe is at the vet on IV’s as i type this, she has renal failure. I fed her Iams dog food. I am devastated .
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Manny Hernandez, NYC, 10471
Menu foods has hurt and possibly killed our two cat-children and I believe they should pay. Money alone will not do. The CEO, CFO and COO must resign for the good of the company or whatever is left of this miserable company after all the litigation that is sure to come. After their termination, we, the pet owners, should be allowed to get our hands on them so they can see how we do in the Big Apple. I am not afraid to say that I could care less about the consequences of what I would do to them! Tempus Fugit, Carpa Diem!
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:16 pm
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Celia Henk
I purchased a six-pack of Iams canned food for my dog in January as a “treat” food - he LOVES to eat canned food. He suffered severe diarrhea but luckily no complications - that I am aware of. (I had NO idea it could have been caused by his food…I assumed he had gotten into something). I had to purchase special food from the vet for him to eat for a few days until he was better. Approximately 2-3 weeks later, I fed him another can out of that 6-pack which he VERY reluctantly ate (HE must have known something about it wasn’t right) and after 2-3 hours was having difficulty urinating, running in circles outside with diarrhea and again, I had NO REASON to suspect the food. He was miserable for 1-2 days. Now all his misery makes sense. If you can’t trust a high-end brand like Iams - then who? This “recall” is too little too late. My dog was lucky -there were others that were not and I feel so, so sad for their owners. My Buddy has been my best friend for 10 years now and I NEVER thought I would have to worry about his food killing him. And the worst thing about this is they DIDN’T LET PEOPLE KNOW IMMEDIATELY ABOUT THIS SO THEY COULD POSSIBLY HAVE PREVENTED THEIR PETS DEATHS. Makes me sick - money and public relations are more important, right?!?!? We all are aware that bad things can happen and we are all subject to that, but gee, let’s wait and see how many deaths there are before we actually WARN people because maybe they’ll never figure it out………. or make the connection that it’s the food………..or just blow it off………………….. or……………………..eventually they’ll forget about it………………or…….
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:31 pm
52338, Lorie Neff
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Lynn Styles
7079981675
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:02 pm
95605 Dallas Draper
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Jennifer Bardell 98074
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Adele Sidlow 60089
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:26 pm
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March 23rd, 2007 at 7:27 pm
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Judy Siegmund
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:32 pm
John Antos 18612
I guess that if the federal goverment lets this goes without a problem, then we are next. First our pets, Next us.
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Phyllis Antos 18612
I believe this situation may have been going on a lot longer than consumers have been aware of.
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:45 pm
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Jeanna Solomon
March 23rd, 2007 at 7:48 pm
44129
Kathy Zalewski
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Animals are important!
44070
Debbie Price
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:02 pm
92627
Ann Hallett
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Jennifer Damron 40004
This is a great country. In this country we have the ability to be self sufficient, meaning we don’t need to import crap from foreign countries! If government started taxing the companies that outsource their products maybe it could be a big plus for the American economy.
We make it too easy for companies to make products in foreign countries, it needs to stop!
I know full well that there are American farmers who grow wheat. The recent pet food tragedy could have been avoided by using wheat from the USA! Although cats and dogs don’t actually need wheat in their diets, I know that improper pet diets will continue (unfortunately) At least use products from US suppliers!
Pet food companies need to be regulated, not just said that they are!
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Cindy Mullenix 92886
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Ashley Szymkowicz
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March 23rd, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Beverlee Richmond
44145
NorthEast Ohio alpaca farmers recently lost several of their herd due to Land O’Lakes inadvertently putting antibiotics into alpaca feed. (The antibiotics were supposed to go into chicken feed.) Female alpacas cost anywhere between $20,000 to $40,000 each with prize male studs going for up to $300,000 but moreso is the emotional loss. These poor people were devastated not only because of the financial loss but because they love these gentle animals, calling them a “huggable investment”. ANY food product, whether it’s for humans, birds, mammals, whatever - all living beings are worth ensuring their food source is safe for consumption. Won’t somebody step up to the plate and be accountable, for God’s sake?
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Sylvia Ward
R2X 0C5
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Jodi Weinbaum
43230
March 23rd, 2007 at 8:54 pm
I meant to say alpaca breeders - not farmers - sorry!
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Ginger Snyder
32653
In memory of Salem Snyder
My sweet baby girl!
Died 3/19/07 Kidney Disease from Recalled food
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Bo Alawine
39565
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:15 pm
10579 C. Wulkan
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:24 pm
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Billie Bruce
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:27 pm
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Wendy Allen
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:27 pm
Toni DeCanzio Fraley
14526
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Michelle Murray
50315
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:37 pm
76017 Marilyn Smallen
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Jeanette Sutton
92553
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:56 pm
28412 Susan Gallozzi
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Brooke Miller 33409
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:06 pm
30101, Bruce Gillem
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:06 pm
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Christina Carlile
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Nikki Gold
32348
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:08 pm
30101, Bruce gillem
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Nancy Penter 46561
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:37 pm
In honor of my Sally….who passed away this week at the age of 19..will miss her..she did not eat the recalled food…but. in her memory..
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:45 pm
19350 Susan Jeffrey
Please change the regulation of the pet food industry to the standards of the human food industry.
In memory of Affenhaus Otis Redding of Affenage, and for Otto - may he continue to improve.
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Toronto, Ontario Canada
M5A 4B8
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:51 pm
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Paul Breaux
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:51 pm
This is terrible, and MUST NOT happen again !!
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:53 pm
For Bo, our 4 year old deaf cat, who has suffered through kidney failure for the last two weeks.
Hoping he makes it through this in Fremont, CA
Charlene Horn 94536
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:54 pm
paula montgomery 62265
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:56 pm
brian richman
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March 23rd, 2007 at 11:00 pm
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sarah hollowood
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our cats, rascal + lucy, have been eating nutro wet food in the pouch for years (in addition to the dry nutro). we stopped feeding them this food as soon as we heard from a friend of the specific recall for the wet nutro products. however, since then, we have learned that the list of recalled foods is much, much larger. we took them to the vet for a check up + blood tests as soon as we could. a day later, the vet called us with the unfortunate news that both of our girls had elevated levels of toxins in their system, most likely due to eating this food. we had essentially been poisoning them for the last few months, and had no idea, which is heartbreaking. we had to take them back to the vet, where they have been put on IVs to try to flush the toxins from their systems. the vet will be testing their blood again to see if the treatment is helping. hopefully, with this treatment, our girls will be better + home with us soon. but, so many other are less fortunate than us, and have already lost their dear friends to this, and my heart goes out to all of you.
menu foods must be held responsible for this.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:03 pm
C. Blasquez 95682
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:06 pm
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Sara Tanner
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:09 pm
You are the root cause of such pain and suffering. There is no good that can come from what you caused. You will be held accountable or you will be buried as well.
rip boy. I will seek revenge for you.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:10 pm
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March 23rd, 2007 at 11:11 pm
Thea Tagle
92116
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:11 pm
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Sally B Shaffer
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:14 pm
I know that accidents happen, but this is just awful! If it can happen to our pets, what about our baby foods or other packaged foods. It is scary!
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:14 pm
18355, Teresa Lynch
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:15 pm
60540 Claire Krzyzewski
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:16 pm
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Mickey Brannigan
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Lindsey Korbin
lindseykorbin@earthlink.net
33160
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:25 pm
April Carretta 60657
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:27 pm
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Candi Whitman
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:30 pm
10591 In honor of Jasper, 5 yrs. old, may he rest in peace, euthanized 3/14/07. Started having seizures on Dec 4; had Iams slices in gravy at least once prior to that time.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:35 pm
p.s. Besides the heartbreak… The vet bills cost me thousands..
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:35 pm
30324, Tim Thomas
This is a terrible thing and manufacturers should be held accountable
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:35 pm
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Sharyn Bruno
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:37 pm
In memory of Brandy, our cocker, Was put to sleep on Jan 12, 07 due to Kidney Failure. We would use mighty Dog pouches to entice her to eat her dry food
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:37 pm
18840 Wanda Husick
The law in the United States treats our much loved pets like they are simple possessions — they are not just that. They are beloved members of our families and it is time Congress recognized the very special place dogs and cats play in the lives of most Americans.
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:39 pm
LOST MY PET ON MARCH 19TH AFTER HER EATING HILL COUNTRY FARE CAT FOODS
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:39 pm
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Evemarie Pastor
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Susan Bryant 28742
March 23rd, 2007 at 11:59 pm
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Elizabeth Ours
Lost my 7 month old kitten after eating Iams Select Bites and Nutro Max Gourmet Classics. A horrible death!
pepper’smommy
March 24th, 2007 at 12:02 am
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Lisa Akers
March 24th, 2007 at 12:05 am
Deborah Johnson 28742
They killed my 2 dogs and now we think our Cat was also a victim.
These companys should have to pay.
There needs to be more regulations on what can go into pet foods.
March 24th, 2007 at 12:12 am
Kim Cooper, 90031
Although we were not feeding them food from the recall list, we are concerned that Menu Foods is associated with the brand of wet food our cats were eating. We have switched them to homemade chicken and vegetable blend, with supplements. This shameful situation should be a wake up call for all humans and animals who eat processed foods.
March 24th, 2007 at 12:12 am
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Maureen Chase
March 24th, 2007 at 1:06 am
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Victoria Tankersley
March 24th, 2007 at 1:14 am
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Karen L. Dick
Was thinking of switching to one of the “premium” foods that is now tainted. SCARY!!!
March 24th, 2007 at 2:06 am
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Francine J. Webster
In memory of my dog Maggie that was murdered by Priority 1 a Safeway brand of dog food.
March 24th, 2007 at 2:06 am
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jeffrey g. smith sinclair
let’s put a stop to this.
March 24th, 2007 at 2:35 am
93535 Sue Hudler
We trusted your “premium” pet food and you failed us miserably!
March 24th, 2007 at 3:04 am
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Dina Schweim
March 24th, 2007 at 3:05 am
Michele Ryba
89448
March 24th, 2007 at 3:06 am
24201 Stacey Gressner
March 24th, 2007 at 3:19 am
Linda Grimm
33890
Menu foods should be responsible for vet bills due to thier negligence in testing for contaminants in their products.
More than just 16 animals are involved here but it is not being reported.
March 24th, 2007 at 4:08 am
Julie Ricks
March 24th, 2007 at 4:08 am
Julie Ricks 95954
March 24th, 2007 at 4:52 am
Paula Wallace - 76120
I rescued 10 felines last year. Five of them died at Christmas and I was extensively questioned about poisonous items in my house when I rushed the first one to the emergecy hospital. How do I prove this “killing house” is responsible? No wonder they did nothing for 3 months and I think it was going on before that. Now they say if you can prove it. They are just trying to cut their losses. DAMNIT, I’d like to have cut my losses. I’d like to have my babies back. To make matters worse these murderers tested the food on cats and dogs. They finally admitted it when 7 died. THEY DO NOT NEED TO BE IN THE PET BUSINESS OF ANY KIND.
March 24th, 2007 at 7:26 am
Maureen Vanderbosch 92677
Although my cats were not given food on the recall list, every time I open a can of cat food I worry about the safety its contents. It is especially distressing to discover that many “super premium” pet foods are made by this manufacturer that has betrayed our trust. There should be regulations that the ingredients list and nutrition analysis be readable: black text on white or light colored background. The current 3 oz. Iams label lists its ingredients in tiny black text on very dark violet background — impossible to read even in bright lighting. What are they trying to hide?
March 24th, 2007 at 8:40 am
49221 jane rupp
We lost our Persian Garfield Jan 2 to kidney failure. He had not been sick . He quit eating, became lethargic, etc. We were devastated….did not know of tainted food in Jan.. We bought an new Persian kitty in Feb and began feeding him the leftover pouches and cans we had from Garfy. Now we are treating the kitty for kidney problems!!!! We threw away old opened packages (as we do other garbage) and we returned the unopened packages so they would not accidentally be fed…..we do have vet records and we do intend to try to be reimbursed for the vet costs…..Now we are afraid to buy pet food as who can we trust? I think the companies knew well before the products were recalled….they need to pay for the sick pet’s vet bills….WHY can’t these companies use wheat from American farmers who both need the business and are required follow American standards?
March 24th, 2007 at 8:44 am
60185 - Tami L. Wilson
I have 3-cats who have been eating Fine Feline for months. They have fallen ill and were, recently, diagnosed with kidney failure. I am giving them IVs every other day and antibiotics every day. We’re praying that they can recover from this. I want Menu Foods held accountable. How can they continue to make money off of us while our pets are being poisoned??!!!!
March 24th, 2007 at 8:45 am
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Angel DePoalo
March 24th, 2007 at 9:04 am
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Sarah Hodson
March 24th, 2007 at 10:04 am
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Jan Day
Although I’m very fortunate that the foods I feed are not affected, I am HORRIFIED that this has happened and something must be done.
March 24th, 2007 at 10:12 am
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Howard Kleinman
March 24th, 2007 at 10:57 am
Donna Schmidt
44126
March 24th, 2007 at 10:59 am
Two of my cats ate the contaminated food. I still have 3 of the 24 cans I bought. My Tulip flower died 3/17/07. Now my other baby is still at the hospital since 3/19/07. Prognosis uncertain.
Menu Foods knew long before I bought the batch of food that did this. If they released the press release back when then found out, it would have saved my babies.
March 24th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Marilyn Brennan
marilyn_brennan@msn.com
March 24th, 2007 at 11:30 am
44072
Marilyn Brennan
March 24th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Pam Farnsworth
Larry Farnsworth
44011
March 24th, 2007 at 11:30 am
44072 Marilyn Brennan
March 24th, 2007 at 11:35 am
78745 Therese Kopiwoda
March 24th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Shirley Perry
30064
2 dogs(children) - 1 deceased and 1 being treated - $1500.00 in vet bills and medicine so far. They were fed Ol’ Roy.
March 24th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
80918 - Nina Batcha
Our 8 year old Border collie died 2 weeks ago of kidney failure so bad, we had to put him to sleep. My vet questioned me about having rat poison around, but I told him I am an environmmentalist. I don’t use that kind of stuff. Next fear that someone had poisoned my animals. We continued feeding our two Tibetan Spaniels the same food since his death with one of them becoming ill. I am now making homemade dog food and recovery is happening at last. Our medical bills are not huge as he died so quickly and horribly, but the emotional bill is tremendous. I cry all the time and am afraid to feed my special friends. I fed the Iams slices in gravy and the little ones didn’t like it, so the big guy ate it all and died. I then gave the little guys Nutro chicken & rice dinner in can and they became sick. I still have full cans listed on the recall. My vet is filing this information, so I haven’t, but decided I should put my name on your list. Thanks. Nina
March 24th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
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CHERYL GIERCZAK
March 24th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
I lost my best friend Abby, a 1 year 11 month old 8 lb. Papillon 3 weeks ago, to kidney failure. She had been fed Nutro ultra since I bought her. The entire process is well documented from her admission to the hospital with blood tests ultra sound and at the end a necropsy of her kidneys. This all took place prior to the recall of the affected food but it all came together after that as my vet could not figure out why until then. I have since found 1 can from the list and still have it in my possession. Please get the truth to all the pets affected by this horrible event and make all involved accountable. Joyce Wood Zip 44039
March 24th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
jennifer hart
92651
Our cat winslow died last monday, after eating priority food on thursday. I didn’t even know about any recall untill we tood him to the vet, but it was toooo late.
please do something!
hart family
March 24th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Cathy Usher
01754
March 24th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Cathy Usher
01754
This company, Menu Foods, in order save money, in the name of greed and the botom line, profit, sold out and bought cheap products from another country. They did not check the product and now beloved pets have died. They have died in the name of greed. Menu foods should be held accountable and those that have lost pets and suffered should be compensated. The compensation will do nothing for the loss of their pet, but Menu foods cannot be let off the hook. The best thing we can do is never buy commercial pet food from this company again. They use other dead animals that are diseased, even other companion pets in their foods. This company should pay for their greed.
March 24th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Patricia Stearns Zip: 95648
Daniel Minyard Zip: 95825
March 24th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
08087
Joyce Calcutta
In loving memory of Tyson, my 6 year old Boxer mix, who died Jan. 16, 2007. His test results were off the charts and he was gone in a matter of days, but never will be forgotten. He was fed Ol’Roy beef and chicken cuts in gravy along with Ol’Roy dry food.
March 24th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Tracey Goodwin
02453
March 24th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
My heart goes out to the entire pet family community. This is beyond catastrophic. Have one comment to make in regard to someone’s comment regarding SOLID GOLD pet food. I called them last week to check whether they processed their own food and was told they contract to a company called Diamond. I must agree it is scary to know what to feed our pets and just who or what companies can be trusted. Last year after researching about half dozen companies as to the contents of their foods because my vet was concerned about one of my dog’s liver, I settled on Nutro Lite. But with 4 types of food on the recall list, I will not support them after this. We pet owners need to never forget this -EVER-and to band together and stop buying from all of the companies on the list and also to make sure to check if a new “name” appears, that it is not the old company changing its name and operating under the same old standards.
March 24th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
48096 Valarie Matusz
March 24th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
The manufacturer needs to be accountable, and the consumer needs to educate themselves regarding the pet food they feed their animals! Just like junk food there is bad pet food!
March 24th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
please read
http://leda.law.harvard.edu/le.....ick06.html
March 24th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Carly Gay 80220
If you didn’t investigate what you were feeding your pets, you have only yourself to blame. You blame the company for cheaping out, and look what you did. You bought the cheap food. Even the people who bought “super-premium” brands like Nutro & Iams cheaped out. There are plenty of organic and small batch foods available from companies who think of your pets as furbabies & family, just like you do. I must shamefully admit that I am guilty of the same. I thought Nutro “All-Natural” was a safe & economical choice, and guess what was on the list!? I don’t even feed my cat wet food, but you can bet I’ll be trashing the rest of the Nutro dry food I have and sacrificing a little more dough to do the right thing for her diet.
Like other people have said, this should be a wake-up call to investigate ALL processed foods we purchase, for ourselves and animals alike. Remember all the fuss about peanut butter a few weeks ago? Hmmm…..
http://www.themeatrix.com
March 24th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
11729 JC
To all the people who have lost their beloved furbabies, please accept my deepest sympathy. My heart goes out to you. My thoughts and prayers are also with those who are currently sick and are undergoing treatment.
While my dog wasn’t affected by this recall (THANK GOD), I am signing this petition because she very well could have been. Menu Foods needs to be held responsible for the pain and suffering of these animals as well as the suffering of the people who are mourning the loss of their best friend/child/family member or those who are currently caring for their sick pet. Menu Foods should not only be ordered to monetarily compensate all those pet owners who were affected by this (not that the money could ever begin to replace their loyal companions), but they should also be ordered to make a large donation to pet charities/organizations/shelters in addition to be forced to dissolve their company and business.
This is yet one more reason why the US should ban companies/corporations from outsourcing their business to other countries in order to save themselves money. Look at what this has cost so many people and now our pets too have had to pay a price. This is absolutely outrageous!
March 24th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
92270
susan watson
March 24th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
I want better control over the companies that handle the pet foods.
Helene Moorman
44039
March 24th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Michael and Trish Hoffman:32068
March 24th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
93010 Deborah Kulick
I just found out about the extended recall-I rarely feed my cats the wet food, but ran out of the dry, and had to feed them 2 pouches a week and a half ago. I was relieved to see that mine were produced before the date of the ones recalled, until now. So far, I see no sign of abnormal behavior, but am watching carefully until I can get them in for testing. My thoughts and prayers go out to all suffering right now….so many more than are being publicized. I only hope that as a result of this, stronger regulations and accountability are put in place.
March 24th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
19125 tracy mcginnis
March 24th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Ryan and Rebecca Reed 62301
First off, our hearts and prayers go out to those who lost their loved ones. I can’t imagine losing my animals in such a terrible way. Luckily I took our dogs off of Iams last year and have only fed them Kumpi foods since. Kumpi is an independent dog food company who I now COMPLETELY trust and I will never take them off it. I took them off of Iams simply because I didn’t know what was really in the food and I didn’t know what my dogs were eating. I researched online and found kumpi.com where a comparison chart of the ingredients major pet food companies (such as menu foods) put in their foods and was completely shocked with the results. The chart explained the ingredients in simple terms that I could understand and I finally realized that a funny commercial, great packaging, or a high price doesn’t necessarily mean that the product is quality. For any of those people that are concerned about their pets I highly recommend they visit www.kumpi.com and research for themselves. Menu foods has taken too many lives due to greed. They have broken up families, caused emotional scars, and have made hard working families pay thousands of dollars in medical bills to save the lives of their family members. They need to be stopped!!! If you truly love your pets, don’t give the greedy, commercial pet food industry your support or money any more. I am in no way affiliated with the kumpi company. I’m simply an average, mid western concerned pet parent who refuses to let the greed of corporate dog food companies ruin the lives and the health of my dogs with my own money. For all of you pet parents who lost your loved ones, I know how hard it is to go home to an empty house and see their empty bowls or their leash. Someday down the road, the scars will heal and maybe if you’re lucky a new little life will find its way to you and melt your heart all over again.
March 24th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
my 10 year old cat who was other wise healthy ate the Special Kitty food and became sick for kidney failure and was put to sleep.
Stacey Mc Gregor 10540
March 24th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
77082 J Morrison
I am absolutely furious — I think Pets Mart should have also been more proactive in publishing how long it takes for symptoms to show up and 800 # hot lines. I now have to take my dog to the vet to be checked.
March 24th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
15221 barbara hoffee
March 24th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Linda Frahm 60074
March 24th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Please Read!
This came out at 5pm today. Unless I read this wrong, Menu foods is having all brands of cat/dog foods pulled regardless of the date/code on the can. This is dreadful. Please correct me if I read this article wrong. The link is below.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/.....fer=canada
March 24th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
I agree with researching these pet companies. One thing to remember as I found out when I called about one “natural” pet food… Ask them specifically if they use Menu foods for ANYTHING. One of the companies I called said they were not on the recall list, however, when I asked them specifically if they used Menu foods for “anything” they said “yes”. They said they use them for canning one of their brands. In other words, this “natural” pet food is tied in with Menu foods on some level. Thats the problem with this. We don’t know where these places manufacture. This is horrid!
March 24th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Linda Frahm 60074
First of all my vet has always warned me about substandard food and insisted that “humangrade” food was best for my pets. My dog Jaeger was diagnosed with a medical condition that required fish and potato diet. The specailty vet recommended Eukanuba (dry). My vet told me about Flint River Ranch a humangrade pet food. Well my two cats were on Friskies and Jaeger often would clean up their left overs. I couldn’t take the chance of him eating cheap food that was not good for him so I confidently changed to Iams fish moist food for my cats. Unfortunately my eldest cat became lethargic on Monday. I quickly made a call to my pet dietician and asked for Flint River Ranch cat food. (dry). I wasn’t going to take any chances. By Wednesday night after many vet visits where he had bloodwork done and IVs for dehydaration, he passed away The vet said that his bloodwork showed he had high numbers 200. . I just took my other cat for bloodwork to make sure that her kidneys are fine. I am waiting for results. I do want regulation on pet food and Menu Foods should pay for the vet bills. But don’t kid yourself there is no monetary value you could possibly put on my Basti’s life. I want them to know that . This is not a monetary issue entirely, this is a character issue and an inhumane act.
March 24th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Dwayne Wade, 48237
March 24th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Dia H. Niclatos
14214
March 24th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
kristine colby
03290
March 24th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Cynthia G. Hall
40475
March 24th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
This came out at 5pm today. Unless I read this wrong, Menu foods is having all brands of cat/dog foods pulled regardless of the date/code on the can
March 24th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
19968 Bonnie Helder
March 24th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
My 14 year-old feline “Tailgate” stopped eating on Friday, March 16 and became larthegic. After researching Menu Foods recall list and identify Eukanuba’s Flaked w/Select Tuna in Sauce, and date/plant code was in our pantry I took him to the Veterinarian. His blood chemistry re kidney functions were/are off the chart . . . he has been hospitalized since Tuesday, March 20 . . . PH level has been lowered but CREA and BUN readings are still very high . . . he is drinking water and on IV fluids, been given medication for mouth sores and pain . . . I am sitting with him 4 to 6 hours each day in the hospital . . . taking it day-by-day and praying.
These people/companies must be held accountble. There is no excuse, these critters are our children . . .
March 24th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
12065
pbdweeb@nycap.rr.com
Phil and Lydia Perham
March 24th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
Dina Peterson 82604
March 24th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Joey J Peterson 82604
March 24th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Ashley Pettit 40313
March 24th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
01247
March 24th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
JOHN ROBITZSCH 31220 THIS IS A CRIME AGAINST HELPLESS ANIMALS THAT TRUST AND DEPEND ON US!! MAY GOD FORGIVE YOU BECAUSE WE CAN NOT!!!!!!
March 24th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Our animals should be safe from food poison
March 24th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
21048 Jeanette Hill
March 24th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
21048 Steph Hill - I hope that something can be done this is criminal and our pets are not just animals they are part of the family
March 24th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
80121 Sara Kolaja
March 24th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Diana M. Vacek—44102
March 24th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Diana Vacek—-44102
March 24th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
93541 kathi richards
March 24th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
83706 Brian Bothwell
March 24th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
35648 Polly O’Connor
March 24th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
44224 Kristen LaMoreaux
March 24th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
always about the money isn’t?
Money first, life second at best.
You large companies are simply disgusting.
March 24th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
33707
eve roberts
This is not going to keep them from fighting tooth and nail to avoid paying up???
They have the most money and staffs of lawyers - all to just prove US wrong. Their goal is to make the public look like a bunch of liars and would be theives. No matter how glaringly obvious the crime is AND no matter how many times they admit their crime and publish it -
Their DEEP POCKETS will line other DEEP POCKETS. They figure it will soon be forgotten and swept out to sea, never to be heard about again.
And, I hate to admit it, but that is the norm. It is just forgotten.
I WILL NEVER FORGET MY PET - NOR - FORGIVE THEM.
I will forever wish them all the hell of the world and a horrible death.
March 24th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
julia velez
14605
I would just like to send all my prayers to all that lost a loving pet from this nightmare. I lost my fluffy who was a 9 year old poodle mix, who i loved so much and miss her awful.
March 24th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Aimee Zapara-Sullivan
zip code 95242
March 24th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Theresa Gorman 07642
March 24th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
54915
Jo Helms
March 24th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
Pet food manufacturers need to be responsible for making sure that the products they make are safe and wholesome. There needs to be controls just as in human food.
March 24th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
98121, Layla Loveless
March 24th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Angie Bonner
31098
March 24th, 2007 at 11:56 pm
Karin Wyman
M1B 2V3
I hope production of Menu Foods has been stopped until the cause of this poisonous substance has been discovered.
Was the equipment cleaned? Sterilized?
March 24th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
We supported their company, they need to support us. We will remember
March 25th, 2007 at 12:25 am
Eva Keleti, 80209
March 25th, 2007 at 12:28 am
93021 Marie Bokker
March 25th, 2007 at 12:48 am
Peter Prestia
92688
March 25th, 2007 at 12:56 am
40854 Julie Nelson in memory of B and K
March 25th, 2007 at 12:57 am
Keith Nelson 40854 in memory of B&K
March 25th, 2007 at 2:13 am
Oh, please. There was great cause for worry and now there is time reflect and there is legitimate basis for some upset, but this blanket “blame the company” like it’s some nameless, faceless corporate veil devoid of heart and soul is now getting ridiculously riddled with “attack mode” borne of upset, yes, but just Step Back for a sec. E.g.: A Marj Wiener writes, “March 21st, 2007 at 6:57 pm - The horrible little secret has now been exposed — pet owners have been paying the marketing costs of brand-name pet food retailers — all of whom are merely selling the same product. Now that that product is tainted, they are all exposed for the charlatans they are. Consumers should be protected from such marketing fraud. Our pets are frequently child-surrogates or childrens’ companions. They are certainly family members. Shame on these awful pet companies.”
Anyone ever been in business? and I don’t mean some “Home Office” eBay venture, I mean cold, hard store-front, vendors and suppliers to buy from, manufacturers and wholesellers to contend with, and so on? I’m a pet owner who’s so madly in love with my bay-bees it’s beyond the beyond but I tell you, you have GOT to evalute the data a bit better before posting. The fact that the foodstuffs all have wheat glutin in common (as far as I can tell from what I’ve read so far) does not mean that all of these companies and outlets are selling the “same” thing just packaged differently. Sigh - the idiocy of the American populace. Do a bit more research! And you get what you pay for, so don’t complain about varied qualities of cat and dog foods. There are TONS of publications, sites, references and research documentations about what a good / natural / workable diet is for a domesticated pet. Gather the info, consult a vet or two, and create your own. Think *any* of the ones you buy are found “in the wild”? all have gravies and fillers and when in history did a wild dog graze on corn? Get the idea. We all of us or most of us use prepared foods for our pets and which to use is a highly controversial subject unto itself.
Tainted foods or ingredients for complex-formula foods (as in, more then a few ingredients!), especially when imported, can only be watched and regulated as much as Quality Control and snap-and-pop checklisting can oversee. One cannot check every batch of every aspect/ingredient, and there has to be a degree of trust in purchasing. To have your home robbed and subsequently mistrust all people because robbers are a member of the group called the human race, is ludicrous. To even narrow it down to wrong-targetting all copys because they somehow did not know of this one person and his intentions and timing to get to your exact home, is equally ludicrous. We all do the best we can in society. These companies are anguishing and suffering enough. To write or to conscience the viewpoint, “I will forever wish them all the hell of the world and a horrible death.” is unconsciensiable. You may not get over the death of your pet (as is understandable) - but get over yourSELF. Honest errors are made. If we also want these things sorted out (including prevention for the future), we have to let these folks do the legwork, with no knee-jerk reactions, no deaths not attributable to the tainting to be “counted” (or WE suffer a disservice by the companies evaluating incorrect data thus delaying the true sort-out). If you’re wildly upset (as I would be) about the death of a pet, seek others to help console you in the right forum, see your religious leader, this type of thing (skip the useless psych crap and their drugs, you don’t “get over” things that way). If you feel outrage or righteous indignation that such tainting could occur, and be a part of a solution and not a blast of stone-throwing. HELP these guys. Find a way to help gather info, organize info. Don’t include comments such as is on this very web site…I was interested in it until I read the little jab on the page about Menu Foods taking financial responsibility: “ABC News coverage of the press conference reports that Menu Foods “would reimburse pet owners who can trace their pets’ illnesses to the company’s products.†This should never have been a question. It should have been assumed from the moment they went into the pet food business. ” The part THIS SHOULD HEVER HAVE BEEN A QUESTION. There in nothing in the article (”reporting”, supposedly, not opining) that there was a question. Give them a chance to fully, fully sort things out before offering up financial compensation. They’re of no use to anyone Out Of Business. Go for their hide and a pint of blood? They’ll be out of business in no time. If they bucked to all the passion and also erroneous data floating around, Menu Foods will be paying for any dog or cat whose died in the past few months, regardless.
If they don’t buckle, they seem heartless. Put yourself in THEIR position. Run a business sometime and have employees, brokers, buyers, liaisons, vendors and suppliers, and try to micro-manage them all. Can’t be done. You do the best you can. I daresay this company has done a fantastic job in the past providing food for our animals. Take a few deep breaths and stop the Attack mode. Then attack the true source of the tainting, whatever that may be. A bad employee or two, bad manufacturers or standards in another country or shipping line or- or - or - … and find the correct targets to take to task.
March 25th, 2007 at 2:18 am
My last posting
In : “To even narrow it down to wrong-targetting all copys because they somehow did not know…” “copy” should have been “cops”
In: “If they bucked to all the passion and also erroneous data floating around”, “bucked” should have been “buckled”
March 25th, 2007 at 2:23 am
98058
Nina Lee
March 25th, 2007 at 2:55 am
Sally Dunn
bnkys1@hotmail.com
80526
March 25th, 2007 at 3:13 am
Julie in Florida: If you want to feed your animals food thats contaminated with RAT POISON simply because you feel sorry for “business owners” and all of their “trials and tribulations”, then you need to recheck your priorities and give your animals away to a shelter where they’d be more safe. To some of us, these are OUR CHILDREN!! Do you have kids?? Imagine if a baby food company found RAT POISON in their strained peas and infants were suffering and dying a horrible death because of it. Would you still feel bad for the poor little businessmen then? The idiocy of the American populace?? WE ARE NOT IDIOTS, WE ARE ANGRY AND OUTRAGED!! Listen to yourself! You are cold and heartless. Thousands of people have lost or will lose their family members and all you do is scold them for being upset because their animals were POISONED! You are blaming the people because they didn’t research their dog food more closely?? Do you research the soup in your cabinet or the milk in your refridgerator? Of course not, you TRUST that the food is safe. If you’re so much more superior than the rest of us, what do you feed your animals?? Please enlighten our poor, “idiotic” souls with your extensive knowledge of the subject.
March 25th, 2007 at 3:15 am
Amy Boda 95207
March 25th, 2007 at 3:35 am
We can judge a culture by the way they treat their animals.
Sonia Easley
March 25th, 2007 at 4:02 am
Daniela Montgomery
T2E 4A5
(Canadian Postal Code)
March 25th, 2007 at 4:20 am
I thought this was about signing a petition, and expressing our feelings to the powers-that-be-that-can-change-things, not a place to make snide comments to each other or about another person’s statements?
March 25th, 2007 at 6:10 am
Jonathan Nickerson
80301
March 25th, 2007 at 6:26 am
Victory White
55404
March 25th, 2007 at 8:38 am
32148 cliff mosley
March 25th, 2007 at 9:17 am
N0M1Y0 Tee Chadwick
March 25th, 2007 at 9:30 am
87105 Ilona Byczek
Frodo, my cat, less than two years old died painfully on February 18, 2007.
His diet included IAMS chicken/beef/pate and Nutro Complete Care
March 25th, 2007 at 11:06 am
[…] started a petition to demand changes. (Click here to read, and, if you want, to add your name.) Are these suggestions the place to […]
March 25th, 2007 at 11:07 am
Peggy Willson 23061
March 25th, 2007 at 11:15 am
35614 Kendra Spadoni
Malachi 5 yr old Black Standard Poodle
March 20, 2007
March 25th, 2007 at 11:15 am
27518
Lark Devon
March 25th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Joanna Patrice
Studio City Cal 91604
March 25th, 2007 at 11:21 am
joanna Patrice
91604
March 25th, 2007 at 11:22 am
91604
joanna Patrice
March 25th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
31569
Eileen Turner
March 25th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Ron and Kathy Davis
92604
one dead cat and one close to death :(
March 25th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Annie Anderson
60123
Petunia cat put down 3/10
Fluffy cat is affected.
March 25th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Lee Pruett
94303
March 25th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Roberta Malone
14882
March 25th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Lynn Daniels - 99205
March 25th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Jude Enoch
93012
March 25th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
87111
March 25th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
27606 Frank Bennett
March 25th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Pamela J. Betz-Baron
60021-1213
March 25th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
I just signed, but wanted to add that we lost our almost 18yo Pomeranian, Bubbles, to this tainted food.
March 25th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
The practices of irresponsible food suppliers have been causing countless
pet deaths every year? toxins in food are not only the one’s recenly found to cause death, fillers and coloring have caused organ damage ,thus shorting pets live for years. the pratices must be abolished.. trade with
unregulated former communist goverments is a dangerous idea? menufoods was looking a a way to maximise it’s profit. my cat was very ill
but survived. i WILL no longer use any food i find maunfactured by any company that trades with unregulated countrys. this is the TIP of the iceberg? the future of free trade, the saftey of people and their pets and childern demands safguards against dangerous practices, TERRORISM and
greed? i hope you will consider the impact change will make for the saftey
of all of us?
Sincerly Arthur C.Wolff of Saugerties,Ny 12477
March 25th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
M R Ormond
93551
March 25th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
43316 Robin Smith
March 25th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Joanna Bryant 43119
March 25th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
…just wanted to add that our beloved cat, “Skitter”, died last Thursday…
March 25th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
63552
Deanne Hackman
March 25th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
06405
Diane Bergeron
March 25th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Edna Cameron
35461
March 25th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Lynn Summers
92660
March 25th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
I’m glad everyone is trying to do something about this terrible situation.I am treating my precious Mr. Cat as we call him now , he has been diagnosed with renal failure, first stages. I feel Menu Foods should be held accountable for this situation & closed down, so they cannot do this again and it will show any other food company the public will not stand for the way they handle our safety, things are getting to relaxed ,first the spinach, then peanutbutter, now our special friends!!! enough is enough, !!!!!!
March 25th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Jake Caeronas 04210. I feel they should be accountable, and they should have to disclose their manufacturing responsibility for the company for which it manuf. for. Many differ. distributors were affliated with menu foods, I have a few cans still which do not appear specifically to their recall list except the name on the label. My cat died from his only 2 weeks of exposure to canned cat food. Bad timing to introduce an adult cat to canned food due to his sensitivty to dry he was eating. It is amazing to see that name brands and store brands are probably identical in content except for the labeling and the costs. Only our pets know for sure about the content, and in this case it has proven, they all had the poison in them. One big batch, hundreds of different labels, all for one and we are all paying for their mistake.
March 25th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
12974
jill shpur
March 25th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
WHY AREN’T THEY RECALLING THE DRY FOOD? IT CERTAINLY HAS MADE MY PETS VERY ILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
March 25th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Domenic DiFrancesco 44133
March 25th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
31620 - Mary H. Tunison
My daughter’s dashhound died after consuming the Nutro brand recalled food for only 11 days, and suffering terribly painful side effects while in a pet hospital on IV’s for six days! It doesn’t matter that this was a pet that was lost - it was one of the most devastating deaths our family has ever experienced!
March 25th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
03063
Elizabeth Wilkins
March 25th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
53177 Terri Braun
March 25th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Jennifer S. Jackson 81330
March 25th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
lorinda cherry 07933 peasle hold these companies accountable for this crime
March 25th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
18914 Tom Hurley
March 25th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
95661
Todd Wood
March 25th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Judi Palmer
31312
March 25th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Teresa Aiello
11764
March 25th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
77651 Keri Sanders
We must demand that petfood be strictly regulated, human grade, and to not be tested on other animals. Have you seen the undercover IAMS videos- the way they make dogs and cats suffer in heartwrenching terrible living conditions? We have to stop this abuse!
March 25th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
95336………LORI J. NUNEMAKER
March 25th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Renee Moad
73645
March 25th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
06516
Kelly A. Brereton
March 25th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
90802 Sheila House
March 25th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Giza, Kathy 60625
March 25th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
48101
Susan M. Barnard
March 25th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
76117 - Vicky Jones
I am in total devastation. I have lost my handicapped cat whom I’ve nursed from the day he was born. He had a neurological disorder and was blind. He had seizures due to this disorder and was on meds to control them. There is no way that he could ever be replaced. One of a kind that never knew what a cat was. He went with me every where I went. He slept with me. He depended on me to care for him. There is so much I want to tell about him so everyone would know my loss. But I’ll be brief for now. He was my companion, my child and now he’s gone. If this company was testing the food on their poor lab animals, then they knew something long before they made it public. They can never repair the emotional damage that so many families have gone through because of this. I tried to get my baby to the vet, but they were so busy they couldn’t get him in. This was in February, the announcement was made March 17th, this is not acceptable. I know in the end God will take care of this and everyone involved will get their just. I don’t wish anything bad for anyone, but when you put the almighty dollar before life the you get what you deserve.
I, as others, don’t have the have any extra money. Everything I make I use to pay bills, feed my animals and survive. When I called the vets office I was told if I wanted to pay extra they would work him in. Now if they could work him in, why didn’t they just do it? I would have given my own life for Special, he was my baby. But I didn’t have any money and they want theirs right then. What do you do?
I had fed Special a pouch of the Special Kitty-Duck and Wild Rice, it was his favorite, on Sunday Feb.11th. About an hour after feeding him he started having seizures. This was strange because his meds had that under control. I never once thought it could be the food. By the next morning Monday Feb.12th he was lathargic, not eating or drinking, not going to the bathroom and his breath was awful. He was getting worse and I couldn’t get him in to see the vet so my only option was to stop his suffering and have him put down. I didn’t have any tests done, he was already too far gone and I didn’t want him to suffer anymore. I took pictures of him that day and that’s all I have left. Sad to say they just don’t show my true Special. He was 10 days shy of being 2 years and 8 months old. I miss my baby boy.
March 25th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
emilya piansay 94112
March 25th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
98155 Teri Evernden
My Bene cat was effected by ingestion of Eukanuba Cuts & Gravy food purchased at Petsmart in Bothell. He is in treatment for renal failure and we are not clear if he has suffered permanent damage yet. He will be retested at the vet’s office tomorrow 3/26/07 after being on Sub Q fluids for 2 weeks. We are hopeful that we caught it in time but cannot be sure if we will lose him or not. This has been a very emotional and exhausting 3 weeks since it all started.
March 25th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
61738 Rita Burtis This is an American tragedy that should not have happened and must never, ever happen again.
March 25th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
This is an American tragedy that should not have happened and must never, ever happen again. Rita Burtis 61738
March 25th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
10023 Jane Miller
March 25th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
31001
Carolyn Gibbs
Dillard Gibbd
March 25th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
27357 Faith Walker
This is America. We must have accountability of big companies and safe foods for our pets. There must be punishment when these tragedies occur. There must be quality control and the quality control should not consist of feeding trials. We must know what’s in the food and who made it.
I will never again buy food from any of the companies who used Menu to produce their foods.
March 25th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
So Menu Foods says it will pay for the vet bills….how about the cost of replacing the pet the spaying the vaccinations ? how about the emotional suffering ? I bought a kitten for my 7 year old daughter last summer her first pet. Sadly March 8th we euthanized this lovely cat after feeding it Nutro pouches with POISON !
March 25th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
30043
Cathie Steinberg
I’m signing this petition in hopes of better laws and regulations. I had my precious 17 year-old kitty, Jinxy, put down on Dec. 15, 2006. I had him tested on Dec. 8, 2006 — only 2 days after I bought the food. He had always been very healthy and I didn’t understand his rapid decline in health, of course, until now.
I had some of food left in my pantry and it matched the affected lot numbers. If you buy items at PetsMart with the PetPerks card, they can pull your file and email you what you’ve purchased. I had purchased pouches from several of the ones recalled. This makes me sick to my stomach to know that I feed my darling kitty poison. I’m very lucky that my other 2 kitties don’t like wet food or I would have their deaths on my conscience too.
March 25th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Greg Thompson 75007
March 25th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Joan Appleton 77088
March 25th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
daniel seyb 52625
I hope Menu Foods gets sued into oblivion, and their executives jailed, at least for a couple weeks.
March 25th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
31063 Evelyn Hart
March 25th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
92557 KAREN GEORGE
March 25th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Anyone making pet food out of meat that has been thrown\
away because it isn’t fit for human consumption should be
required to eat it first. Just because a pet is considered to be an “animal” by many non-pet lovers is no excuse to make
and sell the product. My cat is not just a pet to me. She is
just as important in my family as any other family member, and in some cases, more important. Don’t punish dogs and cats by feeding them garbage, because they are defenseless
beings and a thousand times better than the people making
the food they are now eating. Money talks loud, doesn’t it?
March 25th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Don’t you all get it! These are our children. They are not property. They are not pets. They walk, breathe, eat, drink, greet us. They are God’s creatures.
I sign this for my kitty, Dylan, euthanized Feb. 23, 2007, 12:15 p.m, and for all those who died as a result of negligence.
Voice for Dylan
Gloria Monde 92056
March 25th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
98034 Suzanne Agenbroad
March 25th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Our animals depend on us to feed them nutricious food to keep them healthy so they can have a long and happy life…..THIS FOOD SHOULD BE SAFE!!!!!
Please have a heart and test all pet food before shipping to stores, etc.!
Please be responsible and be liable for the deaths you have caused
and at least recompense some money for these losses even though you can never replace the pet or undo the heartache and heartbreaks you
have caused.
March 25th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
31522
David Boothman
March 25th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
S.Y. DOVE 92780
My heart is literally aching for all the pet souls lost, and their caregivers’ anguish!
Such senseless loss — all for the sake of manufacturers, and specific companies, higher ‘bottom line - $$’.
I hope everyone follows thru signing this petition, and any other legal action necessary.
THANK YOU, ITCHMO, for providing this information site!
March 25th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
98682
Lori McKinley
March 25th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
34607 Tricia Schlosser
This has opened my eyes to the fallacy of “high quality” pet food. Never mind that the product I feed my beloved pets isn’t on the recall list (Nutro Ultra dry dog food), it might well be in the future. This is total deceit.
I’ll never assume that I’m buying the best for my pets simply because of name reputation again. Your name means nothing if YOU don’t make the product.
March 25th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
if you want feed your cats the best food in the world, check out www.felinespride.com
FP cured my cat’s insulin-dependent diabetes in 2 weeks!
diabetes that was caused by veterinarian prescribed Hill’s Prescription Diet!!!
do your kitties a favor & give them food for health & longevity.
March 25th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
These beloved pets dying is an abomination!! Why aren’t these companys required to have better quality control than this?And if they don’t,…… how many other companys could serve food tainted for human consumption?
As far as I’m concerned this is just a test to see how far terrorists can go in our country, think about that when pass laws concerning our pets. If someone can do this to animals, then they can do it to humans too. Both are abominations, and everyone know that congress is bought by large corporations and they will sideskirt the laws of quality control for profit, because the corporations have no morals except the ones concerning enough profit in their pockets! And yes, I do beleive that it is this Bad!!! Get with it Law makers, you work for us!!!
Loretta Anderson 95949
March 25th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
27406
Fred R. Stickel
March 25th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
55414
Leila Denecke
March 25th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
These companies ARE absolutely responsible. If this happened in a
hospital to baby food we all know how many law suits there would be.
Well this is no different as our pets are a member of our family and
deserve the best care. Part of best care is giving the quality food.
I’m lucky that I feed my animals dry food only. I can’t imagine going
thru what others are going thru.
March 25th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
15680 Donna Gros
March 25th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
60586
Tracy Blecha
Ingredients like wheat, corn, soy, etc., should not be in food for dogs and cats to begin with. We need better quality control in plants where pet food is made. The number of pet food recalls recently is getting out of hand.
March 25th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
60410 Diane Priesmeyer, My heart and prayers go out to all of those who are treating their sick animals and all of you who have lost your pets. My two cats are my lifeline! I am MORE than OUTRAGED at the whole mess! It is just INCONCEIVABLE that ANY of this could EVER happen! WE all need to keep grouping together to make sure that change happens! EVeryone can also go to the pet connection at www.petconnection.com for more information and to also report their losses and illnesses. We also need to report directly to the companies that produce the food and the FDA. I have heard that a company out of colorado called Kumpi Pet Foods is supposed to be a good alternative choice, a small business with pet nutrition as it’s top priority. Hopefully some home made food recipes will follow.
March 25th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Teresa Skaggs
46106
March 25th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
Debra Wasielewski, 60462
http://rainbowsbridge.com/resi.....sident.htm
March 25th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
07480
Diane Polito
March 25th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
75252, Lisa Jarvis
I have switched brands of food that is not manufactured by Menu Foods. Not because of the recall, but because of the testing they did on shelter animals before the recall. I can not in good conscience support any company that does testing on defenseless animals.
March 25th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
37950
Lora Fretwell
March 25th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
37950
Terry Fretwell
March 25th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Lynn Misenheimer
Faith, NC 28041
March 25th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
My cat, Whiskers, died March 9th, 2007 after eating Special Kitty pouch cat food. If they had only gotten the word out Feb. 20th when they first realized their was a problem he would still be alive.
March 25th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Sorry I forgot my zip it is 39565
March 25th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
I am sorry that I did not follow instructions earlier as I voted to save our pets, our family. Now I speak. To say that our pets are “property” not family tells us all that those who are in this “pet” business to “feed” “our pets” do not understand or deserve our business. These pets are a part of our family. They love us no matter what our flaws are. They assume, innocently as we do, that we will take care of them. Those of us who do take care of our family absolutely will not rest until we change the laws that affect our family, which also includes our pets as defined family members. How dare someone tell you and me that our pets are “just” property? Why then do our hearts ache with our loss of our pet, just as strongly as when we lose blood family members? Our family is not only our loved ones, but also our beloved pets. If there is anything, we should have learned is what we learn and observe from the aged in this country. Their pet stayed by their side when no one cared or was too busy to visit. Their dog or cat or whatever “pet” continued to make them get up in the morning and live and find purpose! If this is not so, then why do so many brillant individuals name their “pets” in their will? This loss felt by so many, should scream throughout this country and make change. We will hold you responsible for our loss until you understand; you will be told our stories repeatedly; you will accept responsibility, and you WILL say you are sorry and you will not make the same mistake ever again.
March 25th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Laura Martinez 91405
March 25th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
[…] Just a couple updates on menu Foods recall, for whatever interest there might be. Itchmo has a petition and a fact sheet / time line. A lot of the events in the time line refer back to […]
March 25th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Linda McKenna 44054
March 25th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Dogs are part of the family.
March 25th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
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Gina Gregoire
March 25th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
JP Powell
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We have a deceased kitty, MOMO, and has a seriously ill Lab. Angel our Lab has survived. Our 3 elderly remaining kitty’s also ate Iams but so far they seem ok but we have no way of knowing.
We are still in possession of MOMO as we buried him on our property. Menufoods didn’t like hearing that our Vet was not allowed to destroy him. He died in my wife’s arms before we could get him back to the Vet to Euthanize him.
We do not know what will happen to Angel our Lab as she was so ill but only through luck she is still with us.
We have not been contacted back by MenuFoods.
JP Powell
boomerkid16@hotmail.com
March 25th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
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Beth Abrams
March 25th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Diane Cochrane
86301
Got distracted there for a minute and fogot if I hit the Submit button :) OOPS~just wanted to be sure to get on the petition list!
March 25th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Warren Cochrane
86301
Things have GOT to change!
March 25th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Jerome Banasik, Jr. 77035
Ramon Olachia, Jr. 77035
March 25th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
78411
I would like to see a provision for national and local news affiliates to be required by law to at least provide links, numbers and or the information that what is being said officially, in this instance 16 deaths, may be inaccurate. Or that every “Humane Society” or County Health Agent be required, by law, to make a public statement to the same affect in the instance of any health crisis. We are in the information age and are incredibly deprived of information. I understand the responsible party choosing not to expose the true gravity of the situation for financial and liability reasons but I cannot understand our government continually allowing the public it serves to be duped.
March 25th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
Kathy Singleton 44044 My Boston Terrier was sick, drinking large amounts of water & wanting to go outside about every half hour, this happened abot three weeks before the recall. Strange behavior for a dog that doesn’t like the outside. I just had him tested & he is fine, thank god. I do however have a big vet bill.
March 25th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
Janice Davies 01002
March 25th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
This is not just dog food. Why do we import food stuffs from countries with lower (or no) quality/safety standards than we have… while exporting our own higher quality home grown products elsewhere? There is a bigger picture here.
March 25th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
31079 Debbie GIbbs
March 25th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Donna Olsen 53225
It was just a matter of time before something like this happened. We start importing food components from countries that don’t regulate anything and eventually people will be the ones dying. Maybe then we’ll stop importing from unregulated countries.
March 25th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
31079 Holly Cross
March 25th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
I think this is important to each and everyone of us. I also have a pet poodle and it is uncalled for for something like this to happen.
31079 Holly Cross
March 25th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
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March 25th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
92688 Terri Ludtke
March 25th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
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Ellen & Steve Sweeney
March 25th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
98030 Shawna Acheson I first hospitalized my dog january 8th after eating priority dog food, he had a complete blood tranfusion , IV fluids the works, twice! I was lucky enough to nurse him back and he is still not fully well. Over 3 thousand dollars later and an emotional breakdown these people need to be held accountable for monetary and emotional damages. Some of these pets will need ongoing treatment and medications for who knows how long. My heart goes out to the pets and pet parents who are going through this nightmare. shawna acheson
March 25th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
Our pets are family members! Menu Foods MUST be held accountable for all the pet deaths and illness that they are responsible for.
They must also STOP live animal testing! CRUEL!
March 25th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
Tammy Jordan 79109
March 25th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Darla Miller
area code 304
March 25th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
05403
Julia Behrens
March 25th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
60124 Cindy Tableriou
March 25th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
74001 Aive Lauriste
March 25th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Jeanne Cauthron 74964
March 25th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
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Susan F. Heywood
85028
Michael Markiewicz
March 25th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
93003 norma tabatabai We have to stop the abuse of innocent animals that are being used in lab testing! I was appalled to discover these companies deliberately fed these poor, defenseless animals this contaminated food just to see which ones would die. Plus, their acts of torture doesn’t end there, there’s so much more that we are not even aware of! How can companies who market their product by telling the consumer how much they care about your pets do something like this? I will make sure i never again buy from a pet food company that treats animals with cruely!!!!
March 25th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Larry, Jenny, & Brianna Lyons, 25801
It was terrible as to what loss our family endured at the death of our pet cat, any & all companys should be fully responsible for these deaths & the suffering we seen our cat go through it was TERRIBLE
March 25th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
94014
Linda Yacobucci
March 25th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
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Kristin Kimmell
March 25th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
I bought Nutro Ultra Adult and Senior (for a 6 yr. old bischon and a 14 yr. old papllion). Luckily I fed commercial food as a supplement. However now that i have found out what a bunch of charlatans the dog food manufacturers are i will no longer purchase commercial pet food in any way shape or form, i thought i was buying the best for my dogs…
please do not tell me that i will be neglecting my dogs…this is the first time I have purchased commercial dog food and have had dogs live comfortable healthy lives to 20 & 22 yrs. and never had to worry that i was poisoning them…
March 25th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
33180
March 25th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
I am outraged at Menu Foods. They knew there was a problem at least by 2/20/07 but didn’t announce this to the public until 3/16/07. I have a cat that has renal failure that started to show symptoms on 2/15/07. The public should have been notified about this problem when it was first reported to Menu foods. NOT after Menu Foods killed more animals doing their own testing first.
I feed feral cats and there will be no way we can know if they are missing because they have died from natural causes or were poisoned by the recalled foods. I AM OUTRATED! WHO WILL BE ADDRESSING THIS FERAL CAT ISSUE?
I WILL NEVER AGAIN PURCHASE ANY OF THE FOODS THAT ARE ON THE DOG AND CAT RECALL LISTS = NEVER AGAIN. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE A FOOD MADE BY MENU FOODS.
L-Danyielle Yacobucci
94014
March 25th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
12065 SUSAN HUGHES HUGHESEY12@AOL.COM
March 25th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Michele Peltier of 55119 US
My dog Jack, was a healthy loving little guy. I thought it would make him happy to have a variety of canned food, so, I went and bought several brands of gravy/meat canned foods. (Gosh I get teary typing this). Suddenly 3/16/07 6pm he began vomiting and pooping all over. I watched him till about 4:30am, he just went down hill quickly and he had been so uncomfortable and crying in pain … I called an ER Vet and took him in. NOW my dog had a liver huge and was beyond weak. Lots of xrays and labs were done. I was exhausted….he was exhausted, we guessed at what was going on with him. There was no option but to put him to sleep. Many have kidney issues but I have read others with sudden liver problem..who is to say what caused it. My research says toxins. Poison will make one toxic.
Till I fed him these foods, he was fine. You call it. I am buying no canned foods for my 3 cats. I cook for them now. I want some justice for all of us who love our animals.
March 25th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Alphonse Deadman 55303
March 25th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
I have a Pug who is like my child. By the Grace of God I did not feed her any of the substandard food being recalled. However, I had been feeding her what has been touted as a “premium” dog food. I have now switched to a hollistic, human grade dog food manufactured by a company that makes ONLY pet food, and I will NEVER, EVER AGAIN purchase another bag of that so called “premium” dog food, which I now know to be like letting my dog eat from a trash can. Maybe worse. After finding out that they continued to kill innocent animals by continuing to feed that garbage to them, I will also be boycotting alot of their other products. They knew for at least a month that this was happening and said nothing. They are the worst kind of greed mongers, preying on helpless, innocent animals and the people who love them all in the name of the Almighty Dollar.
March 25th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
55303
Alphonse Deadman
March 25th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Sandie Levine
West Chester, PA 19382
March 25th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
Briana Dennehey
80305
March 25th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
Tammy Shipman 28716
March 25th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Suzanne Dunn 80525
A petition to change the FDA policy of permitting ‘Diversion of Unfit Food to Animal Use (http://www.fda.gov/cvm/Policy_Procedures/3650.pdf) is needed to strengthen protection for pets from this practice of diverting unsafe and unfit food to animals. The FDA leaves pets unprotected because pesticide contamination in excess of the permitted tolerance or action level and where the pesticide involved is unapproved for uses on a food or feed commodity is a criteria used for their FDA Diversion Request to animals. The FDA diverts food unfit for human use to be used for feeding animals. The FDA responds after they receive complaints but there is the possibility of unsafe and unfit raw materials being widely distributed for human use, making it a potential security threat. The FDA is checking for that now. Unsafe and unfit food is not fit for consumption.
The pet food standards described at FDA Sec. 690-300 Canned Pet Food (CPG 7126.18) are unacceptable and those commodities used may violate standards before processing, some occuring from packing house offal or the tissues of animals that may have died otherwise than by slaughter and diseased animals. This info is found at http://www.fda.gov/ora/complia.....0-300.html .
March 25th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
T0H-3N0
4 Legged Lover
March 25th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
84405 Sloane Harris
My cat Vanity is a victim of Menu Foods. She is surviving day to day on home IV therapy. My heart goes out to all who are suffering. I hold Menu Foods RESPONSIBLE.
March 25th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Lori Tilley 27009
My cat Fester went into the hospital on Tuesday, March 20th, and had to be uthenizied on Friday, March 23. They treated him with antibiotics and IV fluids to no avail. His enzyme levels were 141, normal range 30. He also had ulcers in his mouth from vomiting. I had his blood tested for the third time with the same grim results before I made the decision to put him down. The vet informed me that there was little chance , 20% possibly, that his kidneys could ever recover. I fed him the Special Kitty brand food three times a day for a year. So much thinking you are spoiling your pets with the food they enjoy so much. I am heartbroken that this company did not inform consumers quicker than they did. So many of our beloved pets could have been saved. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone that is going through the loss of their pet or still visiting their vet’s office everyday as I did.
March 25th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Sara Bass, 65301
March 25th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
28212 Jen Kobe
March 25th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Steven Harris, 84405
We have a well documented case of our cat’s (Vanity) kidney function being normal prior to a dental exam. With fewer teeth, she needed soft food because she couldn’t chew the hard food. March 6, ‘07, our cat was diagnosed with a heart murmur (related to poisoning) and renal failure. Her condition is grave, prognosis is poor. We have the store receipts where we bought Special Kitty (Wal Mart) food.
This hasn’t affected only the ill cat, but EVERY member of my family. We are heartbroken, as we don’t know if our cat will survive and we are taking drastic measures to save her. We are planning to sue Menu Foods, but no amount of money can replace a loved one. The vet bills have bankrupted my family but we can’t stop treatment because the money ran out.
Hugs and prayers to everyone suffering through this.
A local story on our cat…
http://www.freewebs.com/felinefoundationofutah/
FOX 13 News reported on our cat…
http://www.myfoxutah.com/myfox.....geId=1.1.1
March 25th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
Derek Adler 08817
It sickens me with what has happened. My 5 cats were eating recalled food, and will be getting blood-work this week. Good luck with the petition.
March 25th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
I too am sad that Menu Foods still continues with this game of 1 dead dog. I wonder if they are talking about my dead dog? Hey everyone, do you think maybe they mean my dead dog????
COWARDS… MENU FOODS SHOULD COUGH UP SOME OF THEIR MILLION DOLLAR PROFIT TOMORROW TO HELP SOME PEOPLE OUT.
Again, Sadly, I have the ONLY DEAD DOG IN THE COUNTRY.
March 25th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
Marcia Cooper
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March 25th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
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Susan Barnett
March 25th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
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Dolores Martin
March 25th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
Genny McNabb 78404
March 25th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
06437 Monique Prendergast
Menu Foods, and the companies that associate with them, are guilty of being greedy, sadistic mass murderers. How dare they victimize the innocent in the name of $??? I can’t wait to see them all go belly up and rot in hell.
March 25th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
33606 Elise Jarmon
I’m totally disgusted with what has been revealed since the recall was finally announced. My 3 1/2 year old cat (Jasmine) became violently ill about ten days ago and I hadn’t heard any news about the recall at that point. When I realized that Jasmine was drinking a lot of water I found the recall list on a website and sure enough, the variety pack of Iams I had was contaminated. I was so upset because I had no way of knowing how long I had been feeding my cat poison and I felt that I had failed her somehow.
I took Jasmine to the vet and after spending $400 I found out that she has damage to her kidneys, the exact extent is unknown. I am one of the luckier owners - Jasmine seems to be doing pretty well now although she has not liked any of the vet-prescribed diet I have since had to put her on.
I feel very sad thinking about how many pet owners have had to watch their pets suffer or die and I am furious at the companies responsible for this mess.
I understand that the owners are supposed to be reimbursed for all of the veterinary costs but does anyone have any idea how that’s supposed to happen?
March 25th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Cathy Young 22101
March 25th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Barbara Hill 28401
March 25th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
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Alison Woolley
March 25th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Debra Gillett 85318
March 25th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
These manufacturers need not only to be responsible financially but also morally. They should be fined/prosecuted for animal abuse for permitting additional animals to die in their tests when they could have used chemical analysis.
March 25th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
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Jen Hoeflein
March 25th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
78602 Carolyn Hoeflein
March 25th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
46140 susan simpson
March 25th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
78602 Carolyn Hoeflein
The suffering our cat endured cannot be expressed adequately in words.
By the time we got him to the Vet, we could do nothing more than to end his suffering. And he did suffer .
This must never happen again.
March 25th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
01569 Lisa Wiersma
March 25th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
J Tygrest
March 25th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
J Tygrest 32205
March 25th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
J Tygrest 32205
March 25th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Ron and Kathy Davis
92604
March 25th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
Lisa Knight
92071
Yeah, if it were people you bet your bottom they would be all over this.
Since its pets who cant talk with a voice, its important we all make ours
heard for them. So to you regulator, woof woof from my dog who ate the
tainted food. Translation “Be accountable for your screw ups”.
March 25th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Time for the pet food industry to be as accountable as the folks that handle food for human consumption.
Look what happened with Mad Cow. I heard its from cattle being fed ground up sheep with a disease that crossed to cattle through their feed. Scrappy I believe is what it was the disease was called. Why feed anything animal diseased or tainted food anyhow? Like who that that was a great idea in the first place?
March 25th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Oh, zip code should be 98258
March 25th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
Suzanne Pierce 43204
Just two weeks ago, on March 11, I lost my loyal faithful buddy of 17 years to this unimaginable poisoning. He dedicated his entire life “taking care of me” and in no way deserved this horrific death.
March 25th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
24201 David Gressner
My cat has been suffering from a skin condion since Aug of last year. 500.00 in vet bills had my vet baffled. I was feeding him special kitty. His sugar in his kidneys was elevated back in Ang. 2006. I thought i was upgrading by switching him to nutro. I know by the grace of God that it’s the only reason he’s alive today. The cuts and gravy are his favorite and i know i have fed him the poisoned canned foods in the past. I have shortened his life and put him and my other cats at risk by feeding them this so called top quality product. I will never buy ANYTHING EVER from menu foods again. I feel betrayed and guilty for putting my cats at risk as everyone eles has. Cough up some of that money ive been giving you losers to compensate for the deaths of these pets and their pain and suffering. Who knows when this actually happened since my cat had symptoms back in aug of 2006. What a bunch of ASSHOLES.
March 26th, 2007 at 12:13 am
95037 Jill Moyer
March 26th, 2007 at 12:14 am
Patricia M. Hill
95648
March 26th, 2007 at 12:20 am
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Linda Rhode
March 26th, 2007 at 12:24 am
Gary Kaminski, 15018
March 26th, 2007 at 12:38 am
I feed my dogs Kumpi. They are safe - I can NOT tell you the comfort I have in knowing this.
My heart goes out to those who have lost their beloved pets to this irresponsible disaster. Manufactuers need to be held reliable for the suffering of these pets and their humans. We are fed MILLIONS of dollars of advertising to ASSURE us that our dogs are SAFE and HEALTHY on their foods - now look. Menu Foods will compensate for the loss of your pet - but you have to send them your dead pet and the food… what are those who lost their pets early on to do? Dig up Fido? What about those who were cremated? What an easy out they gave themselves. Isn’t the vet’s records enough! These were HEALTHY pets - now they are dead.
In December, AS A TREAT, I had fed my year old Yorkie just TWO pouches of Nutro - a brand I had fed fosters before Kumpi. He suffered seizures. My vet asked if I had poisons around the home - we looked at EVERYTHING - however, I had fed Nutro before. I had thought it was the chicken jerky I had purchased - they were made in China. I didn’t think anything about the Nutro. Now I think about it all the time… now I think about how he has not had another seizure since those two pouches. My dogs eat Kumpi and ONLY Kump. THANK YOU Evy for letting me sleep at night - with my healthy dogs around me. FEED KUMPI: www.kumpi.com
March 26th, 2007 at 12:38 am
The standards for safe and healthy food that millions of people feed their beloved pets must be raised to the highest standards. A blind person who looses his or her seeing eye dog; a child who looses his or her beloved animal; and any other human who benefits from the companionship of his or her animal deserves such standards, as does the animals so many humans depend upon for companionship, assistance, and human growth as spiritual beings.
Sincerely,
Charles Regal, M.Div, MSW
March 26th, 2007 at 12:39 am
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March 26th, 2007 at 12:41 am
Regardless of human or animal, a tragedy has occurred and the responsible party should be held accountable. In this case, Menu Foods has distributed foods that have cause illness and death. But not only Menu Foods, the companies that use them should be held accountable to ensure Menu Foods is producing safe food that is not only safe for animals to eat but safe enough for a human. I would assume this would mean a major shift in the pet food industry with no more dead, diseased and dying animals put in pet food. I mean, how safe can that be? And better testing on the ingredients to ensure it is human grade. That is why I have moved away from traditional pet foods and feed my pets Kumpi Food and Dick Van Patten’s Wet Food called Natural Balance. Thank God I switched from Nutro last October. Because the cans listed on the recall were ones that I used to feed my companion animals. My heart goes out to those who have lost or may lose a loved one.
March 26th, 2007 at 12:42 am
Robert Davis, 55428 (forgot to add this in my prior comments)
March 26th, 2007 at 12:42 am
Zip Code - 30135
Edward & Phyllis Grennan
Turbo was a perfect little 4 pound, 4 1/2 month old Maltese puppy. He was loved as our child. He died at the Vets office as they tried to treat him for this poisoning. His blood work was off quite a lot the first day when I first heard about the recall. By the next day his CBC blood work was off the charts and he ceisured and died a horrible death.
If Menu foods had released the information when they first knew about it as they should have Turbo would be alive now. By stalling for several days or weeks, they killed by little boy.
I am outraged at how the FDA and most of the media are handling this news and how they are grossly skewing the death toll and number of sick pets.
We have reported to the FDA, Nutro Pet Food Co., and Menu Foods Co. The people we have talked to at the FDA have given us no direction for what they are doing for this tragety nor have they givin us any type of case number or reference to our complaits.
Please help to get somthing done to prevent this again,
Edward Grennan
March 26th, 2007 at 1:18 am
95608
Shirley Kaiser
March 26th, 2007 at 1:25 am
Mr. Kiril Kundurazieff
ZIP CODE = 92706
———–
Symbolically Co-signed by NIKITA, The Bouncer of Sneakeasy’s Joint
http://www.sneakeasysjoint.com.....index.html
JOINT STATEMENT:
My 9 yr. old Feline Companion, Nikita, and I wish to express our solidarity with our fellows in the Cat, and Canine Communities, in this terrible time of crisis.
We agree wholeheartedly that the marketers, and manufacturers, of the food, and treats, that people purchase, for the nourishment of their Animal Companions, need to be held accountable for what goes into their product, and for it being safe for consumption before it reaches the shelves of Retailers.
We also want to encourage all Human Companions to do all they can to inform themselves about care, and feeding issues related to their particular Animal.
March 26th, 2007 at 1:42 am
Maureen Noble
34759
March 26th, 2007 at 1:57 am
84405 Steven Harris
UPDATE:
These numbers need to be added to the recall list:
Special Kitty Pouch 068113174242
Special Kitty Pouch 068113174245
Special Kitty (3oz can) 068113157544
Special Kitty (3oz can) 068113159035
Special Kitty (3oz can) 068113124712
Special Kitty (3oz can) 068113198352
Special Kitty (3oz can) 007874273292
Special Kitty (3oz can) 007874273293
Questionable:
Special Kitty (can) Chicken Liver 007800012140
Special Kitty DRY (any flavor)
Fact: These numbers are NOT on the recall list and should be! It was proven, a cat in Ogden ate ONLY these foods with these UPC codes and is now gravely ill. The food was bought at Wal Mart in Riverdale, UT, on 2/16/07.
March 26th, 2007 at 2:05 am
CINDY BARNES
77009
March 26th, 2007 at 2:40 am
Isabel DeBerry
94561
March 26th, 2007 at 2:49 am
Darren and Isabel DeBerry
94561
March 26th, 2007 at 2:53 am
Leslie A. Canales 10453
My dog, Furby, was being fed Mighty Dog pouched food for a few months now. I’ve just recently heard about the recall and was shocked. Needless to say, despite the fact that the numbers on the packages we have don’t indicate it is among the poisoned food and he shows no symptoms, I will no longer be feeding my pet this product. From now on I’ll be making Furby’s food myself from the same ingredients used in MY food. Hopefully, many other pet owners will follow my example and limit further profits being made by people selling sub-standard food for our precious companions.
March 26th, 2007 at 3:09 am
Zip: 38201
Ol’Roy pouch food, Missy’s absolute favorite, forced us to put her down on February 16, 2007.
I want to see the true scope of this destruction published. I want to know exactly how many animals lost their lives, or had their quality of life reduced or shortened. I want to see these numbers splashed across every news wire and front page in this country. I want the companies involved to be held accountable for, and recognize, these losses and I want to see changes in the pet food industry to ensure this will not happen again. Unfortunately, I doubt any of these things will happen. We’re talking big business and government here, not a promising combination, unless they are looking out for each other.
I want to see pet owners educate themselves on what animals REALLY need in their diets. I want to see pet owners spend their dollars stateside, not only on pet food, but all things animal related. And while we’re at it, let’s extend that stateside spending to include items for humans, too. Just because our misguided government has opened the doors to imports, doesn’t mean that we have to buy those imports. I have HOPE that these things will happen because these are things that WE can do. Let’s make a dent in their bottom line. They’ll get the message and changes will follow.
IF, I get over the loss of Missy, our Havanese look-alike, and find the courage to get another dog, I may just cook another portion and feed her from our table. My childhood companion lived to be 15 years old on table scraps and then his death was caused by a car. That’s more years than Missy was allowed, thanks to Menu/Ol’Roy. After all, isn’t it the dog food companies that tell us table scraps aren’t good for our animals? Wonder why????
A nice old lady told me once that she believed there was a hotter place in Hell for people who mistreated animals. With all my heart, I hope she is right.
I grieve as you do, so I’m sending thoughts and prayers your way.
March 26th, 2007 at 3:20 am
Autumn Broughton
47401
It is incredibly horrible that companies with the image that they “care” about animals were so slow to react to this tradgedy, and that they are doing so little. Standards for animal food should be the same as they are for human food. You wouldn’t want to drink soured milk, eat rotting meat, etc. An animal shouldn’t have to either. And they shouldn’t be exposed to such health risks. Their health is just as important. Food manufacturers should be taking all measures that are needed to uphold a high quality of food for animals. My heart goes out to all that have lost their furry family members.
March 26th, 2007 at 3:41 am
Deborah LeFeber
17752
March 26th, 2007 at 4:26 am
Diane Olsen
91977
March 26th, 2007 at 6:48 am
Diane Bennett
34956
How do we know what is safe and was isn’t? Where did the poisoned wheat go? How do we know that it didn’t make into the Cheerios we feed the kids or the Frosted Mini Wheats we eat for breakfast? The FDA has dropped the ball on this one!! I have stopped feeding my 2 yr old Coton de Tulear ANY store bought dog food. He gets chiken and rice. My 4 cats are fine and eat Hills Science Diet. I have considered stopping that for them and puttng them people food. As pet owners how long can this go on? How do you place a value on your beloved pets? I couldn’t- the pain and suffering if one of them died due to the food would be to much, but Menu foods and I feel the US gov’t- needs to be held responsible for all the vet bills and losses from this. I also feel they need to be held responsible for long term care of any animal that pulls through this and may need life long treatment.
March 26th, 2007 at 7:16 am
78123 - Sherry Hunter
I work at a Veterinary office. I am simply appalled at what has been allowed happened. We have had several clients come in and are in Intensive Care because of the tainted foods. One sweet kitty passed on this weekend because of it. Others are being monitored and their outcome is unknown. Pets may just be animals to you…but to many of us, they are our friends, companions, and confidants…Those at fault should be held accountable. There should be required testing for those food items. I have seen both animals, and people die first hand. I cared for a Grandmother under hospice as well as pets in last moments of life. And as they breathe in that last moment of air, they are one in the same - A living, breathing creature. I will not stand by and watch innocent lives be extinguished.
March 26th, 2007 at 7:30 am
Kacy Romanik, 14424
March 26th, 2007 at 7:48 am
Some years ago, against my better judgement because of the stench coming from the cat food, I put it in the bowl of my cat and she eat some of it. Ever after, she refused to eat it.
Nevertheless, shortly after eating the stinking food she fell ill, gradually lost wait, yes, foamed at the mouth, her breath intolerable, refused to eat or drink water altogether, could no longer make it to the litter box, and I had her put to sleep.
Shut this stinking pet industry down, and make those responsible for producing this death-dealing garbage for our animals, not even to mention the cruelty of tests performed on animals. It’s nauseating.
Charlotte Masuda
March 26th, 2007 at 7:50 am
Pets are like children and it is our responsibility to keep them safe. In order to do that, we need to know what goes into the products we buy.
March 26th, 2007 at 8:20 am
Robin Peters-Turney 12866
March 26th, 2007 at 8:26 am
Our pets are family, not “property” as some believe. It is reprehensible that the pet food industry, including so called prescription and veterinary
diets, are not held accountable to higher standards and optimal quality
control. Unsafe preservatives, pesticides, rodenticides and poor grade
by-products have no place in any food source. My heart goes out to those
impacted by this tragic event….it is an example of negligence and arrogance on the part of Menu foods in particular, and the pet food industry
in general.
Grace Diemand 02534
March 26th, 2007 at 8:47 am
Doris Wishner
44140
March 26th, 2007 at 8:49 am
Judy Long
48357
March 26th, 2007 at 8:52 am
Judy Evans
06404
March 26th, 2007 at 8:55 am
44137
MeLissa Bommarito
March 26th, 2007 at 8:58 am
tammi willmott 40324
OUR ANIMALS ARE LOVED AS MUCH AS OUR CHILDREN. THEY SHOULD BE PROTECTED AND RESPECTED JUST THE SAME.I NOW HAVE A SICK CHILD BECAUSE OF THIS RECALL, MY LOVING DOG SASSY. THIS DIDN’T HAVE TO BE. I NOW HAVE GUILT FOR POISONING MY DOG.IF ONLY I KNEW MORE, SOONER.
March 26th, 2007 at 9:10 am
Hollyanne McMillan
mcmillanhm@yahoo.com
85044
March 26th, 2007 at 9:14 am
33778 Kat Brogan
The Chihuahua is a Service animal.She has tasks that require her to be healthy,to concentrate on her work and the mobility to do the tasks assigned to her. If she is sick from the food she eats then she can not do her job properly. I feel that not having more stiffer guide lines in our pet food producing is a hassard to all of us.We hold people in the Human food industry accoutable for their actions why not the pet food industry.To MILLIONS of people our pets are our BELOVED FURBABIES.ONE OF THE FAMILY.
March 26th, 2007 at 9:17 am
11230
Rachel Abend
March 26th, 2007 at 9:18 am
Scott McMillan
mcmillan429@msn.com
85044
March 26th, 2007 at 9:21 am
10704
Dawn Connolly
March 26th, 2007 at 9:23 am
81122
Andrea Gatley
March 26th, 2007 at 9:28 am
44130
Lisa E. Camargo
March 26th, 2007 at 9:30 am
06405
Camille Stevens
Our pets rely on us - they have no voice - the fact that thousand of defenseless animals are sick or have died is unacceptable. Speak out for your pets……your are their voice.
March 26th, 2007 at 9:30 am
08701, James Mazetta
March 26th, 2007 at 9:33 am
63118
Andrew Lewandowski
March 26th, 2007 at 9:34 am
06492, Suzanne Pinsonneault
March 26th, 2007 at 9:34 am
06067
Carlota Grate
March 26th, 2007 at 9:40 am
44107
Angela Straub
March 26th, 2007 at 9:41 am
Margarita, 46323
March 26th, 2007 at 9:52 am
06334
Ann Chambers
March 26th, 2007 at 10:02 am
Anne Marie Lesco 06517
March 26th, 2007 at 10:12 am
Lisa Neathery 76021
March 26th, 2007 at 10:22 am
44319 James Frost I lost a valued pet. I support any effort at accountability
March 26th, 2007 at 10:23 am
Brian Hawkins
10038
March 26th, 2007 at 10:23 am
06472, Barbara Bruce
March 26th, 2007 at 10:23 am
10038 Brian Hawkins
March 26th, 2007 at 10:29 am
75040 John Selman
March 26th, 2007 at 10:31 am
They should be driven out of bussiness, only after the pay tfhe owners for their grief and suffering. they are disgusting.
March 26th, 2007 at 10:41 am
27520 NICOLE HAWKINS
March 26th, 2007 at 10:53 am
PJ Barrett 44012
March 26th, 2007 at 10:53 am
55947 Angie Niebeling
March 26th, 2007 at 10:56 am
You cannot produce food that kills innocent animals..PLEASE TRACE YOUR FOOD SUPPLIERS AND ALL THAT HAS TO DO WITH PRODUCING FOOD FOR PETS. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF MANY INNOCENT ANIMALS AND HAVE DESTROYED THEIR LIVES.Thank you
March 26th, 2007 at 11:02 am
27615 Nadine Larkin
March 26th, 2007 at 11:03 am
43230 Carol Park
March 26th, 2007 at 11:07 am
Barbara Deangelo, 06512
March 26th, 2007 at 11:09 am
Eric Flaherty 08840
March 26th, 2007 at 11:10 am
46260
Pamela Kelley
Pets are family members! The sickness and death of these family members from eating contaminated pet food is an outrage. There needs to be changes!
March 26th, 2007 at 11:22 am
15601 Debra Wiant
March 26th, 2007 at 11:24 am
07747
Todd Goldin
March 26th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Wes Duerr 13027
“The Associated Press continues to report 16 dead pets, without even mentioning the possibility that there are hundreds if not thousands more. So does Newsweek….……..
So far, both the Animal Medical Center (the “Mayo Clinic†of veterinary hospitals) and Banfield The Pet Hospital, with more than 600 locations all connected by a central database, have both gone on the record saying there could be thousands of pets sickened or killed by recalled food.
So what’s up, AP?
This afternoon, we got an e-mail from a person in the news department of a radio station, who pointed out to his boss that other media — such as USA Today and ABC News — have been reporting a potentially much higher death rate, and asked to change the AP’s “rip-and-read†radio copy. He was told he could not, and until the AP decides to do more than parrot the FDA line, the story will remain largely under-reported. That means the story of our pets will soon die.”
What should we do?
Try to call talk shows.
Write letters.
Talk to people.
Have people sign potitons.
Big money does not give a damn about quality.
Our pets have been killed.
We have posined spinich tainted with e-coli.
This has never been tested until recently.
We have men an women dying in Iraq that need armour
for the humm-vs (hummer, Miltary transport) to protect them selfs fom bombs. Our Mlitary cuts corners, Food production keeps geting corns cut.
We the people and our pets are dollar signs. Few pets here and a few humans there die. It gets cleaned up. Well forgoten. This goes on all the time. I had for healthy cats die in we one summer. They were a round 10 years old. Kidney Failure is what killed them. I swear the food is what killed them. (This was about 4 years ago)
The gread of the people is going to destroy our world. (Now I hear some out there saying wakco) The climante is being destroyed, In the US now year social helath care, most peoples pay does not eqaute to cost of living, and even most supervisors want you to work 6 to 7 days a week. Then you can not enjoy family and life.
My point is this,if a big company and/or people can not respect and protect each other,the lack of courtesy to living things will end this world.
This maybe a very deep though but thats what the world needs.
I pray for change and good will to all.
PEACE
March 26th, 2007 at 11:36 am
60657
Andrea Toback
Seems that Menu Food has widened their list again - March 26th AM. The list now contains a food that Menu Foods and the Nutro said were safe (I called both companies and asked). Good thing I’ve learned not to trust big business - I threw my cans out last week. Do they even know which foods were contaminated? How can they continue to operate when no one has determined whether machinery was contaminated, whether the dates for the recalled cans are correct, whether this wheat was used in any foods for human consumption.
Wake up America. If you think human food is any safer, you’re living in a dream world. This is what we get for turning our country over to people who are in the pocket of lobbyists and are only interested in enriching themselves.
March 26th, 2007 at 11:36 am
gordon dalton v2v1w1
do not buy any future products made by menu foods, they took so long to announce this lets put them out of business for ever.
March 26th, 2007 at 11:39 am
15904-Brenda Davilamy fathers cat is very ill from special kitty
he’s taken her to the vet but he may have to have her put to sleep because of her suffering.
March 26th, 2007 at 11:39 am
81506
Geri Sommerfeld
March 26th, 2007 at 11:44 am
57701
Debra Kavanaugh
March 26th, 2007 at 11:50 am
my cat had to be euthanized mar 10 because of kidney failure. She was eating iams savory cuts AM and PM for a treat and to keep her weight up.I had taken her to the vet about 2 weeks prior she weighed over 5lbs
and was doing good. two weeks later she was down to 3 lbs and could hardly walk around. I need to get in contact with the attny in washington who i handling the class action law suit. Does anyone have that info?
March 26th, 2007 at 11:54 am
48026 Carolyn Pigeon
March 26th, 2007 at 11:59 am
I can imagine the uproar if even one human had died from this substance, never mind the thousand(s?) which characterizes the effect on our pets.
March 26th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
Melinda Huff
24073
March 26th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
46055
Doyle Coppinger
March 26th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Pets, dogs and cats, are our children, would you kill your real children?
Of course not. Please check you suppliers and maybe the owners will
not buy your products and you will go bankrupt.
March 26th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
12578 Irene Gray
March 26th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
84037 Carrie Vazquez
March 26th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
63376 Nikki Velasco
March 26th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Linda Reed
92780
March 26th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
47362
Lee Hall
March 26th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
02895 Lorrie A. Scullin
March 26th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
IS ALL THE DRY FOOD TESTED TO ?????
March 26th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
26105 Robin Tennant
March 26th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
14224 debbie segrest
March 26th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Kate Hone 45432
March 26th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
31088, Viki Wilhoit
I had my cats tested today, they are fine for now. I do know that they ate poisoned pouches, or cans at least 2 times since February, based on their urine output those days and sleeping all the time. I have receipts showing 15 pouches purchased in February alone with the recalled stock numbers. If the company truly knew what they had done, they should surely be held accountable.
March 26th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
44147 - Karen Thier
March 26th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Karla Tierney
68104
March 26th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
44125
Lisa Szalek
March 26th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Stacey Buick
51540
March 26th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
75074 Karen Watts
I just finished reading a number of the comments and I decided to speak up too. One comment was questioning “dry” food and I am so glad to find someone else that feels it is not just the “wet” food. I just lost my cat, my precious baby boy Andre on February 11, 2007. I had to make that ultimate decision that no pet owner wants to make and it has been devistating for me. He was healthy just before Christmas and then Christmas week I noticed he was wanting water constantly and acting strange at the time I was on vacation at my sister’s, but as soon as I could I took him to my vet. He was in kidney failure. He was 11 yrs and would have been 12 on February 23, 2007. One minute he was healthy, even though he was older and the next minute he was sick and I could not save him. He was my child. I will never get over his loss. CONGRESS NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WE WANT THE PET FOOD INDUSTRY HELD RESPONSIBLE AND THEY NEED TO BE REGULATED.
March 26th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
72023 joana wilhite
March 26th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Anomia Conoces
10108
March 26th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
92867 Christine Steinegger
March 26th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
01904
Kelly Stallings
My cat who previously had normal bloodwork at the end of Nov. 2006, now has kidney failure after being fed the recalled canned cat food. He needs subq fluids every other day. I spent the last 3 months working with his vet trying to figure out why he was so sick, putting him through numerous tests and watching him suffer. This has been very devastating for us. I am sickened by the fact that I fed him this food and have shortened his life because of it. He is like a child to me. I can’t bear the thought of losing him…I am truly heartbroken.
March 26th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
92867 Christine Steinegger
I had two cats, unfortunately I had to put my baby down on March 8th due to severe Kidney failure. The second one is still alive and is being hospitalized today since there might be hope for him as he wasn’t eating as much of the recalled food as my baby boy. The Bill just for the blood test and to put him down ran $ 193 and now we’re looking at another $ 600! The Petfood company needs to pay for all the damage they have done! We trusted them many years and fed our pets with their food… and now this!!!
March 26th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
92867 Nicole Steinegger
March 26th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
92626 Dennis Lightner
March 26th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Our cat has the kidney failure. We are hoping he will make it. He went from 15 pounds to 9 pounds in 2 weeks. My heart goes out to all those who lost thier beloved family members. I say family member because Booger bear isn’t our pet he is a member of our family. menu foods should pay for thier actions or should I say lack of actions. No amount of money will help pain and burden we have been through. But it wll get them where it hurts, in thier pocketbooks.
March 26th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Linda Gossar (Lopez)
54143
My cat Windor died feb 7 2007. the vet said he had kidney failure and there was nothing we could do to save him, he died two days later, in my arms, i dont believe in euthenasia, but suffered longer.
i have other cats, he was the youngest so probably ate more. i divide a can of Special Kitty, the purple or pink labels, between the cats. I also usd to buy Special Kitty dry food.
i called walmart, and they say they have not pulled them off the shelves, only the gourmet in the packets, which mine would get one divided every few months as a special treat. none have had the packets in quite awhile, as i am ill and the list i make for my children is already long.
my cats are in trauma, their feeding routine is changed, and cats dont like changes.
They had been throwing up now and then, for awhile.
I love them as much as i love my children, they are my children at home, as now my human children are adults.
i dont want other’s to suffer the loss of their babies, and it is such a mess, i dont know what kind of food to trust. so i am making homemade foods from tuna and rice, and boiling chicken. but they are none of them eating well.
this is savage, this is an outrage. these are living creatures, who love me and help me, as i am on liver transplant list and have some hard days. they make sure i eat, they make sure i dont fall, leading me through the house day and night.
but if they did nothing, they are helpless creatures in my care, and i am so confused.
I am sorry for other’s who have had to watch their beloved pet die or be sick.
sorry this is so long, but most of all, i want all the tainted food taken off the shelves immediately.
Linda
March 26th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
32303 - No amount of money can alleviate the amount of emotionl pain and suffering that loosing a pet causes, but please make these companies accountable for the financial burden they have put pet owners through.
March 26th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
94118
Carl Sato
March 26th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
07753 Mieke Closs
March 26th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
12550 Reha Demirer
March 26th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
81601
Joan Preisner
March 26th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Lori Connerly
30228
March 26th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
42171
ann stephens
March 26th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
75104
Rochelle Hudson
March 26th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
42171
ann stephens
March 26th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Martha Terrell
(71901)
March 26th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
06477 Bill Weaver
do not suoopport first proposition, do support 2 & 3
March 26th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
11772 Katya Khellblau
March 26th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
11222 Caryn Rose
March 26th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
07717
Bettyanne Vitale
March 26th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Kathy H, 98148 The goverment needs to do more in protecting are food, a few months ago it was spinich, and green onions. Last summer it was strawberries. Know it is pet food. What does the inspectors of the FDA do every day. Set in some back rooms and set on there duffs. We need to do more to make sure food is safe for humans and amimals alike.
March 26th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
29869
Chyerl Caldwell
March 26th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Kathy H. 98148 The goverment needs to do more in protecting are food, a few months ago it was spinich, and green onions. Last summer it was strawberries. Know it is pet food. What does the inspectors of the FDA do every day. Set in some back rooms and set on there duffs. We need to do more to make sure food is safe for humans and amimals alike.
March 26th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
92663
M. Pappas
There should be a way for consumers to trace all pet food ingredients from arrival at processing plant back to the ultimate point of creation. I wanted to know what the USDA inspection reports were like on the farms that grow the beef or chicken in my ‘human grade’ meat pet food. Pet food companies will not and do not give out this information. Perhaps if they were obligated to do so they would hold to higher standards! I would gladly pay more for my pets’ food if I could assure myself a complete level of confidence in my pet food manufacturer.
March 26th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
08817 STEPHANIE LANGAN
March 26th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
19136, Marianne Love
March 26th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
95695, Karen Blakeman
We must be able to rely on the safety of our food supply for animals as well as humans! This is outrageous! Changes must be made at once & those responsible must be held accountable!
March 26th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Shannon Taylor, 13036
They should absolutely be held accountable, the pain and suffering they cause so many families. If people are like me, there animals are part of the family in every way!!
March 26th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
97232 Lisa Norwood
March 26th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Rocsana Saddigh, 91367
I have a mini schnauzer in the hospital with accute renal failure because he ate Menu Foods, Iams Select Bites. His vet bills are hefty and there is a huge emotional strain on my family because Charlie is such an important part of our lives. I agree with every part of this petition.
March 26th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Elizabeth Nichols 75206
March 26th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Carol Austin 28539
I have a cat who is suffering from the effects of the foods (he has had 4 different brands). He is almost 18 years old and is having a difficult time fighting. He has always been a healthy cat until this happened. I treat him at home and take him in for weekly rechecks, by bill is climbing! I work for a vet, but it doesn’t make it any cheaper, it just makes it easier for me to take him in. We have accumulated several hundred dollars in vet bills over the last 2 months. I hope something changes in the pet food industry, my pets are like my kids and I know a lot of people who feel the same way!
March 26th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Leslie Murphy
45236
March 26th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Suzanne Masheeco
92116
March 26th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
Kim Kimmey
77008
March 26th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Rosemarie A. Romano
06405
March 26th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Carol Nance 90814
March 26th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
02124
Pat Baughman
March 26th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
80203
Elizabeth Shuman
March 26th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Diane Maxwell 08824
March 26th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
37745
Glenda Leydig
However this tainting of the pet food occurred, the manufacture should be held responsible. Hopefully, this will mean tighter regulations in the pet food industry.
March 26th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
Krista Carwardine
01832
March 26th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Jack and Em Anderson
85743
March 26th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
72701
Rachel Squires
March 26th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Kimberly Woods
40272
My vet has confirmed that cat food flavored with rat poison murdered my family’s 7 month old cat/kitten, Pandora, and we are actively searching for legal representation. Anyone with any suggestions, please e-mail us at wwriter2b@aol.com. Thanks!
March 26th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Kristi Buchanan 78245
Pet: Molly dog, Boston Terrier 2 1/2 years young died after eating Ol’ Roy Fillet Mignon wet food.
March 26th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
30291 DENISE RHODES
March 26th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
My beloved cat Tigger died from eating menu foods pet pride food. My living cat, T.T. has been hospitalized and is trying to pull through this liver and kidney failure. This company should and will be held accountable.
March 26th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
Hollie Shepard 91607
March 26th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Lasandra Walter
37148
Scott Fralick @ CBS news in Nashville wants to talk with anyone that has had a dog or cat die from eating tainted food I sent an email blasting CBS for not reporting more factually and he wants to do some interviews. Great! About time….PLEASE contact him if you live near Nashville and have lost a pet. The word needs to get out.
March 26th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Ruth Lowry 20175
Thank you for this petition. It would kill me if one of my dogs were effected by this contamination.
March 26th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Joyce Brown 07094
This is mass murder and all responsible parties must be held accountable. Accountable for not only veterinarian bills, but for the unspeakable pain and grieving that all pet parents and companions are feeling at the loss of their treasured, precious family members. The manufacturer, Menu, and all the brand marketers can no longer be trusted. Perhaps, they never should have been.
March 26th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
23454 Carolyn Sturgill
March 26th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
melody williams 27358
March 26th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
45150 Ed Murphy
March 26th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Phillip Tsai 60107
March 26th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
33435 Emily McKie
March 26th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
35578 Jan Hoadley
I did not lose pets to this, thankfully, but it has brought up additional research into what exactly is in pet foods. It’s apalling when compared to the marketing. The waiting to report known problems should not happen. I do feel like the tumor that led to having to put my dog to sleep was due to commercial foods after seeing what passes for definitions on the list.
Poison is a terrible way to lose a pet. Anyone in a position of trust - as pet food companies are - should be as concerned or more so with safety as profit. I wouldn’t take a truckload of Menu Foods produced food right now if it was delivered free. Between that and the insensitive email left at a local SaveALot I will no longer support that store either.
March 26th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
33618
Cindy Bell
March 26th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
name is Amanda Zook and my zip is 97007.
My dog died after consuming tainted food (I only have one poch as proof and IAMS wanted me to mail that to them, my ass) the rest I used to torture and kill my best friend. I am livid at learning they (menu foods)had the information on Feb. 20th and proceeded to kill ten healthy animals for testing purposes…all that time I am cramming poision into my dog. She was drinking lots of water and had become extremly lethargic with bouts of diariah. Had I known of the recall and the side effects she probably would be here today. I would love to be involved in a class action.
March 26th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
95640 Stevan Moren
March 26th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
85050
Misty Manes
March 26th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
K2K 1L5
Anne Millar
My 11 year old dog is dead. I want an APOLOGY. This is a nightmare for me..not only did I have to put him out of his suffering…now I find out what I purchased for him as a TREAT…was the cause. My tears are turning to bitter anger. I want a goddam apology from SOMEONE.
March 26th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
37055
I have been so upset over this,I have friends who have lost pets to several of the Company’s foods thats been Listed, These Company’s have not made One Open Apology ,and say we didnt know, some have Evan had reps in stores to walk up to them and tell them how good there foods are.If There foods were so good than these peoples pets would be alive today…..
March 26th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
This is a damn disgrace !!! We want answers …. NOW !
March 26th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
WE WANT ANSWERS …
March 26th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Nicole Craddock
14850
My cat Maple was affected by this terrible disaster. She spent five days in the hospital and thankfully is home now. When I spoke with IAMS about reimbursing me for her vet bills, they said “I cannot speak to this but I can say that IAMS is a company with integrity.” We will hope.
March 26th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
My heart goes out to anyone who has lost their pets to this horrible incident. They are family members and I hope this doesn’t happen again.
Peggy
March 26th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
06795 Tammy Blazys
March 26th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Bobbi Broughton, 47403
March 26th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
75219 Eleanor Garrett
March 26th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Mary Dabney 92506
My dog died on 3/15/07 of acute renal failure after eating IAMS cuts and gravy in a pouch.
March 26th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
During the first week of February my cat ate 4 cans of pet pride. During the second week she fell very ill. I took her to the vet where she was diagnosed with crf and hospitalized for four days. Her numbers did not improve with treatment and in fact worsened. I took her home as there was nothing else I could do and during the night sat with her as she cried
out in pain. The following morning (February 28) I made the hardest decision I have ever had to make to give my baby the last gift I could and let her go. I believe it was what she wanted as she was in so much pain. I cried and held onto her the whole way to the vet knowing this was our goodbye and she seemed to understand. I held her in my arms as they adminastered the injection and as she passed from this world. My baby was 16. I found her as a kittenwhen I was taking the garbage to the dumpster, I was 12 and she had been with me ever since. I miss her. I know things happen and sometimes they are not preventable, but am upset in the way things were handled. They knew animals were dying but didn’t care. The more expesive brands like iams biggest concern was that people know that their catfood is superior to the cheaper brands and a “secret recipe”. It never ceases to amaze me the lengths big corporations are willing to go to line their pockets and they should be held accoutable. Maybe it will take a multi-million dollar lawsuit to make them establish and maintain policies and practices to protect our animals.
March 26th, 2007 at 11:46 pm
During the first week of February my cat ate 4 cans of pet pride. During the second week she fell very ill. I took her to the vet where she was diagnosed with crf and hospitalized for four days. Her numbers did not improve with treatment and in fact worsened. I took her home as there was nothing else I could do and during the night sat with her as she cried
out in pain. The following morning (February 28) I made the hardest decision I have ever had to make to give my baby the last gift I could and let her go. I believe it was what she wanted as she was in so much pain. I cried and held onto her the whole way to the vet knowing this was our goodbye and she seemed to understand. I held her in my arms as they adminastered the injection and as she passed from this world. My baby was 16. I found her as a kitten when I was taking the garbage to the dumpster, I was 12 and she had been with me ever since. I miss her. I know things happen and sometimes they are not preventable, but am upset in the way things were handled. They knew animals were dying but didn’t care. The more expesive brands like iams biggest concern was that people know that their catfood is superior to the cheaper brands and a “secret recipe”. It never ceases to amaze me the lengths big corporations are willing to go to line their pockets and they should be held accoutable. Maybe it will take a multi-million dollar lawsuit to make them establish and maintain policies and practices to protect our animals.
March 26th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
19540
Lori Tollison
March 27th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Donna Griesmeyer 12106
March 27th, 2007 at 12:39 am
44039 Sharon Woolard
March 27th, 2007 at 12:41 am
Stacy Bartlett
Edison, NJ
08817
My sincerest regards to those families who have lost a loved one dut to the recent castrophe. Keep fighting we will back you 110%.
Animals have feelings to.
March 27th, 2007 at 12:43 am
34134
Judith Quandt
March 27th, 2007 at 12:44 am
Virginia & Art Barkley 15037
Will sign this petition and any other one that holds them accountable, will also vote for anyone who helps our beloved pets
March 27th, 2007 at 12:49 am
99218
Elysia Spencer
March 27th, 2007 at 1:11 am
98087 Joan Steik
I am so sorry for all that have lost their pets.
March 27th, 2007 at 1:19 am
maxine dacosta,95658 — I have two austrialian shepards, they are my buddies and cattle working “boys”. We have our rest and play time; and our work time. These guys are worth their weight in gold!I agree with the petition. It seems to me that no one has the “guts” to take the blame for the contaminated animal food. Dog/cat food should be made so that it can be consumed by humans without any ill affect. maxine daCosta and “boys”.
March 27th, 2007 at 1:39 am
98087 Neal Steik
March 27th, 2007 at 1:46 am
55069 Sandy Krimm
March 27th, 2007 at 1:46 am
Larry Fore 34107
March 27th, 2007 at 1:50 am
Susan A. Craddock
98004
March 27th, 2007 at 1:50 am
Susan A. Craddock
suecraddock1@aol.com
98004
March 27th, 2007 at 2:10 am
98248
Kathy Hanes
March 27th, 2007 at 3:28 am
75023 Kaira Sarkah
March 27th, 2007 at 3:29 am
98239 meg hilkey
March 27th, 2007 at 3:30 am
98239 meg hilkey
Please make the companies responsible for the pain and suffering pay for what they have done.
March 27th, 2007 at 3:40 am
49534 Cathi Catlett
March 27th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
richelle shaffer 73042
March 27th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
73042 richelle shaffer
March 27th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
s7h1e1 janelle jopling
March 27th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
61052
Laura Nielsen
My puppy Max has been eating Nutro pouched puppy food because it was better for him and now I am worried that he will get sick. I dislike the animal testing and feel for every one that has lost a pet as vet bills are expensive - the company should at least pay for the testing of the animals.
March 27th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
I’m a pet lover. This is awful! We should line them up and make them eat the food first.
March 27th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
I’m a pet lover. This is awful!
March 27th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
98030 Danielle Mottley
March 27th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
89121
marylou zimmerman
i would appreciate disclosure of production and manufacturing information, locations of each, and sources of ingredients so i can make informed choices. i want o know exactly what i am feeding my pets - who trust me.
March 27th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
89121
marylou zimmerman
i would appreciate disclosure of production and manufacturing information, locations of each, and sources of ingredients so i can make informed choices. i want to know exactly what i am feeding my pets - they trust me.
March 27th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
33908
Lauren Dees
March 27th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
21014
JENNIFER SENTZ
March 27th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
37321 Staci Butcher I to am a pet lover! We lost our family pet a dog named “RIDER BUTCHER” of 15yrs. on Sunday morning. He was nearly 80 yrs. old in Dog yrs. never a problem health wise,until the day he fell ill from what we now know to be poisened dog food.He will be missed by many!I am mad as hockey sticks, All i have to say to the person/Person’s involved in this is, One day be it here on earth or rather when you die,”ONE DAY” you will have to answer for everything you have done and when that day comes, “MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL”!!! This is strickly my opinion only
March 27th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
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Susanne Scott
March 28th, 2007 at 1:11 am
Our name are Joyce and Harry Barrar Zip is 19713, We lost our cat Sweetpea on 3/18/07 and really think Menu foor should be held accountable for the deaths of so many of people family members.And I agree with Staci Butcher, someday reather here on earth or or when they die, THEY WILL have to answer for what they did to all of our family members.”MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON THEIR SOULS” It is our opinion also.
March 28th, 2007 at 1:24 am
19713, Joyce and Harry Barrar, I think they should be held accountable. We lost our cat Sweetpea to Renal Failure on 3/18/07. she was feed only Special Kitty US with the infected codes and #’s. And I have to agree with Staci Butcher that someday they will have to answer for what they did to all of our family members, wether here on earth or after they die.GOD HAVE MERCY ON THEIR SOULS.
March 28th, 2007 at 1:55 am
For MOST people our “pets” are our children. You have killed our babies and you NEED to be held accountable!
March 28th, 2007 at 3:58 am
Darlene Conley
March 28th, 2007 at 3:58 am
Darlene Conley
98409
March 28th, 2007 at 4:52 am
bILLIE dANFORD 37342
They should be closed down not just held accoutable. How can you replace those lost Pets!
March 28th, 2007 at 5:53 am
67341
Sherrie Hall
March 28th, 2007 at 5:55 am
sherrie Hall 69341
March 28th, 2007 at 6:11 am
Amy Bischoff
15221
March 28th, 2007 at 6:21 am
Joy Toney - 94803
March 28th, 2007 at 6:39 am
Don Mauch
02061
March 28th, 2007 at 6:53 am
Mary Ryan
March 28th, 2007 at 6:54 am
Mary Ryan 49046
March 28th, 2007 at 6:59 am
Pam Speed 30525
March 28th, 2007 at 7:11 am
12950 Carole McGivney
March 28th, 2007 at 8:20 am
The bottom line isn’t always money. Yes, pet food companies should be accountable for pet deaths. They advertised their foods to be safe and healthy.
Meanwhile, people are poisoning famiily members without knowing it.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:28 am
Roxanne Hinkle
32725
March 28th, 2007 at 8:29 am
roxannehinkle@mindspring.com
Roxanne Hinkle
32725
March 28th, 2007 at 9:28 am
Sherry Silkaitis 60516
March 28th, 2007 at 9:56 am
19713
Harry Barrar
March 28th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Annie Milliron 45430
March 28th, 2007 at 9:58 am
Annie Milliron
45430
March 28th, 2007 at 10:12 am
98248
Kathy Hanes
March 28th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Rhonda Woodward
38732
My beloved dog of 10 years, died March 6, 2007. He did not like dog food, but would eat one of the brands that has recently been pulled off the market. Not knowing about the tainted food, I unknowingly fed it to my dog. I have lost my best friend to something that NEVER should have happened!! They need to be held accountable.
March 28th, 2007 at 10:40 am
Deirdre Curran
Port Chester, NY 10573
March 28th, 2007 at 10:41 am
Unconscionable…that’s all I can say. This cannot be allowed to happen again.
March 28th, 2007 at 10:46 am
10925
Lisa Edwards
March 28th, 2007 at 11:00 am
97444
Tracie Rosendahl
March 28th, 2007 at 11:01 am
97444
Tracie Rosendahl
March 28th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Apathy and incompetence. Are the two involved US plants shut down since nothing has been officially determined or remedied?
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Sharon Hurley
March 28th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
77095 Jennifer Eckhart
My dog CJ passed March 16th 2007 Acute kidney failure after consuming Nutro Ultra adult.
March 28th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Andrea Berarducci
62025
March 28th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
YES! My cat miss cuddles passedaway Feb.17/2007 from bad food She was 13 I love her ,aneed her, and miss my Sweet Angel God this is so so unfair!! i’m in www.sootoday.com March 22/2007 Pet food recall thanks “Kelly For Miss Cuddles!!
March 28th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
13203 annette bailey
It’s a disgrace. Pet food companies should care about animals instead of using cheap grains that cats cannot digest. Grains are bad for cats & junk in their diet is making them sick for years.
March 28th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
annette bailey 13203
cheap Cat & dog food has been hurting animals for years. Its time it stopped
March 28th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
They should also not be importing grain from out of the USA .
Our farmers should be supported .
And I’d rather pay higher prices for high quality pet food than risk the health & lives of my beloved family .
March 28th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
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judy starr
March 28th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
78664
Amy Saflekos
March 28th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
78664 Amy Saflekos
March 28th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
63103 Lan Sasa
March 28th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
98671 Tracey Irvin
March 28th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Elizabeth Littrell
beefie1@hotmail.com
58 Sanders Dr Apt 4
Florence KY 41042
Owner of (2) cats
March 28th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
41042
Elizabeth H Littrell
March 28th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
85323
Shawna Trupiano
March 28th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
91604
Kathy Cuevas
I don’t believe in frivilous lawsuits, but with the amount of money the pet food industry is making, basic product safety inspections should be mandatory, and proper package labelling as to manufactuer(s) and country of origin of ingredient(s) should also be required. America has traditionally been the world’s breadbasket; why are we importing wheat from China? I almost lost one of my cats–thankfully he seems to be recovering–but this should never have happened.
March 28th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
91604
Kathy Cuevas
March 28th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Tim Ilchene
Hamilton Ontario Canada
L8P 4s4
March 28th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
85032
Susan Conrad
Sammy & Shadow…2 kitties that by the Grace of God are still alive.
March 28th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
19968 Bonnie Helder
After being hospitalized for a week at Savannah Animal Hospital in Lewes, DE. My 14 year old feline, Tailgate, passed away in my arms this morning.
I support anything and everything that can be done to hold these people accountable and take every measure to insure that something like this does not ever happen again.
March 28th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Bonnie Chow L3S 3E9
March 28th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
63103
Ian Thomas
March 28th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Mississauga, Ontario
L5N 2Y6
March 28th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
L5N2Y6, mississauga ontario
March 28th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Heather Easton L3T 2L2
March 28th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Heather Easton L3T2L2
March 28th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Valentina Vuljaj
85297
March 28th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
60640, Iram Mahomed
March 28th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
L6H 5G1 Maureen McKee
March 28th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
18470 j.morris Lost our dog, acute renal failure, Jan 07. Read all the posts, this wet and dry dog food issue is lengthly and a very serious matter. How much toxin, germs, and most definitely ‘unnecessary - unhealthy’ ingredients’ , etc. are in our pets’ food to begin with, along with the added alarm of how much overloaded toxin got in the food recently to destroy so many of our ‘best friends’ ? It would become a very serious matter to all companies to keep our foods , (humans and pets), very healthy ‘IF’ stricter laws were developed and enforced - i.e. compensation if something of this nature and magnitude occurs. Maybe then it won’t be so easily brushed away. Sad, anna nicole smith is getting more air time and attention and she’s not current news, so what does that say to all of us faced with the loss of our pets and the medical expenses of those gone or still in medical care from this issue ? The companies hid the fact there was a problem, and even up to today’s date (March 28th), they ‘are still not facing’ the fact that their numbers are way off what people are reporting / both ill and deaths, and the ‘type of foods’ involved or possibly involved. It would be better to use more caution, then to be relaxed on something so detrimental to anyone’s health, our pets included. They don’t even want to hear from those of us trying to report the suspect dry foods. Heck, they still claim only 15 cats and one dog, and ten of those animals ‘they killed’ in their tests. Come on now, let’s be real about this. That means, 6 citizens are telling the truth about their pet’s illness/death. The rest of us are distraught because we have nothing better to do than make ourselves sick with grief over losing our pets over the very same symptoms, illnesses and deaths from acute renal failure ??? I guess we’re just coincidental according to them, that is if they were open to listen to us in the first place.
Also other products must label their packages with “Manufactured for “so and so” by “so and so”. And it should be the same for any food (including dog food) that is partially manufactured by a particular plant. As many of us are now finding out now, some bigger named brands and holistic brands are partially manufactured by this very same Menu Foods, we have the right to know that and it hasn’t been very easy finding this information out, many of the companies are holding out on telling their customers this information via mail or telephone since this whole incident occurred ! Why should this product be any different, this way everyone knows who they want to stay away from, which is our right to do if we so choose to, in this country.
Something is very wrong in the food and pet food industry and will continue to be if someone of power doesn’t step in and make this right with accountability and tougher enforced laws.
March 28th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Bonnie Koenig 98074
March 28th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Denise Winter
Nanaimo BC Canada
V9R 4R2
March 28th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
pet food companies should be held liable for damages if there food is bad-and should get the info out sooner
March 28th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Rolanda Tovey
Spring Bay, ON Canada
P0P 2B0
March 28th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
97499-Mary Kelley
March 28th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Carlin Buller
M9W 1X4
March 28th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
Mark Lepine
m5b 2j4
March 28th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
m5b 2j4
Mark Lepine
March 28th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
78028 Marjorie Simpson
March 28th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
I will never use any of your products ever again. And will suggest that all my friends and family do likewise. 78028 Marjorie Simpson
March 28th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
L7E3V3
March 28th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Do not feed your pet low quality food.
Jennifer Lowerison L7E3V3
March 28th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Sandra Shaw 99801
March 28th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
18015 Beth Smith
March 28th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
64734, Barbara Pearce
March 28th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
95361–Jann Anderson
March 28th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Don Jackson
North Hollywood, CA 91601
March 28th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Shelley Tesarek - 78619
March 28th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
When will these big companies realize that our pets are very important to us. We demand that they take care of and be responsible for the trust we are forced to put in them. When only a few canning companies make the dog food for so many brands the dog food brand companies should over see the process personally because we are putting our trust in them and their brand. Drusella Ponzo
March 28th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Marilyn Born 92627
March 28th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
92627
Melanie Kilian
March 28th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Valerie Niles M4C2X6
These pet food companies are more than happy to profit from our love for our animals, and in their marketing materials recognize that an owner-pet relationship is much, much more. Now that they are responsible for the pain and suffering caused to our “children”, it’s only right that they pay for the damage.
Asking pet owners to take the financial hit of medical bills ON TOP OF dealing with broken hearts is adding INSULT to injury.
March 28th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Brandon Knueppel 44129
March 28th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Terry Sansone 01983
March 28th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
91610
Mark Martin
Not only do I think that the pet food companies should be held responsible for what is happening to our nation’s pets, I think that the foreign companies who caused this to happen in the first place should be held accountable. It is high time that we stop outsourcing jobs to foreign countries and we should stop contracting foreign countries to service our needs when we can produce the products right here in the United States; especially if those foreign countries have no regard for our standards of safety and security. We should re-develop our own resources for our own United States citizens.
March 28th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
April Paonessa
12524
March 28th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Melissa Laituri 92627
March 28th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
92627 Melissa Laituri
March 28th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Steven Anderson 98059
Furthermore a system for reporting unexplained disease and death of animals should be developed, as exists for humans, in order to discover trends and detect problems before they reach this scale.
Such a system would provide benefits not only to animal health but also to human health.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Steven Anderson 98059
Reposting since I do not see the message after submitting after the first time.
Furthermore a system for reporting unexplained disease and death among animals, as exists for humans, should be established to detect trends and patterns before they affect thousands.
This would provide benefits for both animal and human health.
One complication will be proof. Our cat was diagnosed on 2/5 and treatment began, but we had no idea what the cause was. This food was given as a treat, purchased as needed. We don’t keep our empty pet food containers for a couple months just in case of a problem, who does? As a result our empties are in the land fill and we have no legal evidence whatsoever. The cat has not gained weight after 9 weeks of treatment but is more active and energetic lately.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Odette Landry, Jacksonville , Florida, 32259
It is an outrage that our pets have been killed and or deathly ill because of FOOD, we pay for and expensive food at that. ( Iams!!!) I watched my cat dye in my arms after taking exceptional care of him for 17 years and he died because of the food I gave him. These companies definately knew there were problems and tried to hide it, that’s what is upsetting to me, it could have been prevented. There should be more checks and balances in all food distrubition human and pet. Monti was a huge part of my family and it has been devasting for us. My only hope is that some one takes responsibility for their actions.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
Minnie Richardson 52577
March 28th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Vivian Arzola, 32807
I am highly disappointed, disgusted and upset about this whole situation.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
08068
Wilma Sachenbacher
I agree with others that the manufactures should be held accountable.
March 28th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
Denise O’Leary M5s k5
March 28th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
08876
March 28th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
08876
JoAnn Pichiarellp
March 28th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Gail Romel, 01843
I just bought a case of Nutro dog food. The pet shop said it was safe to purchase it there. I was looking on the internet the codes of the cans affected. The code on the carton was a different number than on the cans. I’d advise you all to check each can. The cans in the carton were one of the recall codes. So, they are still out there. Beware!!
March 28th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
01843, Gail Romel
Even after the fact, I just purchased A case of Nutru dog food from a local pet shop. They said their food was safe. I got home and looked on the internet at the codes recalled. First, I checked the case code a it was not on the list. Then I took out the cans and looked on them. The codes were different than on the case. They were the ones on the recall list. I feed a few cans to my dogs before I noticed it. So keep checking your cans . Beware!! There still out there.
March 28th, 2007 at 11:11 pm
93268 Sue Eckelberry
March 28th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
59872 Marita McDaniel
March 29th, 2007 at 1:35 am
48214 Yvonne Paschal
As of the morning of 3/17/07 my cat Giles has been in emergency care at her vet’s office in Detroit, MI. She ate packets of these poisoned Menu Foods brands–specifically, Nutro and Iams foil packets–and went into acute, severe renal failure. I called the Menu Foods hotline immediately after her vet diagnosed Giles and that Saturday afternoon of 3/17/07 is unfortunately burned into my mind. The hotline person was insensitive, telling me that I was the first person to call that day to report a sick animal. I lost it and began crying and yelling that mine wouldn’t be the only call she got.
Almost two weeks later, Giles is not well enough to come home. I try to remain optimistic and pray for her well-being. I visit Giles daily and try to keep abreast of all news about the pet food recall. I guess I just had to get this off of my chest and comment this way as I am feeling so overwhelmed and sad. I cry most of the time now as Giles–previously in excellent health and spirits for her entire life–fights to live and regain healthy kidney function. I am very grateful for itchmo and other web sites that allow for us human companions to share our concerns and questions and stories; if not for these venues, I might cave in to despair about my cat’s poisoning. Peace and justice for us all.
March 29th, 2007 at 2:00 am
Kim Yepez
91016
March 29th, 2007 at 3:43 am
90245 Sabina Wuertenberger
My 2-1/2 year old indoor cat, Ariel, ate slightly more than 1 pouch of the recalled food and is now in acute renal failure-like so very many others. I am now finally hopeful that she may make it, due to very intense veterinary intervention. Ariel has been in the hospital for four days now and is showing some improvement. I haven’t even asked how much the bill is yet, I’m probably just too scared. I recently found out that due to an oversight she won’t be covered under her pet insurance. My Vet tells me that if Ariel makes it through she will have a lifelong condition, and that she will need to be given sub-cutaneous fluids every 1-3 days of her life. She will need frequent exams with expensive lab tests, and will only be able to eat a prescription diet-nothing bought off the shelf. No one can tell me what her life expectancy will be, only that she is now “impaired”. I so very much want her to live, but I don’t know what the quality of her life will be. My life and lifestyle will also be changed dramatically-not to mention the financial aspect of it all. My husband and I have always tried to keep her safe, and give her the best we can. It was our hope that we could live and love her for 20+ years together-now who knows? I tried to only give Ariel the best foods so that she could be as healthy as possible. I thought I could trust a name like Nutro, but now she’s been poisoned. Why should the trusting consumer be held financially responsible for all the medical and lifelong costs. We all acted in good faith and now have either seriously ill, or deceased pets. For most, if not all of us, these pets are so much more to us than just pets. They are precious members of our families. I can only imagine the uncountable number of tears shed for all these dear animals, knowing how many I myself have cried for my sweet Ariel.
March 29th, 2007 at 8:06 am
My 15 year healthy dachshund suddenly died of kidney failure on Feb. 24, 2007. He ate Old Roy in the foil pouches. He ate at least 2 a day
47001 Janet Buschur
March 29th, 2007 at 8:10 am
Cindy Bourgault 01970
March 29th, 2007 at 8:46 am
I had a yorkie named Zeus that had to be put down due to kidney failure on Feb 15th 2007. He did and was eating Nutro Natural Choice pouches that were on the re-call list. I heard from a company call Crawford Data, and they want me to send them any bills from vets etc that I have. He did not say anything about Menu-foods will to pay for the lost of my Zeus. Zeus was in very good health until he ate that food. No amount of money will bring Zeus back , but I feel that he was taken from me. Zeus was going to be 7yrs. old in May the 28th 2007. He was to young and had many more years left. So if you can tell me if I can be part of a class action against Menu-foods please e-mail me a.s.a.p. Thank you for listening to me I’m still very hurt over the lost of my little boy Zeus.
Susan Newton
March 29th, 2007 at 8:48 am
I had a yorkie named Zeus that had to be put down due to kidney failure on Feb 15th 2007. He did and was eating Nutro Natural Choice pouches that were on the re-call list. I heard from a company call Crawford Data, and they want me to send them any bills from vets etc that I have. He did not say anything about Menu-foods will to pay for the lost of my Zeus. Zeus was in very good health until he ate that food. No amount of money will bring Zeus back , but I feel that he was taken from me. Zeus was going to be 7yrs. old in May the 28th 2007. He was to young and had many more years left. So if you can tell me if I can be part of a class action against Menu-foods please e-mail me a.s.a.p. Thank you for listening to me I’m still very hurt over the lost of my little boy Zeus.
Susan Newton zip code 15644
March 29th, 2007 at 9:07 am
60466
Linda Whitehead
Our cats and dogs are not just “animals”, they are our loved ones and part of our family. Money cannot bring back our fur babies, but it sure can relieve us of the financial burden of careless manufactureres. My cats did not eat any of the recalled food, but I grieve for all of those who have a lost a loved one.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:27 am
Norman Guido Sr,21228
March 29th, 2007 at 9:47 am
75287
Ann Jackson
March 29th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Helen Moyer
90815
hvinsonhaler@yahoo.com
March 29th, 2007 at 10:30 am
17025 - Tami Carlson
March 29th, 2007 at 10:31 am
17025
Tami Carlson
March 29th, 2007 at 10:31 am
17025
Jon Blosser
March 29th, 2007 at 10:40 am
Nichole Bartos
44035
March 29th, 2007 at 11:11 am
Please hold these companies accountable for their actions. I did not lose any pets, but my heart goes out to those who did. I would like to see greater regulation of the pet food industry to prevent further loss.
Beth Ann Gallagher
94703
March 29th, 2007 at 11:45 am
75061
LK Byers
March 29th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Karie Willis
27511
March 29th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
27511
Karie Willis
March 29th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
99003
Regina Walter
March 29th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
as a vet tech i’ve seen far too many ill pets both professionally and privately as a result of the food recall.
kara haytas
44070
March 29th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Cindy English
31525
This recall was too little too late!
-I have lost two cats, both victims of Special Kitty and Nutro foil packs.
-My mom’s cat has also died as a result of eating Special Kitty and now, her registered Springer Spaniel is also dying due to eating Ol’Roy foil pouches!!!
I posted an article on my site about this!
http://www.cheatingways.com/wh.....ds-recall/
I have to wonder if there is rat poison in the wheat…what else has been made with that wheat and who has consumed it???
Scary!
March 29th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
76273
Tom Sferlazza
March 29th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
44039
Miriam Reyes
March 29th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Beverly Wells
07052
March 29th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
91977
Heidi Lucas
I lost my dog to this food a few weeks before the recall was announced. My dog and my family should have suffered. The FDA has handled my case well, but I have not gotten a single call back from Menu Foods.
March 29th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Pet food companies and manufacturers must be held accountable for the production and distribution of their products. There must also be change in Federal legislation regarding the pet food industry. I lost my baby last week to acute kidney failure because I trusted the pet food industry and gave her PetPride dog food.
85379
Joi Gault
March 29th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
85020
Allisandt Brown
March 29th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
80234 - Antonette DiGennaro
March 29th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Marti DeRosa
85086
March 29th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Sara Roberts 85396
March 29th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Pets are like children with fur coats. They need to be protected!
March 29th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
85086 - Marti DeRosa
March 29th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Dawn Radtke
85338
Pets are children with fur coats. We protect our children and need to protect our pets as well.
March 29th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
Dar Janke 85308
March 29th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
Lynda Ficarra
85283
March 29th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
We lost our cat a week before the news came out and he was only 2 years old and died of renal failure. The vets were stumped and didn’t know how this could happen to such a young healthy cat. One day he was fine, 2 days later he was lathargic and then died. I believe that the cat food is to blame and I look forward to these companies taking responsibility for damages.
March 29th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Lynda Ficarra
85283
My cat Junior died from renal failure a week before this news came out. The vets were stumped as to why a perfectly healthy cat, who was only 2 years old, could die so quickly and we believe it has something to do with the food. I look forward to Menu Foods taking accountablity for the damage they have done to so many families.
March 29th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
damien & elaine levon 98264
March 29th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
85226 Steven Gation
March 29th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Lynda DeFazio
48362
The pet food industry needs to change. They need to be held accountable for this. They are multi million dollar industries with no conscience.
March 29th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Karen Manning
89410
March 29th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Karen Manning
89410
Our dog just passed away Monday from eating Menu Foods dog food. They need to be held accountable for their negligence so no other animals have to suffer!
March 29th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
Paula Carter-Cooper
97702
March 29th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Paula Carter-Cooper
97702
Our “beloved Grand Dog” just died March 26th due to this poisoned pet food! No one should have to endure this loss of our fur family! No one!
We owe them the voice they no longer have.
March 29th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Shelly Kirkbride
99692
March 29th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
M Bud Rinasz 89410
March 29th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
56345 Mary Smith
I have five dogs and five cats all of which have consumed any number of cans of the recalled foods which I purchased at PetSmart, PetCo and Cobourn’s Grocery Store in Little Falls MN. I am sick to my stomach. I worry about them and wonder how I can even pay for testing on all of them. All are still eating but there are small signs of possible problems. God help me.Someone please help me with this.I would rather have money for testing then anything at this point.
March 29th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
89703
Lori Lane`
March 29th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Lisa Razo 91977
March 29th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Melisa Goldstein
92040
Such a shame that Corporate society does not have a care in the world for the very service they provide, let alone the animals and families that they devastate when their tainted product is massed produced and sold to unknowing customers. Their lack of early response and recall should be punished severely so as to send a message that this behavior will not be tolerated. They are messing with our FAMILIES……including OUR PETS and that is NOT okay.
March 29th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Karen Hartsough 40014
Thankfully, we have our animals’ food shipped from Evy Serpa in Denver. Our 3 dogs and 4 cats eat KUMPI food. While this petition is a good thing, I can’t imagine any governmental or corporate entity going out of their way to make things right because for them, things ARE right. They’re not interested in making THINGS right…..they’re interested in making THE BOTTOM LINE right. It’s ALL about money. And with regard to all of these dog foods, whether they’re average or high-end — now we see that they all came out of, or off of, the same factory floor. Glad the pricey ones have been exposed. So now we see it’s all about packaging. We buy a bag with lovely colors, or with a name that translates into “get this one, it’s expensive”…..but they’re all filled with the same thing. (I guess they’ve even got the vets fooled.) Sorry to say this, but no one will convince me that the gov’t has any regard whatsoever for family pets. For Christ’s sake! Look what’s is the food WE eat!
Our furry family members, Toby, Gus, Spike, Spanky & Darla and Sydney and Romeo are so lucky to have Kumpi Dog and Kumpi Cat food. This is not an advertisement! It’s simply the TRUTH. Thank you, Every Serpa! You helped our animals avoid eating what corporate America dishes out.
I think if someone wants to hold the pet food industry accountable, perhaps a class action suit would be in order. Take ‘em to Court!
My sympathy to those of you who have suffered such unnecessary losses. :o(
March 29th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Bethany White
44035
March 29th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
18660
WAYNE DENSTON
My wonderful and loving Tigger was euthanized on 20 March 07.
In less than a week after eating special kitty he lost his appetite, lost about 31/2 pounds loss muscle tone in his hind quarters and could not walk. He also started vomiting and was partially blind (he could only see
me when I stood directly in front of him
He was 15 and I got him as a kitten. He was an important and special part of my life.
My home seems so empty, my heart is broken and I demand the company
responsible be held accountable for this tragic time in our lives.
March 29th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
We lost our beloved pet from tainted dog food on Feb. 19, 2007. She was only 5 years old. My 8 year old daughter watched her die in my arms. Nothing can replace her or the pain our family has gone thru. No one should ever have to go thru this. My heart aches for all those with such similar stories.
March 29th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Veronica L Delgadillo 91977
March 29th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
53719
Jenny Gillham
My heart goes out to those who have lost a beloved pet. I can only imagine how heart broken I would be if it had been one of my own. The awful part is that the official number can never be proven - in cases where the pets died even before the recall was announced, or those that don’t still have the food to prove it, or those that can not afford the testing.
March 29th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Lori Jensen 97223
March 29th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
33069
Debra Imbriale
March 29th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
32541 Julie Liebetreu
March 29th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Allison Smith Martin
35031
I lost my 8.5 year old blue heeler, Scout, my beloved Scoutie, on February 25, 2007. I fed her Iams Active Maturity Beef in Gravy beginning in January 2007. I am devastated. She was my first dog since I was a kid. She loved to bark. Little did I know that she had so much to say in such a short time. The house is so quiet now.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
John & Mim Carpenter
97702
Maybe Menu foods should have a serving of the tainted food, to see what pain they have caused to innocent pets and their owners. This has caused great pain and suffering for the pets and their loss has caused the owners great pain in the loss. They are very beloved pets. My heart goes out to those that suffered the loss.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
16652
Celeste Brion
March 29th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
32821
Julie Roberts
March 29th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
23229
March 29th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Virginia Bell 08753
I demand ALL corporations be held accountable for EVERYTHING they do.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
23451
Mary M. Smith
March 29th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
23451
Mary M. Smith
March 29th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
40291
Cheryl R Wilson
I lost my girl last week…she had been my friend for over 12 years and I am devistated. Menu Foods should be held accountable for every pets life they took and for the thousands that are still suffering.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
94112
Mia Patterson
March 29th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Menu Foods will go bankrupt and people will find much better alternatives in order to sustain their beloved pets with REAL food we can trust. This industry has lied before and will lie again. We will support businesses with integrity.
March 29th, 2007 at 11:11 pm
98506
Barbara Collins
BOYCOTT MENU FOODS AND THE CORPORATE PET FOOD INDUSTRY PERMANENTLY.
SEALED WITH A SLAP FOR NOXIOUSNESS, NEGLIGENCE AND NO ACTION.
March 29th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
10022, Lori J. Sherman
March 29th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
Michele Peltier, Minnesota, 55119
I want something done to ensure safety for our pets in this country.
I lost our beloved little dog, Jack, on March 17th, 2006, to a sudden onset of throwing up and pooping all over.
His death was blamed on a liver issue. FDA said to me that any illness would have been progressive. He was totally healthy up to this aweful, horrid, and heart breaking day…..
March 29th, 2007 at 11:49 pm
07035
Michele Ventricelli
March 29th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
Rita Fazio
19008
Pet food companies make a lot of money off of people who love their pets…of course they should be held responsible for any damage they cause. Also, when a pet food company causes pain, suffering and death to innocent animals by “testing” their foods on them (Menu Foods fed the poisoned food to healthy animals) they should also be held accountable for “animal cruelty.” I don’t know how anyone can trust a Pet Food company who uses Menu Foods to manufacture any of their pet food. People who paid premium prices for “premium pet food” now find out the food contains the same ingredients as the cheaper supermarket brand food!
March 30th, 2007 at 12:07 am
Shasta Stoner 86022
March 30th, 2007 at 12:08 am
Shasta Stoner
86022
March 30th, 2007 at 12:47 am
92120 Marissa Jackson
March 30th, 2007 at 12:47 am
92120 Brian Jackson
March 30th, 2007 at 12:50 am
27530 Susannah Parker
March 30th, 2007 at 1:13 am
91977
Debra Shipley
March 30th, 2007 at 4:41 am
pr7 4pq les moulsdale
March 30th, 2007 at 7:06 am
23059
Rick Schaffer
March 30th, 2007 at 8:02 am
16001
Nancy Malinski
March 30th, 2007 at 8:16 am
As a person responsible for a dog, I support any effort to make pet food manufacturers accountable for their products. We shouldn’t even be having this dialog…..what’s next….rat poison in people food?????
eric albert
10804
March 30th, 2007 at 8:17 am
claire mcintee
10804
March 30th, 2007 at 8:27 am
Emily Woodward
21801
March 30th, 2007 at 8:33 am
Owen Wyatt
23831
March 30th, 2007 at 8:35 am
Cleveland, Ohio 44135
Amy J. Ballentine
BallentineA@yahoo.com
March 30th, 2007 at 9:11 am
Andrea Mayer
13820
March 30th, 2007 at 9:11 am
I am outraged. I thought I was giving my four pets the very best, and now it seems I was literally hand-feeding them potential rat poison. I feel very lax that I did not question my pet food regulations before now. I have written every legislator, including Pres. Bush, with my adamance that there be better pet food regulation. I, personally, will be going to organic foods made by someone like Newmans Own Organics. Never again will I trust my government to protect me and mine.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:12 am
I am outraged. I thought I was giving my four pets the very best, and now it seems I was literally hand-feeding them potential rat poison. I feel very lax that I did not question my pet food regulations before now. I have written every legislator, including Pres. Bush, with my adamance that there be better pet food regulation. I, personally, will be going to organic foods made by someone like Newmans Own Organics. Never again will I trust my government to protect me and mine.
Brenda Kula, Tyler, Texas 75703
March 30th, 2007 at 9:14 am
46217 GAYLE LELEKATCH
I DEMAND AN ACCOUNTABILITY OF INGREDIENTS BEING USED IN OUR INNOCENT AND LOVED PET FOODS. ALL INGREDIENTS AND MANUFACTURER NAMES SHOULD BE LISTED ON THE CANS AND BAGS.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:16 am
06371
Diane Cinami
March 30th, 2007 at 9:18 am
46217 GAYLE LELEKATCH ~ ALADY2@WEBTV.NET ~
March 30th, 2007 at 9:24 am
Candace Mccool-Gill, 44054
March 30th, 2007 at 9:26 am
15533 - Vicki Claybaugh
March 30th, 2007 at 10:12 am
Danielle Glasier 01560
March 30th, 2007 at 10:19 am
44129 Paula Weyrick
March 30th, 2007 at 10:49 am
gabby mateo
11104
i just lost a cat in march we are not sure if it was connected to this food recall she did eat differently then my other cats cause she has a constant respatory problem. i am afraid and not feeding my cats any pet food
we are cooking for all six cats and one dog.
gabby mateo
March 30th, 2007 at 10:51 am
11104
gabby mateo
March 30th, 2007 at 10:55 am
48180 marilyn wolgat
The biggest fraud in America is the Made in USA label which only guarantees the product was packaged here. It does not even guarantee that the company offering the product is the company that manufactured the end product. A brand name has become a distributor’s label.
To restore accountability we need new label laws, for HUMAN and PET food.
1. We need a ‘Product of USA’ label standard that verifies the contents are all from USA sources.
2. We need a ‘Manufactured by’ label standard to indicate who actually mixed and packaged the product
3. We need a ‘Country of Origin’ standard to indicated the source of the ingredients. This is done on Kroger brand frozen foods ex: ‘Product of Mexico, USA or Guatamala’
4. Most important, we need a Label standard for pet food that demands that all ingredients in that pet food be listed on the label. GRAS standards for humans that allow certain ‘generally recognized as safe’ ingredients to be omitted from the label should not apply in the pet food industry where there are lower standards allowed for ingredients. Pet food is not ‘human grade’ and therefore the consumer should be allowed to know every single ingredient in a pet food.
Anything less than this constitutes fraud on the consumer, and as we sadly find now, a death sentence to thousands of pets.
My own cats became terribly ill. One may not live. I am outraged. I have lost all trust in this fraudulent industry. If you want this industry to survive it must be made honest!
March 30th, 2007 at 11:00 am
jacqueline smith 91977
March 30th, 2007 at 11:11 am
08844
Dina Albanese
March 30th, 2007 at 11:19 am
Karen Albanese
08821
March 30th, 2007 at 11:21 am
11552 Alba Alvarado
March 30th, 2007 at 11:22 am
11552 Oscar Ramis
March 30th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Colette Taylor 37312
March 30th, 2007 at 11:29 am
05738 Beth Hart
Pets are children in fur coats. If something like this had happened to baby food, then you know that things would have been pulled sooner and financial comensation would be in the works. Some of us have decicen either not to have children or can’t, and pets are our children with the same love attached. Losing a pet is the same a losing a human family member or child. Please regulate where our ingredients come from for our pets the same as for food fo human consumption!!!
March 30th, 2007 at 11:45 am
87402 Edith Kurie
It is so important these companies take responsibility for the grief and devastation they have caused by this avoidable accident.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:47 am
Pets are devoted members of their pet person families. It is imperative that those on whom we rely and trust to help us nourish these beloveds take full and complete responsibility for accidents such as this and do everything in their power to not only correct their mistakes but prevent them from ever happening again. There must be some effective method for quality control.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:48 am
10925 Lorraine Takahashi
March 30th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
90250 robert k porter
March 30th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Meloney Baggs-Chinnis
meldbaggs@yahoo.com
Charlotte, NC 28215
March 30th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
30016 Sandra Foster
March 30th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
donald parham 92103
March 30th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
30016
Sandra Foster
March 30th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
03865
Lisa Siney
I am appalled that big business has been allowed by our govenrment to sqash this story. Menu Foods did not recall millinons of dollars worth of pet food becasue of the deaths of a small handfull of animals.
March 30th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
B3P 2M6 ( canada )
Correen Lynch
March 30th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
This is disgusting and inhumane. You should see the crap they feed cattle, it isn’t even grass anymore! Humans are next!
March 30th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
02745 BRIAN K BRALEY
March 30th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
I was told by a pet food supplier that NUTRO dog food was the best I could give my dog. approximatly two years later he is gone. The love of my life died on Thanksgiving morning 2007. He was displaying the symtoms mentioned as kidney failure. Little did I know at the time he was more than just “doggie sick” and will be o.k. in a day or two.He was a Golden retriever in excellent shape 11 years old. It damn near killed me to loose him. I hope this company goes bankrupt after this has all settled.
March 30th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
98027
Cameron Doerrer
March 30th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Rachel Rosenthal 60440
March 30th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
64116
Alan Hainkel
March 30th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Kate Facciponti
08753
March 30th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Sandra Striepeke 95404
I hope the pet food comapanys are held responable for given us good food for our animals.
March 30th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
92103 Jon Silva
March 30th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
91945
Jennifer Haynes
Im so sorry Heidi that you have lost a part of your family. I know what you are going through. This is not ok to have tainted food being sold to us. I hope that this company know the hurt and damage they have caused you and your family.
March 30th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Ashley Stitcher-Singleton 32514
My heart goes out to everyone who has been affected by this situation. These pets are not just our “pets” they are our children and deserve the same amount of saftey and regulations in their food that are currently done for our food. If anything positive can come out of this it is for stricter requirements to be mandated for ALL pet food.
March 30th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
91945
Jennifer Haynes
March 30th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Ruby Maginnis
4822 Penrose Court
San Diego, CA 92110
March 30th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
nicole goble
95540
March 30th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
60638
Roseanne Horrell
March 30th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Scott Denton
91739
March 30th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
91739
Robyn Denton
March 30th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Diane Amble 94103
2 dead, 2 recovering.
Accountability and increased quality control PLEASE!
March 30th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
12413
March 30th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
78748
James McKinlay
March 30th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
94041
Pamela Madden
March 30th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Duluth MN 55811
Lori Martell
March 30th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Jessica McCarron
30340
March 30th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
91914
K. Alanis
Pets are a member of the family! And they are so loved by their family!
March 30th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
29466 Margot Howell
10 year old Yorkie died in January, had all symptoms of renal and liver
failure.
Was fed O’l roy soft kibbles and Champion cuts/gravy
March 30th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
74801
Charli Day
March 30th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
We demand accountability!!!!
March 30th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
97206
Wendy Moshir-Fatemi
March 30th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Judith Dykhoff
93536
March 30th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
90710
Becky Bayless
March 30th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
30340
March 30th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
M K Sullivan
75080
the horror of losing a pet is devastating enough. let alone one caused by well intentioned pet owners who thought they were doing the right thing by buying quality pet food, only to find they had been actually serving death in cuts and gravy. the peanut butter law suits are already rolling forth. does menu food need to follow?
March 30th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
36117
Maryanne Prince
March 30th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
91977 Christine Monroy
March 30th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
20715 Cameo White
March 30th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
95826
K Macy
March 30th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
87114
Karen Schellenberger
March 30th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
60106
Suzanne Fields
March 30th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Cyndi Palmer
Overland Park, KS 66215
Menu Foods must be held accountable! Granted, we can never bring back the beloved dogs and cats who tragically died from eating this tainted food, No amount of money can do that. Menu Foods should be made to pay for any and all vet bills regardless. I hope now the FDA will take the issue of feeding our animals seriously and regulate this industry who clearly can get away with most anything they want!
March 30th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
93705 Tambreia Barker-Noell
March 30th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
78254
Shannon Bendle
March 30th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
93705 Tambreia Barker-Noell
March 30th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Kathleen McCarron 80211
March 30th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Carol Ernst 95618
March 30th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
19087 Will Baker
March 30th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Janet L Wright
Alexander City, AL
35010
March 30th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Jan Smith 80219
March 30th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
77627. Ginger Singleton
March 30th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
64030 Carl Nylund
March 30th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
65301
Theresa J Moore
March 30th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Sam Doumit
Los Angeles, CA 90038
March 30th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
94597
Sybil Slavin
March 30th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Steven C. Moore
65301
March 30th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Lois Ward - 28459
March 30th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
02128
Tanya Mysko
March 30th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
Holly Beuret - 18612
March 30th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Arline Willenberg 91977
March 30th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
05401
Michelle Spicuzza
March 30th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
64111 Judith Junior
March 30th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
This is an outrage!!! These people should be held accountable for their actions. Just because they are animals does not give them the right to blow this off. It could very well be human beings the next time. I have started fixing my own pet food, he may get fat but he will still be alive!!
March 30th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
95133
Charlie Shafton
March 30th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Dan Vasquez 93001
In memory of my Puddy - I love and miss you so much.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
It’s disgraceful that pet owners were buying different brands that ultimately were the same food and now it comes out that this is factual and that this same food was contaminated. This is a terribly tragedy and all pet foods should be marked as to who the manufacturer is.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
78660
Maurine Mercer
March 30th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Elena Lemmo
44646-3817
March 30th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
I’m Mad as Hell!!!!!!! Period.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
I’m Mad as Hell, Period.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
44512
Tracey Williams
March 30th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
87112
Joan Roll
Such a terrible tragedy that could have been prevented.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Deborah Jackson
jackson4292@bellsouth.net
40214
Louisville, KY
March 30th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
What a horrible mess that could of been prevented. I think Menu foods should be held accountable 100%. What kind of company or CEO gains information about the food being tainted & sits on it for 2 weeks before they announce it.I think they should resign their position & eat a huge heaping bowl of that tainted food. This is animal cruelty & the law should be held up to the fullest just like on any other animal abuse case!!!
March 30th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
11419
Evelyn Agostini
March 30th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
I think menu foods should be held accountable 100% and the law should be held to the fullest on this animal abuse case because thats EXACTLY what is happening here.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
97535
Ruth Klaus
Companion animals must have representation and must be protected.
Those whose companion animals have died are certainly heartbroken.
The monetary issues are simply one facet and the veterinarian care given must have compensation - by the manufactures.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
91423
Sandra Grossman
This is a horrendous experience that’s happening to innocent animals who give humans nothing but unconditional love. THEY ARE FAMILY MEMBERS TOO!
Someone needs to be held accountable for this!
March 30th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Linda Gill 07945
March 30th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
44512
eugene king
March 30th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
My heart goes out to those who have lost their pets to this terrible tradgedy. This is why we as a country should not buy anything from other countries. We have no idea if these countries have our best interests at heart. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. How it can be purchased cheaper.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
32725 Emily L Valencia
March 30th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Melanie Lokey-Rollman
32812
March 30th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
Cassandra Ratson 19454
Menu foods almost killed my dogs!!!
March 30th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
06029- david Baker
March 30th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
My dog had to be put to sleep on Sunday. He had sudden kidney failure after eating an Ol’ Roy product not even on the List of recalled foods. What I am angry about is I just had him to the vet 2 weeks prio and he had a clean bill of health. I read the press statment that was released on 3/30/07 and I am furious at this company now. They seem to be trying to weasle out of any responsibility and try to really act as they care about the pets that they killed or injured. Wonder what attorney wrote that one? They are a company that is in deep financial trouble in the first place. This outsourcing of different suppliers of food is just a way to save a penny. They don’t give one shit about the dogs, cats and peoples lives deeply affected by this. This Paul K. Henderson CEO of menu food knew this was going on for some time and did nothing. He needs to do jail time.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
06029 David Baker
Iams mission statement is about quality products for the better health of dogs. In reality. they buy from the same mill as Wal-Mart. They almost killed my 8 month old Akita.It cost $1250.00 to save her. God have mercy on their corporate souls.
March 30th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
The Animal Protection Institure has a very informative web site on the particulars of making/manufacturing pet food. Apparently it has been federal law to list additives for years but this is only starting to be done. A lot of the preservatives have had no testing and effects are not known. I don’t think I want Monsanto making anything that goes in food I feed my furkids.
I guess the alternative is to just make my own. It’s funny that if I want to market this I have to get all sorts of sanctions and OK’s however the crap that is on the market can even break federal law and no one does anything.
pj0908
March 30th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
17110
Sharon Persing
March 30th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
78227
Diane Morris
To most of us our dogs are our kids . They need to be protected and taken care of just like children . I can not believe this company . I have to ask ” was any of their pets affected by the food they produce ? ” That company needs to pay for the lives they have ruined and be shut down FOREVER!
March 30th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
94403
Mariela Salazar
March 30th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Tara Kujawski 34743
March 30th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
I know of at least 3 dogs in my town that have died recently due to sudden kidney failure (Old Roy). Where is the quality control on pet food? I have several pets, and they depend on me to take care of them, not feed them poison. I feed them brands that have recalled some of their foods, luckily so far, they don’t appear sick. But I’m still worried. Hundreds of thousands of animals depend on our government and food industry to not sell food that poisons them. This has been a sad and grave oversight or mistake by the producing plant/manufacturer, and they owe something to those families who’ve lost their loved ones. It is a crime.
March 30th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
91945 Kimberly Robertson
March 30th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Sara Moore
10029
March 30th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Ruby Maginnis 92110
The companies that sell food to any living creature should be accountable, in the event of illness or death. The standards required for humans, should also be the same for our pets. Their idea, that it’s “only” an animal is ridiculous! What if it was their child? Pets are our “children”!
March 30th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Ian Goh
596730 (SG)
March 30th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Any company that produces any type of food for human or any other living creature should be held accountable in the event of a death or an illness. The same standards that apply to humans, should apply to our pets. They are more than pets to us. How dare they think otherwise!
March 30th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
STEVEN LANDMAN 43205
March 30th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
+65590012
Grace
Lyn
March 30th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
I find that any companies should be held responsible for any death caused by their manufactured food. I think its only common sense. It is only a small part of compensation.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
07416
Maida S. Beam
March 30th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Donna Forrester
V5H1K5
In memory of Tobie and all pets that lost their lives or that are still suffering due to the outrageous carelessness of Menu Foods. Please make our pet food safe! There is nothing worse for a pet owner than to buy a trusted brand of pet food that poisons our beloved friends.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Joanna Kouloukis
23462
March 30th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
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Joanna Kouloukis
March 30th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
To the Executives of Menu Foods!
My animals are my babies! They give you unconditional love, which is priceless! The only other being in this universe that is capable of such love is God, Himself! Remeber this, when you’re sitting there in your executive board chairs pretending to be gods, yourselves! If that doesn’t strike you as a reason to be more frickin’ careful, then how about this - You aren’t just killing a part of someone’s family, but a customer !!!!!!!!!
I’ll never buy Menu Foods again! I can’t believe that you can’t be held accountable!
March 30th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Margaret Alleen Faulds - garth9553@windstream.net - 16424
This is terrible that our pets have to die because of grain being used from another country. My pets are my family and I don’t think the company would have enough money to pay me for the vet bills or my four legged
children—cats or dogs. They are not just animals, they are an integral part of family life.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
95005, Marcie Higgins
March 30th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Make those jerks pay!! It’s not about the money, it’s the principle. But the only things they understand is the bottom line. So, I say hit them where it hurts!!!
Marcie Higgins
95005
March 30th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Patricia Howard 95449
I will not purchase pet food made by Menu Foods again.
Pet food companies that contracted with Menu Foods should not be let off the hook. We trusted those brand names and they let us down. They should be aware of a supplier’s quality control problems before anyone else. Don’t they even spot-check the product?
Menu Foods must be held accountable for the quality of its product, and must compensate pet owners for vet bills associated with this debacle, the value of the animal if it has died, and an additional amount for suffering.
These pets were beloved animals. Nothing can bring them back, and simply reimbursing the owner for the animal’s value is just not good enough.
March 31st, 2007 at 12:04 am
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Laurie Miner
March 31st, 2007 at 12:25 am
This is terrible! I dont know what to trust to feed my animals! :( Make the information public immediately finding out about it! Help us save our pets!
March 31st, 2007 at 1:05 am
To whom it may concern:
Any companies that put the lives of our beloved pets at risk now and in the future must be held financially responsible for the pets’ medical treatment. On the other hand, even if they can put a small price to compensate for the illness or death of our beloved pets, there will always be a sense of distrust and fear that this unfortunate and unforgettable event might happen again years from.
We, as pet parents, pet caregivers, and guardians need legal assurance that our pets food will be regulated in the same high standard as human beings. Any companies must take seriously and investigate immediately any complaints of pet sickness after consuming their food. Any companies that withhold information or delay action after a number of complaints must be legally held accountable. It is a worst crime to ever sacrifice another life of animal just to prevent the company’s stock from falling. Maybe these wealthy executives are empty of empathy when it comes to our beloved pets or they may be able to sleep at night as long as it isn’t their pets that are sick or dying.
Yesterday, I went to Wal-Mart here in Paramount, CA to buy Friskies canned food and Purina One dry food. I noticed that this store is still selling Special Kitty, a store brand I recognized as part of the recalled cat wet food. Today, I got the Albertson’s store flyer from my mailbox. I was horrified to see that they are advertizing IAMS multipack canned dog food, eventhough this brand is included on the recall. Stores (big and small) must be held legally responsible for continuing to sell or advertized recalled pet foods because they are not only increasing the number of ill or dead pets but they are intentionally turning blind and deaf despite the widespread news of pet food contamination. .
I think the worst pain any pet parents/caregivers can go through is to face the hardest and most painful choice of choosing financial euthaniasia for their beloved pets that are very sick due to eating contaminated food. I believe that all loving pet parents must do everything they can to save their beloved pets. Yet, not all of us are fortunate to have money available in the bank or to have pet insurance. Some of us will have to use credit cards to pay a huge vet bill. Some may even financially struggling that the only emergency money available has to be used for basic necessities. And worst, there are those people who are unfortunately in debt and to add a pet’s bill is simply too difficult. So, yes, this kind of pain is much worse especially if there is a chance that your beloved pet can survive yet you don’t have thousands of money available or loaned to you.
I am a pet parents to 6 cats 1 dog. They are very fortunate because their food are not affected by recall. However, I have no reason to celebrate my pets’ luck. My heart is grieving for others and I share their pain because I know too well the feeling of losing a pet you love so much. I and my pets could have suffered these pet parents and their pets’ fate, and I thank God and my beloved cats in heaven to give me more time to love , protect, and cherish my new pets.
Edna Abutin
Zip code: 90723
March 31st, 2007 at 1:10 am
Judy Boone
76119 I sent my comment earlier
March 31st, 2007 at 1:10 am
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Linda Tate
March 31st, 2007 at 1:16 am
(I couldn’t see my message, so I am resending my comment again).
To whom it may concern:
Any companies that put the lives of our beloved pets at risk now and in the future must be held financially responsible for the pets’ medical treatment. On the other hand, even if they can put a small price to compensate for the illness or death of our beloved pets, there will always be a sense of distrust and fear that this unfortunate and unforgettable event might happen again years from.
We, as pet parents, pet caregivers, and guardians need legal assurance that our pets food will be regulated in the same high standard as human beings. Any companies must take seriously and investigate immediately any complaints of pet sickness after consuming their food. Any companies that