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
23462
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
05301
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
10016
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 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
90723
March 31st, 2007 at 2:00 am
I grieve for all who have lost their beloved pets. I just had to put my cat down (she had cancer). I couldn’t imagine having to put her down because of the food I gave her.
The government needs to make these companies be honest in their information for pet food. If this was happening to baby food, I bet there would be immediate action from the government. Our pets are our babies! Just because they have fur doesn’t make them any less important!
We, as consumers, need to make a stand! Stop buying these products from these companies, otherwise it will never end.
I just read where Menu Foods could possibly be testing their recalled food on animals. I pray to God this isn’t true. All I know, is that I don’t buy from Proctor and Gamble because they test on animals and I sure won’t buy anything from Menu Foods either! You know how many horror stories there are out there about companies testing on animals? (I know—different petition.)
Companies need to be reliable about where their food is being manufactured and distributed. They also need to state what exactly is in the food.
Heather Weinman
79606
March 31st, 2007 at 2:02 am
I grieve for all who have lost their beloved pets. I just had to put my cat down (she had cancer). I couldn’t imagine having to put her down because of the food I gave her.
The government needs to make these companies be honest in their information for pet food. If this was happening to baby food, I bet there would be immediate action from the government. Our pets are our babies! Just because they have fur doesn’t make them any less important!
We, as consumers, need to make a stand! Stop buying these products from these companies, otherwise it will never end.
I just read where Menu Foods could possibly be testing their recalled food on animals. I pray to God this isn’t true. All I know, is that I don’t buy from Proctor and Gamble because they test on animals and I sure won’t buy anything from Menu Foods either! You know how many horror stories there are out there about companies testing on animals? (I know—different petition.)
Companies need to be reliable about where their food is being manufactured and distributed. They also need to state what exactly is in the food.
Heather Weinman
79606
March 31st, 2007 at 2:18 am
93722
Brett Ziegler
March 31st, 2007 at 2:43 am
Alisa Nader 43701
It’s a sad day when even pet food isn’t safe. These weren’t cheap off brands either but names I had thought to be reliable & safe. Thankfully none of the recalled foods were any that I fed to my furbaby. I feel sad for all the animals & their humans that had to suffer because of the negligence of these companies. There needs to be better accountability & product control to make sure the food we feed our pets is safe!!!!
March 31st, 2007 at 3:05 am
Patricia and Joseph Gantt
37922
March 31st, 2007 at 3:22 am
Kathleen Lent
Everett, WA 98258
March 31st, 2007 at 4:53 am
I would like to have a pet food accountability petition put in action. Pets are not property. Property has no life in, no blood or breath, our pets do. Property does not respond to it’s owners, pets do. Property sits and does nothing, pets move a lot, interact with their owners. Lets do something to fix this mess, and also to clear up the way that pet food is manufactured.
Darlene
March 31st, 2007 at 5:47 am
L9L 1G7
patti fidler-waye
March 31st, 2007 at 7:17 am
03070 Joyce Arivella
March 31st, 2007 at 7:21 am
75160
Carol Ware
March 31st, 2007 at 7:29 am
44145 Anne Hicks
March 31st, 2007 at 8:24 am
01453
JUDITH A AHO
March 31st, 2007 at 8:40 am
34982
Susan Hamman
March 31st, 2007 at 8:41 am
Garth Hamman
March 31st, 2007 at 8:41 am
34982
Garth Hamman
March 31st, 2007 at 9:05 am
28470-4559
Joyce Morrison
March 31st, 2007 at 9:20 am
11230
Rachel Abend
March 31st, 2007 at 9:22 am
17846
Terri Gross
March 31st, 2007 at 9:25 am
53585
Phyllis Hansen
March 31st, 2007 at 10:00 am
Accountabilty should be enforced!! Animals and their families have suffered physically,emotionally and financially.
It is a disgrace that these food companies did nothing for an extended period of time when there were questions as to the safety of their own foods. These foods were still being fed and sickening animals. If companies cannot or will not hold themselves accountable for their own products then we have to make laws that will hold them to a higher standard.
March 31st, 2007 at 10:01 am
97019
Ms Mariel
March 31st, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Allison Cintins
22039
March 31st, 2007 at 12:30 pm
38115 - Dianna Sibley
March 31st, 2007 at 12:36 pm
75002
Maurice Fitzgerald
March 31st, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Jonathan Norris
Denver Colorado 80200
March 31st, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Laura Schwartz
Broomfield Colorado 80020
March 31st, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Accountabilty should be enforced!! Animals and their families have suffered physically,emotionally and financially.
It is a disgrace that these food companies did nothing for an extended period of time when there were questions as to the safety of their own foods. These foods were still being fed and sickening animals. If companies cannot or will not hold themselves accountable for their own products then we have to make laws that will hold them to a higher standard.
Thank you
Marilyn VanAmburgh
12303
March 31st, 2007 at 12:46 pm
45410
Kelly Beckman-Crabtree
March 31st, 2007 at 12:58 pm
55042
Amber Morarie
March 31st, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Michelle Haran
48092
mharan@wowway.com
March 31st, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Kathy Chaney 37205
March 31st, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Kathy Chaney 37205
March 31st, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Phyllis Valencia
81005
March 31st, 2007 at 1:08 pm
55419
Nancy Anderson
March 31st, 2007 at 1:09 pm
11001 Peg Hecker
March 31st, 2007 at 1:11 pm
92270
Arthur Sinkula
March 31st, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Jeri and Bryon Howell
70817
March 31st, 2007 at 1:14 pm
94533
Karen Yuen
March 31st, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Mary Ann Jacob
32254
March 31st, 2007 at 1:19 pm
98339
Stan & Patricia Schaff
March 31st, 2007 at 1:19 pm
71901
Kenneth
Terrell
March 31st, 2007 at 1:34 pm
mary gabe 60449
March 31st, 2007 at 1:36 pm
mary gabe 60449 I feel the catfood companies should be held accountable. My cat is my baby.
March 31st, 2007 at 1:37 pm
I feel the catfood companies should be held accountable. My cat is my baby. 60449
March 31st, 2007 at 1:46 pm
80525 Evelyn Robinson
The government or FDA should inspect cat and dog food just like human food–I have known some humans who resort to eating animal food due to poverty. Might as well kill the people too. I guess.
March 31st, 2007 at 1:46 pm
My 12 year old daughter Julie’s healthy 11 month nold beloved kitten Lukie died on March 14th, tw
March 31st, 2007 at 1:56 pm
David Wisniewski 30106 wyzsky@webtv.net
March 31st, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Sarah Rose & Dave Aftandilian
60637
March 31st, 2007 at 2:32 pm
32221
Sarah Baker
March 31st, 2007 at 2:42 pm
20853
Sharon Harper
March 31st, 2007 at 2:44 pm
40205
Daniel R.Schubert
March 31st, 2007 at 2:48 pm
I also feel that whenever a formula is changed there should be a notice attached to the product for a month or two so cusumers are alerted to that fact. Dorothy Bayer 14472
March 31st, 2007 at 2:49 pm
I also feel that whenever a formula is changed there should be a notice attached to the product for a month or two so consumers are alerted to that fact. Dorothy Bayer 14472
March 31st, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Valerie Crider - 45403
We should not be buying anything from CHINA! We have enough sorces here in the US. If not, open a new factory with strict standards. Would make more jobs for people in the process and keep our pets safe!
March 31st, 2007 at 3:03 pm
14471 joanne c solome
March 31st, 2007 at 3:04 pm
14471 joanne c solome
it is a sad state that todays worlds poisining of people, the air, etc. also comes to our pets
March 31st, 2007 at 3:07 pm
We have to change the laws for pet foods and have everything HUMAN GRADE and made in a human food facility!
March 31st, 2007 at 3:08 pm
98343
Linda Holt
March 31st, 2007 at 3:09 pm
We need new laws for pet foods. They should be no different from human grade food and manufatured in USA human grade plants.
Tres Millman
10023
March 31st, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Tres Millman 10023
March 31st, 2007 at 3:13 pm
T. Hanley 07086
March 31st, 2007 at 3:34 pm
mary ann todt 19149
March 31st, 2007 at 3:39 pm
19149 m.a. todt we need laws to protect the pet food our dogs and cats eat what is the matter with the wheat from the good old USofA please tell me??????
March 31st, 2007 at 3:51 pm
J. Drennan 80013
March 31st, 2007 at 4:00 pm
91945 Barbara Bendekgey
March 31st, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Sandy Snyder 44845
March 31st, 2007 at 4:08 pm
04609 Don Brimmer
March 31st, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Gwenda Crowder 33707 you should be made to try the food yourself, then if it is safe for your tastebuds, we will buy it for our pets
March 31st, 2007 at 4:19 pm
33611 Madeline M Coker
33611 Edward A. Coker
We have consistently fed our dog, Riley, Eukanuba brand dry and wet food products. Riley’s health was severely compromised from consuming a recalled wet product and now we have been told that he will not recover from his illness. The veterinarians treating him have recommended we euthanize him. He is almost 10 years old, and has been a loving member of our family. However, we need to do what is best for our beloved Riley at this time and we are extremely saddened and sickened about this outcome. Thousands of pets and pet owners, including our Riley and us, have been tormented physically and emotionally from this tragedy. No one else, especially our pets, deserve to go through events such as this. It is imperative that every possible measure is taken to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of our pet population.
March 31st, 2007 at 4:28 pm
22202 sarah royden
March 31st, 2007 at 4:41 pm
We’re suffered a devastating loss. Why don’t YOU explain to my child?
March 31st, 2007 at 4:41 pm
77095
Patricia Cheesman
I lost my cat due to the pet food being distrubuted by Menu Foods and believe that our animals are part of our families and regulations should be enacted to ensure their safety.
March 31st, 2007 at 4:42 pm
90230 Leann Hennig
My precious little Pixie dachshund (age 14) died sometime in the wee hours of last Thursday (3-29-07) in a cage all alone at the puppy doctor’s hospital. Got the fateful call around 8:15 a.m. She had eaten Nutro Choice pouch food from 2-6-07 til 3-17-07 when the recall was announced. How her mommy and I miss her! Rest in peace wrapped in Aunt Meggie’s angel wings and wait at the Bridge for us, my little luv bug!
March 31st, 2007 at 4:44 pm
77095
Patricia Cheesman
I lost my cat due to the pet food being distrubuted by Menu Foods and believe that our animals are part of our families and regulations should be enacted to ensure their safety.
March 31st, 2007 at 4:56 pm
T3B0T5
Jodene Mills
March 31st, 2007 at 5:14 pm
78404
Genny McNabb
March 31st, 2007 at 5:23 pm
32277 Josh & Marie Avery
March 31st, 2007 at 5:34 pm
I have lost my yorkie after 9 years due to eating mighty dog in two weeks she went from healthy to not able to save. Donna Santoro 07722
March 31st, 2007 at 6:11 pm
90006 Nubia Bernard
March 31st, 2007 at 6:14 pm
87111
Bob Martin
bob.undercover@gmail.com
March 31st, 2007 at 6:15 pm
39047 Mike Bingham
I had a healthy and happy cat on Thursday and a dead cat on Sunday. She was my “trick cat” because she would sit up and beg for treats and catch them in her mouth like a dog!! She went on walks with me without a leash and was a great pal. I hope that this horrible situation will be motivation to more closely monitor the pet food industry.
March 31st, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Kat Myers, 24012
March 31st, 2007 at 6:18 pm
24012
Kat Myers
March 31st, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Julie Summerell, 27614
March 31st, 2007 at 6:24 pm
This makes “me” sick and I haven’t eaten any of this food!
The makers of this pet food should be eating this themselves
to test with. This is totally uncalled for and if it were safe for
“us humans” to eat, then we could share with our fur babies
who we consider to be our daughters & sons also !!
March 31st, 2007 at 6:26 pm
80134
Meridee Phistry
I lost my cat the day of the recall. I might have been able to save her had I known about the poisened food.
March 31st, 2007 at 6:35 pm
IF WE REALLY WANT HOMELAND SECURITY IN THIS COUNTRY WE MUST STOP IMPORTING FOOD FROM OTHER COUNTRYS………. NOW!
LORETTA ANDERSON 95949
March 31st, 2007 at 6:42 pm
60623
Dianna C. Long
I am so upset about learning that I may have been feeding my precious animal friends poison via their food. I depend on the food companies to make safe products. I am at a lost to say how disturbed I am with this pet food scandel. Companies who distribute the food should make sure where the food comes from is lisated on the food containers and government should make sure that anything we feed our animal companions is safe enough for humans to eat. I am appalled!
March 31st, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Mary Jane Lakota 01020
March 31st, 2007 at 7:16 pm
patricia pasquarello
19137
March 31st, 2007 at 7:21 pm
My heart aches for those who lost their four pawed family members in this hideous crime. I think that the people who test these foods ought to be required to taste them themselves before ever putting them on the market. They do it in the food manufacturing of pasta etc, so why not pet food????
I have 2 cats and 2 dogs. I am very very scared that there might be more brands that will come forth later and say that they too need to recall. Maybe we need to just go back to table scraps. At least we know what the pets get is what we are getting!
March 31st, 2007 at 7:23 pm
Evelyn Glendening
12937
March 31st, 2007 at 7:25 pm
05401
keri roe
March 31st, 2007 at 7:26 pm
This is so scary. We should be able to take our suspect pets into the vet for required tests without worrying about money. I have 2 cats that show blood in their urine (from using my urine test strips) and it is going to be at least 2 weeks to a month before I have any money to take them in. Do you really think they will be ok?
March 31st, 2007 at 7:48 pm
08002
Michael J. Roszkowski
March 31st, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Money! Money! Money! what are you going to do with all that money? When you burn in hell, for murdering innocent animals!!
March 31st, 2007 at 7:50 pm
08002
Michael Roszkowski
March 31st, 2007 at 8:00 pm
IT’S SAD TO THINK THAT YOUR COMPANY TAKES PROFIT OVER PEOPLE AND THEIR BELOVED PETS!
March 31st, 2007 at 8:31 pm
46835
Michele Jackman
March 31st, 2007 at 8:36 pm
45205 judith rothenberg
45205 rick storms
March 31st, 2007 at 8:49 pm
55092 Lisa Kelley
I am outraged that these companies think this is no big deal. Menu foods lost 9 cats and they took their time recalling this poison. The FDA claims this tainted gluten has been sold to dry food makers but will not release the names of what companies are using it. How can I know what is safe to feed my kitties? FDA, pet food companies, Menu foods must all be held accountable for this mayham. We must boycott companies that won’t take responsibility for this. We must demand safe food for our beloved pets.
March 31st, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Terri Arzie
13114
March 31st, 2007 at 8:53 pm
61360
Laura Clark
March 31st, 2007 at 8:54 pm
34609 Valerie Felter
March 31st, 2007 at 9:01 pm
22851 carolyn blosser i lost one of my babys snowbell, i cried for 3 weeks, and am not over the lose yet.
March 31st, 2007 at 9:09 pm
Karen Collins 37642 — I lost my MO on the 15th of March. He was my humor pill and always by my side. He loved me without question and I found daily strength from his companionship. I feel empty, oh, so empty. To me money is not the issue — I don’t money from a company that killed my dog. All I want is justice and to see the criminals serve their time (I’m serving mine now).
March 31st, 2007 at 9:13 pm
mark wayne slay 35203
i think its a crying shame that a company would send out food for what we all refer to as our furbabys and mans best friend that is not tested to make sure its safe after all human food companys test their product s to make sure its safe why shouldnt petfood companys be held accountable if their product kills if some human gets sick and dies from a product for human consumption the companys are sued and lose millions if a pet food company sells pet food that kills its oh well its just a dumb animal they will get another pet my smokey isnt a pet hes my child and if he is sick i worry and heaven help me if he dies because some companys food caused it
March 31st, 2007 at 9:13 pm
New Bern, NC 28560
Deanna Stewart
March 31st, 2007 at 9:15 pm
34482 Cynthia Stockbridge
March 31st, 2007 at 9:19 pm
28108
March 31st, 2007 at 9:29 pm
32810
Donald Wadsworth
March 31st, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Alan Witty
80525
March 31st, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Linda Chamberlain 42501
March 31st, 2007 at 9:58 pm
92660 Jan Reagan
March 31st, 2007 at 9:58 pm
44130
Kevin OBarsky
March 31st, 2007 at 10:08 pm
10023
March 31st, 2007 at 10:09 pm
10023 Jane Miller
March 31st, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Thomas and Donnajean Sherlock
811-108 Patriot Parkway
29730
Our beloved Siamese Hop Sing died of kidney failure due to this pet food. We are heartbroken.
March 31st, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Maureen Pierce, 37923
March 31st, 2007 at 11:09 pm
60657 Scott Roeh
March 31st, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Alida Bellar
01420
March 31st, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Toni Baker
21817
March 31st, 2007 at 11:25 pm
Sally Tyler
21817
March 31st, 2007 at 11:35 pm
92115
Patricia Tanaka
I pray for all the families that have lost there loving pets (childeren), to this outrageous event. Please remember all your loving memories. And I hope that something will be done to who ever did this!
March 31st, 2007 at 11:41 pm
CL Heyes
March 31st, 2007 at 11:43 pm
47905 CL Heyes
March 31st, 2007 at 11:51 pm
47401 Jean Simonian
April 1st, 2007 at 12:14 am
16066, Maureen Raitano
April 1st, 2007 at 12:16 am
44133
April 1st, 2007 at 12:18 am
44133
Susan Perez
April 1st, 2007 at 12:23 am
35660 Michelle Ray
April 1st, 2007 at 12:25 am
48101 Connie VanDeneede
April 1st, 2007 at 12:36 am
43204 Suzanne Pierce
April 1st, 2007 at 12:38 am
KELLY FIGURACION 20601
April 1st, 2007 at 12:41 am
Pam Casteel
32701
Our cat Elfie almost died from Kidney failure. I guess we were one of the lucky ones with a good Vet who treated him immediatly. He had to stay at the Vet’s office for a week with follow up visits. Our Vet Bills were over $800. We have 5 children at home and that was a lot of money to us and took a financial toll. We are happy that Elfie is on the road back to good health however the Manufacturer of the cat food should be held accountable. Nothing can e done about the emotional toll it took…especially for our children who thought their kitty was going to die, however at the least our vet bills should be reiumbursed.
April 1st, 2007 at 12:46 am
98407 Geff Ratcheson
April 1st, 2007 at 12:49 am
There is too much that remains hidden today in where our food and the food we feed to our animals is actually coming from and what it contains. We need to know things such as, exactly what natural flavor is, where the food was grown, how it was shipped and so on!
I have personally had this issue with too many companies to count, so I have so far been able to avoid many problems. However, I am now making futile attempts to garner information from midwest crates about the danger of the use of PVC in their canine campers and so far all I’m getting from them is a runaround! I phoned EVO ages ago and was told their natural flavor was something that came from something natural. WHAT???? Arsenic, Rodent droppings, what????
I want to KNOW!!! Stop these operations from hiding the truth!!!!!!
April 1st, 2007 at 12:49 am
Javier Colon
60638
April 1st, 2007 at 12:50 am
Patricia Miller
60638
April 1st, 2007 at 12:52 am
Alma Greer
60638
April 1st, 2007 at 12:53 am
Deborah Brown
60638
April 1st, 2007 at 12:54 am
95841
Kristen Hokanson
April 1st, 2007 at 1:50 am
45431,,margaret l. fite
April 1st, 2007 at 1:51 am
45431 margaret fite
April 1st, 2007 at 1:56 am
86301 Rebecka Ryniak
There are no words to capture the pain, the loss, the fear, the anger, the grief. God created and loved too these many pets. Shame and judgment on all of you that had anything at all to do with this tragedy.
April 1st, 2007 at 2:00 am
47330
Jean Wittman
April 1st, 2007 at 2:10 am
Shannon Roberts
46235
April 1st, 2007 at 2:30 am
Valerie Bognar
85255
April 1st, 2007 at 2:33 am
60631
Carol Schowalter
April 1st, 2007 at 2:34 am
Carol Schowalter
60631
My dog Tawny ~ had eaten product mentioned in the food recall. My thoughts are with those who have lost or been subject to this!
April 1st, 2007 at 2:42 am
85205
Cindy Nevarez
April 1st, 2007 at 2:48 am
samantha richards
3128
Australia
My thoughts and prayers are with the familes who have lost their beloved pets.
love from Melbourne, Australia.
April 1st, 2007 at 2:53 am
Pat McCutchen
27607
April 1st, 2007 at 3:28 am
77023
Cynthia Stipeche
This is a horrible, ignorant, stupid mistake that needs to be corrected. How in the world did rat poison make its way into pet food? And why in the world does the United States outsource wheat gluten production (or any of our foods) to China? I understand that the contaminated wheat gluten was used in pet food, but what are the chances that one day (if it hasn’t happened already) this will happen to the human food supply? Is this event the “canary” in the coal mine?
April 1st, 2007 at 3:42 am
20112 Donna Miller
3 Dogs in our neighborhood have died the same weird way. My dear Cotie on Dec. 22, 2006, another dog a few days after Christmas and just a few weeks ago another dog found half dead in the woods after being missed for several days. They need to fix the pet food ingredients and manufacturing info. This has turned into a catastrophy. So much sadness and it should not have ever happened. I called Food Lion a few days ago to see who makes their food and I still have not gotten a call back. Something is very wrong here.
April 1st, 2007 at 3:46 am
20112
April 1st, 2007 at 4:10 am
80906 Lisa Gallegos
April 1st, 2007 at 5:42 am
Pamela Williams
45209
April 1st, 2007 at 5:44 am
45209
Pamela Williams
April 1st, 2007 at 5:59 am
87571
Judith Miller
April 1st, 2007 at 6:40 am
Zip Code….12567 Linda Churton-Smith
April 1st, 2007 at 7:50 am
12180 Tiffany Herrick
April 1st, 2007 at 8:01 am
01420 Nancy Lawrence
April 1st, 2007 at 8:02 am
33068
Ramonia Leach
April 1st, 2007 at 8:03 am
If there is no riggerous quality control for our pet food and this catastrophy is so wide spread among all the brands of food this could easily happen to our human food and water supply and wipe us all out.
Our precious animals trust us to care, love and feed them. Most people who have pets, consider them family members and the lose of a pet from natural causes is very painful enough, but to think we were feeding them poison is unthinkable. The pet industry must be accountable. They caused a grest deal of pain and they were terribly irresponsible. They must be accountable for this disaster.
April 1st, 2007 at 8:14 am
28101 terry carter
April 1st, 2007 at 8:17 am
If a company is going to supply a food to people, animal or reptile, the public has a right to a safe product for consumption.
April 1st, 2007 at 8:23 am
25430 CE Senna
April 1st, 2007 at 8:41 am
Colleen Fleisher
08034
April 1st, 2007 at 8:47 am
45150
Arlene Murphy
April 1st, 2007 at 9:06 am
Maria Sierra, Los Angeles, CA 90039
April 1st, 2007 at 9:08 am
90039, niki davis
April 1st, 2007 at 9:15 am
Amy Bailey 03833
This may be just the tip of the iceberg; do we know where our own food comes from? The manufacturer of foods should be listed on all products as well as a clear tracing code. Manufacturing so many items labeled for different brands in the same facility spreads the danger and makes an accurate recall very difficult. Small brands made close to the delivery area with local ingredients would at least limit any problem that might occur.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:35 am
Laurie Waala
66224
April 1st, 2007 at 9:45 am
02360 James Sheeran
We lost our 8 1/2yr old Welsh Terrier on 2/5/07, due to renal failure.
April 1st, 2007 at 10:13 am
89031 Molly Oz
April 1st, 2007 at 10:14 am
Kathryn Rowland 48114
April 1st, 2007 at 10:15 am
jeff rowland 48114
April 1st, 2007 at 10:19 am
29909 catherine pierson
April 1st, 2007 at 10:25 am
27712-9241
Sue Stanton
April 1st, 2007 at 10:35 am
95120 Barbara Jones
April 1st, 2007 at 10:35 am
98032
Jennifer wolfe
April 1st, 2007 at 10:46 am
Australia 4125 Qld., Deborah Harkness
April 1st, 2007 at 10:56 am
44212
Judy Nemec
April 1st, 2007 at 11:22 am
01701 Deanne Shaffer
April 1st, 2007 at 11:31 am
27312 Margaret Hamilton
April 1st, 2007 at 11:36 am
46041 Sandy Martin
April 1st, 2007 at 11:47 am
76017 - Cori Su
April 1st, 2007 at 11:55 am
37122 Diane Bayuk
April 1st, 2007 at 11:57 am
37122 Diane Bayuk
April 1st, 2007 at 11:58 am
47906 Alicia Haley
April 1st, 2007 at 11:59 am
06516 Michael O’Connor
06516 Jennifer O’Connor
We lost our first dog when he had a reaction to a heart worm shot the vet gave him. This product was also recalled, but it was too late to save our beloved pet. He died on the operating Easter Sunday three years ago. He trusted us to protect him and we trusted the vet who trusted the manufactured who as it turned out could not be trusted. We have become too complacent as a people.We believe that no one is out to harm us. Companies have sacrificed product integridy for the sake of profits. The bottom line has replaced it the board meeting chart. What ever happened to ethics ? It’s taught but not practiced.
Held accountable ? I’ll believe it when I see it.
06516 O’Connor Michael
06516 O’Connor Jennifer
April 1st, 2007 at 12:06 pm
60409 KEN PIOTROSKI THESE IDIOTS SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR ALL PETS WHO DIED,CHINA?DONT THEY EAT DOGS IN THAT SCREWED UP COUNRTRY
April 1st, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Roni Perotin
85261
I can’t believe that Menu Foods is still making pet food and claiming that it is “safe”. It is unforgivable that they distributed pet food that they knew was tainted which resulted in the illness or death of so many precious pets. Even worse, they killed more dogs and cats in their testing process.
I have had my 3 cats tested and they all came back with less than perfect lab results. They are very young so I can only hope and pray for the best. In the meantime, I would like to see Menu Foods put out of business. I am boycotting all pet food companies that did business with Menu Foods.
April 1st, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Morgan MacLeod
49684
April 1st, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Clarissa Cater 37013
April 1st, 2007 at 12:17 pm
C.A. Cater 37013
April 1st, 2007 at 12:18 pm
C.A. Cater
37013
April 1st, 2007 at 12:19 pm
13206 Beth Perra.
April 1st, 2007 at 12:19 pm
P.T. Cater 37013
April 1st, 2007 at 12:20 pm
My friends Springer Spaniel died after eating Science Diet - what she thought was a good food. I will no longer buy any food even slightly connected to Menu Foods - actually I’m now buying food for my dog that is made in their own plants (Fromms) with all natural products and under FDA - human food standards!!!! Guess what Science Diet - hope you go out of business too!!!!
April 1st, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Someone has to be responsible for the terrible things that have been done here. The animals cannot speak for themselves so we have to speak for them. All they can do here is be fed by people they love and trust and then suffer and silently die from the very thing(food)that sustains their lives. Shame on any company that does not want to take full responsiblity for whatever pain,harm,suffering,murder they might have caused.
April 1st, 2007 at 12:27 pm
80455 J. Hofve
As a vet, I am thoroughly disgusted with the pet food companies who promote their products as high quality and rip people off for huge amounts of money for food that is not anywhere near the advertised quality. Time for pet food makers to stop using the condemned and filth-ridden waste products of the human food industry to make the dreck they pass off as “nutritious” pet food.
April 1st, 2007 at 12:27 pm
20904
Two of my beloved cats died of renal failure (sudden onset; six days apart) in January. They ate beef and gravy wet foods.
I want Menu Foods and other emerging cat food manufacturers to be held accountable through: compensating pet parents financially - although this will never bring our dear pets back; I wish that Menu Foods etc., will suffer bankruptsy; and that those responsible will feel the burden of murdering the animals that they have indeed murdered.
April 1st, 2007 at 12:33 pm
This shouldn’t be going in in the US, wtf? Someone had to have known about this stuff in the food. It was done deliberately, And to know Menu foods may be testing on animals, thats ILLEGAL, especially with no veterinary care. but of course, they’ll find a way around this whole scheme, Money is whats important anymore. I have 2 dogs and a cat, to lose them is like losing my own children. I am sorry that so many people lost their beloved pets to this bs, it just breaks my heart. I am afraid to trust whats even on shelves anymore, too many recalls on more than just pet food. They better solve it quick.
April 1st, 2007 at 12:49 pm
85013 Stephani Diaz
My mother lost her best friend to this tragety. Her name was Cutie and she was a black and white cat. She was given to my mother by a patient who was on her death bed and asked her to please do her a favor and take good care of her cat. As her cat used to model for cat calendars. Now she is no longer on this earth, but in spirit. I watch my mother cry everyday that she sees another cat like her, or hears her name, but most of all the pictures she has of her breaks her heart over and over again. She should not of had to end her suffering. Cutie should have been able to live out her life right not by being poisioned to death. That is not fair, that is torture of an innocent animal. And of course the obvious torture of the owners heart for the rest of their lives. The FDA needs to crack down on ALL consumable products NO MATTER WHAT!!!!
April 1st, 2007 at 12:55 pm
I have 4 dogs that are part of my family
menu cannot understand that !!!
do the right thing take care of the pets (family members)
you have harmed
April 1st, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Barbara Nichols
April 1st, 2007 at 2:16 pm
48309
I believe we should be purchasing U.S. products ONLY (and perhaps European) because apparently we cannot assure the safety of foreign (specifically third world) products (how they are grown, what fertilizer is used, processing, storage etc). Food products we purchase for pet consumption must be regulated and held to high standards to ensure safety, cleanliness and quality. What has been allowed to happen to pets and their owners is horrible and is only a reflection of what companies are truely driven by….profit. Certainly NOT consumer well being. OUR TRUST was VIOLATED by these companies. I will never ever buy a Menu foods product again…I will not buy a product that has by-products and rendered meats and fats. I will research products and their labels and if need be, prepare my foods at home from scratch. I will not be manipulated and held hostage to eating garbage and feeding my family and pets garbage by any of these conglomerates who produce food for pets or humans. I am disgusted and I am sickened at the thought of what may be entering the human food chain. The deaths of these poor family pets is a WAKE UP CALL for all of us. What is in pet food? But WHAT is in OUR food?? Do something about the pet food manufacturing AND take a closer look at food made for human consumption. I am very unsettled about the prolonged silence about WHO supplied the wheat gluten and whether or not it has entered the HUMAN food production chain. This has been sickening, the delay in Menu’s response to complaints (going back to DECEMBER) has been sickening. Better to have been proactive and pull the product immediatley and be wrong than to be conservative and have more animals die and protect your investment. WELL GUESS WHAT!!! YOU’VE LOST YOUR CUSTOMER BASE AND YOUR PROFIT ANYWAY BECAUSE WE DON’T TRUST YOU GUYS ANYMORE AND WE AREN’T COMING BACK TO BUY YOUR CRUMMY PRODUCTS ANYMORE BECAUSE WE DON’T TRUST YOU TO ACT IN OUR BEST INTERESTS! I’m lucky, my pets (4) didn’t die because I didn’t use the contaminated products. But I feel just that, lucky. I feel sick to my stomach for all those people who poisoned their pets. What a horrible loss.
April 1st, 2007 at 2:18 pm
60142 Mike Ciesla
April 1st, 2007 at 2:41 pm
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Saavik Leary
April 1st, 2007 at 3:06 pm
14094 Barbara Pish
April 1st, 2007 at 3:15 pm
14094 Barbara Pish
My sympathy to all who have lost a beloved pet because of the disgusting commerical pet foods out there. I lost my beloved yellow lab one year ago because my vet insisted that I feed him a Science Diet prescription food laced with BHA,BHT and ethoxyquin. If only I had done my research sooner, I could have saved my precious dog who was the love of my life. Instead, he died at age 7 and took my heart with him…but my vet made alot of money selling me prescription food and all kinds of medicines plus got kickbacks from the Hills S/D company. Still grieving after one year.
April 1st, 2007 at 3:39 pm
48336 Elizabeth Curlew
I lost my best companion to this senseless act. Even though my food was not on the recall list, (the companies were in some of their products) I believe my Bailey girl was killed by these companies that practice in unsafe ingredients. I truly believe when this issue is all said and done, all the foods will be tainted. When are they going to taint our food with substandard products? Is our best interest being the utmost priorty with our Government? Or is it the Corporations that have the most financial clout, the ones running our country? You have to wonder.
April 1st, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Angela Turiello
40207
April 1st, 2007 at 3:45 pm
48336 Elizabeth Curlew
Wake up America! Is the Human Race next!
April 1st, 2007 at 3:54 pm
34135 Elaine Rupert
April 1st, 2007 at 3:55 pm
34135 Ken Rupert
April 1st, 2007 at 3:55 pm
34135 Kenny Rupert
April 1st, 2007 at 3:56 pm
28037 Teresa Bellotte
April 1st, 2007 at 4:17 pm
02360
William McCarron
April 1st, 2007 at 4:19 pm
12304
April 1st, 2007 at 4:21 pm
I lost my cat Loki to this sad and unfortunate affair. When you hear of these things on the news, they always seem so far away from home. But this hit me right where it hurt, and I am appalled by the lack of responsibility taken.
This is yet another slip-up of our governments “vast care and concern for the American people”. I hope this will find the right people and that some action will be taken, we cant let this happen again.
April 1st, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Paula Frantz 95682
April 1st, 2007 at 4:30 pm
13850 Kathleen Cederborg
April 1st, 2007 at 4:32 pm
76107 Martha Brothers
April 1st, 2007 at 4:33 pm
94511 Patricia Drenser
Science Diet, an apparently overpriced product, is responsible for the deaths of 3 of my cats: Sugar, age 14; Dr. Zhivago, age 14; Rhett, age 10-11 mos. Additionally, I run an Animal Rescue Preserve and the number of missing(and/or dead) cats is too numerous to count. I am disgusted with the pet food manufacturers and the FDA who seems to be safe-guarding noone. With the amount of food currently being processed out of the country, it is only a matter of time until this affects the human population. I am devasted by my pets’ loss.
April 1st, 2007 at 4:39 pm
65251 A Bankes
April 1st, 2007 at 4:41 pm
27896
Rebecca & Arther Hebb
April 1st, 2007 at 4:44 pm
We lost our 4 yr old cat, Tessie, on March 10th. We are so extremely sad. She was such a joy in our lives…she never hurt anybody.
April 1st, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Kelly and Matt Dombek 43551
Somebody needs to be held accountable for this…Would you let this go if it were baby food bottles that were contaminated???
April 1st, 2007 at 4:45 pm
50647
Linda Lamb
April 1st, 2007 at 4:46 pm
53561
Bob Wandry
April 1st, 2007 at 4:46 pm
53561
Jane Wandry
April 1st, 2007 at 4:48 pm
26726 Rhonda Niland
April 1st, 2007 at 4:49 pm
26750 Susan Avery
April 1st, 2007 at 4:50 pm
26726
April 1st, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Rhonda Niland 26726
April 1st, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Susan Avery 26750 We need to buy from our own farmers and skip the cheap imports!!!!! NOW!
April 1st, 2007 at 5:01 pm
It’s time that government stepped up to the plate. Third world countries are being allowed to flood the market with cheap tainted foods. No wonder our farmers can’t compete, we have inspections, and standards, the third world countries have ??? - obviously no standards or inspections. My pets are too precious to me to allow Menu foods to get away with this. I will be advising all friends and family to boycott products made by Menu foods and hounding people in the stores to not buy ANY of your products. -COUNT ON IT.
April 1st, 2007 at 5:11 pm
52302 Our pets are breathing, living, creatures that depend on us. How would we like it…my condolences go out to each and every one of you who have lost that special family member. This is serious and not only this issue alone but the way our pets and animals of the country are abused and neglected.
April 1st, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Martha and Art Hughes
30067
April 1st, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Jeremy & Nicky Ashby 52302
April 1st, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Debra Taylor 35063
April 1st, 2007 at 5:24 pm
94607
Jan Van Dusen
Until pet food suppliers are held fully accountable, they will have insufficient incentives to change the way they do business.
April 1st, 2007 at 5:33 pm
M5A 4B8
April 1st, 2007 at 5:35 pm
29909 catherine pierson
April 1st, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Cathleen Fenton 13031
Congressional leaders - We are paying attention to how you handle this situation, and it *will* affect how we vote in the next election.
April 1st, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Dina Melendez
18902
The manufacturer needs to be accountable as well as there should be government regulations.
April 1st, 2007 at 5:38 pm
63010 Susan Shirley after 3 weeks of not knowing what was wrong with my dog (12 yrs old) she had been eating alpo prime cuts in gravy she went from 62 pounds to 47 in a matter of a few weeks Ididn’t know what was wrong neither did my vet she got weaker and weaker so I had to put her to sleep that was Feb.26 2007 then we heard about the recall it’s been a month and now my grief is turning to anger
April 1st, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Sherri Tucker 98387
If this happens to my dogs
you can bet I would want
these Companies to be responsable for this.
I Just Thank God this has not happened to my
Dogs! Sherri
April 1st, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Allen Tucker 98387
April 1st, 2007 at 5:41 pm
34292 cheryl everett
April 1st, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Zip Code: 60458
Name: Rebecca Alter
All Pet Food manufacturers should be held totally accountable for their products. The company’s accountability should not be just as “property” to the family that has loved this family member for its lifetime but the company’s accountability should be held to the highest degree of liability and should pay all persons affected not as the law now states for “property” but for the hurt, loss of a family member, a loved one. I do not have human children. My Brittany Spaniels are my babies and I love them just as much, if not more than a human being can love a human child. My “children” are my life!
April 1st, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Is dog/cat/animal life not as important to those of us who love animals as is human life? Food manufacturers have to be accountable for human consumption, so I feel that animals food manufacturers should be just as accountable for what our precious “furbabies” put into their mouths. Thank God my dogs were not affected by this terrible scenario, but my heart goes out to those people that lost one or more of their pets during this time. You can bet I will be watching as to who does what to make this situation right and it will count in my voting for the representative that takes this seriously!!!
April 1st, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Ms. Deborah J. Newberry
52303
April 1st, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Is dog/cat/animal life not as important to those of us who love animals as is human life? Food manufacturers have to be accountable for human consumption, so I feel that animals food manufacturers should be just as accountable for what our precious “furbabies†put into their mouths. Thank God my dogs were not affected by this terrible scenario, but my heart goes out to those people that lost one or more of their pets during this time. You can bet I will be watching as to who does what to make this situation right and it will count in my voting for the representative that takes this seriously!!!
April 1st, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Mary Boldt
57042
April 1st, 2007 at 6:08 pm
02381 C Ketsob
April 1st, 2007 at 6:40 pm
05468 Nanc Ekiert
April 1st, 2007 at 6:42 pm
02381 Christine Bostek
My heart bleeds for all those who have pets that they have lost or are ill. My feelings for Menu Foods are very bitter, an eye for a eye, a tooth for a tooth. Perhaps they should ingest some of their own product so they will feel what the innocent animals feel.
April 1st, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Donna Herbst-Brooks 82520
April 1st, 2007 at 7:13 pm
21048 Robert Hill
April 1st, 2007 at 7:23 pm
48096
April 1st, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Danielle Marchal
80021
April 1st, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Allen Helus
80021
April 1st, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Donna Wieber 75835
April 1st, 2007 at 7:30 pm
ABSOLUTELY the manufacturers and brands should be held accountable for medical damages and other financial related costs!!!
ABSOLUTELY the manufacturer should be listed on the products.
ABSOLUTELY recalls should be started way earlier.
April 1st, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Charles Carson, 46254
April 1st, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Brenda Koogler 45370
April 1st, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Susan Artman, 15239
April 1st, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Joyce Cotter, 15239
April 1st, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Sheilagh O’Hare 78731
April 1st, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Mike Heims Zip is 52340
April 1st, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Yes the manufactinf company should be held accountable for what they put in the dog and cat food, Mike Heims, 52340
April 1st, 2007 at 8:01 pm
58237
gayle peltier
in memory of Scooby Peltier, a fine sheltier. he was a gift from my sister less than a year after my son died in a tragic accident. i put all my love and affection into my little doggie. losing him to acute renal failure,on mar.23, was like losing my son, Josh all over again.
i bought all of Scooby’s food at walmart and most of it was Ol’ roy. I miss him terribly. he was the best dog in the world.
April 1st, 2007 at 8:04 pm
J. Young 45458
April 1st, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Yes. they should most defiently be responsible. We trust these people to fed our pets. We love our pets just as much as someone does their children. This has to stop!!! Saying your sorry is not enough to replace a loved one.
April 1st, 2007 at 8:13 pm
Yes they need to be held accountable and take responsibility for their actions!!
April 1st, 2007 at 8:14 pm
YES
April 1st, 2007 at 8:15 pm
Yes, they should be responsible
April 1st, 2007 at 8:26 pm
T. Coe - 76017
April 1st, 2007 at 8:50 pm
44632
Mary Velka
April 1st, 2007 at 8:54 pm
44054 Debbie Hammer
April 1st, 2007 at 8:56 pm
07827
KimMartin
April 1st, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Our pets are a very important part of our families! We only want the best for them and never, never want to put them in harms way. We need to be able to trust in the companies that make the pet foods and treats. They need to be accountable and stand up for their products and make them the best they can be! Stiff regulations need to be put in place to protect our furry friends.
April 1st, 2007 at 9:01 pm
yes,
April 1st, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Lisa Siegwald-Baird 43214
April 1st, 2007 at 9:17 pm
30179
Susan Thomas
April 1st, 2007 at 9:31 pm
Susan W. De Witt 06851-3403
April 1st, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Angela Irwin
April 1st, 2007 at 10:03 pm
14471 Cathleen Billiski
April 1st, 2007 at 10:08 pm
33936
Jean Butler
April 1st, 2007 at 10:10 pm
21801 cheryl simpson
April 1st, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Linda Larsen 55057
April 1st, 2007 at 10:27 pm
As a ‘mom’ to kitties, I am outraged by the lack of responsibility and accountability in the manufacturing of pet foods. Perhaps, by really hitting Americans where they live, this will be the end of calls for smaller government. This is what happens when there is no rigorous government oversight of industry. DEATH.
Linda Larsen 55057
April 1st, 2007 at 10:35 pm
62454
Becky Phillips
April 1st, 2007 at 10:37 pm
This tragedy brought to you by unregulated free trade. We’ve been betrayed by corporate greed yet again. When will we be angry enough to put a stop to it?
Tears and sympathies to all who’ve lost their fur-babies in this nightmare.
34744
Mary Downes
April 1st, 2007 at 10:37 pm
My dog Chester died Thursday morning (March 29) of kidney failure from eating canned food that was recalled yesterday, 31 March.
Rhonda Hogan
76016
April 1st, 2007 at 10:41 pm
29626
Gloria Horton
April 1st, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Andrea Bassi
95973
April 1st, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Carol Glover 15445
April 1st, 2007 at 10:51 pm
32547 tami howard
April 1st, 2007 at 11:02 pm
85251 Charlene James
April 1st, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Kiko Lewis 91426
April 1st, 2007 at 11:14 pm
john lemire 32547
Where have the standards gone? Does everyone in the government/corporations just care about money now? Screw the consumer? Its unjustifiable.
April 1st, 2007 at 11:46 pm
Ginger Olsen 11693
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:17 am
94558
Angela Estes
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:23 am
98034
Randy Clark
The pet store is requesting we return the listed contaminated food cans to them for contamination testing. They did not say who will do the testing.
CONCERN: If we return our cans of listed, recalled pet food to the store, all evidence is lost. We sense the right thing to do is keep our recalled pet food until this boils down further - as evidence of our exposure to the issue.
Does anyone else have thoughts on this matter? PLEASE advise.
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:06 am
18202
BJ Gadola
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:18 am
91367 Jennifer Rees
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:20 am
88201 Sammye Leflar-Bohnstehn
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:41 am
Sandra Taylor 91335
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:05 am
90272 sabine kaneko
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:20 am
92358 MaryLou Sava I buy my animals food before I buy my own, what about the people who can,t afford to hasve their pets checked, is anyone doing something to help us be sure that our babies are asll right?
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:51 am
95322
MARTI BREWER
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:02 am
80909
Nicole Brian
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:04 am
Pet Food Needs more govenment control over ingredients used.
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:06 am
Pet Food Needs more govenment control over ingredients used. Our pets are our babies.
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:26 am
You CEO’s will soon go to jail
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:52 am
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April 2nd, 2007 at 5:46 am
08029
Carolyn Githens
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:29 am
SUSIE LANTER
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:41 am
05146
David Macdonald
I am absolutely amazed how these once trusted brands have ruined their reputations over a cheap supply of tainted ingredients. From lettuce/spinach to peanut butter and now pet food, this last year has been an eye opener.
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:06 am
89129
Amy Hugle
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:29 am
Frank Bennett - 27606
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:47 am
Anne Brown, 12303
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:51 am
23505
Norma Swan
Wheat gluten in cat food? Cats are carnivores!
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:57 am
23505
Norma Swan
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:22 am
Vickie Prairie
01588
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:16 am
Want the name of american distributor NOW.
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:20 am
22727
Tracy Wortman
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:25 am
45231 Sarah Lewis
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:27 am
Kathleen Ludlow, 78215
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:36 am
92845 charlotte scott
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:40 am
30276
Michelle Mascara
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:42 am
Jane Millard 98012. These animals ARE our family members! Their food should be monitored as closely as human food!
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:43 am
Kimberly Adams, 34109,
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:44 am
David Loerch, 34109
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:06 am
29909 catherine pierson comment: any connection with the toxic amounts of vitamin d in some royal canin pet food products. a lawsuit has been filed in canada. menu foods is also in canada.
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:08 am
This is the one area where the people and corporations of America, shouldn’t give away their independence. The development of a safe food supply is an ongoing, evolving process. America has much more stringent regulations and moral fiber then China. Don’t expect the Chinese to grieve for any mistakes in food handling/processing sent to America for a dime on the dollar. Somebody made a lot of money on this. I hope this transposes to an understanding of the need to protect all our other industries as well. Forget the global economy. Buy American. Trade in your Honda for a Ford. This is only the beginning of an ugly trend.
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:09 am
48304
Anne M. Acosta
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:12 am
This is the one area where the people and corporations of America, shouldn’t give away their independence. The development of a safe food supply is an ongoing, evolving process. America has much more stringent regulations and and moral fiber then China. Don’t expect the Chinese to grieve for any mistakes in food handling/processing sent to America for a dime on the dollar. Somebody made a lot of money on this. I hope this transposes to an understanding of the need to protect all our other industries as well. Forget the global economy. Buy American. Trade in your Honda for a Ford. Trade in your Suzuki for a Harley. This is only the beginning of an ugly trend.
94070
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:17 am
Kathleen Ludlow, 78215
What crap, how does the FDA know tat this wheat gluten isn’t being used in human foods as well as pet food.
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:28 am
Mandy Iezzi, 44440
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:29 am
44440, Mandy Iezzi
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:32 am
M5A1H7
Ron Smith
Great effort! We have a PETition championing enforced regulation and arms-length testing. It would be great to work together.
Everyone is invited to visit us at www.petitionz.org to “sign” the PETition and / or vote anonymously on our polls.
We will place a link to this site on ours immediately. Keep up the great work.
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:33 am
44221 michelle decara
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:34 am
85716 Paul And Pat James
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:40 am
32837
Lisa Tucker
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:40 am
donna lakatos 16154
THANK YOU, PEDIGREE, for not sacricing our beloved. furry family members for a higher progit. I trust your products and use them for various reasons but mostly because i feel that your company holds dear the health and welfare of our critters. Hats off!!!!
mrs. Donna Lakatos
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:47 am
Cheryl Nelson 60103
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:54 am
55119
Jalene Renstrom
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:56 am
87123
PJ DUNN
MY PETS ARE MY FAMILY!
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:06 am
95112
Cynthia Yost
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:06 am
Maria Veres
WR13 5HX
UK
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:08 am
Deborah Lee
75088
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:12 am
Loosing a pet is like loosing a family member… I read that the pets that have been lost are being treated as “Personal Property” and therefore individual law suits will give the pet owners virtually nothing. The pet food companies need to be held accountable.
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:16 am
53158
Judi Schold
I feed Pro Plan and canned Pedigree and I am so thankful to these companies that they are not on the list. My heart goes out to all that have lost their beloved pets. I cannot begin to even imagine anything like this happening to my dogs. This company should be put out of business and made to pay dearly. There should be more inspection and regulation regarding what is fed and sold as animal food. I will personally never buy any product mentioned on this list as it was always my feeling that these companies were overseeing and testing their foods to maintain the highest specifications. Also some were VERY slow to owning up to their product involvement! I respect the ones that did. Purina has sent me constant updates on their food.
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:16 am
gertrude stephen 80120
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:22 am
18974
Kathy Glassey
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:24 am
18974
Brian Glassey
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:26 am
08021
Barbara Baylie
What is wrong with US wheat? Menu Foods should be less concerned about making a bigger profit at our pets’ expense. They must be held accountable!!
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:41 am
Lisa Sarinelli 28215
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:44 am
19446
Rachael Buckley
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:48 am
This is just another sympton of out of control capitalism - greed! “It was cheaper to import and the Menu Foods employees did not bother to inspect it after the product was received. Also, the FDA is very lax on pet food regulations/inspections. Every day there is a new food added to the list. I will no longer buy commercial pet food - I will either make my own or buy organic. I recommend others do the same if you love your animals.
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:49 am
03055 Elizabeth Kallfelz
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:49 am
62902
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:55 am
Candice Miller
42071
The food we feed our pets is as important as the food made for human consumption. It needs to be regulated and the manufacturers should be held liable for the quality, or lack of. My dog is my family and I value her welfare as much as I would any human.
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:12 pm
30082
Carrie Williams
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:14 pm
PET FOOD IS THE SAME AS HUMAN FOOD - FOR OUR LOVE ONES. THEY SHOULD BE PROTECTED ALSO!!! MAKE THE PET FOOD SOURCES RESPONSIBLE. THANK YOU, JUDITH FREELAND
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:19 pm
92314 Janice Worley
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Jo Oak
94928
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Anne Helliker
85028
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:35 pm
44710 Kris Barnhart
I think it is sick that our animals are considered “personal property”! Our pets are just like a family member and if anything happened to my dog, it is the same as something happening to another family member. There needs to be accountability for these compamies.
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:43 pm
David M Moore
21012
This “company” should be held accountable to the point of bankruptcy!!!
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:46 pm
75006 Michelle Terrell
April 2nd, 2007 at 12:56 pm
I want to know why food is allowed to be imported into the United States from other countries in the first place. The Federal government has tied the hands of the American farmer by enacting overwhelming and expensive legislation/standards for what we have been told, is to protect us and the environment. The local farmers are having trouble competing in the marketplace because of the cost of maintaining these standards and yet the government allows food products to be imported from countries that do not have any of the standards we have. Because of poisonous food thousands of beloved pets are sick or have died senselessly. This is unconscionable and criminal. What else is being imported into our country that we should know about? You got caught this time. Why isn’t the media making an issue of this point?
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:02 pm
23024
Dawn Kelly-Bryers
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Dawn Kelly-Bryers
23024
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Kathy Kemmer
53511
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Lynn Marie above states it unconscionable and criminal. We need a full Congressional investigation of how poisonous items can be put into Cat food.
94805
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:20 pm
14425 Don Christoff
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:24 pm
20170 Kathy Hale
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:25 pm
20170 Kathy Hale signed
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Rhonda K. Allen
Athens GA 30605
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:35 pm
55016, Patricia Widell
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:35 pm
I want more assurance that the pet food I buy for my animals is safe.
17601 Audrey Simonetti
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:37 pm
I lost my 7 mo. old Shih Tuz after three months. The first two months I changed his diet gradually over from the food he was eating at the time of purchase to the IAMS Smart Puppy. He was exclusively on the IAMS Smart Puppy at the time of his death. I had used all of the first 10 lb pound bag and decided to use the Sample Package of IAMS Smart Puppy that came with my Vet’s welcome package. My Puppy became ill after the first day of eating the food from the Sample Package on Friday. By Saturday he was sick enough for me to place an emergency call into my Vet. I took him in and Dr. gave him a shot of antibiotic as he thought the symptoms were more like Kennel Cough. However after a few more hours at home, My puppy got worse. I then took him back to the Vet… who was working with another emergency case (horse not dog). This Vet sent me to another Vet. due to his inability to give my puppy the attention he needed. By the time I got him to this other vet he had blood in his mouth and only lasted a short time longer. My Sweet Puppy Died in my arms as I went to lay him down in an Oxygen Tent.
My Name is Charlotte Reece My Zip code is 68937…. My Pet’s Name was Murray Underfoot.
April 2nd, 2007 at 1:54 pm
53089 Todd Marino
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Marna Bare 15422
Something MUST be done to make manufactured pet foods safer!
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Julia Daniels
33914
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:19 pm
This DIDN’T have to happen. Those responsible need to be held accountable. Let justice be served!
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Kelly Sparks
74354
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:41 pm
99567
Kim Noble
I thank God that this didn’t effect my 2 dogs and leave my prayers for all that it did effect. I am very sorry for your losses. Since all of this has begun I have done much reserch and have learned alot of very disturbing things about out pets foods (and I use the term food very lightly here) I really hope that this petition makes the pet food manufaturers listen and not only pay for the suffering they have caused but also realize that it is not acceptable to feed our pets the trash that is left over and not fit for human consumption…and worse. After learning what really goes into the foods nicely covered up by ingredient names that won’t give away thier true selves, I have decided that almost no brand of dog food is safe to feed to my pets. If it isn’t safe for human consumption than what makes them think that I want to feed it to my pet. I find it disgusting that pet food is used as a way to dispose of the things that can’t be used in our foods and even much worse than you can imagine. (please do some study and you will be amazed at the things that go into thier “food”.) They have definately lost my money and it is my hope that they lose the money of anyone who really loves thier pets. They are going to have to feel this one for it to make any kind of difference.
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Dawn Delarosa - 92592
It is unbelievable that this has not received the UTMOST attention!
April 2nd, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Leigh Harrison
86314
Shut down the companies who have sacrificed our beloved pets for a few pennies, require that remaining companies purchase from suppliers who value life, and require that all info about the ingredients and source be added to the food labels.
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:09 pm
95060
Patricia Johnson My beautiful cat was well one day and then almost dead the next! I of course took him to the vet and he had to have a feeding tube and meds and stay at the vets for four days. He was just miserable and so was I. I have a bill the size of the national debt and I want this paid for by Menu Foods. I am a single senior on a very limited income>
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Anne Bell 85281
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:16 pm
06825 Peter Hood
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:16 pm
97708 Frank Cooper
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Kim Hansen 53220
Our pets are not property. They are living breathing beings entitled to life and care - they have rights, and our laws should be changed to reflect their rightful status. We are their caretakers appointed by God. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:23 pm
98004
Melonie Soper
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:30 pm
92392 HEATHER HOLT
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Martha Gruhlkey - 79001
This has been and continues to be very frightening. My heart goes out to those who have lost their pets and are left with nothing but vet bills. There needs to be some kind of standard for the food stuffs brought into our country for both the animals and people.
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:32 pm
94579
Bob Kauten
We need to import wheat gluten from China?
We need wheat gluten in our pet food?
Why?
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:34 pm
48184 Stephanie English
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:37 pm
92392 HEATHER HOLT
THIS IS JUST UNREAL!!! THESE COMPANIES NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!!! I HAVE A TOY POODLE, I HAVE BEEN REALLY LUCKY THAT HE IS DOING WELL NOT AFFECTED BY THIS, BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEALING WITH THIS, MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU!!!!! OXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
April 2nd, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Kami Bennett
23507
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Gerry Graves 95540
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:07 pm
53029 Doreen Van Ark
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:08 pm
This is just appauling, and just like food makers, these companies should be held responsable. Just like if a person ate something that was made poorly. Someone must be held responsable, and they know who they are.
Make them pay, as many people have lost there pets, and pets, are like members of their families..!!! Maggie Gillespie 44012
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Megan Oliver 34243
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Cheryl Carlson 06605
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:15 pm
64468
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:23 pm
30071 Donna Leinart
I’m taking my dog to the vet to get tested since she was eating some of the recalled productts.. My heart goes out to all of you whose pets have gone into renal failure from it.. . We had to put our older dog to sleep a year ago after it was on metacam for tooth pain. I didn’t know that one of the side affects Metacam is renal failure til i googled online and found alot of other people who had lost pets after usiing metacam for a short period of time also. It is a horrible death. I called the makers of metacam and they did not deny the death was caused by their product. They apologized and said it was labeled correctly and they would report it to the FDA like that normally do. Companies have to be held responsible for the deaths of our pets.
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Stacey Andrews
94121
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:38 pm
77573 Hall, Tammy
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:40 pm
95843 Lena Fields
April 2nd, 2007 at 4:53 pm
Roni Szeliga
53140
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Judy Murphy
19046
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:16 pm
90278
Kendall Moore
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:18 pm
45064
Debra Leianrt
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:20 pm
45420
Linda McKamey
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Los Angeles, CA, 90039
Maria Sierra
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:26 pm
04330
sherry christensen
if it was a human that died, there would be no question as to damages and liability due. what is the difference?
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:36 pm
MaryKay Hogue
55317
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Deborah Millek
33991
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Nicole Carvalho
02809
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Heather Fannin 25705
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:18 pm
Claudette Tallon
06820
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Kristin Eukel 95008
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:48 pm
97420 Brenda Hibner
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Curtis Basner 89052
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:55 pm
44431
Crystal Jones
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:58 pm
John B. Posey 92109- My Dobie died this morning from Nutro DRY FOOD! They are still selling it in stores and it is not on the list, but the Vet found Melamine in it!!! PLEASE STOP LOVED PETS FROM DYING!
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:25 pm
11803
Dorothy Stevenson
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:28 pm
05494
Conrad Racine
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:30 pm
05494 Arlitha Racine
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:51 pm
99320
Kim Lehman
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:55 pm
60033
James Francis
My Dog is dying from eating Ol Roy DRY dog food. Many other people have lost loved ones. How many more will die before they (menu Foods) admits ALL their products are taintied.
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:01 pm
98296 Linda Mestrovich
It’s about time for the GOVT to GET REAL, and look at pets NOT as pets but a member of the family, not PERSONAL PROPERTY
Get with the times. People feel a real loss when a PET dies and especially when it’s from the neglegence of a Pet food manufacturer. Shame on Menu Foods, I read that they are all ‘lawyered’ up, already. They should be shut down, but, I’m sure that theywill never happen. Big money always gets away with whatever they do that is disgusting.
LMestrovich
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:04 pm
98296
Linda Mestrovich
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:21 pm
44123 Rebecca Weaver
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:30 pm
04222 Gena McGrath
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:35 pm
04222
Barbara Stanley
We use Nutro Ultra and Nutro Ultra Lite dry food. Please let us know if any issues develop with these products
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:54 pm
99320
Jerry Lehman
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Ann Henry
76017
The food that my dogs have been eating is not on the recall list YET. But I am now making my own dog food. The list of recalls just keeps growing and the investigation is to slow and to late for so many pet families.
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:03 pm
15213 Hope Anne Nathan
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:09 pm
19115 albert bonitatibus
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:20 pm
BRENDA TINNIN 61115 I JUST HAD TO PUT MY DOG DOWN ON THE 20TH OF MARCH DUE TO PURINA ALPO SELECT CUTS. MY DOG WENT THROUGH KIDNEY FAILURE AND HE WAS IN THE VET FOR TWO DAYS THROWING UP AND THEY HAD HIM ON THE STRONGEST MEDS TO KEEP HIM FROM DOING IT BUT IT JUST WASNT ENOUGH AND WE HAD HIM FOR THIRTEEN YEARS AND HE STILL HAD MANY MORE TO GO. WE MISS YOU GIZMO VERY MUCH
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:42 pm
23663 , Randella Morgan
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Linda Siudmak 07068
I don’t believe we should import ANY food products from China under any circumstances. It’s bad enough we have to buy our hard goods from them since we no longer manufacture hardly anything here in the USA. Sorry Iams Eukaneuba and the 99 other companies out there that used this crap in their food but you lost my business FOREVER. Also, the media did a lousy job of reporting on the details to us which are still not clear. To some of us our pets are our children. I wonder if this was in human food would the FDA do any better?
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:44 pm
jean morgan 23663
April 2nd, 2007 at 9:57 pm
73069, Laurie George
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Gloria Lalumia
88012
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:03 pm
Gloria Lalumia
88012
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:12 pm
03440 Micheline Derosa
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Bonnie Yuspa
21207
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:35 pm
33931 Pamela Canedy
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:36 pm
21207 Bonnie Yuspa
I would like Hills to address its use of the ingredient Ethoxyquin which is found in the k/d dry Feline Prescription Diet. While I realize that k/d has a high fat content, Ethoxyquin is a very poor choice to use as a preservative. Ethoxyquin is listed and identified as a hazardous chemical under the criteria of the Osha Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910, 1220). Chemical Toxicology of Commercial Products (Ref. Gosselin et al., 1984) Ethoxyquin has a toxic rating of 3 (on a scale of 1-6, with 6 being super toxic requiring less than 7 drops to produce death), slowly developing depression, convulsions, coma and death; skin irritation and liver damage. I would like to know why Hills continues to use Ethoxyquin in it’s products. Most of the animals that require a prescription diet are debilitated in some way and lack the ability to rid themselves of toxins. Why would Hills use a known toxic agent to produce a so-called good food for animals suffering from kidney failure etc…? I run a cat rescue & shelter and have used Hills prescription foods only to witness a steady decline in the animals health. I believe it is quite possible that this food has contributed to the deaths of many animals. Ethoxyquin is a cheap product that was originally used as a pesticide and rubber stabilizer. Hills has used veterinarians to market a food that contains a poisonous substance and the FDA has done little for the safety of our pets. It is also time to demand that our pets be recognized as more than mere property. They are members of our family!
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:46 pm
53157
Barbara Gibbs
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:54 pm
85033
Tammy Navarro
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:59 pm
90810 diana mckimmie
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:05 pm
34104 Ann Jucha
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Katharine E. McCormack
98146
I have been devastated by the loss of so many kitties with whom I am acquainted both through Catster & personally. My cats eat food recommended in good faith as “the best” by their vets ~ it is shocking and deplorable that lack of regulation could allow them to be so WRONG. Please fix this problem!!!!!
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:13 pm
03820 Jedediah Greeke
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:22 pm
of all the places for this to happen the US.It is unforgivable.
03868 sharon weeks
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:25 pm
85016
Maryse Shank
This type of garbage in pet food has got to change. ALL ingredients need to be required on the labels. This may bring some accountability.
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:26 pm
zip code is 85016
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:29 pm
89121
Ann Quinn
After caring for 3 cats for over 15 years and doing all I could to protect them, my first cat died on February 10, 2007, at age 10. My other two cats
are dying of renal failure. The government should regulate the pet food industry stringently, and any future products never cause this again. Three
members of my family, with gentle souls and great hearts, are soon to be
missing. Nothing would compensate for that. But any future incidents should result in the company being put out of business.
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Why does it always seem to take something horrible to promote a change or a betterment of a regulation? This should NEVER have happened. And for those who say that peoples pets are not the same as kids….well to those who don’t have kids…they are just as important! Just understand that people are hurting over their losses and it doesn’t matter if they have skin or fur! They are still hurting! We can only hope that this will never happen again! Let’s keep it in OUR country where we can hopefully, better regulate things!
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:34 pm
90746 Daniel Harvey
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:47 pm
34135 zip code
Barbara Fritzsche
April 2nd, 2007 at 11:48 pm
19438
Rita Martin
My heart goes out to all of you who have lost your dearly loved pets. This
should never have happened. There needs to be more regulations on the pet food industry. To some, they are just animals, but to many of us our pets are family and mean more to us than some can imagine.
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:09 am
97140
Mary Rains
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:21 am
46901, Meghan Walters
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:28 am
alene greto
33916
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:33 am
97035, Deborah Rossum
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:28 am
38024
I lost a mother cat and 2 of her kittens to this tragic happening and almost lost a dog to the same . We caught the illness with the dog and managed to save him . I too feel that those of us that have had pet losses should be compensated for these tragic events within out lives .Many of us feel that these 4 legged friends are not just pets but also members of our loving and caring families .
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:09 am
Denise Ramsey
93710
We lost our 10 year old cat to acute renal failure due to eating Special Kitty cat food. We miss him dearly and hope something like this tragedy doesn’t ever happen again.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:13 am
William Brooks
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:54 am
William Brooks
After doing everything I could to save my beloved Thomas I now discovered that the very cat food “Hill’s Prescription Diet” was responsible for his death.
The very food that was suppose to help him kills him instead. Although he may be regarded as “properity” by legal minds, his loving little presents was
irreplacable and priceless to me. To allow this type of careless, destructive and cruel behavior which is responsible for such needless suffering to go free
with no or little consequences should be unacceptable. If we don’t up for these we love then when will we stand up?
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:58 am
Dianne Doub
27018
This is hurting my very soul…hurting for all,2-legged and 4-legged.
So very cruel…
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:48 am
Just curious, but what have these companies done with the recalled foods?
Are they going to just repackage them with new codes and dates instead of destroying them?
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:51 am
sandra martin
34608
Just curious? What are these companies doing with the recalled foods?
Are they going to just repackage them and sell them under new codes and dates?
April 3rd, 2007 at 6:18 am
hold them accountable
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:38 am
norb kuznicki 19056
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:41 am
02916 Christopher Rossi
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:05 am
Not only is there fear everyday for my own pets but for the over 400 homeless pets we care for at the largest no-kill shelter in Florida.
Here we are offering refuge to orphans and the very food they so deperatly need might be the thing that kills them. All of us wake up in the morning dreading what we are putting in their bowls.
Calls from people in the community asking us for financial help and advice is heartbreaking. Calls from former adoptors whose pets have passed from the wrong food is devastating.
Hold these companies accountable. Pets are not disposable or property. They are loved ones…..did Katrina not show them that???
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:35 am
34120 Deb Borgman
I think it is a great idea to hold these companies responsible for the stuff they put into pet food. Maybe in the future it will make them think twice about where the ingredients are coming from…we can only hope!
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:41 am
32655
elaine gudbrandsen
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:50 am
01040 Denis Barnes
01040 Marcileen Lindley
01040 Angela Bessey
01040 James Lindley III
01040 Patricia Deaseault
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:04 am
01826 Lisa Cefalo
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:27 am
93638-4013 Sue Jones I personally think that the food of animal companions should be as well regulated as that of the human population.
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:30 am
Bonita L. Cordrey 41071
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:35 am
We had a beautiful cat named “Baby”. He was only four years old.
He was our Baby. He died in my arms two weeks ago. He was eating one of the named cat food products. We are so devasted.
What do pet owners do now?
What do we feed our little family members?
Someone must be held accountable for this tradgedy!
Margi
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:36 am
We had a beautiful cat named “Baby”. He was only four years old.
He was our Baby. He died in my arms two weeks ago. He was eating one of the named cat food products. We are so devastated.
What do pet owners do now?
What do we feed our little family members?
Someone must be held accountable for this tradgedy!
Margi
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:43 am
Phyllis Gelzinis. 08107 I think This whole thing is horrible! Pets are family, If something happend to mine because of something I was feeding her, that was supposed to be good for her and it made her sick, not only would I feel horrible, but I would want someone to pay BIGTIME!
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:49 am
43232
Beth Eggleston
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:55 am
Betty Rosine 33917
Our country should quit importing from other countries.
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:56 am
Grove10701@comcast.net
Suzanne Grove
19020
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:59 am
92882-Teresa Buchanan
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:06 am
Johnny Garcia these dogs and cats, the companys must realize are more like are children
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:13 am
85006 Janice McCall>>>
My 4 month old kitten died from kidney failure on Feb 23rd, 2007. I was feeding her wet can food from Sophisticat which I bought from Pet’s Mart. The little thing suffered greatly with pain (of which I was not aware of as animals rarely show pain.) I suspected kidney problems however my vet said little kittens often urinate outside of the box (she would poop in the box but not piddle in it!) She actually had seemed to have NO control on relieving herself, going wherever! My vet said to get her a cranberry detox solution..from the healthfood store. The last few days of her life she bloated up something awfull!! Unable to eat or drink!! My “Dolly” died at 4:00 A.M. on the 23rd of feb, on my chest as her gasping for air woke me up and I could see she was dying so I held her till she passed on. This was so painful for my 89 year old mother and myself. We have 4 other cats and 1 dog. I worry now about the other cats as they would sometimes (steal) Dolly’s food. My vet says due to the weight of the older cats and the amount that they may have consumed will determine if they are poisoned as well…My heart actually aches and I often wake up at night feeling so guilty…that I fed Dolly poison….and now I am worried about my other pets!!!
This was a WAKE-UP call indeed! For all of us as we have always trusted the pet food we gave our pets! I want to sue Menu-Foods and am anxiously looking for a class action group here in Arizona. I want accountability!!!!
She didn’t…Have to die…
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:16 am
27018 Kelliene Fisher
Our pets deserve to eat safe food, they depend on us to keep them protected. My pets are also my children.
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:16 am
23517 Rachel Kingston
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:24 am
48133 bill barrand my puppy suffered for one and half months because some rich bussiness people wanted to get richer by buying product from china. i think all food products coming from china to this country should be tested..shame on them rich bastards.. i hope this hits them in the pocket book. they should pay big time…my puppy survived after a expensive vet bill..
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:33 am
Deidre Angelini
19056
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:35 am
08205 Audrey Waltz
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:38 am
49022
Lucy Kubash
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:39 am
43984 Shelly Haney
This should not have happened!!! Our pets are living, breathing too, they are our family. They depend on us and we depend on the makers of their food to ensure it is safe. It’s not right that I go to the store and cry in the pet food isle because I’m scared of “what if this is recalled next”. My baby kitty Abigail is still fighting and so am I. God Bless and Prayers to all.
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:47 am
48309 - Katie Cramer
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:48 am
27407
Christy Speer
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:52 am
Menu Food-poison any kids lately?
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:52 am
Philip Prairie
01588
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:02 am
Patricia Mielke
01027
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:04 am
49721
Laura Nestle
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:17 am
Angie Aleman
19079
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:18 am
I think this whole thing is getting out of hand. There are so many foods on recall, it is affecting how we buy pet products, and most importantly what we need to feed our animals. How can we be certain of any product we purchase for our animals? What are we, the citizens of this country, really supposed to do now? Darcy Crockett, NC 27549
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:20 am
11379
Orhan Batur
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:28 am
Sonya Webb 40502
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:42 am
Tracy Webb
49307
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:48 am
238334 Corinne Person
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:50 am
It is my hope that Menu Food/Responsible Parties feel the heartbreak that each and every pet lover felt when their best friend was taken from them. My heart goes out to you.
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Brenda Krzystofik
14052
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:07 pm
08846
Cindy Casteel
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:09 pm
04222 Sandra Hilton
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Brenda Krzystofik
14052
East Aurora, NY
Adamsattic@aol.com
I am sick to think that I have been feeding my cat Maddie Science Diet m/d Prescription formula. This has really opened my eyes and I now am moving in a different direction with what I am feeding my animals. They are my ‘furbabies’ and I will do what I must do to protect them. I am switching to feeding them natural food with no junk and unknown ingredients in it.
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:09 pm
14810 Cher Allison
Make them held accountable for the crap they put in our pets food!
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Julie Goodrow 30052
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:23 pm
92014
Sue Maxwell
A very sad situation and high time its remedied and all pet foods improved-they are our beloved responsibilities not just another income for vets and food distributers, marketers etc…or must we start making out own pet foods? where do i get a complete list of harmful foods and ingredients?
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:41 pm
78602 Laura and Carl Ritchie
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:10 pm
10034
Roseann Marulli
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:11 pm
85204 Cherie Fruge
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Annette Losi, 14033
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:16 pm
21638
Mary Crafton
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:23 pm
I am so appauled by all of this.. People who have lsot their pets my heart bleeds. This should never happen.. This is what happens when you outsource to other countires. It’s not regulated properly…
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Elizabeth Thompson, Edgewood WA 98372
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:27 pm
21620
Virginia Schaible
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:48 pm
64110
Mary Schafer
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:57 pm
WE DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY and
….BOYCOTT ALL PET FOOD MANUFACTURERS.
48647
Deb Lubinski
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:04 pm
85388
Lu Ann Alders
TAKE a proactive approach on international guidelines for the safety and love of OUR PETS! (In other words be more vigilante in the ingredients that are purchased!)
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:05 pm
60004
Melisa Eder
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:19 pm
89012
Sandie Meister
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Christie Gourdoux 24656
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:25 pm
97201
Jennifer Schang
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:27 pm
64055 Heather Higginbotham - mother of two precious felines
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Stacy Youkilis 94131
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Regan Sheare, 12477 We just got the puppy we have always wanted on Mar. 3rd, an English Mastiff, she was $1800 - a “splurge” for our families budget - we wanted the best breed we could find for our kids………she is now on her 3rd round of vet stays for IV fluids and things are not looking good for our Maisy……..her vet bills have exceeded $1200 - for the past week…..this is an outrage and I want SOMEONE to help us pay for her care. Where and WHO will help us and WHEN? No one has answers and we so desperatly need them.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:42 pm
34667
Gladys Newton
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:50 pm
joel fitzpatricl elmira ny
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:51 pm
14904 joel fitzpatrick
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Jackie Stucklen 34994
My dog Stella has been sick since January 2007, she’s been in and out of the Pet ER and my regular vet. My vet bill’s have already exceeded $2000.00. Our vet states if she hasnt shown any improvement by next week he wants to put her back on IV therapy again. I really can not afford to do this again. Someone needs to help us help her. I want to know who’s responsable for this whole ridiculous mess. Also when this is all said and done I’M still going to lose my little STELLBELLE. Please HELP.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:59 pm
92845 Victoria Hatfield
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Melissa Olson
52402
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:08 pm
77090
Cynthia Hartsfield Pilzner
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Colleen Henling 35209
I stopped buying Chinese pet products last year after I learned they were beating dogs to death on the streets, including family pets, to control a rabies problem. If they think so little of pets as to treat them so inhumanely, why would they care about the safety of pet products? I think all food products human and pet, should have listed the country of origin of all components, are not as closely regulated as ours. If the manufacturer changes source he will have to change his label - tough.
If I had known the source of the wheat gluten, my older dog may not have spent the last 3 days of her life vomiting before she died.
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:11 pm
92845 Patricia Hatfield
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:12 pm
48014
Debbie Johnson
BAD…BAD…BAD
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:18 pm
95409 Karen Hayes
Protect our pets food supply! Congress, stop food companies from importing cheap, infected food of any type from China.
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Tanya Straka, 77055
My Shih Tzu, Kelli, ate some of the Dingo Chicken Jerky treats this weekend and has been having bloody stools ever since. We just saw this alert and didn’t know why she was so ill. Had her into the vet yesterday and started her on some medication but the bloody stools have not stopped yet. My poor little baby is so ill. This has got to stop.
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:20 pm
33907
Gail Phillips
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Linda Baba
60638
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:08 pm
50320 Tom & Sharon Lilly
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Ellen Sawyer
01887
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Ellen Sawyer
01887
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:46 pm
93635
Richard Callaghan
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:49 pm
93635
Richard & Deena Callaghan
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Laurey Long, 90066
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Shirley Halstead 72113
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:13 pm
87122
Danna Herbert
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Sara Lewandowski 30076
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Ginny Vargas
93720
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Jim and Lorri LaBelle
N8R 2A6
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Nancy Sommerville 62301
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Jeff Sommerville 62301
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Jeff Sommerville 62301
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:45 pm
18071, Cheryl Wiegand, Pride and Passion Grooming Shoppe & Pet Boutique
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:51 pm
51039
Aimee Fowler
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:51 pm
85225 Kelly Conroy
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:55 pm
David A Fleischhaker
55077
Make the FDA/US goverment get better controls of the “poisons” being shipped/sent to the United States in any form.
April 3rd, 2007 at 6:05 pm
32803 Linda Neiswender
April 3rd, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Holly C. 44212
April 3rd, 2007 at 6:29 pm
Nick Gerachis
20016
April 3rd, 2007 at 6:39 pm
53563 Penny Precourt
April 3rd, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Jill Swanberg
91711
April 3rd, 2007 at 6:42 pm
53563 Frank Precourt
April 3rd, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Janine Jarvis
jx7@juno.com
32810
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:06 pm
57730
Susan Gilliland
How do the rich executives behind this atrocity, sleep at night?
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:07 pm
linda simonetti
48307
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:08 pm
48307
linda simonetti
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:10 pm
make the fda make pet food products inspected like people food.
and make ingredients much more public.
not just saying chicken and gravy, let us know what we are feeding are loved ones.
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Karla Wright 80601
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Gina Skoviak
08322
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Pamela Merritt 12983
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Dolores Calderon
98116
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Racheal Garrison
12846
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:18 pm
75662
P Nelson
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:19 pm
P Nelson
75662
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:38 pm
04043 Lisa OBrien
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:39 pm
95490 Mollie Morrissette e-mail mrrsstt@sonic.net
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:43 pm
98292, Kelly Willoth
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:44 pm
46514 Karen Redman
Fortunately my dog has not been affected by the dog food recall but I did have some Dingo chicken jerky which has been disposed of as it supposedly is contaminated with salmonella. My heart goes out to my fellow pet owners with sick and deceased pets. My Aussie is my best friend and to lose him in or any other pet in such a manner is horrendous. I will pray for all of you.
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:05 pm
I want to know what my pet’s are eating! I don’t want them eating foods that are considered “unfit for human consumption”.
Helen D. Bilowus
14218
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:10 pm
38135NOELMONROEGREEDY FING BASXXXXX KEEP IMPORTING CRAP FROM THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:34 pm
45013 Alicia Tolley
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:34 pm
44270
Therese Kennedy
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:04 pm
53090
Peg Mudroch
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:12 pm
54870 Sally Langland
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:47 pm
My 6 lb dog was in the hospital for over one week recieving IV fluids for renal failure.
lisa Nausid
lmbrucick@aol.com
99037
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:55 pm
08876
JoAnn Pichiarello
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:03 pm
20853
Sharon Harper
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Wendy Cahill
60175
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:12 pm
08106
Patricia Corroda-McClellan
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:54 pm
50315 Leah Wright
April 4th, 2007 at 12:09 am
Anne L Rmington
April 4th, 2007 at 12:10 am
Anne L Remington 61107
April 4th, 2007 at 12:11 am
61107 Anne L Remington
April 4th, 2007 at 12:16 am
85234 Dale Wilson
April 4th, 2007 at 12:40 am
C.M. Wilinsky
92653
April 4th, 2007 at 12:53 am
Anna Samuel Zip 11223
April 4th, 2007 at 12:55 am
Mariana Savel
11235
April 4th, 2007 at 1:31 am
Cathleen A. Combs
41035
April 4th, 2007 at 3:07 am
Cheryl Bollinger
44515
April 4th, 2007 at 5:10 am
Harriet Speaks
72854
I concur with this petition and i am a faithful voter.
April 4th, 2007 at 6:55 am
36693
Ann Leatherwood
April 4th, 2007 at 7:45 am
Jodi Tanvas 22302
April 4th, 2007 at 8:57 am
08610
Vicky Vinch
April 4th, 2007 at 9:24 am
21601 Erica Tracy
April 4th, 2007 at 9:30 am
These greedy people(?) should be forced to eat their own garbage as punishment, as no one will ever see a dime. They will file for bankrupcy, and since they are a PiG Business will skate out free and clear.I am so glad I feed homemade food to my dogs & cat only .
Birgit Michael-23805
April 4th, 2007 at 10:20 am
Sandy Parks 76208
April 4th, 2007 at 10:21 am
32311, Ann Bassett
April 4th, 2007 at 10:23 am
32311 Ann Bassett.
I hope Menu Foods goes out of business and a responsible company takes their place.
April 4th, 2007 at 10:33 am
Susan Roth - 07834
April 4th, 2007 at 10:33 am
Outsourcing at it’s finest. When will big American companies learn that going outside the US to save a few bucks will always be a detriment to our country.
April 4th, 2007 at 10:37 am
07642 Pat D’Amico
April 4th, 2007 at 10:38 am
07642 Pat d’Amico
April 4th, 2007 at 11:00 am
44512 Jeffrey Bradian
April 4th, 2007 at 11:33 am
17847, Rebecca Brouse
April 4th, 2007 at 11:35 am
32807 laura stevens
A blinding, bright light has finally been put on this despicable industry. You’ll be held accountable soon… no more hiding in the dark. We’ll be watching!!!!
April 4th, 2007 at 11:35 am
Donna Davis 06516
April 4th, 2007 at 11:49 am
14886
Marilyn Bieler
April 4th, 2007 at 11:51 am
90292 Dana Eli
April 4th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Anita Drozdyk
12870
April 4th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Kim Winz
27713
My young children, like many, are extremely emotionally attached to the family pets. Any harm that comes to our pets, then, is devastating to my kids. And anything that hurts my kids makes me angry at those who caused it. Really angry. Elected officials and business leaders who fail to act now are going to face a rising tide of anger, not only from pet owners, but from concerned parents nationwide.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
My cat was poisoned by a Menu Foods product. She is still alive but with permanent kidney damage requiring daily medications and injections.
When she came back from the emegency vet hospital, I was unknowingly feeding her by syringe the very same cat food that had caused her kidney failure, because Menu Foods had delayed announcing their food was ckilling pets.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Ray Gwyn Smith CA 95060
My cat lucy was poisoned by a Menu Foods product. She is still alive but with permanent kidney damage requiring daily medications and injections.
When she came back from the emegency vet hospital, I was unknowingly feeding her by syringe the very same cat food that had caused her kidney failure, because Menu Foods had delayed announcing their food was ckilling pets.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
95062 Regina Langhout
April 4th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
M1M2b3 (Canada)
jennifer O’Brien
April 4th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
M1M2b3 (Canada)
Jennifer O’Brien
My previously healthy dog of 9 years dropped dead after suffering for weeks from tainted IAMS food. My children are devastated and so am I.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
We elected you and are now counting on you to do the right thing and pass laws that will protect our pet’s food supply and allow us as consumers to be informed as to what is going into the food and who is supplying the ingredients. I hope that you will launch a full investigation into Menu Foods and the fact that they waited 3 weeks to alert the FDA that pets were dying. This should never happen again and you are in a position to see that it doesn’t!
Laura Panos
08844
April 4th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
80550 Katherine Elliott
April 4th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
77423
sharon wagner
my cat had to be put to sleep beause of renal failure and her counts were out of sight. I had had her for 8 years. Even after taking her to the vet and putting her on fluids, science diet d/k and feeding her Iams she decline. Not knowing these were tainted foods. It is a terrible lost to me as a widow.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
95060
barbara denny
April 4th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Danelia Brunson
Zip code: 29072
daneliab@windstream.net
April 4th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Danelia Brunson
Zip code: 29072
daneliab@windstream.net
April 4th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
67456, Susan Whitfield-Lungren. Legitimate companies should have no problem with accountability requirements. Those companies that are interested in profiting by lying or just misrepresenting the toxic quality of food may be discouraged and quit trying to profit by selling slop in the guise of good quality pet food. I for one will not buy any food unless the manufacturer will provide some tangible evidence that he/she/they are actually producing pet food with ingredients that match the advertisements and so-called truthful articles on their websites. I hope someone is looking into lawsuits based on fraudulent use of the Internet and other methods of interstate commerce being used to promote and sell these low quality so called foods.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
67456
Whitfield-Lungren, Susan
April 4th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Elizabeth Cole
22150
April 4th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Lisa Tuckwood 09175
April 4th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Darci Vanderhoff, 22308
April 4th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Nathan Tholen
56425
April 4th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Tricia McAvoy
93611
April 4th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
32218 Jesse J Smith,14165 Duval Rd Jax,FL
April 4th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Would like all involved parties culpable in pet food deaths due to tainted food to be held accountable to the fullest extent. Insult should not be added to injury for those pet owners that suffered great financial losses in hopes of saving their pets, and were dramatically traumatized because of the lack of regulation in the pet food industry. I would also like to note that American consumers should not have to worry about food sources from countries that have no concern for environmental controls/laws…..
It is my belief that the pet food industry is more concerned with damage control, and will do anything to sweep this under the rug and misrepresent evidence showing liability on their part(s)!!! Do not let this be the biggest cover up since Watergate! I will no longer buy any foods manufactured by Menu Foods Corporation, an easy boycott. Don’t care if they suffer financial losses. Message to all Menu Food Execs complaining how tough their job is in dealing with this crisis - uh - get over it, stop complaining, this is why top dogs in industries are so highly overpaid. I am sorry for the innocent workers that will probably lose their jobs over this due to lack of sales!!!
April 4th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Sharon Ferry
zip code: 95006
April 4th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Erica Ekstrom 92683
My animals are part of my family and I thank GOD that they have not been affected but they could have easily been. I have used all of those brands in the past.
April 4th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
95823 Pruett
My cat incurred unnecessary pain and suffering, and over 1,100.00 in bills because of this. Ridiculous!
April 4th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
95823 Pruett
My poor cat suffered because of THEIR stupidity!!! And I paid over 1,100 for THEIR MISTAKE!? How cruel!
April 4th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
90755
Michael Greer
April 4th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
52302-5107 Beverly Newberry
April 4th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
12958 Dorothy Ferguson
April 4th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
12958 John Ferguson
April 4th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Nancy Asiatico, 30277
My six year old Rott is dying of kidney failure. He has eated Nutro Natural Choice wet/dry food (6 yrs of receipts to prove it) since I took him of the bottle at 8 weeks. I am unable to have children so he is my baby Zeus. I hurt so much, I am watching him die before my eyes. There is no such thing as kidney transplant nor dyalisis for pets; so fluids, food (boiled chicken and rice I make everyday) and antibiotics is the treatment. I’ve spent $2000 so far, I still have to put him down when I see him start suffering. I will also have an autopsy performed at that time so add another $350. Am I mad?? no, I’m furious !! I wish I could actually meet the pencil pushers who had the bright idea to make more money by buying cheat crap from communist China. The frustration that envelops me is indescribable. I want them all held responsible to my baby’s sickness and eventual death. Zeus was what kept me from the brink of despair at my lowest, now I have to watch him die. I pray that God gives us all that have lost or are losing our baby’s the strength to fight for them. No amount of money will pay for my loss but that is the only recourse we have. Our government needs to really look at this not as an “animal” problem but as a terrorist act on our soil. They started with our animal supply, its just a matter of time before we are all poisoned as well, maybe it won’t kill us but it will meim us. This country is fertile enough to supply our own food. Free trade our own stuff. God bless!!
April 4th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Lino Asiaatico, 30277
April 4th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
I lost my 15 year old chihuahua on jan 4. She was perfectly healthy - we went to the vet on dec 31 with all of the symptoms and we chalked it up to old age. She died 4 days later. She was eating the Alpo food that was just put on the recall list. She had 2 cans of left over dog food unopened that I gave to my other 3 year old dog so they wouldnt go to waste. She ate them in january. The last week of january she started having incontinence problems and now $2000 later, she was diagnosed with Megaesophagus. She has never been sick a day in her life. Of course I dont have the cans because she ate them in january. This whole thing is sickening. She still may die of malnutrition or pneumonia because she cant keep her food down.
April 4th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
jim apple
95062
April 4th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
Petfood companies are not above the law.
April 4th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
93720
Joy Turner
April 4th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
I’m sure the people who were out to save a buck isn’t worried about the pets that are dead/dying or the fear us petowners have everytime we feed them. Your biggist worry is a big lawsuit. I for one hope they nail you good!
Sherry Bodany
48461
April 4th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
I’m sure the people who were out to save a buck isn’t worried about the pets that are dead/dying or the fear us petowners have everytime we feed them. Your biggist worry is a lawsuit. I for one hope they nail you good!
Sherry Bodany
48461
April 4th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
Rose Hunt 94538 2526
April 4th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
92557
Richard Lopez
April 4th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
Kathy Wetters
60134
April 4th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
15849 miriam pane
April 4th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
i would like to help this so it never happensagain in anyway i can
April 4th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Bette Mac Donald 08312
April 4th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
08312 Bette Mac Donald
April 4th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
15849 miriam pane i think this is terriableand would help in anyway i can..
April 4th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
06776
Martha Cuthbert
If our elected representatives do not honor these un-neccessary and tragic deaths by holding these companies responsible in a way which is meaningful ; both to prevent such wholesale TRAUMA AND DEATH again BY writing LEGISLATION WITH teeth but also by holding these companies fiscally reponsible for their negligence - they do not deserve to be supported nor elected.
April 4th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Ray Gwyn Smith 95060
April 4th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
10918
Carolyn Puliafico
April 4th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
janice chandler 92071
April 4th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Lori Yeilding 95123
It is the responsiblity of our government to closely monitor the import of all products from third world countries and to ensure that the pet food companies pay for the thousands deaths they have caused
April 4th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
The decision of this country to import food from other countries is irresponsible. The idea of outsourcing crops in countries that have no FDA or regulations on the quality of the food produce is equally irresponsible. Why are we outsourcing crop growth? We should be supporting our own farmers and subsidize them if necessary. There is reason to import food from another country. This is nothing more than corporate greed. Why should CEOs make millions of dollars at the expense hard working Americans? Why should CEOs make millions of dollars and sacrifice our health and the health of our beloved pets? Just so they can make millions of dollars? Americans must pay attention to America and American values. We must vote for candidates who will listen to Americans NOT lobbyists. Only then will our voices be heard. Only then will the American people be respected enough by our leaders to invest in American farms and all American workers.
April 4th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
mona schineller
April 4th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
07450 mona schineller
April 4th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
19129
Patricia Caporale
April 4th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
97369 Alan Wasner
April 4th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
93036 Cynthia Wasner
April 4th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
94589 Alma Daughtry
April 4th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Alma Daughtry 94589
April 4th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
84107 Dixie Petersen
84107 Connie Petersen
April 4th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
My niece’s new puppy may be a victim of eating this tainted food. This dog is so sweet and we (the family) love her after only knowing her briefly. I think the most difficult aspect of this horror is the absolute feeling of helplessness and the sadness that comes from the realization that these animals trusted us (their care givers and family) to provide them with healthy food. We, in turn, trusted the pet food companies to provide that healthy food for us to give our pets. We have lots of pets in our family. I personally do not at this time but have had a number of cats and dogs over the years. They were special members of the family and their loss caused tremendous grief. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who has suffered from this terrible event. I truly hope that there will be a class action suit that you can all participate in. New York is lagging behind some of the other states in this area and I hope some lawyers get on board soon. They’re sure johnny on the spot to sue other companies so let’s get going on this one.
April 4th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
30248 Mildred Clifton
April 5th, 2007 at 12:22 am
Alexia Valdes
95060
April 5th, 2007 at 12:31 am
Patricia Iveagh
95010
April 5th, 2007 at 1:39 am
54467 Animals, pets, our children are dying. There is no excuse for this to be happening to our animals, pets, and children. I, as well as millions of others, consider this to be an outright slaughter and attack on innocent lives. What needs to happen is the following: Major investigations, major lawsuits, major changes in all areas of the pet food industry, intense prosecutions for those responsible for this tragedy, along with those who had or have any prior or current knowledge of it, and a complete shutdown of any company that had anything to do with this disgusting attack on our civilization. Yes, I say on our civilization because in the eyes of many, humans and animals are equal. For many of us, animals are our children. Now let’s get the ball rolling and do something about this. What’s happening is nothing short of pure evil, as well as one of the sickest and most irresponsible events and attacks to occur in history.
April 5th, 2007 at 1:41 am
Jenelle Beckwith
53536
April 5th, 2007 at 2:51 am
33604
April 5th, 2007 at 6:06 am
18013 Laura Morehed
April 5th, 2007 at 7:12 am
08742 Beth Crannell
April 5th, 2007 at 7:13 am
14607 Kim Malcolm
We need to have mfg’s list WHERE the ingredients for their products have been purchased!
April 5th, 2007 at 7:22 am
Theresa Gismondi
Zappajoy@optonline.net
#74 20th st.
Wading River N.Y. 11792
my dog is hospitalized and critical with renal failure right now with all poisioning symptoms, costing hundreds of dollars a day and nobody will say the poison word because (his consumed products are not on the list!!!!)what does it take to get on the list!!!!
April 5th, 2007 at 7:23 am
Colleen Crannell 08742
April 5th, 2007 at 7:35 am
Bridget Culhane 14450
We need to make sure our animals our safe. Where is the list so we make this happen
April 5th, 2007 at 7:52 am
R. Stubbs 50317
If our pets are fed tainted food so easily then we could be also buying tainted food.
April 5th, 2007 at 7:55 am
Terry Lee
21502
April 5th, 2007 at 8:47 am
J. Hughes 06053
April 5th, 2007 at 8:52 am
Bill Van Arsdale 14559
April 5th, 2007 at 9:04 am
Sue Babey 14623
April 5th, 2007 at 9:39 am
Bob Grzywacz
87121
April 5th, 2007 at 10:28 am
Eileen M. Burger 10530
Two cats ate tainted food and need testing. Menu foods should be held accountable to reimburse pet owners. Pets are not just property!
April 5th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Jennifer Arthers
05491
April 5th, 2007 at 10:52 am
This is what Washington’s “open trade” have gotten the American people, along with the Fair Trade Agreement. Thank you, BOTH Democrats and Republicans, for this. This is not a “party” problem….it’s a “people be damned” POLITICIAN problem! There is enough blame to around to both parties, and sadly, to the American public who is too busy trying to out-buy the Jones next door. And, it’s not just a pet food problem - what is allowed to be imported for HUMAN consumption isn’t much better. In the words of Pogo - “We have met the enemy, and it is us”. I hope this petition is a start to more people being involved with what is going into our bodies…..and that Washington realizes that our pets are part of our family here, and not just “food stock” as they are in so many foreign countries that obviously could care less about all animals! - Eileen Verbeke
April 5th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Janet Figliuolo
28518
April 5th, 2007 at 11:29 am
02466
Dianne McAdam
April 5th, 2007 at 11:44 am
21074
Kristie Ruggles
April 5th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
15926 leeann landis
April 5th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
17347 Sheri Smith
April 5th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
PETS ARE MORE THAN JUST PROPERTY… They should be held accountable. Jim Yanus, 14623
April 5th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
36535 Karen Baratta
April 5th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
36535
Karen Baratta
April 5th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
08108
Nancy Hamilton
April 5th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Karen Diaz 15120
April 5th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
V6Y 3Y6 Joanne Egerton
Hill’s Prescription Diet Feline z/d low allergen dry cat food still has not been recalled. My 2 1/2 year old pure bred Ragdoll died very suddently of complete renal along with cardiac and pulmonary failure on March 24th, 2007. I have reported this to the FDA and I have spoken with Hill’s/Colgate and they have still not recalled the product even though there are other cats which have died in the past three weeks eating the Hill’s z/d. My Ragdoll was given a complete physcial in the first weeks of January and only started the new bag of Hill’s z/d the last few days of February - she died 3 weeks later. Please recall Hill’s Prescription Feline z/d low allergen dry food from the shelves!
April 5th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
V6Y 3Y6 Joanne Egerton
Please recall the Hill’s Prescription Diet Feline z/d low allergen dry cat food, my cat died sudden death due to renal failure along with cardiac and pulmonary failure. She was only 2 1/2 years of age.
April 5th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Barbara Weimann
08753
April 5th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
77414
Karen Murray
murraytx@excite.com
April 5th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
28376
Staci Short
April 5th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
13348
Carol Stankard
It is my pleasure and duty as a responsible pet owner, to sign this petition. Something must be done and NOW! To myself and many, many other Americans, pets are not “property”, they are family members who simply cannot be replaced, monetarily or any other way. It is an outrage that this recall continues to grow and grow without any answers to the public.
April 5th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
78641
bobbi a. chukran
April 5th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Hold them accountable for the emotional distress this has caused to animal lovers!
32222
Erica Munson
April 5th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Our pets are our family. Protect them!
April 5th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
75119, Nicole Guzman
April 5th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
our pets rely on us to keep them safe. vicki shilts 45150
April 5th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
77573 Loretta Anderson
April 5th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
32211
Terri Keith
April 5th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
32211
April 5th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Suzy Ealand
Los Alamos, CA 93440
suzyealand@hotmail.com
April 5th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Our pug was very ill for nearly a week. Our Vet’s quick response saved him and we are very grateful. We unfortunately fed our pug Iams and Eukanuba foods, wet and dry. I have, to date,received no response from the FDA or from Iams after immediate and multiple calls. I plan to persue reimbursement of our costs to save our little Foster. And I do have extra cans and dry food in the containers that I will not return to the retailers in order to prove our case.
April 5th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
45255
Oriana Carrington
April 5th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Emily Mitchell 02216
It is disgusting that these compainies were so careless as to sell conaminated products that sickened and killed. The companies and manufacturers should be held accountable for their products damages.
April 5th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
I know the pet food contamination story has been beaten to death, yet new facets keep coming to light, and it seems to me like some names are not being named, like what was the outfit that imported this wheat gluten for resale in the first place? Who else did they sell any part of that shipment
to besides Menu Foods?
My biggest question is why would a (Canadian) company located in the middle of the American wheat belt (Kansas) buy wheat products that have to be shipped half way around the world? It is not like we don’t have enough wheat of our own. We pay farmers not to grow it and we still have too much.
We can’t give it away to third world countries because that would put their farmers and the Chinese farmers out of business. So, why do we import wheat gluten from China? How many dogs and cats in China have been killed by that
product, (as if they care). Come to think of it, how many people in China die from contaminated food? We will never know.
I have always made an effort to buy pet food made in the USA, it isn’t difficult. It is difficult to buy treats that are made in the USA. Nine out of ten treat products will be made in Asia or South America. I avoid them on the theory that the lax manufacturing oversight in the US is better
than no oversight at all.
It appears that I am going to have to rethink my criteria for food as well and buy food with all ingredients grown and processed in the USA. I hereby challenge all companies claiming to make a top tier food to meet that challenge and say on the bag that the ingredients are one hundred percent
U.S.A. sourced and processed. I would be glad to vote with my pet food dollars. No, the idea isn’t perfect, we can have problems with our food supply also, but at least we would have someone who cares more than some nameless entity in China.
Mike Burks
April 5th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
04046 Lori Grenier
My Emily got sick Early December and was diagnoised with severe kidney failure. As she was 15 years old the conclusion was it was age related. But I know she was healthy just prior, the change in her health was fast and swift. We worked with our vet for 2 long weeks before we lost her… :(
She ate Iam dry and pouch food. And unfortuately gave her even more of the pouch food once she was ill as she loved it and moist food was all she could eat. I’m sure that her age expedited her situation, but I know the food had to be the culprit.
I wouldn’t refuse being reimbursed for the cost, but it can’t begin to replace what I’ve lost. Having said that someone needs to be held accountable for what’s happened!
April 5th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Cindy Lee 45305
I think the pet food industry should pay the medical costs if determined to be caused by inadequate or harmful condition in the pet food. I also think they should also be responsible for PS of the pets and the owners (long shot I know, but I would be devastated if I had lost my three cats to the poison, etc in the latest recall)
April 5th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Alanna MacIntyre 23062
April 5th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
47150 CAROL GILMORE
April 5th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
66048 Jennifer Henderson
April 5th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
66048JenniferHenderson
April 5th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
80249
Jacci McKenna
April 5th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
j dextry 12208
April 5th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Julee Anna Patten-Pozulp
^0464
April 5th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Julee Anna Patten-Pozulp
60464
April 5th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
72632 Jason Wickliff
I lost my Yorkshire Terrier to Kidney failure…..Bill was a Dog food dog….you couldnt even get him to eat anything else Canned and dry…..We miss him very much…..There will never be another Bill…..and to think I was feeding him POISON everyday has been very hard to deal with…..i think there has been a problem for a very long time…..My vetinarian in Arizona before i moved said last year he had been seeing more Kidney failure in dogs and wondered why…..I guess this is why…
April 5th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
72632 Jason Wickliff
I lost my Yorkshire Terrier to Kidney failure…..Bill was a Dog food dog….you couldnt even get him to eat anything else Canned and dry…..We miss him very much…..There will never be another Bill…..and to think I was feeding him POISON everyday has been very hard to deal with…..i think there has been a problem for a very long time…..Bill had a brother Ted that died of Kidney Failure a year and a half before. My vetinarian in Arizona before i moved said last year he had been seeing more Kidney failure in dogs and wondered why…..I guess this is why…
April 5th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Brenda Woody (28690)
one week before the news broke of the food recall we were at our vet having the needle of relief given to our 18 year old Persian cat,”Baby”. Our doctors assured us we were doing the right thing that the age was causing the weight loss (7lbs. to 3.2 lbs) and the renal failure. We thought the same as she was very lethargic and would not eat or drink that day. Now we know that it had to be the Special Kitty that we always fed her and was forcing her to eat for a week before that tragic day. During the next few days my Siamese “Max” was not acting roght. We thought it is mourning. These cats were so very close. Then Max started drinking like he was dying of thirst. I called the vet the day we heard of the recall. Being Saturday they were closed and he had heard nothing about it. We took Max in first thing Monday Morning for Blood work. Tuesday they called and said he needed to be admitted for IV’s that he was in Full renal failure. I was so upset. I cried till I was sick. I was forcing poison into my babies to try to help them,instead I was Killing them. I was so angry when I got home I baged up 44 pouches of Special Kitty and went into Wal-mart like a lunatic demanding my money back and told them I would never trust them again. I did not know where the blame really belonged. Since then i called Wal-mart and appologized and they were so understanding. I hate that our country who could be totally self sufficiant to take care of all our needs if they would quit looking for cheap labor. Look how much it is costing in the long run. We grow the wheat. Sell it to China. They make the Gluten and we buy it back. Am I the only one who sees this as Dumb??? I live in NC the furniture and textile state. All jobs are over in China. They send them the prodocts to make the products we sell as American. Nothing is American Made. We could be a rich independent and SMART nation if someone would wake up. And besides that our animals would still be here and be well. Is it going to take a Congress Woman to be poisoned to get action. Has anyone though this could be a Terrorist trying it out on animals first.Look at all the food we eat that comes in POUCHES NOW. I am angry and afraid. I want action………..Where do we go???????? What do we do????????? I know one thing I am Praying hard for direction before I vote for anyone from now on, No more Party Picking. Sorry I am so long. I am so angry.
April 5th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
06492 - James Jasinski
April 5th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
06492 - James Jasinski - We were frantic trying to figure out what killed one of our two cats and made the other deathly sick. This happened at the end of January and we didn’t hear about the recall until March. It’s disgusting that companies can get away with this type of cover-up.
April 5th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
53545, Stanley Schultz
April 5th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
It’s very disheartening to think the pet food companies care so little for the Animal health and well being. My heart goes out to everyone that has lost a beloved pet to these tainted product’s. I believe the company that manufactures the pet food should be made accountable to not only the payment of the lost beloved pets but they should also be accountable for the pain and suffering of every person that lost a pet to there negligence .They should also be made to pay all medical cost that the pet owner due to the illness caused by the tainted product. I realize that wont bring the lost pets back but it will hurt the company’s and drive them to make sure there products are safe for our pets consumptions
April 5th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
we need good pet food
April 5th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
micah andras
02723
April 5th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
Donna Barnett 95014
April 5th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
This has been a trajedy for so many people. I was lucky and so far have not lost my pets, but I could have. And who is to say there is not damage that may show up later.
I am very angry about the way this has been handled. We are the consumers. We are the ones who made these companies profit. And we were duped into believing that they had our animals best interest at heart. Now we are left with the confusing task of what to feed our pets. Every day another food joins the list. The list is only a list and does not conclusively tell me any food not on it will not be on it tommorrow. Myself, I don’t even care anymore what is on the recall list. Many, including myself have resorted to making our pets food.
Myself and alot of others no longer trust these companies. I don’t know if that trust can ever be restored. This has been bittersweet as I have been deeply saddened, angry, and frustrated with the situation and the loss of so many pets, but on the other hand it brought to light the total disregard these companies have for us the consumers and our pets. I learned that most of the pet food is garbage. I learned who tests inhumanly on animals. So should I yell or thank them for the enlightenment? Maybe both.
Sandy Soldwisch
50677
April 5th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
03833
Jackie St.Cyr
April 5th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
03833
Jackie St.Cyr
Pass this website around to everyone you know so we can get the laws changed. I think its a shame it had to come to this to get the stricter laws.
April 5th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
65737 mary kulp
April 5th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Sue Crannell 88005
April 5th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
David Sickles 18419
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (peta.org) has a petition going as well to the FDA demanding that they take stronger action. This is a horror that should have been prevented and we need laws to change mandating more accountability, testing and sanctions.
April 5th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
02852 Cheryl wood
April 5th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Lori Holt
02917
April 5th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
88005 jude sandra
April 5th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
07024 sondra teichman
April 5th, 2007 at 9:44 pm
85705 Scott Sontag
April 5th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
34997, Linda Hebert
April 5th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
03244 Laura Gould
April 5th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
28428
Juli Lett
April 5th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
35244 H. Peter
April 5th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
We better start getting answers about all this, it should never have happened.
How many other companies have the tainted wheat glutton??? I wonder how many more recalls they know about now and aren’t telling us yet?? And how many people still are unaware about this???I am so mad!! You people involved with this whole fiasco better start working faster, I mean, A LOT faster. I wonder if they are really working on getting this stopped and helping people, or just more worried about the lawsuits that are being pursued. And to say that they stand by only the 16 animals that died in their disgusting testing. Thousands of our pets are sick or passed away because of this greediness.
April 5th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
What is going on now is an absolute outrage. The United States should be embarassed as it looks like a third world country and is acting like one. And, at the taxpayers expense, no less.
I still don’t know if my pet food is safe (recall list or not). My five bichons are my children. I already sent back food to the respective manufacturer in November that I didn’t think looked or smelled good. So, in my opinion, I think this has been going on longer than is stated. If that is the case, not only should I be reimbursed several thousands of dollars in vet bills, but punitive damages as well.
I want everyone held accountable for their actions (or lack of them).
April 5th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
camille beal , 04062
April 6th, 2007 at 12:03 am
I signed this once but I didn’t add this. The first week of Jan. 5th we had to put down our 7 yr old (as of Jan. 3rd was his birthday) beloved Cockerspaniel. This was the second dog we had to put down at the same age for the same thing. They both had lymphnode cancer. In 2004 we also lost our Lab to Immune Deficiency. To us this was the worst things to happen as these dogs were a part of our family. I still have a very hard time dealing with the loss of our cocker. camille beal 04062
April 6th, 2007 at 12:05 am
Marsha Shomo
15904
April 6th, 2007 at 12:27 am
For many Americans…pets are family members!!!
April 6th, 2007 at 1:23 am
70514
Daena Ortego
April 6th, 2007 at 1:39 am
54656 Kelli Magnus
Our rescued Sheltie, Laddie, diagnosed with acute kidney failure had to be put to sleep on Dec 5, 2006. He was sick on Nov 28 and dead in a week on Dec 5, 06. He ate IAMS and Science Diet DRY food. This has been going on longer than the most recent recall. I cant prove anything at this point but feel it may have contributed to his kidney failure. Recommendations do NOTHING, make the suppliers and manufacturers do the right thing by REQUIRING that pet food use ONLY HUMAN GRADE INGREDIENTS. Would GERBER feed it to babies? If not, why are we feeding it to our furry familiy members? There needs to be a centralized communication system for all involved and accountability. No amount of money can bring him back. If I could buy one more healthy day with him it would be worth more than gold.
April 6th, 2007 at 1:51 am
26444
Jaime Stemple
April 6th, 2007 at 2:15 am
My 5 year old cat, Matilda, suffered renal failure after eating the affected food. Luckily she is still alive, but must face the fact that she must have injections of subcutaneous fluids every other day for the rest of her life. Imagine what it feels like to have a needle stuck in your neck for 5-10 minutes, and to be the one that has to do this to your loved one.
April 6th, 2007 at 2:32 am
30635
Beth R Harrison
April 6th, 2007 at 7:35 am
61021 Diana Krick . my cat ate the tainted food, she passed away!
April 6th, 2007 at 8:40 am
02893 Chrystal Thibedau
April 6th, 2007 at 8:41 am
Chrstal Thibedau 02893
April 6th, 2007 at 9:24 am
66006
Mary L. Wiegers
April 6th, 2007 at 9:51 am
Debra McGlinchy
19054
This company should be held accountable for all these animals dying.
April 6th, 2007 at 9:53 am
Debra McGlinchy
19054
This company makes me sick and should be held accountable for all these pets dying.
April 6th, 2007 at 9:57 am
30340 Elise Redmond
April 6th, 2007 at 10:03 am
I truly believe that this has been a problem before now. Our dog got sick in August 2006. She had never had any health problems before and suddenly became ill. She was diagnosed with chronic renal failure. We treated her with subcutaneous fluids at home from August 2006 until January 19, 2007 when she passed away. She had eaten several items on the recall list. This needs to be investigated to the fullest extent and checked along time back before the recall was announced. Take control and stop this contamination from happening!
April 6th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Laura A Miller 60148
My dog Trixie was murdered by these people! Something must be done.
April 6th, 2007 at 10:13 am
Jeanne Quinn
02360
April 6th, 2007 at 10:22 am
23002 Laina McMillion
April 6th, 2007 at 10:31 am
Kelli I know just how you feel. My precious Poodle, Princess had to be put to sleep on March 29th, 2007. On March 10th I bought her another bag of Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Bite Dry Dog food. On that night she started drinking 8/20 oz bottles of water in a 24 hour period. The vet told me that her dog food had not been recalled but for her sugar level to jump to 625 and her ketone level was off the chart and that she had Acute Kidney Failure. Before then she was perfectly healthy. They said that they could try to save her but she still probably would not survive. She had started vomiting, bloody loose stools and nose bleeds. That was a horrible death so they suggested that I have her put to sleep. They took her in the back and put an IV in her and then I held her for about 30 minutes telling her how much we love her and how much we would miss her. Then the doctor came in and asked me if I was ready to let her go to Heaven. I craddled her in my arms and rubbed her under her chin and on her stomach like she loved so much then he injected her with a a medicine that put her to sleep like she was having surgery then he injected her with another to stop her heart. It was so peaceful then I just held held her for about 30 more minutes. I just couldn’t let her suffer anymore. I swear I wish he had slipped with the needle and injected me. She was almost 12 years old and since Princess died it has been like part of me died with her. It feels just like someone reached in my chest and ripped out my heart. I had her cremated and she is in a beautiful urn. I just spend most of my days holding it and crying for her. And to Princess my Baby I hope you are healthy and happy playing in Heaven with other babies waiting on Mommy & Daddy to come join you.
April 6th, 2007 at 10:34 am
11385
Renee Polgar
Menu Foods is an absolute disgrace.
April 6th, 2007 at 10:47 am
martina bello 83112
April 6th, 2007 at 11:37 am
Debra Wasielewski
14349 85th Ave.
Orland Park, IL
60462
Muffi 8/25/99 - 6/4/2005…..5 years old and passed away from Renal Failure. She was vet recommended to be fed Iams. I believe there has been something in the foods for a longer time than they are fessing up to.
April 6th, 2007 at 11:37 am
07110
Pamela McQuade
April 6th, 2007 at 11:39 am
Victoria Pierce
Milford, DE 19963
The FDA & other government agencies need to hold these manufacturers accountable!!! Fortunately, my 12-year old Dalmatian female seemed to “know” that something was wrong with her food & treats & has refused to eat much of what she normally devoured! I am having her checked by my vet, but she appears to have only mild symptoms of lethargy, increased fluid intake & decreased appetite. I am thankful that she became “finicky” & have returned ALL Ol’Roy products to the store.
April 6th, 2007 at 11:56 am
44010
Patricia Lovley
I am so sick of being lied to by businesses and by our government agencies. We must not let this go without exposing the guilty and punishing those responsible.
April 6th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
34771 Frank Bokun
April 6th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Deanna Hurst 52402
April 6th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Ashley Brown 01915
April 6th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Kevin Gilhooly
75214
April 6th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
94587
Maureen Filler
April 6th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Sara Robison zip code 49242
Lost my small dog, my inocent faithfull companion, some one should pay for this horrible tragedy and the emotional pain we are going trough, my life will never be the same. This manufactors should be forced to eat a couple cans and pouches themselfs, this is the only way I could feel a tiny bit better. I would never ever trust pet food of any kind again.
April 6th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
julie harper
21060
April 6th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Mariska Lizak 14221
April 6th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Brenda Holbach 53227
April 6th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Billie Danford37342
Walmart still has recalled items. Why doesn’t the government jump in this IS a National Emergency!
April 6th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
93240
Delilah Lewis
samsonsgrl1@netscape.com
April 6th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
92679
Faith Boyle
April 6th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Laura Yurchak, 53142
April 6th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
We, who signed this petition, should swamp companies , such as Eukanuba and all others involved with similar e-mails, or letters, such as the one below that I have written to the company this Morning to pressure action.
“As a consumer of Eukanuba veterinarian diet, I think Menu Foods should be shut down. A company that has such low control mechanisms on what it distributes ought to be closed. Pets are worth nothing in the eyes of the law, but invaluable to their owners, and when I see the CEO wining about how horrible he feels as a pet owner it makes me want to vomit. Their standards are below minimal and companies like Iams /Procter & Gamble , that are big enough to let them feel the sting should quit business with such criminals who do not care about living creatures but about profit solely.”
Thanks for reading my concern.
April 6th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Rachel Quesada - 08701
I lost my beagle, Penny on March 19; and I lost my keeshond, Max on March 21. Alpo declared their involvement in the pet food recall, March 30 - 31st. I am alone, in emotional pain, bitter & and angry as hell. I am unconsolable to think that I poisoned my babies.
April 6th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
We, as petitioners, should swamp pet food companies with e-mails or letters, such as the one that I have send this Morning to Eukanuba, to pressure action.
“As a consumer of Eukanuba veterinarian diet, I think Menu Foods should be shut down. A company that has such low control mechanisms on what it distributes ought to be closed. Pets are worth nothing in the eyes of the law, but invaluable to their owners, and when I see the CEO wining about how horrible he feels as a pet owner it makes me want to vomit. Their standards are below minimal and companies like Iams /Procter & Gamble , that are big enough to let them feel the sting should quit business with such criminals who do not care about living creatures but about profit solely.”
Thanks for reading my concern.
April 6th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Our pets are our children
April 6th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Richard Wilmoth
rdwilmoth@cox.net
34471
April 6th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Lynda Miller 40204
I had been feeding Hill’s KD to my best buddy cat and have been scared to death by the thought that switching to raw, homemade food could worsen his condition, but have done it because the risk seemed less than feeding that stuff. BUT–he and my other 2 cats are visably thriving so much on raw meat and veggies in a week that I am through with store-bought cat food. And my reading on cat raw nutrition has me leaning toward joining them in eating no more processed food. Hope that by doing that I help break the U.S. economy run by money-only businesses!
April 6th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Joeline R. Webber, 95966
The response of the FDA and Menu Foods to a pet food contamination problem has been dismal at best. They had the information nearly a month before they notified pet owners. As a result, many pets died totally unnecessarily and many more have permanent kidney damage. The condition of the pet food industry in this country is deplorable and we ask our legislators, both State and Federal to introduce, and enforce, strong regulation on this industry. Pet food manufacturers MUST be held fully accountable financially. They do not hear anything except their pocketbooks.
April 6th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
Angela Scott 37388
Our pets are just like children for some of us and loved very much…their illnesses or deaths should be treated with just as much respect as if it was a child struck down by this recall. The people who caused this need to be held accountable for their actions.
April 6th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
To every pet owner who reads this comment: These pet food companies bought their canned foods from Menu Foods, a Canadian company and their wheat gluten from a Chinese company for one reason–to save money on costs. That is the bottom line. Yet, they tell us how much they value our pets’ health and how their products are so much better than the competition’s.
Everyone please send these corporate criminals a message loud and clear–never buy another one of their products, Never. No more Eukanuba, Alpo, Nutro, Science Diet, or Iams. If these corporate executives put profits ahead of safety, then they should pay a price. Although they will never be able to atone for the pain and suffering their greed has caused, perhaps the loss of our business will at least reduce their annual bonus.
April 6th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
07650 LorraineRotundo
April 6th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
95006
James Hackett
April 6th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
60191
M. Hopper
April 6th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
93111-1344
Vicki Ward
April 6th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
23168 vickie belvin
April 6th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
85203
Steven A. Nicksic
April 6th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Kathy Combs 12561
April 6th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
98118 Mardi Roberts
April 6th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
I adpoted a selter cat in Dec, the first thing I started to do was to fed her moist food to put wt on her. I am very upset that in the attempts to help Ginger I was poisoning her. Luckly she is alright. I am still feding her Fancy Feast moist food as to this she what she likes, hoping that it is still alright. Having a very hard time finding out information. My heart goes out to the people whos pet have become ill or have died. I cant imagin how you feel. I lost my beloved cat of several years back in nov by a tragic accident. I hope the FDA steps up to the plate and controls this problem. I have no children , my pets are my children. I also hope the companies that produce the pet food come clean and tell the truth about products. Sincerely Cheryl
April 6th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Colleen Clair
80021
April 6th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
they should be held accountable
April 6th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
74601 Sheila Haughn
April 6th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
02852
Russell and Grace Shabo
April 6th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Shirley Greene
Jeffrey Greene
83646-1130
April 6th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
06795 ken pereira
April 6th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
02726 ken pereira
April 6th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Rebecca Moore
66044
April 6th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
p6a5×5
kelly brown
April 6th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
30345 cindy thurman
April 6th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
52240 Roger Fry
April 6th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
WE LOVE OUR PETS. THEY ARE OUR BABIES, OUR BEST FRIENDS. WE WOULD “NOT” HARM THEM IN ANYWAY, SO WHY SHOULD THE PET FOOD MAKERS BE ABLE TO HARM OUR PETS BY MISTAKES AND NEGLIGENCE AND WRITE IT OFF AS MEANINGLESS.FOR SOME OF US ALL WE HAVE IS OUR PETS THEY ARE OUR FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!THEY SHOULD AND MUST PAY FOR THEIR MISTAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!18042 DIANNA MILLER
April 6th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Debbie Johnson 20855
April 6th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
WE LOVE OUR PETS. THEY ARE OUR BABIES, OUR BEST FRIENDS. WE WOULD “NOT” HARM THEM IN ANYWAY, SO WHY SHOULD THE PET FOOD MAKERS BE ABLE TO HARM OR KILL OUR PETS BY MISTAKES AND NEGLIGENCE AND WRITE IT OFF AS MEANINGLESS. FOR SOME OF US ALL WE HAVE IS OUR PETS THEY ARE OUR FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!THEY SHOULD AND MUST PAY FOR THEIR MISTAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
18042 DIANNA MILLER
April 6th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
24330 Donna Elliott
I honestly believe that this has been a problem long before the recall was announced. Our dog, Abby, got sick in August 2006. She was 10 years old, she had NEVER had any health problems before. Abby got sick suddenly–she was in intensive care for three days. We brought her home and treated her with subcutaneous fluids from August until she passed away January 19, 2007. She had eaten Ol’Roy dry food and canned food and dog biscuits. She had also eaten Alpo Prime Cuts in gravy. These people should be held accountable for the deaths of our pets. If anyone knows of a lawyer in the Virginia area that will represent us on this cruel and vicious crime, please contact me. This MUST be stopped.
Donna Elliott
b.e.e@wiredog.com
dkebee@yahoo.com
April 6th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
24330 Donna Elliott
I honestly believe that this has been going on long before the recall. Our boxer, Abby, got sick “suddenly” in August 2006. She was 10 years old and had never had any health problems. She was in intensive care for three days. When she came home we treated her twice a day with subcutaneous fluids from August 2006 until January 19, 2007 when she passed away. She had eaten the Ol’ Roy dry food, canned food, and dog biscuts. She had also eaten the Alpo Prime Cuts in gravy. If anyone knows of a lawyer in Southwest Virginia that will assist on this cruel and vicious crime against our animals, please contact me.
b.e.e@wiredog.com
dkebee@yahoo.com
April 6th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
90230 Louis Block
April 6th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
90230 Louis Block
April 6th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
95682 Teri Brock
April 6th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
98042 Karen Van Santen
I knew when this first came out, that it would be really big. When first heard about Wheat Gluten, scoured the food around my house to make sure not tainted.
Noticed recalled foods still on shelves at Safeway. Told them about it, they said they hadn’t received the memo yet (Since recalls from the FDA are usually announced on Friday or the weekend - coincedence heh?) I asked what if the pets became ill. They said it had nothing to do with them, between the pet owner and the manufacturer.
Also, saw an immediate drop in prices at all stores regarding Friskies and Fancy Feast (among others). These foods, of course - contained Wheat Gluten. I asked if the drop in prices was due to trying to sell the product JUST IN CASE (prior to a recall). No Answer.
Two weeks ago, I was advising folks to not feed anything with Wheat Gluten in it. I am on a fixed income, previously spending about $12 month total for food (3 cats). This has very much raised my awareness of Pet Nutrition (TRY TO AVOID FOOD WITH CORN GLUTEN, CORN ANYTHING - PETS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO DIGEST CORN - WILL MAKE THEM FAT). I have since upgraded cats diet to Chicken Soup for the Soul (Diamond), and Holistic Canned Food.
The more folks that buy this type of food, the lower the prices will become. Speak not only with your words, your marches - BUT ALSO WITH YOUR POCKET BOOK. My expense will now be about $50 per month, but the cats will be healthier, vet bills lower, and consumer demand will change the marketplace.
April 6th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Nicole Bennett 07753
April 6th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
53523 JULIE FARRIS IT IS SO UNFAIR THAT PEOPLE HAVE LOST THE MOST PRECIOUS THINGS IN THERE LIFE, AND THAT IS THERE ANIMALS THEY ARE IREPLACABLE NEVER COULD YOU REPLACE THE ONE THING THAT’S WAITING FOR YOU WHEN YOU COME HOME, THAT LOVES YOU UNCONDITIONALY. HOW DO YOU REPLACE THAT? AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED THEY KILLED AND THEY SHOULD PAY AND PAY GOOD NOTHING COULD REPLACE THERE PRECIOUS ANIMALS! NOTHING! THEY DO NOT DESERVE TO GET OFF FOR THIS, AND ESPECIALLY MEDICAL BILLS WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED, AND THERE LOSSES…………..
April 6th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
17751 connie vilardo
caring for 20 animals I want no one dying because of poison pet food!!
April 6th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
Christian Bruce 66223- We deserve to be compensated at least for medical costs. Nothing will bring back our babies but Menu Foods should be held responsible! If they get away without having to pay, what will stop them from letting it happen again?
April 6th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
37543 — Thomma Grindstaff
April 6th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
Maria Howard, 84058, HowardFamily2U@aol.com
April 6th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
14605 julia velez. My 9 year old poodle mix died on feb 17 th. she died of kidney and liver failure. I did’nt know at the time of the recall. i had fed her ol’roy beef and gravy in the can and also alpo as a treat. It killed her. i miss her so much and cannot stop thinking of her and crying for her. she was my child and they took that away from me. she suffered so much her last day with me. it killed me to see her like that and nothing i could do. they turned my world upside down. i miss her so much and cannot get over her.
April 6th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
14605 julia velez
April 6th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
14605 julia velez. For my beloved fluffy 9 year old poodle mix. She was my everything and beautiful and i will love her and miss her until i die and be with her again.
April 6th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Kim Hendrix, 72370 I had to put my 5 year old cat Chester to sleep yesterday…..he has had kidney failure for 2 weeks….I have been force feeding him with an eyedropper and a baby bottle, but he started refusing it the other day….he began to suffer the last day, and I could not let it go on any longer…..this is not right and should not have happened.
April 6th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
For all the pet owners that lost a loving, caring pet… If I lost my Luna… I’d be heartbroken and crushed…
April 6th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Yajaira Santos, 29906 This is wrong and someone has to pay… If I would’ve lost my Luna I’d be crushed and heartbroken… my heart goes out to all the pet owners who lost their best friend…
April 6th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
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anna maria watkin
April 7th, 2007 at 12:19 am
Disgusted at our government - again.
April 7th, 2007 at 12:48 am
43235 pat moore
April 7th, 2007 at 8:02 am
Jamie Cress 28025
The government should implent strict control over our pet’s food
April 7th, 2007 at 8:22 am
Karen Sue Smith 47302
April 7th, 2007 at 8:27 am
Mary Morrissey 68105
Pet food should be tested at all levels. I’ll pay the price to ensure that my pet is safe from harmful foods.
April 7th, 2007 at 9:26 am
Robert Capps 93536
April 7th, 2007 at 10:21 am
43412 Gary & Patricia Roberts We have 4 dogs , 2 we purchased and 2 that someone dropped off at our home. They our important members of our family as we do not have children that live with us. They give us so much pleasure, our hearts go out to families that have lost their family members (pets). Today we have learned that we have been posining ours with some of the treats that our on the recall list, when the recall was announced we stopped giving them any of the brands that was on the list, but how do we know when it really started, who do we trust anymore? What’s next? Maybe as AMERICANS,we should stop spending billions of dollars to help other countries and take care our own! I guess our forefathers stament “UNITED WE STAND ” has been forgotten!
April 7th, 2007 at 10:56 am
sherry garland
1000 highland circle
madison, tn 37115
April 7th, 2007 at 10:58 am
i am losing my cocker to a brain cancer, i feel was caused by pet food. i trusted no one would posion my bestfriend, he was always with me. i posion him at 79 cents a can. there is no forgiveness!!!!
April 7th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Brad Plumton K9H 1K8
April 7th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Robert Baker, 62656
We have moved to homemade food for our 5 cats & will never go back - at least I know the food I fix is safe for humans to eat - it will be safe for them. I am also amazed at how much more satisfied they seem - we have siamese & oriental shorthairs. Skye was always looking for food on the commercial pet food -but all that has stopped with the homemade. Buy yourself a grinder & get started! Our vet gave us recipes.
Hugs & gentle purrs to everyone who has a pet that has suffered.
April 7th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Debra Ator 76655
My 7 yr. old Lab has been on a diet of Nutro Ultra Weight Management(on the recall list) for two years I trusted that this was a premium food and that I was feeding a healthy diet.After weeks of worry and guilt and 3 Vet visits later (at $125.00 a pop) I am still not at ease, we may have dodged the bullet initially but what about the future??!!! My heart goes out to all who have lost a pet. I am outraged!!!! And something must be done!!!
April 7th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
53561
Jane Wandry
April 7th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
53561
Jane Wandry
April 7th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
19136 Sandi Barbieri
April 7th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
30360
Tracie Henderson
We lost two cats to kidney failure in March because of this food.
April 7th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
Christy A. Mattingly - Louisville, KY 40207-4012
April 7th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
01258
Mary Jane Goodrich
Animals enrich my life and make each day worth living. They are as dear to me as my children and I would go to great lengths to protect them from those who would cause them harm. What began as a seemingly minor problem has burgeoned into a ’cause’ for many of us. We will NOT be silent and we WILL make changes. This will, I am almost sure, all come down to corporate greed.
April 7th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
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polly schwark
April 7th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
I have been feeding my Two wonderful dogs Nutro Ultra Holistic Weight Management for almost two years. It is very expensive. They have eaten dry and canned food. One of my dogs has eated mostly the canned food and now has an extremely high Alkaline Phosphatase of 1360! She may have liver damage or Cushings Disease I do not know yet. I have spent almost $500.00 for these two dogs to be tested for everything in their blood for kidney damage and everything else, liver, etc. I expect to be reimbursed because of this negligence by the dog food companies. I am very upset and am on Disability myself due to diabetes. I am outraged that this has happened. Probably for profit! I want our money reimbursed. They cannot reimbursement anywhere near the worry I have been through. My dog is sick and not out of the woods yet! I blame this company for this EXPENSIVE TAINTED FOOD THEY SELL. Feeder’s supply had better take this dry dog food back as well. It cost me 36.99 for a 40 pound bag that they will not touch now. They know something is wrong with it. They are not stupid. I wouldn’t feed them this dog food again if there was nothing else to feed them. I have been cooking for them myself. I did get something from the vet for them RD prescription diet. If they recall this I don’t know what I will do. Will this kill them. I have heard that Hill’s Prescription diet has recalled the cat food. I am sickened by this whole irresponsible mess. This company is in trouble. Christy Mattingly 40207
April 7th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
98136
Brent Caldwell
April 7th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
susan sikora 44011
April 7th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
44011 susan sikora
April 7th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
95014
Valerie Guinan
April 7th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
97501 Teresa Bronson I feed both my dog and cat Iams dry food thinking that I am giving them a good high quailty pet food (it should be for the price). Now I find out that it is processed with some of the low quality ingredients that store brands are using. Not only am I upset that my furry children may have been exposed to poisons I feel RIPPED OFF for paying the high prices for the same junk in store brands!!! Something has to be done! Our pets are a special part of our lives. A lot of us consider them our furry children. We have the right to know what is being put in the products we buy, whether it be our food or our pets food!!! Corporate greed showing it’s ugly face yet again. This time our pets next time ???
April 7th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
84105
William Nicholls
Today we identifed a dozen pouches of recalled Nutro food with the expanded recall. I don’t trust any of it and I’m hanging onto the packages in case they may help in tracking the problem or in legal cases.
April 7th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
71360 Kelly Haise
April 7th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Joseph Olynyk
91367
Our Bichon suddenly was unable to stand up - seemed like weakness in hind legs. Vet thought it was beginning of arthritis but I still think it came on too suddenly. There were no indications of a problem prior.
I had fed IAMs pouch but the lot was one prior to the recalled lots.
I’ve thrown away the IAMs dry food, never to buy any of their products again.
Cooking for my Bichon for the time being, while looking for a safe alternative.
April 7th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
84726
Jami Christensen
I fully support this petition and all it’s contents. You’ll also be getting letters from me, as many stamps as I can afford.
April 7th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
52403
Debra Breunig
April 7th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
52403
Debra Breunig
April 7th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
I used to feed my chi nutro-max. Then Science Diet, dry and wet mixed. I am switching to Natural Balance, which contains no wheat gluten, or Blue Buffalo. Unfortuantely I live in a remot area and cannot get to a pet store for days. So my dogs will be eating rice and hamburger. This whole deal disgusts me. I don’t trust corporations anyway, and this is exactly why. I cannot believe they still knowingly produced and sold tainted food, withheld the recall, and all for what? To murder our beloved pets? Yep, that’s exactly it. They’re nothing short of murderers. If anything were to happen to my little dog my world would come to an end. I am refusing to feed him any of the dry or wet foods that have anything to do with Menu Foods. This will be a lifetime decision for me and my family and our animals. We have a lot of them, and will never purchase foods from these marketers. The FDA is disgusting just as well. PETA called for the resignation of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, the commissioner of the FDA, and I completely support that. WE PAY YOU! With our tax dollars and you have a level of professional responsibility to report things like this to us as soon as it is known. Your silly little paragraphs of reassurance that production dates after 3/6/2007 mean nothing. You’re nothing but a bunch of uncaring money hungry liars. So many animals could have been saved, and the hearts of their owners. I watch my little guy like a hawk until I can get to the vet and have his blood tested. Again. Because I fed him your garbage before you issued the recall, but had full workups on his blood the day after it was issued. I wasn’t aware of the recall at the time, but my vet luckily was. Why don’t you all eat some of that dog food yourselves if you think it’s so safe.
Jami Christensen 84726
April 7th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
86401
Eilene P. Haines
April 7th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
77320
MelindaAnn Byrns
April 7th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
MelindaAnn Byrns
77320
Why has it taken so long to notify the public? From what I can gather, this situation has been going on since the 16th of March 2007. This situation is a disgrace and I hope that the peoples involved will be held accountable!!
April 7th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Teresa Hrbek-Goedtel 10465
April 7th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
The public will hold all the people involved accountable. This is the least we can do for the animals whose lives depend on us.
April 7th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
10465 Teresa Hrbek-Goedtel This is the least we can do for our pets whose lives depend on us.
April 7th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
My best friends cat Gizmo died from eatting Iams. Her two other cats have been on IV fluids for two weeks and are slowly recovering, after being near death. There is nothing that can compensate her for her pain at the loss of her beloved baby.
If this happened to me I would create hell on earth for Menu Foods! PLEASE everyone- JOIN in the CLASS ACTION LAW SUITS against Menu Foods. There are more than 100 people involved in Connecticut alone. SEND these people a message!!!!!!!
PLEASE feed GRAIN FREE foods to your pets- Innova EVO and WELLNESS, as well as MERRICK are TOP quality, human grade ingredient manufacturers.
We LOVE our BABIES!!!!! And we DEMAND better!
sincerly,
Donna Masi, writing for her friend Lauri Osborne
April 7th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
06706
Donna Masi
April 7th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
44131, Annette Spetrino
April 7th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
77494
Lynn
Melberg
April 7th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Kara Winter
18656
April 7th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
24333 debbie harris
April 7th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
Kara Winter
18656
I always fed my dogs DRY Nutro Chicken/Rice/oatmeal Small Puppy Bites. (Along with the Nutro CANS which I threw out as soon as I heard of the recall even though the dates were not part of the recall). When Sasha reached 1 yr. old I bought her Nutro Max Beef Adult. I bought a smaler bag to see if she liked it. All 4 dogs loved it & ate the whole bag. I then purchased a large bag & all dogs ate that along with the other dry Nutro puppy food. When I purchased the 3rd bag NOT ONE OF MY DOGS WOULD TOUCH IT. They would sniff it & go to the other bowl which contained the Nutro Chicken/Rice/oatmeal. I left it in the bowl for a few days & then would throw it away & re-fill it. After 3 weeks and more recalls I checked the ingredients. It did not contain wheat gluten BUT IT DID CONTAIN WHEAT!!! I returned it to the store for credit & was later told that other people have also returned dry food for the same reason. There was something in that bag that my dogs knew NOT TO EAT. I think we need to check all ingredients for any type of WHEAT, not only gluten. The Chicken/rice/oatmeal Nutro does not contain any wheat at all & my dogs love it. I am watching them like crazy & also check, treats for wheat - any type of wheat. I think it is WHEAT in general that needs to be looked at. Wheat flour, wheat bran, wheat germ. People need to be aware & check ingredients. I also noticed stores so not have all the products recalled off the shelves! it is VOLUNTARY!! It is disgusting, it all should be removed by reps of the dog food companies!.
April 7th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Diana Brown
63957
My dogs got sick after eating old roy dog biscuits, they were vomiting,
lost weight you could see their backbones sticking up. They just felt awful, thank God they pulled thru, but I kept giving them the treats up till late February because no one said anything about tainted food! I am going to cook for my pets from now on.
April 7th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
Jeanne Meeker 06403
April 8th, 2007 at 12:31 am
78259
Luis Rodriguez
My pet has not been affected by this tainted food, but it has been an eye opener- I’ll never buy another can of dog food again. Please read this–> http://www.thedogfoodconspirac.....ecrets.php
April 8th, 2007 at 12:32 am
78259
Luis Rodriguez
April 8th, 2007 at 1:49 am
joanna decelles
94703
since we need to protect our pets…
April 8th, 2007 at 1:52 am
CAROL A KIDD 10314 MY 2 YEAR OLD BOSTON TERRIER LIES IN HE HOSPITAL NEAR DEAT DUE TO KIDNEY FAILUR HE HAS NOT EATEN IN OVER A WEEK AND HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY THROWIN UP ALL WEEL HE IS ON IV AND IS NEAR DEATH HOW DARE THIS HAPPEN TO A BABY1
April 8th, 2007 at 2:22 am
Brian White, 37385
I have three dogs and a cat and it angers me beyond words that this has gone so deep and so long and scares the hell out of me for my pets safty. There is no excuse for what has happened and pet food makers must be held accountable. certain standards have been set for human food and those same standards must be set for pet foods as well, including ALL ingredients and who actually made the food. Our pets are just as much a part of our family as our children and we must protect them in every possible way.
April 8th, 2007 at 2:57 am
Chris Bobonich
94305
This is apalling and it is the most important issue for my wife and me in voting next time. Why aren’t more politicians speaking out?
April 8th, 2007 at 5:10 am
Emily Trac
V6H 3C8
Vancouver, BC, Canada
April 8th, 2007 at 8:02 am
R & D Gionti
18336
April 8th, 2007 at 10:21 am
37722 Rita K Edelman
April 8th, 2007 at 11:47 am
Cheryl King
11435
April 8th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Sally McGrew
97759
I just can’t believe something like this is happening! The second worst thing about this is the fact that WE as parents or pet owners are feeding this poison to the ourselves. I don’t understand how this stuff got into the food anyway and will probley NEVER get the true answer. I do believe the companys that put this crap out should be held accountable for all the tragic outcomes there have been. As everyone knows, Vet bills are equil to and higher in most places than people Doctors, and ofcourse during this time they have probably raised their rates as well. Most important though we all need to PRAY for our companions and try to get through this as best we can. But we do need to hold these company’s accountable for what is taking place. I am a Mom to 2 cats, “Hills-M/D Dry Cat Food” and one dog, so far nothing has been recalled for her. Lets all stick together on this and hold them accountable for this terrible and sad situation. A prayer for one another and our companions would’nt hurt either. Good luck everybody!!!!!!! Sally
April 8th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
Laurie Mears
80113
I don’t have any dogs or cats but my heart goes out to all the pet owners who have sick pets, or who have lost a pet because of this.
April 8th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
I am upset about this! I have two dogs and gave both of them pouches of the contaminated food in December not knowing it was contaminated. They both became sick during that time and now I know why. One of them had a high vet bill in December and the other one has a high vet bill now because I didn’t take her to the vet in December since her symptoms didn’t seem to be as severe as my other dog. I know it is all due to the recalled food and I have no way to verify it because I no longer have the pouches and no longer have the sales receipt to prove that I purchased the food. Due to this fact, I may not be compensated for all the money I have put out to get them well, nor do I know if they will have any lingering health effects because of this. What happened to testing food to see if it is safe before placing it on the market?
April 8th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Tonya Howard
12302
April 8th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
94602
Diane Tebault
April 8th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
The entire pet food regulatory system is corrupt. FDA’s so-called “regulations” are cynical in terms of pretending to
“protect” animal health while really sanctioning a free-for-all system of unmitigated greed. Perhaps the most outrageous practice permits feeding dead cats and dogs to our pets, forcing them to be cannibals! Other outrages are the definition of what constitutes a by-product, e.g. feathers. No matter hew toxic the pet food, the manufacturers know that the law considers animals as chattel. That means that when compensating a pet “owner” for the loss of a pet through negligence, etc. the value of the pet is the market value of the particular breed. If you have a mutt, you’re out of luck.
Deborah McMillan, Esq.
44024
April 8th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
92704
Colleen Bergh
April 8th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Sherry Phillips
33510
April 8th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
37860 Shelli Godfrey - for Gables, 7 yr old cat died after two weeks of veterinary treatment.
April 8th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
19124
Ida
Hill
April 8th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
patti phillips 76671
April 8th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
37871 Stacey Long
April 8th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
37871 Todd Long
April 8th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
26726
Janet Roberts
This terrible tragedy should have never happened.
April 8th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
Shari Perkins
17403
April 8th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
This tragedy is an outrage to us all. I was faced with losing 8 rescued Puppies. Would that have have mattered to Menu Foods and The FDA?
Shari Perkins
17403
April 8th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
12205 Lee Burns
April 8th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
paris051205@yahoo.com
Lee Burns
12205
April 8th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
15301
April 8th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
Colleen Hyden 15301
Manufacturers should also be required to list country of origin of anything contained in pet food.
April 8th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
what could have prevented this is having the the fda and usda impose tighter inspections and more detailed indgreident lables so people would know just what by products are used in their pets food such as meat by products (bone,intestine, beaks anything not fit for human consumption )
this is not counting fillers such as corn ,brown rice hulls Yes hulls this is the crap they are producing for our pets and can get away with such vague labelingand still be within the law this is what we have to change people
April 8th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
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terri trofimoff
April 8th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
41360 Alisa Cable
April 8th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
27292 Helen Hammonds RN BSN Yukidongo1@aol.com
My dog dead, my family’s dogs in 3 states sick and/or dying. Quit BSing around and fess up to the Aminopterin, as well as the melamine. The wheat was bioengineered and aminopterin is a genetic marker. Both were in there. We have a grain surplus. Quit importing crap from overseas.
April 8th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
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Roxanne Smith
April 9th, 2007 at 1:50 am
94965 DEL BALDWIN
My cat was sickened in late February and is still not back to his normal self. I cannot afford exorbitant vet bills, and am treating him (so far successfully) using old-school remedies. My cat is a treasured family member who keeps our spirits up and stress levels down, improves our quality of life through his uncanny perception and 12 years of unconditional love.
The greed, recklessness and pure evil that precipitated this tainted food scandal must be stopped - and the only way to make it stop is to hit the perpetrators at their bottom line. I join this protest wholeheartedly, as well as other meaningful acts of protestation.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:02 am
Susan Pike
San Diego Ca. 92109
April 9th, 2007 at 5:02 am
00949 MARYANNA SOKOL
April 9th, 2007 at 10:12 am
06477 Shirley Bilski
Protect our pets. They are family and deserve to be safeguarded just as humans would be. We need better laws to protect them from harm.
April 9th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
03820 BRIAN HOWARD
April 9th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
24381 Victoria Mottesheard
April 9th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
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Tamberly Elliott
April 9th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
40067 Marci Robinson
Save our Pets now and in the future.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
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April 9th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
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Denise Adams
April 9th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
12203 Susan Fraley
I find it reprehensible that not only did this very disasterous situation occur, but that details were held while laboratory animals underwent killing tests. This is inappropriate, especially for makiers of pet food, who should care about animals. This represented and inexcusable delay, putting more animals at risk. While there are no regulations for your industry, there needs to be accountibility and ethical behavior. I finally discovered which foods were tainted on snopes.com since the Web sites were inaccessible and no one ever answered the toll free numbers. I was on hold for over an hour on two separate occasions and then got no answer. I realize “pets” have no standing and no monetary value in many states, but I believe you were guilty of fraud, deception and delay. You need to be held accountible. Some people switched their pet food when it was recalled only to discovered what they switched to was deadly. Susan Fraley
April 9th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
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Janice Hirst
April 9th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
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DJ Christian
April 9th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
31211 B.G.Wood
April 9th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
75069
Rita Chow
April 9th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
megan lemoine
April 9th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
megan lemoine
71322 - louisiana
April 9th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
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Judy Miller
April 9th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
55724
Judy Miller
It’s all about the Almight Dollar! They buy this cheap foreign crap and they don’t even have the decency to pass the savings onto us! Only the damn poison!
“Side by side they flow…. the river of blood and the river of gold”!!!!!
April 9th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
24211
Holly Hurley
April 9th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
44109
Mike Winrod
April 9th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
I believe that all companies of these pet foods should be responsible for all pet bills whether the pet dies or lives. We should not have to pay for something we were not responsible for. You have killed millions of pets and someone needs to be acountable for this. It may have not been intentional but you are responsible! Stop buying or having things made in other countries, we are only safe in our own country. Other countries may not have the same regulations that we have therefore we must make all products in the United States!
April 9th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Angela Derosa
44126
April 9th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
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Claire Dus Sault
April 9th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
Lettie Mangan
44039
April 9th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
Sarah Stevens
61761
April 9th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
The commercial pet food industry has lost the confidence of those that count our pets as companions and members of our family. Anything short of human grade ingredients, nutritional and scientific testing (not done on animals) honest and clear labeling is unacceptable. Your reactions were slow and remain so. Your preventive measures for the future have not appeared. You will never regain your market share nor should you. You need to do the right thing. How hard is that? These are precious lives we are discussing. Start over & try to get it right this time. Not a penny more goes to this industry from me.
April 9th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Nicole Kuc
44138
April 10th, 2007 at 12:37 am
Patti Zint, 85053
Because of this, I my cat died in January - 2 months before it was made public. I’m glad I put her food away rather than tossed it.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:42 am
Marguerite Inman 91505
April 10th, 2007 at 1:49 am
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Rhonda Hensley
April 10th, 2007 at 2:30 am
Violet Bramble 94114
April 10th, 2007 at 6:52 am
14228 Mary Ann Kiera
Pet Owners purchase quality/premium food for their pets presuming that the manufacturer is honoring their responsibility in ensuring that the product is of high quality. To dupe the public and pet owners to the degree that results in irrepairable illness or death should come with consequences. Accountability by the manufacturers enforced by the government on behalf of consumers/pet owners is a must. We as people need to take control of this situation and insist on accountability as manufacturers and big business have been able to control the direction of their profits without responsbility.
April 10th, 2007 at 7:38 am
Mary Helen Petranoff
86303
April 10th, 2007 at 7:41 am
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Mary Helen Petranoff
April 10th, 2007 at 8:02 am
It would break our hearts if anything happen to our two dogs because of the food they ate. They are members of our family; two out of five children to us. We understand things happen, but there should be severance to those pet parents. After all, who’s paying for the pet food and helping that company survive?
If it were our children’s morning cereal, i believe appropriate action would be taken….what about the Pet Parent?
14068, Sarah Miller
April 10th, 2007 at 8:21 am
I had a best friend who started to show signs of illness around Thanksgiving - he was eatting, drinking and urinating more and seemed under the weather (turns out he had cancer). In an effort to make sure he was eatting healthy (as we were trying to discover what was wrong) I was giving him canned Nutro in December, rather than his typical Purina One kibble. Though I know I lost him to cancer, I just wonder if feeding him contaminated food pushed him over the edge, as he fell very fast and stopped eatting completely. I obviously can’t prove this theory, as he is now cremated and any food remains were discarded - however, I pray that those of you who have pets whom became ill or passed due to the neglect of Menu Food are compensated fairly. I know nothing can replace the loss you feel from losing your loved one or the guilt and burden felt caring for a sick friend - but at a minimum, all medical expenses should be covered in full by Menu Food and the marketing giants. Full medical reimbursement should be received by both the pet owners and the pet insurance companies where applicable - why should our insurance premiums go up when the insurance company is paying out for ailments that were preventable by our dog food manufacturers and distributors??!??!
April 10th, 2007 at 8:22 am
Danielle Buchbinder 14221
April 10th, 2007 at 8:23 am
Lorilee Fish 44050
April 10th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Amber Kling
14224
April 10th, 2007 at 9:14 am
People are still loosing their loving pets due to this problem !! .Yes , I believe they should be held accountable or it will happen again somewhere down the road. My pets were not affected and I am happy I did not use any of the products on the list but had it happened to me I would be devestated.A simple apology would not have been enough! Justice is required! These people loved their pets like their own flesh and blood.The innocent litle creatures didn’t deserve this neglect .Make the guilty pay!
April 10th, 2007 at 9:32 am
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Cathy Pecherkiewicz
April 10th, 2007 at 9:35 am
14223
Sue Meister
April 10th, 2007 at 9:42 am
Dawn Miller
43035
April 10th, 2007 at 9:48 am
hstein@ohio.net, 44135
Yes, owners should be compensated but it will NEVER replace
their loss(s). I am a pet owner and if my animals were among
the ones suffering or worse I would be and am screaming to
officials to take action to see this could not happen ever again.
The thing that has me very disturbed is what if this was deliberate and those responsible started with our helpless animals to see how widespread such tampering could go and
the next deliberate act might be the people’s food supply.
Not a thought I am happy with but somebody better listen
to each an every thought coming forth by pet owners..Our
pets are part of our families and deserve no more no less
consideration than we expect as humans. WAKE UP CONGRESS!
to this
April 10th, 2007 at 9:49 am
44017
Mary Carroll
April 10th, 2007 at 10:05 am
rose miller 44130
April 10th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Lisa Muro 07758
April 10th, 2007 at 10:47 am
Bonnie Vest 14227
April 10th, 2007 at 11:06 am
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Kathryn R. Boothby
April 10th, 2007 at 11:08 am
49008
Kathryn Boothby
April 10th, 2007 at 11:28 am
Joanne Estridge
33813
Mejo@aol.com
This recall has got to stop. We cannot have our beloved pets dying from the very food we think is good for them. We should confidence that what we are purchasing is safe and good for our pets. Why is this happening? Who dropped the ball so to speak in protecting our animals. Is it cost saving on their part? Whatever it is, they need to own up to their mistakes, make it right and never have to have a recall again. Right now, I am afraid for my cats that they too may fall into this pet food death trap.
April 10th, 2007 at 11:31 am
80138 Leslie Gilbert
April 10th, 2007 at 11:35 am
Monell Yeater 66216
April 10th, 2007 at 11:43 am
73034
Banks, Betsy
April 10th, 2007 at 11:55 am
Thank you for posting this latest recall notice.
08360
Karolyn Johnson
April 10th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
78660
Darcy Samford
April 10th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
24330 Bobby Elliott
In memory of Abby our boxer that passed away 1-19-07.
April 10th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
24333 Mary Jane Griffin
April 10th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
24333 Kenny Griffin
April 10th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
24333 Frances Russell
April 10th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
24330 Freddie Russell
April 10th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
24330 Fred Elliott
April 10th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
44070 Heather Kantor
April 10th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
32563, Tedda Morris
April 10th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
32563 Tedda Morris
In Loving Memory of Lord Monroe Morris. God how we miss him, he was the best friend ever.
April 10th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
91001 B. Brandi Jung
April 10th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
44140 Danielle DiBenedetto
April 10th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Postal code (I’m in Canada): L7C 1A5
Angela Morden, Ontario. In loving memory of ‘Kedra’ & all others who have suffered & died. :(
April 10th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
09720 Sara Eckholm
April 10th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
10541, Debra Gippi
April 10th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
10541, Debra Gippi
My heart bleeds for all those babies that are sick and dying………
April 10th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
98106
Jami Levy
My cat Piper died on Valentines day of massive kidney failure. She was 6 years old and in great health. Since this was a full month before Menu Foods admitted there was a problem, I had her cremated and threw the leftover food away. I wish I hadn’t as now I have no proof that the tainted food killed my cat. I wish menu foods could have seen her those last two days. She couldn’t walk, was bleeding from the mouth, she was confused and didn’t recognize me, my two other cats hissed at her and attacked her. It was devastating. Then to have to decide to end her life….. It was so hard. I continued to feed my other two cats the same food until the recall and then I threw it away, not realizing that I would need it to prove it was the culprit in Piper’s death, and possibly any damage my other two cats may have in the future. What bothers me most, is I was buying premium food at a premium price, and now I find out the cheapest foods are made by the same people at the same plants.
-Jami Levy
April 10th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
93117-2041
Barbara Haukenberry
Kill my animals and you kill me. My cats and dogs are my “real” family and there should be MUCH more oversight over the companion animal food and treats industry. Also, if our companion animals are not safe from food contamination such as this, neither are humans. It is unbelievably shocking that such laxness about any kind of food for any kind of living creature should be tolerated!
April 10th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
46816
Becky Wieser
Just trying to protect my kitty.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Martina Manuel
24343
April 10th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
24343
Martina Manuel
April 10th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Laurie Loudamy 75019/Please help..this should never have happened.
April 10th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Robin J. Yager 13308
When we purchase pet food it is expected to be good and wholesome. It is an unthinkable thing that your company(s) did to continue to sell this bad product when there was one bit of doubt in its integrity.
April 10th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
32927
Linda Valkos
In Loving Memory of Chi Chi
April 10th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
Jennifer Moore 04062
The pet food industry should be regulated by a government agency not a voluntary organization like AAFCO. Food should be clearly labeled as to what it is made of. No more weasel wording that allows manufactures to disguise they are using ingredients like road kill and euthanized pets or as AAFCO’s president once said there is no way to know if it contains Fluffy ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4nZKP-h-Bk ).
Pet food should have government set grades just as human food does. Pet food made purely of human grade food such as USDA approved meats should be allowed to label their food as such. Food that is made of materials condemned as unfit for human consumption should be labeled as such as well. It is a pure swindle as well as utterly revolting that pet food manufactures can advertise that their ingredients are wholesome and nutritious when in fact the ingredients are diseased meats and molded grains that should be incinerated not sold at a premium price to consumers!!!
April 10th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
98105
Sheryl Wiser
April 10th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
georgette wiley 46311
April 10th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
kathy wetters 60134
April 10th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
48314
Shannon Bilan
April 10th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
Carol Halt
P0N 1K0
April 10th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Holly R. Holecek
11507
April 10th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
98002
John
Baillargeon
I’m outraged at the casual way this pet food contamination has been announced and handled
April 10th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
My service dog became extremely ill but we are very thankful that she survived and so far seems OK. She ate Nutro dry but ate some of the foil pouches as ‘treats’. A service animal is more than a beloved pet; a service dog is crucial to it’s owner’s ability to have functionality.
For a person’s feline or canine family member to be reduced the classification of a “possession” is heartless. These loving creatures are the only loved ones some people have; the service animals are loving care-helpers; rescue dogs are life savers; drug sniffing dogs are public servants; and medical alert and psych-assist dogs are part of the health care system. They are all necessary members of our society in one fashion or another…not objects of posession. It breaks my heart to imagine the heartache being suffered by those who have lost such a loved one. The polititions and the administrations meant to oversee and the manufacturers need to step up and protect ALL our family members.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Mary Shawley 78681
April 10th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
39532
Linda Taylor
April 10th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
20902 Stefani Olsen
The time is NOW to demand higher standards for our beloved companion animals.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Andrea Warwick 85255
April 10th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Michael Stephens 30152
April 11th, 2007 at 1:09 am
Carole McFadden 83709
May I recommend that all future “taste tests” and “feeding trials” be carried out on the the CEO and CFO of manufacturing company!
April 11th, 2007 at 1:22 am
98226
Stacie Sandritter
April 11th, 2007 at 2:03 am
Zip Code: 91722
Carmen H. Rodriguez
April 11th, 2007 at 2:57 am
97014
Debbie Newman
April 11th, 2007 at 6:35 am
Lilia I. Luna
11209
April 11th, 2007 at 8:14 am
Carrie Hunter
M4J1C2
April 11th, 2007 at 9:30 am
02019
Donna Hopkins
Attention American Dog & Cat Food Manufacturers: A Dual Fix- Grains and Jobs in America. In other words, NO OUTSOURCING!
April 11th, 2007 at 9:45 am
kristi calleja 34241
April 11th, 2007 at 10:04 am
44102
Jill White
April 11th, 2007 at 10:12 am
robert ceridono 89019
There is a serious need for accoutability for product safety in the manufacture of pet foods. The fact that inferiour products are imported into our country in order for greater profits is a moral as well as civil crime against the American public.
April 11th, 2007 at 10:22 am
Please this whole thing is a disgrace makes one wonder how safe people food is and what use is the FDA
April 11th, 2007 at 10:32 am
Janet Figliuolo
231 Quinn Store Road
Beulaville, NC 28518
April 11th, 2007 at 10:43 am
There are no words to that can take the place of a loved one’s death. If only you could have seen the pain and suffering in my rotties eyes and watching him die and him fighting to stay alive for he knows you are hurting also. It’s like a newborn baby they are helpless they depend on us. Having to put him to sleep in the back seat of your car and having to transport him home and then digging a grave. And knowing that there’s not a dam thing you can do but cry and suffer along with him. Animals have feelings too just like me and you. He was my friend, my blanket as a child would have. I lay at night and i cry all i see is him with pain in his eyes saying help me . These companies should be held liable.
April 11th, 2007 at 11:26 am
44107
Mary Anne K Kilroy
April 11th, 2007 at 11:27 am
44107
Mary Anne K Kilroy
April 11th, 2007 at 11:34 am
55082
Deborah
Steinmetz
April 11th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Jo-Ann Maker
08210
April 11th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Choose your pet’s food from companies with higher standards and a mission statement that doesn’t include the almighty dollar. Ones who set their own standards well above AAFCO’s and the FDA. Natura Pet Foods, Canidae, etc…..
April 11th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
50320 Cheryl Deveraux
April 11th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Choose your pet’s food from companies who set higher standards for themselves than AAFCO and the FDA. Such as Natura Pet Products and Canidae…
Jennifer Dellos
89084
April 11th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Dr. Troy J. Prinkey
Chattanooga, TN 37421
April 11th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Dee Buckler 95633
April 11th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Dee Buckler 95633
April 11th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
97210
Neena Petersen
April 11th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
77340
Kathy Jackson
I am very upset with the slow response of the FDA and the last of a national, coordinated pet disease and illness reporting system.
April 11th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
34711 Debra Hostick..
April 11th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
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Brandy Ward
April 11th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
49002 P.J. Lutomski
April 11th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Mary Argo
95818
We need to have more accountability over the pet food industry. The almighty dollar for the pet food comapny is not helping the people pay for their vet bills. I’ve had several hundred dollars worth of vet bills from the Nutro packets that were so called “safe”. We need to hold this company responsible for having such poor standards.
April 11th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
11218
Jill Weidman
April 11th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
We need to have more oversight, and stop relying on cheap imports so we can have cheap food.
WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!
April 11th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
14534 Miriam Monfredo
April 11th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
dot harding, 07480, we lost our cat of 15 yrs,,
April 11th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
73036
Cynthia Beymer
April 11th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
04071 Jodie Boisvert
April 11th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
my dogs are my children and to poison them with no regard for their lives is unforgiveable.
I am so saddened by the money hungry CFO’s dumping stocks before the recall……..how many animals died so he could make a buck first?
a$$
April 11th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Nilda Vega
10475
April 11th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
32606 gainesville florida judy munn ilive at the atrium
April 11th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
52404
Alan Rash
April 11th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Ashley Sherwood
98115
April 11th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
My Louie wasn’t sick in his life until this happen and now he is gone and in a box. He was only 11 years old and having the time of his life with his girl friends, Alfie and Gizmo.
April 11th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
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Jeanne Zuver
April 11th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
Misty Wilson 43056
April 11th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Donna Dziura
60096
April 11th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
Karen 08034 Our Brandy was age 9, she suddenly became sluggish, began to soil wherever she sat, became weak and neurological. Vets had no idea what was wrong with her. She suffered brain damage and could not be saved. Brandy was put to sleep February 16- OVER ONE MONTH PRIOR TO FINDING OUT WHY!
2 days after Valentines Day- now I will no longer celebrate that holiday, I will hang a heart on our front door ONLY to symbolize our love for her.
She died without an official diagnosis until I learned that other pets were coming down with the same illness and damage as our Brandy.
Menu foods not only took our Brandy’s life, but took a great deal of ours away too. All to save money? GEE WAS IT WORTH IT DO YOU THINK?
I WANT MY DOG BACK!!!!!!!!
April 11th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
37803 Denise Haley
37803 Sam Haley
April 11th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Trudy Jackson , 27942,
April 11th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
27942 Trudy Jackson
April 11th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Kimberly Rosen
zip code - 98664
April 11th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
We lost our 15 1/2 year old persian named Gizmo to kidney failure…the thought that I gave her something that probably hastened her death is devastating. I miss her so much and so does her pal, Sydney our 6 year old persian.
Kimberly Rosen kimctck@aol.com zip-98664
April 11th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
63348
SHARON PODORSKI
April 11th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
59047
Christopher
Njaa
April 11th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Jenny Honeycutt
ZIP 28078
April 11th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
98103
Melissa Webb
April 11th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Lynda Pope
72956
April 12th, 2007 at 12:11 am
07650
Rotundo
April 12th, 2007 at 12:55 am
Joe Romano says:
18360
April 12th, 2007 at 2:10 am
hi nice site.
April 12th, 2007 at 2:28 am
Merrilu Texler
44234
April 12th, 2007 at 2:53 am
We lost our 5 yr. old Maine Coon cat on March 11, ‘07, from eating Nutro foods. He ate it just a few times, got ill, and in 4 days he passed away. I called the vet, and he said to bring him in on Mon., that was on Friday I called. Babe, the cat, went into a coma on Sun. morning, and passed away Sun. evening, so he did not get seen by a vet. But he had all the symptoms, vomiting, letheragy, drinking a lot of water, not being able to walk, just laid there for 2 days, the 2nd day, he went into a coma. Babe had never been ill before. It was fast and horrible. I would like pet food manufactures to be accountable as to what is used in their products. Will I ever buy Menu food pet food again? Silly question, and the answer is a big NO.
April 12th, 2007 at 6:32 am
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Kimberly Ruben
April 12th, 2007 at 6:37 am
30345-2624 Linda Bucki
April 12th, 2007 at 9:42 am
30288 Ann Hahn
April 12th, 2007 at 10:09 am
Pat Falkenstein
44070
April 12th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Our cat…”Kitty” was fed the Meijer-Main Choice recalled products…got up on a Saturday morning in mid-December ‘06 and we could tell something wasn’t right with her-meowing, listless, couldn’t walk or lift her head, eyes looked dull, drooling from her mouth-she was dead before noon.(-she was fine the day before). Then in February ‘07-first-our little 12lb terrier/Chichauhau mix-Chico-was fed the ‘Ol Roy, Alpo and Mighty Dog brands-he too was fine one day and gone the next-was drinking lots of water, no appetite the day before but no hint that he was so sick that he would be dead the next morning-found him in his cage-gone when we got up. Lastly-Our full-blood Husky-Drake…he too was fed a variety of the recalled pet-food products-he began walking funny, then jowls swelled, drooling too. Then couldn’t get up-he was gone in 3 days.
This has been a very traumatic ordeal for our entire family to say the least. To know that we could still have these wonderful animals in our lives. Never will we purchase ANY manufactured pet-food products again.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:47 am
75607 Rebecca Francis
April 12th, 2007 at 10:59 am
Karen Burnette
April 12th, 2007 at 11:01 am
Karen Burnette 29673
April 12th, 2007 at 11:03 am
Karen Burnette 29673
April 12th, 2007 at 11:43 am
We need to make sure all our food supply is safe-for both pets and animals. This is a disgrace.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:43 am
Dorothy Stevenson, dotstevenson@optonline.net, Plainview, NY 11803
I had ten cats, now have nine. My “Red” had to be euthanized March 30th. I have just discovered bloody urine in an empty litter box and I am devastated. I was not aware someone other than Red used an empty box. I am in terrible fear since most of the cats do like to lick the gravy and I have purchased recalled science diet sliced chicken in gravy which I would give more to Red because he was the most finicky.. I have been poisoning my cats!!! Yes these SOB’s should be held accountable but more importantly there should be stricter regulations and higher standards for our pets. I read about what went into pet food years ago and always tried to supplement with people food as much as possible, but I have used friskies ( which has not been recalled as yet,) nutro, iams and science diet too. I switched completely to nueman’s organics, merricks and wellness but they refuse to eat it. I know you must change slowly but I do not trust ANY of these companies that use Menu foods. Nobody seems to address the CROSS CONTAMINATION factor. Some of the higher end foods are also processed there.. This must appear on the can.
My heart breaks for all the pet parents who lost a loved one. I feel physically ill with depression. We do not want feathers,, beeks, bones, sick, dead and/or diseased animals not fit for human consumption, sawdust and other non-digestables in our pet’s food and pay for this garbage. They test foods by confining healthy animals and feed them toxins to see how much their little bodies can tolerate. It is heartbreaking. We need to DEMAND higher standards. We are tired of paying for poisoned garbage and we should all write our senators and the FDA. I have called several times and no one returns my calls.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Dorothy Stevenson, dotstevenson@optonline.net, Plainview, NY 11803
I had ten cats, now have nine. My “Red” had to be euthanized March 30th. I have just discovered bloody urine in an empty litter box and I am devastated. I was not aware someone other than Red used an empty box. I am in terrible fear since most of the cats do like to lick the gravy and I have purchased recalled science diet sliced chicken in gravy which I would give more to Red because he was the most finicky.. I have been poisoning my cats!!! Yes these SOB’s should be held accountable but more importantly there should be stricter regulations and higher standards for our pets. I read about what went into pet food years ago and always tried to supplement with people food as much as possible, but I have used friskies ( which has not been recalled as yet,) nutro, iams and science diet too. I switched completely to nueman’s organics, merricks and wellness but they refuse to eat it. I know you must change slowly but I do not trust ANY of these companies that use Menu foods. Nobody seems to address the CROSS CONTAMINATION factor. Some of the higher end foods are also processed there.. This must appear on the can.
My heart breaks for all the pet parents who lost a loved one. I feel physically ill with depression. We do not want feathers,, beeks, bones, sick, dead and/or diseased animals not fit for human consumption, sawdust and other non-digestables in our pet’s food and pay for this garbage. They test foods by confining healthy animals and feed them toxins to see how much their little bodies can tolerate. It is heartbreaking. We need to DEMAND higher standards. We are tired of paying for poisoned garbage and we should all write our senators and the FDA. I have called several times and no one returns my calls.
April 12th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
91722
ANTONIA GARCIA
April 12th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Jennifer Priesman
68104
April 12th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
40517 Wilma Osborne My dog Gizmo was eating Iams foil packets chicken and gravy. He was drinking alot of water and getting lethargic and started throwing up. Took him to the vet he was in kidney failure. He got iv fluids and meds. He started doing a little bit better, but again started vomiting again. He got more fluids, and meds. The foods should be regulated better, I think I should get reimburse for my vet bills. Nothing will ever replace my dog, he was part of my family. He will never be replace, he was very special to our family and he is greatly missed. Somebody should be responsible for this. Wilma Osborne
April 12th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Nicole Hanks 12210
April 12th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Erika Hanks 12210
April 12th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
40517 wilma osborne. My dog gizmo was eating iams foil packets of chicken with gravy. I thought was feeding him healthy. He started drinking alot of water, losing his urine and vomiting and lethargic. He was in kidney failure , he had fluids and meds a couple of times, I thought he was doing better, but he started doing the same things again, he had have fluids again with meds but he was in so much pain, even with the strongest pain would only last him around 2hrs. I had to have him euthanized, was the worst think I ever had to do. He was part of my family, and he will greatly be missed forever. Somebody should be responsible for this, Pet food should have better FDA regulations. IT IS NOT FAIR.
April 12th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Rebecca Breakey 27610
April 12th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Rebecca Breakey 27610
This needs to be taken care of!!! I lost a cat to sudden onset Kidney Failure that I believe was connected to a dry cat food that has yet to be recalled.
April 12th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
02382 Laura Howe
April 12th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
I had a dog Cocoa pass away at age 10 a month BEFORE recalls came out! I will NEVER know the truth as she was cremated before recalls.From food I PURCHASED feeling was a “treat” with her dry food. After the fact, I am mostly upset this recall was delayed as any recall or problen should be addressed immediatley. I feel accidents happen..it is what you DO AFTER the accident that matters most! We have been able to help with others in a grass roots effort to save some lives with info NOW provided but the info is still coming in too slowly to be ACCEPTABLE! www.simplesite.com/camelotboxers (Important Links Info Page)
April 12th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
60657 Gloria Picchetti
April 12th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
21114 carol baxter
April 12th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
37620 joyce rose
April 12th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Dia H. NicolATOS
14214
April 12th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
14420 Laurie Winter
Menu Foods actions have been reprehensible. The executives of that company, as well as all the companies that contracted their services and failed to monitor and inspect Menu Foods facilities, should be required to eat their own tainted products. That would be true justice.
BOYCOTT ALL CHINESE PRODUCTS!
April 12th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
24301 Susan Branscome
April 12th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
maria everett
boyne city, mi 49712
April 12th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
49712
maria everett
they should be accountable for our babies as would be gerbers!!!!!
April 12th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
49712 maria everett
April 12th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
01085
Linda Sergio
April 12th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Sheila Allen 98335
April 12th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
Bette Loney V1W 3G3 Canada
I lost my 12 year old tuxedo cat to Nutro Pouch Cuts in Gravey in February before the recall. My vet and I did not know what was wrong with him. He spent 3 days under vetrinarian care and had to be put down as nothing they did to him worked. It was very expensive, who will reimburse me for this and my loss. I don’t have proof.
April 13th, 2007 at 12:47 am
80503 Tim Remple
April 13th, 2007 at 5:34 am
First of all, this site seems to only update the numbers IF YOU ONLY INCLUDE NAME AND ZIPCODE WITHOUT COMMENTS.
April 13th, 2007 at 9:04 am
Megan Rees, 43055
April 13th, 2007 at 9:06 am
Megan Rees
Newark, Ohio 43055
April 13th, 2007 at 9:22 am
85226, Dixie Ebright
April 13th, 2007 at 9:40 am
Sherry Britton
40220
April 13th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Roberta Davis
44278
April 13th, 2007 at 10:40 am
Mary LaBelle 05774
April 13th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Paula Hephner 67217
April 13th, 2007 at 10:53 am
Bill Montgomery
10024
April 13th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Olycia Wright
April 13th, 2007 at 11:11 am
Duwanna Ingle 47150
This pet food contamination is awful. I am sorry for those who have lost their beloved pets.
April 13th, 2007 at 11:13 am
JSB
April 13th, 2007 at 11:27 am
DENNIS MOSLEY - COCO21805@YAHOO.COM
53143
April 13th, 2007 at 11:34 am
Pamela Boswell 34990
April 13th, 2007 at 11:49 am
90034 Sean Everett
April 13th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
87413 Daria Wells
April 13th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
87413 Daria Wells
When will the American People be told the full extent of this event? Chinese grain may be cheap, but at what cost? Buy American/Canadian, pay the extra cost. Demand that the American government be truthful with Americans and stop protecting business concerns over that of the people. We all know 16 dead is a far cry from the truth!
Please Realize FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IS NO SAFER in this country.
April 13th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
91706 Joyce Chen
April 13th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Treasa Jakob
sesajune@yahoo.com
New Cumberland, PA 17070
April 13th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Amber Myers, 73132
April 13th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
I lost my healthy cat (KJ) in late Oct 2006/
He died of kidney failure -
April 13th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
D Pettibone
48386
I lost my healthy cat (KJ) in late Oct 2006/
He died of kidney failure -
April 13th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Susan Barnes, 37615
April 13th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Susan Barnes 37615
April 13th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Please make pet food companies liable for any damages, vet bills or loss of pet due to lack of proper testing of their foods and any products there sell under their name! It is ridiculous that so many pets lost their lives due to importing cheap grains that were for one NOT TESTED first! Use grains produced here in the U.S. ! Help U.S. farmers, and also secure proper regulations to make sure all grain is safe! If I had lost a pet to this recall, I for sure would have someone’s head on a platter!
April 13th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Jeannine Gatti 08081
April 13th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Deanna Kunz Postal code - M6K 2J7
April 13th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Deanna Kunz Postal code…..M6K 2J7
April 13th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
N. Schwenk 11010
April 13th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Michelle Bergsma
l1j 3×1 Canada
April 13th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Michelle Bergsma ~ l1j-3×1
April 13th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Debbie Johnson 20855
April 13th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
19382
Krystal Kubichek
April 13th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
48309
Emily Malek
April 13th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
Adrienne Parsons, 60504
April 13th, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Steven M. Green
55428
April 13th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
Nicole Sweets 63111 (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Pet parent to dog Abby, chronic renal failure patient on fluid treatment and hospice care.
April 13th, 2007 at 11:56 pm
74107 Lorraine Coughlin
April 14th, 2007 at 12:09 am
Pauline Green
55428
April 14th, 2007 at 12:11 am
Pauline Green
55428
April 14th, 2007 at 12:23 am
85365
C Vandenberg
April 14th, 2007 at 12:25 am
Peggy Sulivan
V5G 3Y9
April 14th, 2007 at 12:25 am
85365
C Vandenberg
April 14th, 2007 at 12:48 am
89084… STEPHANIE POOLE
April 14th, 2007 at 2:47 am
54115
Linda Chamberlain
April 14th, 2007 at 2:49 am
54115 Linda Chamberlain
April 14th, 2007 at 9:10 am
Kelly Morehead
44420
April 14th, 2007 at 9:54 am
Get this pet food recall fiuguered out.
April 14th, 2007 at 10:44 am
85050 J, Westgate
April 14th, 2007 at 10:45 am
85050
westgate, j
April 14th, 2007 at 10:47 am
28170
Julie Lark
April 14th, 2007 at 10:52 am
I dont think that its fair that the pet owners arent getting what they deserve. We are loosing members of family here.
April 14th, 2007 at 11:36 am
37069 Rebecca Jordan
April 14th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Jacquee Rae
44446
April 14th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
My zip is 10024
Count me in.
1. Consumers deserve more speedy responses to complaints of contaminated foods.
2. Companies that fail to comply or who delay response should face serious penalties, including fines and possible imprisonment.
3. We deserve accurate food labels that can be easily interpreted by lay people.
4. Any consumable item labeled “food” should be held to human standards.
April 14th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Louise Carroll
90403
April 14th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Daniel Albrecht 53214
April 14th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
26105
Kathleen Bevins
April 14th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
03102 Amanda G.
April 14th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
[…] calls for a petition. Visit here to sign your name. PetConnection.com is compiling a list of affected pet owners. If you have lost a […]
April 14th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
17111 Nancy Beshore
April 14th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
03102 Tiffany C.
April 15th, 2007 at 1:27 am
12865, Ryan Wescott
April 15th, 2007 at 9:00 am
lindy k 03103
April 15th, 2007 at 11:49 am
KAY ALLRED 29627
April 15th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
24019
Victoria Torres-Beard
April 15th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Victoria Torres-Beard
24019
April 15th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Anne Schmersal
32708
My cat dies 4/7 from being poisoned from his food.I was feeding him both the m/d feline food and alsothe pounch chicken trates
April 15th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Peoples beloved animals are dying and some of them don’t know why. Yes you should be held accountable. We the public expect companies to not only keep our pets safe but humans too. Pleas do something so people won’t be afraid to feed their pets or watch them die a slow painful death. I’ve already lost one beloved dog I had for 18 years she died from old age and a stroke. but after two years I’m still affected by her loss. So do something to fix this horrible problem
Gayle Palensky
April 15th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
32533-zip code
name-Gayle Palensky
April 15th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
Connie Allen
75701
Didn’t lost a pet yet, but this is very scary.
FDA needs more testing on our pets food.
April 15th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
17350 Serijna Halterman
April 15th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
[…] calls for a petition. Visit here to sign your […]
April 15th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
I will never trust any pet food manufacturer again unless something is done.
April 15th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Dianne Shanks
Zip code: 27265
April 15th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
I have had pets for over 45 years and this is a terrible tradegy to happen to our dogs and cats, which are like our children. It is a real eye-opener as to how many of the pet food manufacturers buy from the same same sourses. In some cases even the elderly and children were warned not to touch the treats as they too could be affected!!! The industry needs to be regulated and it needs to be done NOW!!! We must insist that some thing be done on this and that the people who lost their beloved pets be compesated somehow, although, you can never bring back one you love. Stop the injustice NOW!! Phyllis Roe 49240
April 15th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
STEVEN LANDMAN 43205
April 15th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
43205 STEVEN LANDMAN
April 15th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
29625
Linda Morgan
April 15th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
My Siamese Cat Max has just come home from a week stay at the vets for the second time since the recall. We lost our older girl,Baby, 1 week before the recall. We had to have the needle of relief to stop her suffering. Now I watch the suffering of Max and I pray for answeers as to what we should do next. I know that Max has Kidney damage and the IV’s help. He is on Science diet KD now,because of the damage from the food. He is not producing red blood cells,so what do we do. Torture him with IV’s and make him eat this horrid food. We are lucky if he eats half a can a day. He has lost weight.How much more do we put him through. If he goes down hill again(He has blood work every 3 days) and the numbers drop again,what then. Do we stick needles in him and leave him with no one to love him in a cage alone? Or do we leave him here,let him eat anything he want or will and let him be happy for awhile. Does anyone know if he can be cured? He had no symtoms when first tested. We thank our vet for wanting him tested after the recall and he put it together with “Baby cat’s) death. How can so much good,go so wrong. Is this one of the first to be seen poisonings in America. They see how easy it was to do this. They know Americans LOVE their pets and make them family members. Are we next?? Does any one see the whole picture here??????
Brenda Woody (North Carolina)
April 16th, 2007 at 12:52 am
We the pet parents trusted but no longer trust
April 16th, 2007 at 12:56 am
30533 Joanne Schnebelen
April 16th, 2007 at 12:57 am
We, the pet parents, trusted therfore we no longer trust!
April 16th, 2007 at 1:07 am
Naomi Carleton 98406
April 16th, 2007 at 1:19 am
My name is Mandy Trimm and my zip code is 92243 I live in California. Though my cats were thankfully not fed any of the poisoned food, and have already been checked by their vet, I still keep a nervous eye on them to make sure that they are not showing any symptoms of illness.
This whole thing has scared me half to death and I am so angry that this has happened. I love animals. I have been signing as many petitions as I can against Menu Foods and I sincerely hope that their company is shut down and that this never happens again.
I also hear that they purposely tested animals with this food when they knew it was bad. This is an outrage!
April 16th, 2007 at 1:25 am
Sorry if this went through twice, I didn’t see it go through the first time.
My name is Mandy Trimm and my zip code is 92243. I live in California.
I have heard that Menu Foods purposely used their food that they knew was bad to test animals and that some of them died from it. Menu Foods obviously doesn’t care about animals and I believe they should be shut down and all companies forced to pay for all damages they caused.
I am very greatful that my cats were not affected by this, but it could just has easily been me. I sign petitions against Menu Foods whenever I can.
April 16th, 2007 at 1:41 am
30066
Holly Haynes
April 16th, 2007 at 2:41 am
33024
Ted Way
April 16th, 2007 at 2:47 am
S Evans 45424
April 16th, 2007 at 2:47 am
E Evans 45424
April 16th, 2007 at 2:54 am
Colleen Curry
91335
April 16th, 2007 at 7:41 am
Joanna Tomacari 49841
April 16th, 2007 at 9:10 am
Sara Holt - 75604
April 16th, 2007 at 9:29 am
Paula Magnon
30066
April 16th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
19312 Carrie Rongner-Cook
April 16th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Monique Henningfield
92694
April 16th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
97702 Susan Dolezal
April 16th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Josephine Mata
93033
April 16th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
36575
Sandy Smith
April 16th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
97702 Gary Dolezal
April 16th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Megan Haught, 32780
April 16th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
36092
Andrea Stanley
April 16th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Glad to sign this petition.
April 16th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
91024
Yolanda Willits
April 16th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
C. Fland
08096
April 16th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
93013
Daisy Green
April 16th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Our pets are part of our family we love them with all of our hearts we take care of them and comfort them when they are ill and they take care of us as well. It is so important that someone holds the companies responsible for this tragedy.
Jennifer Light 78154
April 16th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
10280
Patti Brotman
April 16th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
10280
Patti Brotman
April 16th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
07002
Judith Fiedorowicz
April 16th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
60657
Karen Boos
After reading many articles in the last couple of years about China’s complete lack of interest in anything but making a quick buck (long-term environmental problems, personal rights, etc.), I find it disturbing that large U.S. companies would choose to buy products from Chinese manufacturers/distributors simply because they are cheaper. Certainly not cheaper in the long run! Plus, investigations now must be undertaken to determine if any other food products from China - including those purchased for human consumption - contain substances/ingredients that are outlawed in the U.S.
April 16th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Cheryln Ayala
10461
April 16th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Danford, Billie
April 16th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Billie Danford 37342
April 16th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
78731 Sandra Webster
April 16th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
I highly advise against going to petloss.com for help, they say they offer gentle caring sympathy for pet owners who have lost pets, but on only my second day there in the chat room I was first ignored, then harrassed, insulted, and thrown out by the people who run the site. Gentle caring sympathy indeed! Someone else told me that they are not good to new people. I am now boycotting this site and advising others to do the same.
I now go to rainbowsbridge.com another site for grieving pet owners. They are MUCH nicer there and good to new people.
Just letting you all know.
April 16th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
44140 Barbara Becker
April 16th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
I just had an awful thought. About nine years ago my family had to put our fifteen year old dog down from causes unknown. The vet said on the x ray it looked like her bones were literally crumbling, and he couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her. He sent her body to a lab to try to find out, but they never could find out what was wrong.
Pickles used to eat Mighty Dog canned food, one of the foods that is now on the recall list. Could this be related? Pickles lost control of herself and kept having accidents in the house. Was there something wrong even then? My grandmother said she switched brands after Mighty Dog canned food started to smell bad. But maybe by then it was too late?
I will probably never know what truly killed Pickles. We all thought it was just old age, but now I have to wonder…
I sign this petition once again for you Pickles!
April 16th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
15668 Cathy Victor
April 16th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
98203
Melody
Beasley
April 16th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
They should be held accountable…..pets ARE family members, not property.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
24476 Donna Swank
April 16th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
MarySue Jones
19901
April 17th, 2007 at 4:59 am
98133
Amy Russell
April 17th, 2007 at 5:00 am
98133
Amy Russell
April 17th, 2007 at 8:40 am
91016
Gerald Pool
April 17th, 2007 at 10:52 am
Veronica A. Lockard
18601
April 17th, 2007 at 10:53 am
Ken Lockard
18601
April 17th, 2007 at 11:17 am
44070
Holly DiBin
My dogs did not get sick but, because I fed them some of the recalled food, had blood tests done since symptoms are not apparent early on. They’re bulldogs and are lazy and throw up anyway so couldn’t know for sure. This cost me over $200 for something I would have had no reason to do otherwise…shouldn’t they be responsible for that as well?
April 17th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Melisa Delgado
84118
April 17th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Please help keep our pets safe!
Pat Rees
43906
April 17th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Please develop some way of making sure the food products are safe for both humans and animals. My dogs are considered to be family members and I would be devastated if something bad happened to them. Please help us!
Megan Rees
43055
April 17th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
This kind of contamination has been in the food supply before. How do I KNOW this? Through experience, observation and grief.
Purr-Purr was a 14 year old HEALTHY CAT. When she ate one brand (possibly Natural Balance) of senior weight control, she lost all her excess weight until I got worried and put her back on regular dry cat food, switched to wet from Trader Joe’s (Menu Foods), then to a Purina brand after which she got a little better for a short time. But after eating some more TJs, she went downhill (staggering, throwing up, excess urination etc) and never recovered.
I could not afford Vet care, as I live on disability. She died on the way home from the Vets at about 3:30 am on July 16, 2006.
FDA YOU HAVE FAILED US HERE AND IN KISSING UP TO BIG DRUG AND FOOD MANUFACTURERS.
HOW MANY POOR OLD PEOPLE ATE THIS CANNED “MEAT”? It does happen. Just read and listen to social workers for the elderly.
HOW MANY CHILDREN ATE THE DRY? As a mom, I know this can happen.
ADD PURR-PURR TO THE TOTAL DEATH TOLL, please.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
This kind of contamination has been in the food supply before. How do I KNOW this? Through experience, observation and grief.
Purr-Purr was a 14 year old HEALTHY CAT. When she ate one brand (possibly Natural Balance) of senior weight control, she lost all her excess weight until I got worried and put her back on regular dry cat food, switched to wet from Trader Joe’s (Menu Foods), then to a Purina brand after which she got a little better for a short time. But after eating some more TJs, she went downhill (staggering, throwing up, excess urination etc) and never recovered.
I could not afford Vet care, as I live on disability. She died on the way home from the Vets at about 3:30 am on July 16, 2006.
FDA YOU HAVE FAILED US HERE AND IN KISSING UP TO BIG DRUG AND FOOD MANUFACTURERS.
HOW MANY POOR OLD PEOPLE ATE THIS CANNED “MEAT”? It does happen. Just read and listen to social workers for the elderly.
HOW MANY CHILDREN ATE THE DRY? As a mom, I know this can happen.
ADD PURR-PURR TO THE TOTAL DEATH TOLL, please.
92020
April 17th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
PET FOOD ACCOUNTABILITY PETITION:
My cat was affected by the food recall and now I am giving him I.V. treatments.
Shannon Friedman spfriedman@hotmail.com
April 17th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Matthew Thrush
44133
April 17th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
26705
Carolyn White
April 17th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
We have the power to change this situation.
We (pet owners) spend millions of dollars supporting the pet food industry.
Without us, they are out of business.
The first step is to switch to organic pet food companies with no wheat, soy, corn, preservatives or by products. There are plenty to chose from and the cost is similar to the ‘quality brands’ who have mislead us.
This will save our pets’ lives and send a message straight to the bottom line of the brands and manufacturer involved in this situation.
We have a right to accurate ingredient disclosure, accountablilty ‘across the board’ by anyone and everyone who profits from our purchase dollar not to mention toxin free products.
We also have a right to know who manufactures our pets’ food as well as the Country of Origin so we can choose to buy US and choose to boycott companies we do not wish to do business with.
87114
Angelo Chavez
April 17th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
44039
Laurie Roath
April 17th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
44011 Cynthia M. Holden
April 17th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Our 6 year boxer Lucy died on April 9th after eating purnina prime cuts can food that I bought at a walmart in Harlingen texas after asking the store if that brand had been recalled. The answer was “no”. SHe was eating 3 cans of food per day because she was nursing and was very thin. I feel like i killed her myself.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
44039 Joseph Vargo
April 17th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
My 11 year old Thomas, ate the Kroger (Menu Foods) Chicken in Gravy brand one years ago and died on April 10, 2006 (Correct). I have the $855 vet bill to prove it with the lab reports. Four other cats got sick, but they were much younger. The Lab report for Thomas shows the toxin caused the kidney failure. This has been going one for a year.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
98119
Teresa Conyers
April 17th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Kari Wagaman, 94941
April 17th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
11948 Mary Jane Rizzella
April 17th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
15101
Brenda Rosengrant
April 18th, 2007 at 12:54 am
Peggy Wrazen 14047
April 18th, 2007 at 2:32 am
35004
Jennifer Mailhot
April 18th, 2007 at 5:14 am
91755
Greg Fierro
April 18th, 2007 at 5:58 am
44107
Jessica Englund
April 18th, 2007 at 8:34 am
44647 Laurie Longshore
April 18th, 2007 at 8:36 am
44647 Laurie Longshore
April 18th, 2007 at 8:59 am
JESSICA KNOTT
40229
April 18th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Mary Tarney 53217
April 18th, 2007 at 10:09 am
SHERYL FREEMAN
30258
April 18th, 2007 at 10:35 am
Debra McWilliam
55113
April 18th, 2007 at 10:47 am
98272 Tammy Knight
April 18th, 2007 at 11:20 am
Alan Allen
76264-2745
April 18th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
CL Blankenship 37804
April 18th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
44060
Marcia Ferrell
April 18th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
44060
April 18th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Earl & Eileen Mason 92264
April 18th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Catherine Rosete
60538
carosete@sbcglobal.net
April 18th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
I firmly believe in the actions of this Petition. The poor innocent pets who ate the contaminated food are gone forever and justice needs to be done. These manufacturers and companies knew of this horrific act and still sold the pet food. It is pathetic and no one is going to stand for it.
April 18th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
I firmly believe in this Petition. I hope all the pet owners unite against this horrible act of deceit, cruelty and killing of innocent pets.
April 18th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
84088
Christian A. Shank
Congress must enact stronger laws regulating the pet food industry for
1. Truth in advertising
2. Full disclosure of manufacturers, suppliers and ALL ingredients.
3. food ingredients should be updated on all packaging and company literature including internet as soon as a change in “formula” occurs, not the current 3 month window.
4. The pet food industry must be accountable for all financial costs incurred by this horrible poisoning of our food supply.
April 18th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
94044
Tim Fredenburg
April 18th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
Cheryl Matthiesen
83274
April 18th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
84158
April 18th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Kim Vitzthum
50529
April 18th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
89506
Shannon Wiseman
April 18th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Amber Leahey
94404
April 18th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Crystal Baker 36278
there should be stricter regulations for these companys and manufacturers to follow.They should be held accountable for all financial cost caused by this horrible poisoning.Our pets count on us to keep them safe.How can we do that if we can not trust the pet food companies!
April 18th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
91010 Susana Gutierrez
April 18th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
77539
Delissa Przyborski
April 18th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
92009
Cindy Marzolf
April 18th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Daryll LaCourse
98258
April 18th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
91403 Leandra Yahola
April 18th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
My name is Ellen Keener and my ZIP code is 01583.
We have always fed our pets ‘good’ foods and it gave me shivers to realize that care contibuted to the death of Duchess - our adorable and always puppy-like Cocker Spaniel. She was suffering so that we had her put down and the Vet never sais a word about any pet foods causing it to happen.
April 18th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
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April 18th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
76011
Renee Kebodoux
How sad that with a new recall coming out every time we turn around, we all have to stress over what we are giving our pets. It would be unbearable for me to find out that after years of taking care of my dog she was poisoned by what I feed her. These companies must be held accountable for the suffering they’ve caused. We should know where our pet food is made and exactly what it contains.
April 18th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Cheryl McGregor
85007
April 18th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
91020
Michele Eason
All I can say is HOW DARE THEY? This is what happens when unqualified cronies are given positions with governmental agencies like the FDA and tasked solely to advance a specific and narrow religious ideology rather than protecting consumers and the public at large. The companies involved, regardless of the FDA, had a responsibility to their customers and have let them down in the most destructive way possible. Both the FDA and the manufacturers needs to be held accountable on a GRAND scale.
April 18th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
48185 David Smith
April 18th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
48185 David Smith
April 18th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
67042
PATRICIA JOHANNSEN
April 18th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
ELVIN JOHANNSEN
67042
April 18th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
12063
Susan Forman
April 18th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
94010 Diane Gangi
April 18th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
94010
Diane Gangi
April 18th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Jen Miller 48030
April 19th, 2007 at 12:12 am
73949 Loyal Dean Rhoden Jr.
April 19th, 2007 at 12:14 am
73949 Cheryl Rhoden
April 19th, 2007 at 12:24 am
After reading many postings….I am just sickened by the thought of how far back (years possibly) that we may have been victims of possibly causing our animals deaths.
Is there any data available that can show the % of Dog / Cat deaths from Kidney Failure (prior years) or an obvious increase?
Is there data collected (before now) that can show deaths and the foods that were being fed to the animal?
Is there one place for listing or getting any data available by company & brand / food that might have possibly contributed to any sick or deceased animals (fron kidney failure)?
April 19th, 2007 at 3:46 am
44044 Lisa Martens
April 19th, 2007 at 3:48 am
44044
Lisa Martens
April 19th, 2007 at 7:03 am
19046 Elizabeth McCabe
April 19th, 2007 at 8:11 am
45333 Robyn Strunk
April 19th, 2007 at 8:14 am
Robyn Strunk 45333
April 19th, 2007 at 8:17 am
Deana Harris 97266
April 19th, 2007 at 8:32 am
44129 Cathi Dietrich I am still livid about my little cat dying! There needs to be some justice for her and the thousands like her. My problem is that she was one of the early deaths, before the recall, and no one will admit that her death was from the contaminated IAMS food that she ate. Of course I didn’t keep the packages before the known recall was issued. The thing that makes me so mad is that Menu Foods had reason to suspect a contamination and didn’t release info to the public. Perhaps my 7-yr old cat(in prior perfect health) could have been saved too. When she got sick vets/emergency clinic told me there was no hope(no one knew yet) and they wouldn’t even give her IV’s because they thought it was futile. I would have done anything to save her had I known there were options! PLEASE HELP US GET JUSTICE !!
April 19th, 2007 at 8:54 am
12180
Colleen M. McGrady
April 19th, 2007 at 8:57 am
Karen Holloway
65043
April 19th, 2007 at 9:37 am
First and for most, I would like to say that if this were foods that humans would be eating…this situation would have been taken care of when it first started! I feel that this contamination issue has been present in certain food for around 2 years. My dog IS my child…I only feed him HIS dog food…and the way it’s looking now, that it’s going to be a never ending thing. It also saddens me to think that if humans were dying from something like this, there would be monies paid to the families of the victims, and if your like me, no amount of money could or would take the place of my dogs’ healthy life. I hope and pray that this ends soon and that there are no more little lives lost from someones stupidity!
April 19th, 2007 at 9:44 am
Emily Lisby
40241
April 19th, 2007 at 9:54 am
49506 Pamela D. Jennings
April 19th, 2007 at 10:58 am
14450
Lisa Laurro
April 19th, 2007 at 10:59 am
14450
Shirley Laurro
April 19th, 2007 at 11:33 am
75248
Gail Fox
April 19th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
67208
Dayna Boso
April 19th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Kelly Howell 85301
April 19th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
60646
Nannette Laino
April 19th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
97535
E.M. Berliner
April 19th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Laurie Lazear
Centreville, VA 20120
April 19th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Debbie Scurlock 46304
April 19th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
46304
Debbie Scurlock
April 19th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
97402
Kathleen Jones
April 19th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
55337
Regina Holubiw
April 19th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Regina Holubiw
55337
April 19th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
This is sooo disgusting!
April 19th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Jennifer Taylor-77340
This is rediculus. How do they expect to feed our animals when everything is now becoming toxic?? I have been doing some research about feeding raw, and with the new additions I have made up my mind to make the switch and will not think twice.
April 19th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Ronda Lee 47240
April 19th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
08741
Vicki Edgett
April 19th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
08741
April 19th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Rochelle N Jarreau
70726
April 19th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Debbie McCaslin 95076
April 19th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Richard Bacon
10007
April 19th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Connie Cox 73112
April 19th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
74146 r. duscher
April 19th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Candy Willis
April 19th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Candy Willis 30183 US BOYCOTT NO MORE CHINA IMPORTS IN OUR PET FOOD
April 19th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
37015
Linda Rogers
April 19th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
37122
Dacia Harris
April 19th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
82901 Hailee Holmes
April 19th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
46072
Karen Meadows
April 19th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
46072
Paul Meadows
April 19th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
85037
Barbara Panebianco
April 19th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
85037
Barbara Panebianco
No more of anything from China!
April 19th, 2007 at 5:48 pm
98391
Chad Jackson
April 19th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
48188 Theresa Robson
April 19th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
98033
Lisa Humphreys
Please stop this insanity. We need to protect our pets with responsible food sourcing and packaging practices. Enact safety laws, and hold those responsible liable for monetary damages caused to pet owners.
April 19th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
55420 Renee Searcy
April 19th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
90027
evie bibo
April 19th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Diana dog 90004
April 19th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
80918
Nancy Barfield
Pet foods should be safe for pets to consume. Sadly, it seems a law is necessary to make this happen.
April 19th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
20001
Sarah Smith
April 19th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
90042 Cathy Johnston
April 19th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
48629 Belinda Booth
April 19th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
48629 Belinda Booth
This is so sad. Please put a stop to this, some one has to be held accountable.
April 19th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
As Lisa stated “THIS IS INSANITY”. Each day that passes we hear of another Pet Food Product being recalled. I just cringe every time I pick up a can, bag or treat for my pets. Is it safe or not? What do we do? You read articles saying that people shouldn’t be feeding their animals homemade food because it isn’t nutritionally correct…AGAIN, WHAT DO WE DO?
Before all this started I had already switched to a brand called Solid Gold. There have been many benefits by doing so. He’s 15 so because of his age I have to feed him can food as well. I did a lot of research & thought that Natural Balance would also be a product I could trust but less than a week after purchasing & feeding my baby this product I hear that one of their products (Vension) has been recalled because of “rice protein” containing Melamine. I had already feed my dog this food. This is a company that their product is used and respected worldwide by top trainers, breeders, veterinarians, kennels & is used by many Zoological organizations. UNBELIEVABLE!!! You would think with all this going on that these companies would be testing their products constantly. I emailed & called them the day I heard & still haven’t heard from them or have they identified or shared with the public the stock that was affected.
I’m heartbroken that so many animals have suffered & died because of this carelessness. I also can’t help but wonder if the wheat & rice that has been brought into this country from these sources for human consumption isnt’ also contaminated???? Why wouldn’t it be? Do they separate it as it comes in…this stock is for animals and this is for humans?
It’s time that we take control of what is fed to our animals as well as ourselves. It’s 2007, not prehistoric day and our pets rely upon us to take care of them. I know this is going to sound corny as all heck but let’s join together & force these companies to establish more stringent guidelines. There is absolutely no excuse for what has happened & these companies should be held accountable.
I want to help to make that change so please tell me how I can help.
P.S. I’m keeping a close eye on my baby and thankfully no signs of problems yet from the food he ate.
April 19th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
ZIP 04605-4548
Carolyn K Larson
April 19th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
97504-9007
Judy A Bullock
April 19th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
15218
Anne Gill
April 19th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
27320-9128
Beth B. Armitage
April 19th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
Carol Palmer 97504
April 20th, 2007 at 12:11 am
24333
Linda Burnette
April 20th, 2007 at 12:22 am
94930 Carol Horace
My 1 yr old sable burmese fell ill with kidney problems and neurological
symptoms.
How many more pets have to die? Why doesn’t the FDA step in and
protect the public?
April 20th, 2007 at 12:48 am
Lynn Lafleur 06473
Unfortunately it takes a tragedy to make us all aware of the shortcomings of things such as this…the pet food industry. Who would have thought those we trust to our beloved pets would be so blatently irresponsible? My heart breaks for all of those affected by this…luckily my Katie is unaffected SO FAR…but who knows what they will unveil next? We must stick together and make them all accountable and AWARE so this never happens again. God bless everyone who has lost a pet from this neglect. My prayers are with you all:)
April 20th, 2007 at 1:41 am
Debbie Wagner, 92867
April 20th, 2007 at 1:51 am
Whether this was done out of GREED or an ACCIDENT? The lesson to be learned … is proper (legal) control & inspection of what goes into ALL petfoods!
Hey, IT MAY BE TIME FOR SWITCHING TO … A RAW FOOD DIET for your pets?! (Either make it yourself or ask your local petfood supplier to sell it)
April 20th, 2007 at 1:52 am
Whether this was done out of GREED or an ACCIDENT? The lesson to be learned … is proper (legal) control & inspection of what goes into ALL petfoods!
Hey, IT MAY BE TIME FOR SWITCHING TO … A RAW FOOD DIET for your pets?! (Either make it yourself or ask your local petfood supplier to sell it)
Barbara Ann R3N 1Z5 CANADA
April 20th, 2007 at 3:01 am
92104
Diane Gargaro
April 20th, 2007 at 5:43 am
55123
Michol Langelett
April 20th, 2007 at 7:35 am
Robert A. Reed
53209-1944
First of all these are not our pets but our children. These animals are with ust for as much as 15 years. To go overseas to make food is not acceptable. We or you can make this here. Cheeper is not always better.
April 20th, 2007 at 8:42 am
40065 Clayton D. Fleischer
April 20th, 2007 at 9:15 am
Elizabeth Butler
42420-4018
Manufacturers and Brand Name companies need legislation to force accountability–an incentive to monitor quality without suffering a competitive disadvantage.
April 20th, 2007 at 9:27 am
43123 Sandra Guy—This has been going on far too long. Something has to be done. We give our furry friends what we think is the best for them only to find out we might be killing them with love. SOMEONE has the power to stop this!
April 20th, 2007 at 10:26 am
Donna Weaver 28117
I have 4 cats and 3 Great Danes, all of which are very important to me. They are my family! I believe Pet Food companies should be held accountable.
April 20th, 2007 at 10:35 am
10512
Mimi Cohen
April 20th, 2007 at 11:00 am
48317
Michelle Makowski
April 20th, 2007 at 11:18 am
75218
Beverly LeRoux
What is next? I am worried that it is now in the human food chain and people will be in the same shape our animals are in.
April 20th, 2007 at 11:42 am
85308 Sromek, Gail
April 20th, 2007 at 11:42 am
85308 Sromek, Katy
April 20th, 2007 at 11:43 am
85308
Sromek, Gail
April 20th, 2007 at 11:44 am
85308
Sromek, Katy
April 20th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Cheryl Crook , 13031
The FDA’s proported obligatory purpose for existance is to preserve and protect the safety of our food sources, to not do so is not only criminal but removes their reason for existance. If the officials that run this department of the Federal government cannot do their jobs properly, then I urge you to have them either forceably resign or removed from their positions immediately and replaced by those who Can accomplish their job successfully.
April 20th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Stop this madness
April 20th, 2007 at 11:46 am
L Woodhead 77565
April 20th, 2007 at 11:56 am
93720
Jennifer Kleiser
April 20th, 2007 at 11:58 am
60097
April 20th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Sandra Heglund, 14615
I’m not comfortable with making food for my cats. There are too many variables to be worried about for their proper nutrition. However, it’s now becoming very evident that we can’t trust the pet food makers either. Now what do we do? Fortunately, so far, my cats’ food is not affected. While someone on here said that cheaper isn’t better - well, from the list of foods affected, I’d have to say that more expensive isn’t better either. What is needed is more accountability by the pet food manufacturers.
April 20th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
60131
Judy Tichy
April 20th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
60131
Judy Tichy
April 20th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Ann Gaskell
94023
April 20th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Ann Gaskell 94023
Protect our pets! Put pet health over profit margins!
April 20th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Cheri Basten / Pawsitively Pets Supplies
52001
April 20th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
01845
Judy
Walker
We have a right to the facts about the bad pet food, the FDA should not be withholding brand names that they know about. I am sick of everyday learning that the food I bought yesterday is now on the recalled list.
GIVE US THE ANSWERS BEFORE ANY MORE PETS DIE!
April 20th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
80214 Derek Carosi
April 20th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
95050
Linda Olson
April 20th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
19007
Lori Winter
April 20th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
33936
Carol Morris
April 20th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
FDA should thoroughly investigate sources of contaminated items, why the contaminates were added, and hold accountable all of those parties involved. The problem goes far beyond the pet food makers who probably did not know about the contaminants initially (although if they bought cheaper ingredients just to boost their profit margins or if they knew of potential contamination and did not act in a reasonable fashion to begin recall then they should be held accountable). It appears (from review of web sites) that the melamine may have been added to artifically increase the protein content of the agricultural products.
April 20th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
FDA should thoroughly investigate sources of contaminated items, why the contaminates were added, and hold accountable all of those parties involved. The problem goes far beyond the pet food makers who probably did not know about the contaminants initially (although if they bought cheaper ingredients just to boost their profit margins or if they knew of potential contamination and did not act in a reasonable fashion to begin recall then they should be held accountable). It appears (from review of web sites) that the melamine may have been added to artifically increase the protein content of the agricultural products.
April 20th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Barbara Sanders 24530
April 20th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
23061 Lois gray
April 20th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
53168
Laura Rasmussen
My heart is just breaking over this whole situation. My prayers go out to all who have lost their pets.
April 20th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
65043 Eric Vieth
April 20th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Susan Dyer zip 20720-4324
April 20th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
91355
Joann Moorehead
April 20th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
We need full accountability in both our what we feed our Furkids and what we feed ourselfs. Our own government seems to me is dragging ther feet in the Pet food recalls and if any of the poison has made it to our tables.
There needs to be a full hearing and full stoppage of the imports of both wheat and rice and now corn gluten into this country from overseas. Until we know it is perfectly safe. For both our furkids and ourselves. We have been told that this has been labeled “Human grade” Does this mean the missing piundage is already o our tables?
David Gurule 17356
April 20th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Cynthia Rosa
07974
April 20th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Trudy Wicks
73507
Not only should all the pet food companies involved in this mess be held accountable, the failure of the FDA should be held accountable also. The FDA does no longer perform their function of protecting the public. The FDA is in the pocket of big industry and can’t be trusted. They approve medicines that turn out to kill people and they sure don’t care about our companion animals. Anything to make a buck. Also, all imports from China should halt immediately and all products should be marked that they contain raw material/products from China. That way the consumer can chose if they want to take the risk of using/consuming these products. I for one would not! Any country that will not allow our inspectors into their factories should not be allowed to export products.
April 20th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Cynthia Rosa
07974
Manufacturers MUST be held responsible. We need to set an example to the rest of the industry/world; we WILL HOLD COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE for their product safety & ingredients. Regardless of where the tainted ingredients came from or WHY or HOW they are that way; the restrictions/testing for safety IS the companies responsibility first and foremost.
Not holding these companies responsible is paramount to giving them permission to lie, cheat and murder our pets- our beloved family members. We PAY them for the guarentee these foods are SAFE. Since they are NOT SAFE, then they are accountable for such. They should be held legally responsible in the HIGHEST degree.
To fail to do so would be sending the message that animals/pets are not considered living, feeling creatures. This whole issue is, frankly, the grossest occurance of Animal Cruelty I have EVER seen.
April 20th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Cynthia Heinze
11367
April 20th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
53217 Donna Hammes
April 20th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Misty Probst
04739
April 20th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Misty Probst
04739
April 20th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
David W. Barron (76112)
dwbarron@prodigy.net
April 20th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
20164
MELANIE GALLAGHER
April 20th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
I only hope that something good will come out of the senseless death and illness of thousands of cherished pets.
April 20th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Holly Mastromatto 86004
April 20th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
87111
Terre Williams
April 20th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
07302
Jimmy Choi
April 20th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
76058
Sandra Garber
April 20th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Carol Davis
859 Rose Av
Vernonia, OR 97064
chaileyschoice@msn.com
April 20th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
I’m very concerned with the safety and welfare of my furfriends and heartily applaud all efforts to make their food safe!
April 20th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
91502-Kim Shattuck
April 20th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Renée Laurent-Prater
Montclair, CA 91763
April 20th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
75230 Lisa Winstead
April 20th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
06082
Linda Percoski
April 20th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
I thought by buying the best food would keep my baby safe.
Why are money hungry businesses allowed to get away with murder? Our pets are - are family. Sometimes the only famlily
April 20th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
34205
When will the money monsters be held accountable I always bought the best food money could buy for my dog. She did not get poisoned this time, I don’t think. I am now cooking human food for her. The only thing I did not see recalled was pill pockets - they had wheat gluten they got tossed. Are they are the recall list?
April 20th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
We can only hope this inexcusable disgrace will give some pet food companies the opportunity to step up to the plate and deliver what they all claim! Here’s your chance…
April 20th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
49548 Shelly Brecker
April 20th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
We need to hold all those accountable and we need to protect our furry family members. Lets get the news to talk more about this so we take care of all of the dogs and cats. I am still in shock that this is happening and I think we have a long road ahead of us before this is over.
Shelly
49548
April 20th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
95826
Ashley Leech
April 20th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
02139 Adrian Thierry
April 20th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
75074 Cheryl Bales
When this horrible event is over we will discover two types of dog food. Low end… allowing “permissable” (according to our governments low standards of nutrition) awful toxins like BHT, BHA, dyes, food coloring, etc. AND the High end - the companies who really do produce “premium” human-grade products for our pets. This isn’t the first pet food recall in history, but it appears to be one of the largest and worst. How many pets have to die before someone makes changes in legislation and puts a stop to these occurrances. Let’s fight to keep the high end companies accountable for the quality products they are providing so this doesn’t happen again.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
75040
Sandra Schreiber
April 20th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
75218
John Schatz
April 20th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
74055
Terryll Mcwilliams
April 20th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
75040
Nan Mercurio
April 20th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
76028
Dee Ann Herring
April 20th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
77505
Sandra Clarke
April 20th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Valarie Matusz 48096
April 20th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Christy M. Roberson
35212
April 20th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
65201
Marsha Goldberg
April 20th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
susan mckee j0x 3k0
April 20th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
98374 Anne Hauntz
April 20th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Cynthia Laramore
laramore@mail.med.upenn.edu
08536
April 20th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
92629
melanie schweitzer
NO food imports from China!
April 20th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
87112 Bridgett A. Backer
April 20th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Jackie Green E2E-4C4 - Canada
April 20th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
E2E-4C4
April 20th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
30052 Judith Cooper
April 20th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
It’s time the pet food industry be held responsible. Why is it that they have to import ingredients? Can this not be grown/supplied here in the USA? For the sake of our beloved pets, there needs to be stricter regulations in place they are enforced.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
11001 PEG HECKER
April 20th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
11001 Peg Hecker
Nothing should be imported from China to the US, least of all feed or food ingredients.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
94306, Keane, Anne
April 20th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
89509
Mary Kay Bailey
Please, Congressmen, something must be done. It can’t all be done in the marketplace. The imports from China must be tested and examined, throughly. And NO wheat allowed to come into this country in any form. Same with corn.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
Denene Roberts
17331
April 20th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
55904 , Helen Fischer
Stop importing from China. All Pet food should have where it was manufactured on the label.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
55904 , Helen Fischer
Stop importing from China. All Pet food should have where it was manufactured on the label.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
Anna Bertello 94040
Pet food companies need to be held accoundable. We as pet owners have/had our trust in them to bring quality food to our animals. We need to first stop buying from China and regulate pet food plants better. Pet food companies, our animals are part of our families.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Anna Bertello 94040
Pet food companies need to be held responsible. We need to stop importing from China, better regulate the food quality of our pets food. And pet food companies need to realize that our pets are part of our families.
April 20th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
Pat Murtagh
R2K 2J8
canada
April 20th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
91773
Rhonda Platisa
April 20th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
91773
Charles Platisa
April 20th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
06716 Kerry Bartoletti
April 20th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
19152 Allison Reeder
April 20th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Patricia Fish
April 20th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
98801
Louise McEwen
April 20th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
10011
Joan Isbister
April 20th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
17837 Jane Hayward
If pet owners are going to keep being told that they can’t safely and nutriously feed their own pet then these companies need to be very certain that the foods we buy for our pets are safe.
April 21st, 2007 at 12:05 am
98258, Maureen Simpson
April 21st, 2007 at 12:25 am
94019
Shannon Martin
April 21st, 2007 at 12:26 am
Gladys Creson Says:
April 20th 2007 at 9:30 pm
94568
Gladys Creson
Companies should be accountable for the food they sell.
April 21st, 2007 at 1:05 am
Elizabeth Schmidt 95020
April 21st, 2007 at 1:50 am
41075
Anne Araya
April 21st, 2007 at 2:02 am
Laura Sympson
91601
April 21st, 2007 at 3:16 am
80909
Nicole J. Brian
April 21st, 2007 at 6:52 am
01009
Karen Anderson
April 21st, 2007 at 7:03 am
Pamela Wingert-Loomis
New York 14905
April 21st, 2007 at 7:11 am
14905
Pamela Wingert-Loomis
No accountabililty means larger profits for the share-holders - garbage in big bucks out! Why would they care…after all, we’re faceless to ‘THEM’ as are our critter family members. I say we feed ‘THEM’ the crap they have put out there for us to feed our pet family members, but unlike ‘THEM’, we’ll tell ‘THEM’ what we’re giving ‘THEM’ to eat. I wonder how they would react?
April 21st, 2007 at 7:24 am
I’am outraged by this assault on all the innocent victims
OUR PETS!! OUR COMPANIONS!! OUR LOVED ONES!!
They cannot speak for themselves.. they rely on us completely.. we love them dearly like our own children.. they trust us with thier lives.. they love us back unconditionally.. they are our family pets, search and rescue, police and fire, border protection, missing children finders, drug detecters, help the blind and many others with disability’s, they maybe the only family and companion for an elderly person, they also go to war, they are never ask for anything in return except our love.
We must fight for our pets because we have to and we all know if it was the other way around they would fight for us!!
The bible says we were given domain over the animals and we are to take care of them.
We must seek justice in numbers.. We can be bigger than any corperation.. We must pull together and support our pets and support our friends and family’s.
This now is a War between US and THEM!
We also know one day they will all have to answer to God..
As God as our witness we will seek justice..
EVERYONE STAY STRONG AND STAY THE COARSE.. WE WILL FIGHT THIS ONE TO THE END!!!
April 21st, 2007 at 7:26 am
Maureen Brandal
98034
I’am outraged by this assault on all the innocent victims
OUR PETS!! OUR COMPANIONS!! OUR LOVED ONES!!
They cannot speak for themselves.. they rely on us completely.. we love them dearly like our own children.. they trust us with thier lives.. they love us back unconditionally.. they are our family pets, search and rescue, police and fire, border protection, missing children finders, drug detecters, help the blind and many others with disability’s, they maybe the only family and companion for an elderly person, they also go to war, they are never ask for anything in return except our love.
We must fight for our pets because we have to and we all know if it was the other way around they would fight for us!!
The bible says we were given domain over the animals and we are to take care of them.
We must seek justice in numbers.. We can be bigger than any corperation.. We must pull together and support our pets and support our friends and family’s.
This now is a War between US and THEM!
We also know one day they will all have to answer to God..
As God as our witness we will seek justice..
EVERYONE STAY STRONG AND STAY THE COARSE.. WE WILL FIGHT THIS ONE TO THE END!!!
April 21st, 2007 at 7:34 am
40214
Wendy Reesor
April 21st, 2007 at 7:49 am
Char Frost 91604
This is a heinous crime that consumers have been mislead about the safety of pet food for their companion animals by these large corporations and pet food companies about the outsourcing of products and ingredients to China. Not only do we need to ban the import ingredients and cease relationships with the offending responsible parties, there needs to be new labeling laws requiring ingredient source origin countries to be disclosed. Many companies currently list their plants in various locations in the U.S. on labels. How would anyone have known that ingredients were actually coming from China? This must be stopped. This industry must be revolutionized from current standards in order to protect future pet and human food supplies.
April 21st, 2007 at 8:08 am
48138
Della Bialy
We must help the helpless. We have to be their eyes and ears and most importantly their voice during this sad, sad time.
April 21st, 2007 at 8:13 am
Werner Scott
Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
S4R 5J8
email: shagya49@accesscomm.ca
April 21st, 2007 at 9:25 am
02892
Carol Vecchione
April 21st, 2007 at 10:18 am
Barbara Baldwin
0608
jzzlvr13@comcast.net
April 21st, 2007 at 10:28 am
52645
Lesley Stewart
April 21st, 2007 at 11:42 am
98392
MeLissa Chavez
April 21st, 2007 at 11:57 am
47362 / DK MELTON This is totally insane… Why can we not keep and eat what we grow and inspect ourselves! If there is any left then we could export that…some homeland security, if they can get it into our pets food supply, is what we consume far behind or any safer? I’m willing to bet that this whole thing while go far beyond… ONLY our pet food supply. Lord help us all
April 21st, 2007 at 12:08 pm
L1H 5Y2
Dawn McBride
April 21st, 2007 at 12:08 pm
60137
Marcia Hostetler
There must be accountability in the pet food industry to deliver a healthy quality product with detailed labels describing ingredients and sources of protein so we can make an informed decision on behalf of our pets.
April 21st, 2007 at 12:54 pm
07801….pamela fruendt
April 21st, 2007 at 12:56 pm
sue coleman 12956
I think it is a shame that we put so much trust in other countries for everything we can do right here in the USA…
This is just one more example of how important money is to some people.
Risk is worth a penny saved?
I get sick thinking about it.It is way past time to take care of our own.
Time for American’s to pull it together and depend on each other.
It could have been a bigger tragedy than it was.
I am not saying the loss of peoples pets (family members) should be slighted in any way.
I am asking if we are suppose to sit back and trust the persons responsable to pay the extra dollar for peace of mind?
Or is it just a matter of time before we are all dying terrible and meaningless deaths for the sake of a dollar?
We have our own resources and we need to rely on them and stop turning to other countries for things we have right here.
April 21st, 2007 at 1:37 pm
have a heat you have teh power youhave the mean and the need
youknow hwo to and youknow what to do it dont over think it dont tink aoubt you tink about the pet and dont tell me you or we are becase you are not just do it all ready
do what right
take all the bad pet food that conine bad ingreat off teh shelf and if need start all over
April 21st, 2007 at 1:52 pm
have a heart do what right and you know what to do
get all the bad food off the shelf that contine the bad ingreat
start over dont over think it
jsut do it already
dontover tink it
April 21st, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Mary laBelle
22003
April 21st, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Rita Crepeau
05774
April 21st, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Mary LaBelle
05774
April 21st, 2007 at 2:28 pm
96797
Mimi Forsyth
April 21st, 2007 at 2:33 pm
11235
Holly Smith
April 21st, 2007 at 2:36 pm
11235
Holly Smith
I lost my beloved cat of 13 years on Feb 9th. I sympathize with all pet owners who have lost their pet.
April 21st, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Anne Freeman
40330
April 21st, 2007 at 3:06 pm
98122
Kari Guddal
April 21st, 2007 at 3:43 pm
08840
Tamara Hladik
April 21st, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Our family’s condolences to all those who have lost their beloved pets due to the recent tragic event.
April 21st, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Anita Guerrero
91016
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Our family’s condolences to all those who have lost their beloved pets due to the recent tragic event.
April 21st, 2007 at 4:32 pm
13760
Annette Agostini
April 21st, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Caroline Luat Young 90026
April 21st, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Jane Brennan
98052
April 21st, 2007 at 5:34 pm
44130 Paula Kaftan
April 21st, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Elena Brady 15208
No more food imports from China!
April 21st, 2007 at 6:29 pm
95683 Valerie Forsch
April 21st, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Valerie Forsch
95683
April 21st, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Patricia Chelton
21040
April 21st, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Anne Morrissey 33770
FDA needs to beef up enforcement of all food products, both imported and domestic. If it isn’t safe for my dog, I don’t want it either. Bio-engineered
food is not acceptable, and we can not import from countries that think it is.
April 21st, 2007 at 7:15 pm
Amy Diem
33414
April 21st, 2007 at 7:18 pm
33414
Amy Diem
Treating the loss of a pet as property damage is woefully inadequate. It does nothing to recognize the loss of life involved. There needs to be a “civil” action for animal cruelty with appropriate damages, if not wrongful death.
April 21st, 2007 at 8:03 pm
78414 Angie Birmingham
April 21st, 2007 at 9:05 pm
06851; Theresa Zagarino
April 21st, 2007 at 9:05 pm
06851 Theresa Zagarino
April 21st, 2007 at 9:05 pm
brenna washow
62901
April 21st, 2007 at 9:13 pm
45011 ruth gaskins
April 21st, 2007 at 9:21 pm
60148, Valerie Buitron
April 21st, 2007 at 9:59 pm
15301
Stephanie Clark
April 21st, 2007 at 10:01 pm
11354 jennifer baer
April 21st, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Debbie Ponton
29108
April 21st, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Debbie Ponton
29108
dpontonscresales@bellsouth.net
April 21st, 2007 at 10:52 pm
Brian Ponton Sr
29108
blasterman6915@bellsouth.net
April 21st, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Dorothy Riggleman
21221
metroonsiterep@wmconnect.com
April 21st, 2007 at 10:53 pm
33463 Rebecca J. Del Medico
April 21st, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Chris Moore
21220
bustee53@aol.com
April 21st, 2007 at 10:55 pm
Gordon Moore
tearzrinheaven2@wmconnect.com
21220
April 21st, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Elizabeth Heitkamp
29108
the4pontonboys@wmconnect.com
April 21st, 2007 at 11:01 pm
My sympathy to the pet owners who have suffered from this careless and heartless crime against the innocents. The only way, I feel, that I could hurt the companies involved, is by NOT buying their products! I will NEVER buy any product involved with this disaster, not in a million years. Through different web sites I have found many foods not involved with this recall. I’m the proud owner of two dogs and five cats, so needless to say, I buy quiet a bit of food and treats.
April 21st, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Tina Allen — 64134
April 22nd, 2007 at 1:40 am
95070
Sherri Fraser
April 22nd, 2007 at 1:42 am
Sherri Fraser
95070
April 22nd, 2007 at 3:28 am
85033
Liz Bejarano
April 22nd, 2007 at 9:18 am
Our pets are like precious children to many of us pet owners. I also believe that this contamination was done deliberately.
I boldly call those responsible “murderers and thieves”.
When money and profits are put ahead of everything else, everyone suffers. But these money hungry profiteers will suffer the most in the end.
April 22nd, 2007 at 9:19 am
23111
lynn mooney
April 22nd, 2007 at 9:45 am
Jennifer Carnahan - 74337
As horrible as the pet food recalls have been, could you imagine the devastation if this concerned human foods, and now it may have? Our government agencies are paid with billions of tax payer funds, can we not expect better performance from them? This has been known about for some time now, and the lack of action or late action from our FDA, Congress, and commercial food mfgs is appalling. So much for those “free trade agreements”, that allow less than reputable foreign companies to poison us for profit. Do you think any of US companies ever sent anything to China, with profit in mind over safety??
April 22nd, 2007 at 10:22 am
Iris Mcgarity 78731
April 22nd, 2007 at 11:14 am
Ray Gwyn Smith 95060
My 9 year old vital, healthy cat detriorated into a vomitting, anorexic, depressed cat in ten days from eating contaminated food. Almost a week in intensive care she came back to life but with permanently damaged kidneys, and a life time of injections and medication ahead of her.
April 22nd, 2007 at 11:17 am
Ray Gwyn Smith 95060
My 9 year old vital, healthy cat detriorated into a vomitting, anorexic, depressed cat in ten days from eating contaminated food. Almost a week in intensive care she came back to life but with permanently damaged kidneys, and a life time of injections and medication ahead of her. She was poisoned by food sold as safe in America. This is tragic and unforgivable.
April 22nd, 2007 at 11:54 am
Randy Sue Rabideau, 76179
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:02 pm
66441 Teri Augustine
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Erica Powell, 46947
April 22nd, 2007 at 12:50 pm
92064 Michelle Morin-Boles
April 22nd, 2007 at 1:10 pm
39470
Linda Daigle
April 22nd, 2007 at 1:18 pm
92104 Diane Gargaro
April 22nd, 2007 at 2:07 pm
07624
Marcy Prastos
April 22nd, 2007 at 2:35 pm
Donna Butler 32825
April 22nd, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Caroline Barrow 73099
April 22nd, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Hannah Laws 55369
April 22nd, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Marjorie Knoll 54601
April 22nd, 2007 at 3:58 pm
85718 John Frazier
April 22nd, 2007 at 3:58 pm
85718 John Frazier
April 22nd, 2007 at 4:20 pm
75002 Norma Cobb
April 22nd, 2007 at 4:37 pm
15425 Melanie Eicher
April 22nd, 2007 at 4:41 pm
15425 Elizabeth Showman
April 22nd, 2007 at 4:55 pm
87059 Doug Pyles
April 22nd, 2007 at 5:18 pm
12205 Sandra Engett
April 22nd, 2007 at 5:33 pm
11004 Danielle E
April 22nd, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Elizabeth Bluett 07860
April 22nd, 2007 at 6:05 pm
32927 Jacqueline Drago
April 22nd, 2007 at 6:17 pm
28396 Vickie Haywood
April 22nd, 2007 at 7:08 pm
54603 Victoria Stolpa
April 22nd, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Melantha Tatum 97701
April 22nd, 2007 at 7:24 pm
77584
Gail Burnett
April 22nd, 2007 at 8:32 pm
28806
linda marcous
April 22nd, 2007 at 10:04 pm
92128
April 22nd, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Any hestitation on the part of any pet food company is an absolute outrage.
April 22nd, 2007 at 10:25 pm
37211 Shelia Sprayberry
April 22nd, 2007 at 11:05 pm
80134
Patti Quitugua
April 22nd, 2007 at 11:36 pm
Donna Olsen
We’re outraged that Menu Foods chose to wait until “proof” of tainted foods was received before recalling these foods. They had the proof in house in December in their own feed tests killing the “subject” animals. We also need to hold China accountable for their lack of interest in what their manufacturers are doing and using on their food products. The government lacks any control and the manufacturers seem to feel that as long as the money comes in there is no problem. Start asking “is their anything in this product that came from China” and if the answer is yes, do not buy it if at all possible!
Zip code 53225
April 23rd, 2007 at 12:10 am
78213
Jennifer Ochoa
April 23rd, 2007 at 2:53 am
33037 Sharon Sydnor
April 23rd, 2007 at 2:53 am
15012
Pamela P Sichi
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:36 am
44241 Jacqui More
This is disgusting, frustrating, and despicable that these companies who get their supplies from Menu Foods & Wilbur Ellis (as well as those companies) have done nothing but lie, be deceitful about their practices, relable their packages so as to trick the consumer into thinking they are purchasing safe foods, as well as the repackaging er I mean reprocessing of the same tainted foods to be resold.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:46 am
02056 carolyn martin
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:48 am
07470
Jayne Monchuk
The manufacturers should be held liable for any harm they may cause to our pets! It is their responsibility to make sure there products are safe, and the FDA should step in to regulate and fine or shut down these companies!
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:05 am
Susan Pike
San Diego Ca. 92109
spike001@san.rr.com
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:17 am
Jeanine Jagoda 48430 lilmisswalker@charter.net
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:56 am
32550 bobbye miller
we must insist on accountability for our pet food manufacturers. this is murder!
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:47 am
LAURIE REED 53221
tHESE COMPANIES MAKE THE FOOD FOR OUR PETS AND IF THEY USE THINGS THAT HURT OUR PETS. yES THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THE DAMAGE THEY CREATE.
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:48 am
Lisa Krohn 44089
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:30 am
Sandra L Richards
06877
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:32 am
47170
Terri Oak
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:52 am
32708
Dana Ibold
April 23rd, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Erin Parsley
94116
April 23rd, 2007 at 12:36 pm
06851
Susan Tannian
April 23rd, 2007 at 1:22 pm
Melissa Wirth
18034
April 23rd, 2007 at 1:33 pm
I think the companises should be held responsible for any vet bills as we are paying very good money to feed our pets what we call the best food possible. There is no pet insurance for stuff like this and vet bills are very expensive. Someone should be held responsible for their stupid actions, importing fillers and crap from China! Like if we can’t produce that stuff here in the states and canada,
April 23rd, 2007 at 2:02 pm
97007
Carol Owens
April 23rd, 2007 at 2:10 pm
98004
Lorraine Thiesen
April 23rd, 2007 at 2:19 pm
Kellie Green
91324
April 23rd, 2007 at 2:31 pm
91711
Stephen Dreher
April 23rd, 2007 at 2:31 pm
22181
Jessica Allen
April 23rd, 2007 at 2:32 pm
22181
sean curtin
April 23rd, 2007 at 3:11 pm
34705 Betty Gossett
Food products from China need to be banned in the US. The contamination of the ingredients was apparently deliberate. They are refusing to let the FBI inspect their plants. We do not need or want these products brought.
April 23rd, 2007 at 3:26 pm
Tim Hyde
98446
April 23rd, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Jackie Manning, 77058
April 23rd, 2007 at 4:20 pm
17304
Joan Cromer
April 23rd, 2007 at 5:07 pm
77380
Jennifer Bryson
April 23rd, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Vanessa Mulheren
07701
April 23rd, 2007 at 5:39 pm
From peteducation.com: “The other factor is that next to marketing, protein is the most expensive ingredient in the food … ”
When it comes to profit making within the business community, it has always been about the bottom line. Now it is further confirmed that profit making is a bottomless pit at everyone’s expense. Sadly.
Caprice Nguyen
91106
April 23rd, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Caprice Nguyen
91016
April 23rd, 2007 at 5:42 pm
19054
Delores Kraut
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:24 pm
92129
Michelle Wang
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:26 pm
C Kelly 95020
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:27 pm
92372-1469; Jamaka PETZAK: This tragedy is devastating for ALL of us whose family includes beloved cats (and/or dogs). While all of the entities selling poisoned/contaminated foods need to be notified and, if necessary, punitive action taken against them, I hope that this crisis will not devolve into an exercise in nationalism and intolerance. Many incidents of contamination of food and medications, deliberate and otherwise, have occurred domestically. They can and do happen anywhere, for all the reasons known. Let’s remember this, and not get out of control.
April 23rd, 2007 at 6:42 pm
It is attrocious how big companies want our money but dont care about the ingreidients they add in foods we feed our fur babies.
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:14 pm
YES,,,,make EVERY Pet Food company that is involved be responsible for their neglect in selling POISONED food.. We trusted them and in return we have sick , dying and dead beloved pets.
Lois Boylan
Maryland, 21093-4303
April 23rd, 2007 at 7:24 pm
93402
Peter Hewitt
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:36 pm
85224
Deb Crann
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:36 pm
85224
Mark Klemkosky
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:37 pm
07054
Mary Crann
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:12 pm
lorie weaver
76308
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:18 pm
Nadine Long 96150
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:28 pm
19382 Adrienne Foley
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Andrea Sledge 35226
April 23rd, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Andrea Sledge 35226
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:05 pm
93306 Jennifer Buckey
I demand exceptional standards for food quality and safety for humans and our loyal furry friends!
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Tina Gifford
12828
April 24th, 2007 at 12:00 am
08840 Fran Skwarka
April 24th, 2007 at 12:28 am
60045
Erin Mallon
April 24th, 2007 at 1:44 am
We need substantive & immediate legislation to make sure the FDA does what it has already been given the mandate to do. Yet it continues to avoid protecting us and our pets seemingly without consequence.
alan brown
32751
April 24th, 2007 at 2:49 am
31411
T. LaVerne Ricks-Brown
April 24th, 2007 at 2:55 am
T. LaVerne Ricks-Brown
31411
PLEASE hold pet food companies accountable to healthy and legal standards for our valued family members! The death of our beloved pet has been devastating!!!
April 24th, 2007 at 5:55 am
37397 GR Vinson
April 24th, 2007 at 5:57 am
Sadie Vinson 37397
First, contamination appears in our pet food, might this contamination be extended to human consumption?
April 24th, 2007 at 6:13 am
06371 Hercy Lord
April 24th, 2007 at 8:21 am
13027
Ellen Toll
We’re paying big bucks to keep our pets healthy….if I wouldn’t eat it, I don’t want to feed it to them…PERIOD!!! Get governments act together…this is pure murder!
April 24th, 2007 at 8:31 am
Please help!
April 24th, 2007 at 9:10 am
56401
Missy Fletcher
April 24th, 2007 at 9:10 am
76071 Debbie Rhodes
April 24th, 2007 at 9:13 am
56401 Missy Fletcher
April 24th, 2007 at 9:20 am
WHAT ELSE DOES A PERSON NEED BUT TO WORRY ABOUT FEEDING THE PETS OF THE WORLD WITH UNSAFE FOOD THAT BIG COMPANIES RUN FOR PROFITS ONLY. iT IS VULGAR AND INSULTING TO PET OWNERS THE WORLD OVER TO TRY AND RUN A SCAM ON PETS AND OWNERS.
April 24th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Leigh Garofalow 07003
April 24th, 2007 at 10:21 am
61878 Misty Goodman
April 24th, 2007 at 10:37 am
My dog died last September from Kidney Failure. She was a healthy 2 1/2 year old Lab when she got sick from Kidney Failure after eating Ol’ Roy and Priority canned dog food. I’m still waiting to hear from Menu foods. They finally called 3 weeks ago and said they would send out a packet of paper work. i’m still waiting!!!! And my dog is dead!!!
April 24th, 2007 at 10:48 am
32927
sandi weiner
April 24th, 2007 at 10:58 am
Stop all food imports! Our food supply for humans AND animals should be top priority. Why should we have to worry about the food we eat or feed our pets. This has to stop NOW!!!
April 24th, 2007 at 11:07 am
24301
Marcia Penland
April 24th, 2007 at 11:20 am
44107 Janine Anderson
April 24th, 2007 at 11:20 am
44107 Mike Dainis
April 24th, 2007 at 11:20 am
44142 Rita Anderson
April 24th, 2007 at 11:21 am
44142 Glenn Anderson
April 24th, 2007 at 11:22 am
35803 Vanessa Banes
April 24th, 2007 at 11:22 am
Hope Wicken
68108
April 24th, 2007 at 11:41 am
98229
Marc Costanza
April 24th, 2007 at 11:44 am
22920
Cindy Thompson
April 24th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
76084-4821
Kathleen Chenault Weaver & Robert B.C. Weaver
April 24th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Jill Lovell
91344
April 24th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Kathleen & Robert
76084-4821
Our beloved dog died a horrible death just before the recall. While we cannot prove that she died due to the food we were giving her (it was one of the recalled foods in the correct period) we firmly believe that the SUDDEN ONSET of kidney failure was due to tainted food. She was a happy bouncy girl one day and deathly ill the next morning! We are devestated and haunted by her terrible and sudden demise. Please, legislators, sign a Pet Food Accountability Bill into law! Stop the needless pain and suffering! We will be haunted by this for the rest of our lives. We thought we were giving her the best nutrition that was available and now we don’t know what is safe for our other beloved pets or for ourselves for that matter. We are feeding all organic foods now (at great expense to us). Hopefully our little friends will be safe from toxins this way.
April 24th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
83705 Rachelle Littau
April 24th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
14432 Nora Wilt
April 24th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
14432
Nora Wilt
April 24th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Kim and Allen Turner
April 24th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
56431
LORENA TOVEY
We must blame greed. Stockholders want more and push companies for greater profits. The companies push the management to find ways to produce the product cheaper, regardless of consequences.
Our pets and animals in general have suffered (animal abuse, puppy mills, etc.) due to weak laws and punishment. Maybe this will push more people to push the government to act.
April 24th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Chris Logan
28711
April 24th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
I urge all pet owners to contact their legislators to pass laws to make pet food manufacurers acountable. Begin with your local legislators and county commissions. I work for a legislator and I am talking to him about what can be done to insure this never happens again. I read in todays newspaper that today in Washington, a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee will hold a hearing on the FDA’s oversight of the food supply, with a focus on the recent cases of contaminated spinach, peanut butter and PET FOODS. The hearing is a broader investigation by lawmakers into the FDA’s handling of food safety for us and our pets. Please let your voice be heard!
April 24th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
75060
Susan Sims
April 24th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Linda Johnson
April 24th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Cynthia Kerfoot
17241
April 24th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
E Parsons
April 24th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Martha C. Whitt
24290
April 24th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Sheri Mathews
April 24th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Sheri Mathews
32779
April 24th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Sheri Mathews 32779
April 24th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Joe Foye
92646
Everyone should also e-mail their Reps. and voice their concerns.
April 24th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Steps need to be taken to destroy the tainted food, not pass it into another venue - such as hog farmers, which apparently has already happened. What happens if a person were to eat pork that was fed the contaminated pet food? We need to make sure that safeguards are in place for all of us - humans and non-humans.
April 24th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Carrie Kruczek 32819
April 24th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Joan Sincic 32836
April 24th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Paula Toot Zip: 32819
April 24th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Tom and Carrie Kruczek 32819
April 24th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Allison Kruczek 32819
April 24th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Barbara Langan, 92646
April 24th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Thank you for all you are doing.
April 24th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
TO WHOM THIS CONCERNS. WITH ALL THE FOOD RECALLS LATELY IT JUST SHOWS HOW GREEDY THIS WORLD HAS GOTTEN. WE IMPORT OUR GRAINS AND PROTEINS FROM CHINA…TO OUT SOURCE OUR FARMERS. DO YOU PEOPLE HONESTLY THINK US ANIMAL LOVERS WOULD COMPLAIN IF WE HAD TO PAY A FEW MORE BUCKS MORE TO USE AMERICAN. I AM POSITIVE NOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THERE COMPANIONS WHO WOULD OF PAID THE EXTRA!!!!!!!!!! WHEN ALL OF THIS BEGAN THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT SAID OH WELL THEY ARE JUST ANIMALS…SHOULD I SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT EAT CONTAMINATED MEAT AND EITHER GET SICK AND DIE OR HAVE SOMEONE DIE ….OH THEY ARE JUST ANIMALS. THIS JUST SHOWS HOW LACK OUR WORLD HAS GOTTEN. WHERE WAS THE FDA WHEN DIAMOND WAS ALLOWED TO SELL SALVAGED FOOD TO HOG FARMERS……DID THEY DO IT FROM THE FIRST RECALL IN MARCH AS WELL???????? WE WILL NEVER KNOW. HOW ABOUT WHEN CHINA SENT THE RICE PROTEIN TO ELLIS IN CONTAMINATED BAGS THAT EVEN HAD MELAMINE WRITTEN ON THE BAG….HAVE WE GOTTEN THAT TIED UP WITH STUFF. SEEMS LIKE WE NEED TO BACK OFF THE WAR AND START CONCENTRATING ON US AMERICANS A LITTLE MORE. THIS JUST SHOWS HOW EASY IT WOULD BE TO WIPE AN ENTIRE POPULATION OUT. DOESN’T BUSH HAVE ANIMALS LIKE THE REST OF THE AMERICANS??????????CONCERNED ANIMAL OWNER AND LOVER………….
April 24th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Jill Solomon, 48331
April 24th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Lisa Beiga
60491
April 24th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Mary Kemp 84047
This fiasco needs to end. The FDA needs to find the tainted food and get it off the shelfs. Does the FDA think they are helping pet food companies by not releasing their names? I feed my dogs a rice based food, since they haven’t released the names of all the companies that received tainted rice I have stopped. I’m now buying a grain free, human grade food that has 100% domestic ingredients for my dogs. Maybe I don’t need to, maybe the food I use is fine, maybe I’m wrongly withdrawing my support from an innocent food company. Maybe, but I won’t risk the lives of my family members based on a maybe. I’ll do anything in my power to keep them safe.
April 24th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Carolyn Jenkin
74133
April 24th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
56431
LORENA TOVEY
April 24th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
Diana and Marty Skates
37343
April 24th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Karen Rochat 98675
April 24th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Karen Rochat
98675
April 24th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
95678 Deborah Spooner
April 24th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
37343 pat woodley
April 24th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Sandy Hale 37363
April 24th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
Tina Christensen-Parman
28365
April 24th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
Leslie Kuhn 08088
April 24th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
10009
amy cohen
April 24th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Wendy Boyce 07751
April 24th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Wendy Boyce 07751
April 24th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
37398 Becky Templeton
37398 Handly Templeton
April 24th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
76262
Sara Legvold
April 25th, 2007 at 12:01 am
Jacqueline Lipka 32712
April 25th, 2007 at 12:22 am
37412
Brandy Fullerton
April 25th, 2007 at 12:22 am
06804
Marilyn Pinard
April 25th, 2007 at 12:22 am
Judith Sanzo
60471
April 25th, 2007 at 1:17 am
94706
Phoenix Vie
April 25th, 2007 at 1:22 am
Accountability for loss and future accountability too!
Why is the name of the company supplying an industry-wide ingredient witheld from the consumer and oft described as proprietary information?
I want to check up on pet food companies on my own. I want my pet food company to be proud of their product’s safety enough that they will tell me from what manufacturer they get their products, and from what distributors their manufacturer gets ingredients and from what importer the distributor purchases ingredients and from what country the ingredients originate and the name of the company that is exporting those ingredients. Consumers should have the right to know the entire supply chain and judge for themselves if those involved are up to their standards!
This kind of accountability would encourage companies to remain well behaved and allow consumers to make empowered decisions instead of having to ‘trust’ large corporations.
April 25th, 2007 at 1:23 am
Maria Pappas
92663
April 25th, 2007 at 2:19 am
92691 Allison Fellenz
April 25th, 2007 at 2:21 am
Still waiting to hear back from Natural Balance to see if they will help with our vet bills.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:50 am
86368 Gersthofen - Germany
because we’ve bought for long years pet food from the usa - Nutro, Iams, Royal Canin. Great names with much of poisson …
April 25th, 2007 at 8:16 am
37411 Lois Moss
April 25th, 2007 at 8:17 am
lois moss
lhmoss@hotmail.com
37411
April 25th, 2007 at 8:35 am
04769 Pat Smith
April 25th, 2007 at 8:38 am
02860, Ken McGill
April 25th, 2007 at 9:40 am
06877
Wendy Weaver
April 25th, 2007 at 9:40 am
06877
Keith Weaver
April 25th, 2007 at 10:07 am
This situation could have easily been avoided. It is appalling that the
FDA did not do it’s job and protect our pets and human food supply.
Lynn Rogers
zip code: 01602
April 25th, 2007 at 10:27 am
98019 - Brenda Mock
April 25th, 2007 at 10:35 am
28905 carolyn Rice
April 25th, 2007 at 10:37 am
07828 Concetta Cantelmo
April 25th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Susan Sitzmann - 51104
April 25th, 2007 at 11:13 am
Somebody has to do something to fix this! Our pets are NOT 2nd or 3rd class citizens! They are members of our family. They are right up there with our spouses and children! This is crazy that this is even happening!
May Heckman
45440
April 25th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Maartje Eagle
43204
April 25th, 2007 at 11:35 am
76012
anna brosovic
April 25th, 2007 at 11:54 am
audrey oliner 98339
April 25th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
91364
Lindsay Mahoney
April 25th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Alla Igelnik
11102
April 25th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Gwen Hirsch
30628
April 25th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
32714
Martina Kosloff
April 25th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
02066 Joan Hopkins
April 25th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
98329 Cheryl Ozbirn
April 25th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Cheryl Ozbirn 98329
April 25th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
98065 Mary Geddes
April 25th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
91325
Susan Hartzler
April 25th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Donna McKay-Randozzi 98367
April 25th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
21237 janet armstrong
April 25th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
21237 steven armstrong
April 25th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
98367
Donna McKay-Randozzi
April 25th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
I hope there’s strength in our numbers..for our pet’s sake. This recall just exposes those who care nothing for the lives they destroy..as long as they get lots of money in their GREEDY pockets.
I don’t believe for a minute that noone knew of this..they just wanted to save money. And now they’re trying to place the blame elsewhere to save their profits. I HOPE THEY LOSE EVERYTHING for killing our pets.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
78247
Angie Latham
April 25th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Paulette Ortego - 70514
April 25th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
John and Sarah Houston
46835
We should not have to worry about the safety of our pet food. We would all gladly pay more and should boycot China!!!
April 25th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Lynn Jones
Honey Brook, PA 19344
April 25th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
19344: Lynn Jones
April 25th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
Shirley Dolengo
92114
April 25th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Stephanie Russell 60021
heartbroken over my beloved cat, may no one ever again have to watch their best friend suffer needlessly like mine has.
April 25th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
60021 Stephanie Russell
heartbroken over my beloved cat.
May no one ever again have to watch their best friend suffer needlessly as I had to do with mine.
April 25th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Frances Royster 77399
April 25th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Andrea McPherson-Mesa, 03102
April 25th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
maryann newlin
30054
April 25th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
37051
Diane Priami
April 25th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
Doug Goodale
01741
April 25th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Terry Schiff TLSchiff@gmail.com 33488
April 25th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
44236 Kirsten Schultz
April 25th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
24066 Michelle Campbell
April 25th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
Dixie Hazelbaker 45123
April 26th, 2007 at 12:45 am
Amber Seibel - 53963. I am appalled to hear about this! My cats are the loves of my life and to know that the pet food industry may have intentionally compromised their health makes me angry and unwilling to trust.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:13 am
94102 Phyllis Holliday
I have reluctantly ceased using Friskies wet food, having no information about
\that product and now hope that the Trader Joe’s dry food is safe for my cat.
This kind of doubt and confusion is not good for either pet owners and pet food
companies. An investigation into sloppy product testing and a growing, angry
public concerned about the safety of their pets, having been short changed on
news reports is not good for this country.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:35 am
Kendal Obermeyer , 97214
April 26th, 2007 at 7:29 am
Susan Rojas 34117
April 26th, 2007 at 7:30 am
Richard Rojas 34117
April 26th, 2007 at 7:51 am
60033
Elizabeth Keene
April 26th, 2007 at 8:33 am
Jacquie Carroll
Fairless Hills, Pa 19030
April 26th, 2007 at 8:46 am
03446
Lynn Baker
April 26th, 2007 at 9:54 am
10468
Tiffany Gonsalves
April 26th, 2007 at 9:55 am
10468 Tiffany Gonsalves
April 26th, 2007 at 10:39 am
This is appalling! My animals are family.
L.A. Little
78745
April 26th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Pet food labels must provide the same information as labels for food for human consumption. The people at these companies should be required to eat the pet food they’ve manufactured and put on the market.
L.A. Little
78745
April 26th, 2007 at 11:31 am
77042 Kristen Williams
April 26th, 2007 at 11:58 am
Caroline Kert 80301
April 26th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
37421
Earl Gaddis
April 26th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
60061 Arleen Matsushige
April 26th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Understand Pet Food Companies were aware of the “Bad Food”; yet did not worn the public. Therefore, I think they should be held responsible for the Vet bills not counting, the sever harm to our pets and being told there is no more that can be done!!!! Their kidneys and hear are too diseased to recover.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
78753 Helen Chieco
April 26th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
84093 Eric Kraut
April 26th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
This can not ever happen again !!!!
April 26th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Holly Burzlaff
46241
April 26th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Our pets are family members. They were harmed by slack regulations and those responsible should be held accountable.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Constance Anthony
20603
April 26th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
20603 Constance Anthony
April 26th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
33418
Siobhan Tobin
April 26th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
20191 Julie Miller
April 26th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Should be held accountable.
April 26th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Carrie Ostrom
90265
April 26th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
32080
Susan Wright
April 26th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
C Schmitz
90230
April 26th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
90230
CL Schmitz
April 26th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
02831
David Keaney
April 26th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
02831
Cheryl Keaney
April 26th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
91352
Marcy Hernandez
April 26th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
21075 Virginia Bell
April 26th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
21075 Virginia and Michael Bell
April 26th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Jessica Langer
59802
April 26th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
38571 Abby Mifflin
April 26th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
38571 Jerry Mifflin
April 26th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
38555 Johnnie Sexton
April 26th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
38501 Ron Turner
April 26th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
38555 Peggy Fields
April 26th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
92154-1140
Theresa
April 26th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
94044 Gail Browne-McDonald
April 26th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Andrea Freeman 19119
April 26th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
19119 Andrea R. Freeman
April 26th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
19119 Andrea Freeman
April 26th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
92688 Kyoko Narazaki
April 26th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
48457
April 26th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
87109
Julene Theis
April 26th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
07073
KellyAnn Kwiatek
April 26th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
95673
Carl Foster
Bernice Foster
April 26th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
48036
Peter Lucas
April 26th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
50023-Lindsy Reeser
April 26th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
50023-Karen Rech
April 26th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
53081 - Linda Draves
April 27th, 2007 at 12:27 am
30605 Helen Smith
April 27th, 2007 at 12:29 am
30605 Helen Fraser
April 27th, 2007 at 12:32 am
20772
Michelle Hall
April 27th, 2007 at 12:51 am
95949 Loretta Anderson
April 27th, 2007 at 12:54 am
95949 Amy Gonzalez
April 27th, 2007 at 12:56 am
98205-4914
Mary Kenney
April 27th, 2007 at 12:58 am
94547
Sara Kozanevich
April 27th, 2007 at 1:35 am
92109 Barb Dunsmore
April 27th, 2007 at 3:40 am
48088 Rachel Seidarabi
April 27th, 2007 at 4:11 am
98368 K. Benge
April 27th, 2007 at 4:13 am
98368 Katie Benge
April 27th, 2007 at 4:30 am
96707
Kristy Powell
April 27th, 2007 at 4:38 am
Kathy Dean
95526
April 27th, 2007 at 5:00 am
Morris Ruberto
3034
April 27th, 2007 at 5:58 am
04268 Deborah Moulton
This Pet Food Debacle is as frightening in its own way as 9/11. Our pets are the canaries in the coal mine, pointing to the incredible mismangement, inepititude and indifference governing the safety of our food supply. Three countries, USA, Canada and South Africa have been affected.
The collusion between big agribusiness, food inspection, and our current Administration that supports the idea that business is capable of self regulation has got to stop.
We need effective controls in place, and ones that are not at the hands of special interests, to make sure all our foods are safe!
April 27th, 2007 at 6:12 am
Dennis Heade
21237
April 27th, 2007 at 6:12 am
Deborah Szymanik
21237
April 27th, 2007 at 6:50 am
07002 Barbara Gaffney
April 27th, 2007 at 7:33 am
Gloria naumann 54701
April 27th, 2007 at 7:56 am
32810 Marcie Schwalm
April 27th, 2007 at 7:58 am
Sibyl Blankenship - Zip code 77339
April 27th, 2007 at 8:00 am
77339 Sibyl Blankenship
April 27th, 2007 at 8:10 am
Kristina Dambra 06443
April 27th, 2007 at 8:27 am
Jana Ritter 60559
April 27th, 2007 at 8:45 am
30041 Glenda Tucker
April 27th, 2007 at 8:53 am
03903 terry gray
April 27th, 2007 at 9:03 am
Renee Farwell 14127
April 27th, 2007 at 9:08 am
27379
April 27th, 2007 at 9:24 am
06488
Martha Kirkland Cuthbert
April 27th, 2007 at 9:28 am
This is hard to believe and now, in addition to worrying about our pets we have to be concerned about our own food. Its all about greed and sloppy
work methods that have allowed this situation to spin out of control. Thanks to “Itchmo” for being so alert and pro-active in warning us and trying so very hard to protect at our pets regardless of the cost to themselves. We are most grateful. Accountability would be gratifying, but more than anything else we would like to see the end of this danger to our
pets.
Joyce Cason and Debra Edwards (23462)
April 27th, 2007 at 9:36 am
Kathy Chilcoat
87544
April 27th, 2007 at 9:36 am
07840
stephanie price
April 27th, 2007 at 9:38 am
53081
Joseph Oonk
April 27th, 2007 at 9:40 am
Francine Reifsnyder
85023
April 27th, 2007 at 9:41 am
44647 michelle deibel
April 27th, 2007 at 9:42 am
85023
Francine Reifsnyder
April 27th, 2007 at 9:42 am
63031
Carol Hinkelman
April 27th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Sonya Webb
40502
April 27th, 2007 at 9:58 am
Syd Johnson
12498
April 27th, 2007 at 10:03 am
33771
Lauren Jackson
April 27th, 2007 at 10:16 am
Susan Frumerie
06712
April 27th, 2007 at 10:16 am
27612
Susan Amicucci
April 27th, 2007 at 10:24 am
06614 Shirleen Dubuque
April 27th, 2007 at 10:34 am
73120 sharon richardson
April 27th, 2007 at 10:35 am
45887
Pat Joseph
April 27th, 2007 at 10:39 am
Kelly S Thompson
T0M 1R0
April 27th, 2007 at 10:40 am
Deborah Witt 48908
April 27th, 2007 at 10:42 am
Please get this terrible issue corrected NOW.
Before we loose any more of our beautiful & beloved Pets.
April 27th, 2007 at 10:43 am
60174
Arlene KEller
April 27th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Jennifer Hofmann, Lindenhurst, IL 60046
April 27th, 2007 at 10:53 am
32714, Dawn Stout
April 27th, 2007 at 11:02 am
85207
Lana R. Hayes
April 27th, 2007 at 11:03 am
Marque Turner
73835
I own a SEIZURE ALERT SERVICE DOG. We just got “lucky” that she is still with us, since recalled chicken jerky treats were her favorite rewards for SERVICE rendered!
My heart goes out to those who have lost pets & Service Dogs, because of this horrible NEGLIGENCE & GREED!
I’m ASHAMED of the FDA, stores who still have recalled products on their shelves, and ALL involved in this MASSACRER!
April 27th, 2007 at 11:03 am
34688 ROE BARLOW
Someone needs to put an END to this. I just purchased a big bag of the cat food and specifically asked to make SURE it wasn’t from the ‘bad’ manufacturer.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:08 am
34275
Diane Ponder
April 27th, 2007 at 11:25 am
Jennifer Harrell
jenn@blackninjakitty.com
37663
April 27th, 2007 at 11:29 am
34432; Roberta Kravetz
April 27th, 2007 at 11:30 am
We have FINALLY passed bills to protects our animals in cases of emergencies but we are letting food companies POISON our animals carelessly??!!! This is outrageous, we have animals because we LOVE them, we don’t want to be the HANDS that kill them unknowingly because of someone else’s neglect. PLEASE stop this NOW, too many animals have already died and we are terrified MORE, our OWN animals, may be the next.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:35 am
For many of us, our pets are family members. We strive to provide the best care, diet, love and attention we can for them, just as we would for any other family member. Many of us purchase “premium” brand foods in the hopes of providing our pets with a healthier, happier, longer life. We trusted the pet food industry to help us to achieve this goal. Our trust is now gone never to return. I, and many like me whom I have talked to, will NEVER feed a brand of food that has been involved in this recall again. Protect our pets!!!
April 27th, 2007 at 11:35 am
Joyce Finlay
92127
April 27th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Cynthia Bermingham
April 27th, 2007 at 11:45 am
53221, Stacey Cook
April 27th, 2007 at 11:47 am
This should be required of any food manufacturing company, human or pet.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:49 am
Cynthia Bermingham 02341
I think there should better controls over the manufacture of pet food. I don’t know what it will take for these companies to be held accountable. I truly hope that they let the public know if there brand is contaminated and worry about the welfare of the animals and not their bottom line.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:49 am
stop this madness!
April 27th, 2007 at 11:49 am
I have a SEIZURE ALERT DOG. Fortunately, I still have her, because her favorite reward for predicting my having a seizure, was a recalled chicken jerky treat.
PLEASE stop this MASSACRER!
April 27th, 2007 at 11:51 am
02806
Robyn Couturier
April 27th, 2007 at 11:52 am
48838 Carissa Weber
April 27th, 2007 at 11:53 am
77058 Carole Rexer
April 27th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
H2K 3Y9 Audrey Attia
April 27th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
80106 Linda Pocurull
April 27th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Amy Martell 49437
April 27th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
94601, Vikki Landes
April 27th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
42025,Judith Dawson
April 27th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
83858 Linda Jo Park
April 27th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
29720
Lori Smith
April 27th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
29720, Lori Smith
April 27th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Vanessa Keegan, 19107
April 27th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
53029 Connie Steger
April 27th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
48225 Margarite Mc Leod
April 27th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Tracy Sloan 45102
April 27th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
14612 Karen simpson
April 27th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Karen Simpson,14612
April 27th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
30571 Kristi Rector
April 27th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
77084 Tami Morrison
April 27th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
14612 Debbie Thompson
April 27th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
95051 Elisa Hamilton
April 27th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Curtis Edwards .. zip code 21078
April 27th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Sheryl Greene 91306. Once again, animals have to die in large numbers before anyone will respond to the crisis. And who is providing quality control for food products coming in from China? Is trade more important that safety and food quality? Apparently so.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
95134 Lynda M Paul Osborne
April 27th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Christine Mertin
32746
April 27th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
44614 Nicole Swinehart
April 27th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
14470
Diana Grzywacz
April 27th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
49426 Kerri Albright
April 27th, 2007 at 2:35 pm
98012 George and Mary Vernon
April 27th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
23602
Ragan Smith
April 27th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
80105 gina young and robert schulba
April 27th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
80105 gina young
April 27th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
07734 Suzanne Miller
If it happened to human baby food and formula, we’d be at a different place in time. Our pets are babies and just as precious to us. Please don’t buy commericial pet foods anymore. Feed them raw or cooked with a good quality vitamin everyday. For those who are reluctant, it’s easy. It’s like feeding a toddler. The time spent is well worth it. Thanks for listening.
Thanks ITCHMO!
April 27th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Jennifer Martin 33308
April 27th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
92057 Mary Collins
April 27th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
92057 Mary Collins
April 27th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
21046
Janet Miller
We need to ensure safe food four our beloved pets who are members of our family!!
April 27th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
44130, Karen Nicholas
April 27th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
18702 Melissa Strobel
April 27th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Therese FitzRandolph
92115
April 27th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Sherry Elmore, 67017 My dog ate tainted dog food. He is okay and has been tested twice now. I have not got him to eat right ever since. Our animals are part of our life and are dearly loved. It is high time that this country started doing something right for them. They should not be eating dead animals from vets that could be diseased with name tags on them still. Our pets depend on us! We all have a responsibility to care for them in the proper way and not have something like this ever happen again!
April 27th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
91010
Paula Miner
April 27th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Emma posey
34450
April 27th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Every time my pets show any signs of illness these days, it means another dr. visit for them. It can get rather expensive with all that is happening today. It’s very sad that our Country has gotten in such a deplorable state.
Our’s is one of the or “the richest country” and we are lowered to these standards of living in fear with ourselves and our pets. “What’s Next?”
What is our Government doing and where is our Security People?
April 27th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
07660 Marilyn Saunders
April 27th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Carol Robb 02764
April 27th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Frank Heffelfinger
18964
April 27th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
54658 Nancy Lorenz
April 27th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Marjorie Zimmerman 11566
I just brought my dogs to the vets this morning. The food and treats they have been eating were both recalled, despite the food and treats being advertised as organic and made in human food facilities. I hope and pray my fur kids will be ok- I am waiting for the results. My vet bill was $350 for CBC’s for my dogs. We pay our farmers not to grow crops, and then import these very same things from China??????? Hello??????? What is wrong with this picture?????
April 27th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
10022
sandra Jordan
Pets should have the same consideration as people.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Sandra Jordan
10022
Pets
We must set the same standards for pet food as we do food for human consumption.
April 27th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
K1z 8h4
Melissa Meldrum
April 27th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
K. Batterton 34442
April 27th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
78757
Nicholas Claeys
April 27th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Lisa Barnett
Director, Stray Central
72701
It’s past time for our legislators to launch a full-scale investigation into this matter. Every agency (including the FDA), grain importer and distributor, pet food manufacturer, and pet food company should be legally compelled to reveal what they know, when they knew it, where their products came from and went, and why recalls weren’t issued in a timely fashion. There’s evidence now that contaminated grain products is showing up in hogs and chickens. How many humans are going to have to get sick and die from this contamination before congress does something about it?! I urge all of you to write your senators and representatives, demanding they find out the truth!
April 27th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
33688 Noah Junk
Who knew the pet food industry was so convoluted? I imagine the human food industry is the same. VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET. Only buy from companies that will clearly and truthfully reveal the original source of their ingredients ON THE LABEL so we have a fighting chance to stay healthy. It is too late for thousands of unfortunate pets; I can only guess the cumulative effect of current daily ingestion on both pets and humans.
Is FDA Director Stephen F. Sundlof, D.V.M., Ph.D. the next “doing a heck of a job Brownie” ???
April 27th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Deborah Koerperich
76247
April 27th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
31808
Angela Kennedy
April 27th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
I’d like to see felony charges added to those who tamper with any food product- intented for humans or animals. This is an outrage.
April 27th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
21042
Andrea Connell
April 27th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
32789
Trish McCabe
Pet food companies and their suppliers must be held accountable.
April 27th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Brigitte Botnick 06076
April 27th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
Tom & Candace Garrett
85730
April 27th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
07030
Candace Smith
In memory of Nacho
April 27th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Tom & Candace Garrett, 85730
My heart goes out to all of those who’ve lost loved ones to this tragedy.
I have begun to make my own food for my cats, and urge the rest of the world to do the same- I don’t believe it will ever get back to the point we can trust any product to be safe. The world has made a sad turn here.
April 27th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
07202
M Busch
April 27th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Pam Coszach 60031
April 27th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
01606
Pam Hawkins
April 27th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
37604
M Fuzek
My heartfelt sympathy goes out to those that have lost their beloved pets. There is no excuse for this type of thing to happen. Where is the quality control on the ingredients, especially when using a new supplier for some of the ingredients?
The Pet Food Companies should be held accountable for the damages, and high veterinary bills some people have paid to try to save their pets life.
Pet food, and treats should all be under tougher laws to make them safe, the same as human food, and medications.
April 27th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
76248
Sydney Cross
April 27th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Jeanie Smith-72774
April 27th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
48858
April 27th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
Victoria Marshall, 33615
April 27th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Karen Moskowitz
I have 3 very sick cats. All got sick in Feb. I have spent 3,000. Watched my kitties suffer, and now must give 2 of them IV fluids every day. I don’t know how long they will live. I am heartsick
and angry. This must never happen again.
April 27th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
74023 lora mckinney
April 27th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
18045
April 27th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Lisa Bronico
18045
April 27th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
32937
Marsha Hix
April 27th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
19074 - Teresa Slackway
April 27th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
53572, Carol Burns
April 27th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
This is what happens with the NWO and the NAU. It will only get worse before we force the powers that be to make it better.
April 27th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Daryll LaCourse
98258
Obviously a self regulated pet food industry is not going to work. Imagine the reaction of this had been human food sitting there poisened to the hilt on the store shelves.
April 27th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
33544
Evarista Marie Campbell
April 27th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
84036
Sherlene Garrison
April 27th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
rita deutsch 33026
wall mart is a major culprits.
my annabelle is now ill and its april 28. she is two years old and was healthy until eating the special kitty food. the pet food industry needs to be held accountable.
April 27th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
rita deutsch 33026
April 27th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
99645 Davina D Stuart
April 28th, 2007 at 12:01 am
44035 Kaci Catanese
April 28th, 2007 at 12:23 am
21666 Marjorie Nilsson
April 28th, 2007 at 1:44 am
13211
Kristen Luzzi
April 28th, 2007 at 2:39 am
99153 Christine Klunder
April 28th, 2007 at 2:48 am
38583
Yes, the food companies are very much responsible for the food for not keeping a closer watch on them. Wanda Brown
April 28th, 2007 at 4:23 am
68135
Connie Davis
April 28th, 2007 at 4:27 am
hillary hartley, 94114
April 28th, 2007 at 4:57 am
02043
Jane Illinger
The pet food companies need stricter quality control, and the FDA must have the same regulations for pet food as they do human food. Humans are supposed to be the highest order in the animal kingdom, but sometimes I wonder!
April 28th, 2007 at 4:58 am
02043
Jane Illinger
April 28th, 2007 at 6:35 am
Rebecca a Hintz
April 28th, 2007 at 6:35 am
Rebecca a Hintz 85220
April 28th, 2007 at 7:00 am
bowersox
regulations need to be set and followed,
April 28th, 2007 at 7:14 am
Kimberly Baker, 01038
April 28th, 2007 at 7:29 am
Carole Fetterman
14086
Please the labels where the ingredients come from would be helpful and secondly, holding our fur companions as member of the family would be number one. These companies need to be held responsible. If it was humans, it would be! My three dogs are my children, the only difference between them and human children is that I have no insurance or welfare I can depend on to make them well.
April 28th, 2007 at 7:46 am
44070
Marilyn Kiefer
We must do everything we can to protect our pets - they depend on us.
April 28th, 2007 at 8:40 am
45420 Melissa Mutter
April 28th, 2007 at 8:41 am
44140 Patricia Masyer
April 28th, 2007 at 9:13 am
BARBARA LYMAN
April 28th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Vikki Chavez 87114
April 28th, 2007 at 9:42 am
NG5 Emma Clarke (UK)
April 28th, 2007 at 9:54 am
Lisa Walston 30080
April 28th, 2007 at 10:03 am
13820
Robert Rowley
April 28th, 2007 at 10:11 am
v4nox8
louisa lacoste
April 28th, 2007 at 10:33 am
98926 Richard F. Bueschel, Esq.
April 28th, 2007 at 10:38 am
44138
Deborah Malow
April 28th, 2007 at 10:57 am
86004 Jennifer Roberson
I pray that out of this tragedy comes a secure monitoring system, and restrictions on importing ingredients from China. It’s time Americans paid for American-manufactured pet foods. Safer for our pets, and better for our economy!
April 28th, 2007 at 11:03 am
M. Fentis, 90732
Your greed has cost us all.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:21 am
06716 gabe dimeco
April 28th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Barbara J Waller 35758
April 28th, 2007 at 11:59 am
patricia richard, 02872
April 28th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Joanne Ash 19958
April 28th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
diane belcher
44111
April 28th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
19508
Wendi Manwiller
man1291@ptd.net
April 28th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
80305 Nancy Perry
April 28th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
65202 Barb Payne
April 28th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Jennifer Gill, 33991
April 28th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Richard Gill, 33991
April 28th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
48146 Olivia Hughes olivia.hughes@yahoo.com
April 28th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
mark harke 92007
April 28th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Gary Georgi
Mary Georgi
44011
April 28th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Gary Georgi
Mary Georgi
44011
April 28th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Karyn Simons 0627 (NZ)
April 28th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
49203
Lynn Kurzhals
April 28th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
94704
Elizabeth Clarke
April 28th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
61114
Mary Flodin
April 28th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Connie Uy 20602
April 28th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
90710 Connie Hieb
April 28th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
78734 Rachael Provost
April 28th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
78734 Karl Provost
April 28th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Lynda Pope, 72956
April 28th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
64445
Lowell & Liva Weland
Just wanted to let you know that we lost our little Yorkie, and the vet said it was from the dog food it had eaten. Had damage to the liver, pancreas and the heart was enlarged. She was only 6 years old and had been healthy. Ate Mighty Dog.
April 28th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
90803
Martha Ciattei
These deaths have caused untold grief to countless families, anxiety and mistrust in all animal lovers in this country and others and this is unacceptable in a country where we are asked to trust those who are supposed to be helping us and providing safely for us.
April 28th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
19446 Deb O’Neill
April 28th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
70520 Tiffin Swinth
Hello, I am outraged by the reports of all of these innocent animal deaths. I have a pet dog, and I know that I want to keep him as safe and healthy as possible. I pray that those who are responsible will come forward, or that they will be exposed. My heart grieves with those families who have lost a pet through this senseless tragedy. Money cant replace your pets, but I pray that God will comfort you and give you another precious animal to love and care for.
April 28th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
14214 colin simpson
April 28th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Rick Shepard 14212
April 28th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
This most to stop; we can live in panic and under fear of something would happen to our babies due to negligence of pet food makers.
April 28th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
this situation is heartbreaking, and infuriating … accountability MUST be attained ASAP
April 28th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
this situation is heartbreaking, and infuriating … accountability MUST be attained ASAP
10012
April 28th, 2007 at 8:35 pm
this situation is heartbreaking, and infuriating … accountability MUST be attained ASAP
HRH 10012
April 28th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
97420
Karla Kaudel
April 28th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Susan Embry-Busch
20850
I lost my 16 year old cat, who was a beloved family member, to this crime!
April 28th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
This is insane. I lost my wonderful 16 year old boy cat, Bill, because of this. I am outraged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bill was wonderful. There is nothing else that can be said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 28th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
44132
Diana Templeton
I am home cooking for my dog now. Fix the quality of dog and cat food so that there is real food in there, not meat by-products that are not fit for human consumption.
April 28th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
80107 Barbara Murray
April 28th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
35801
Robin Sheridan
April 28th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
90046 Deborah Ebersold
April 28th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
03246
Mary Haas
April 28th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
03246 Mary Haas
April 28th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
91024
Jack Hopper
April 28th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
34237 Lisa Smith
April 28th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
87123
Alison Endicott
The distinction between “animal grade” and “human grade” foods has always allowed companies and people to put economics over our fiduciary duty to domesticated animals. The negative impact of this discrimination and stratification is apparent in the problems encountered in both companion animal foods and human foods, from the emergence of Kreutzfeldt-Jakob/mad cow concerns to now the deaths of those animals we try to protect but can due to suspect purchasing and labelling. Things will only get worse until we no longer allow for this duality to pervade the industries that provide sustenance to any living beings.
April 28th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
73632 Dee Walker
April 28th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
07950
Maggie Strasser
April 28th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
23696
Teresa Bennett
April 28th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
46319
Cindy Swender
April 28th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
73106 Dawn Chamness
April 29th, 2007 at 12:02 am
Sandra Lapham 37311
April 29th, 2007 at 12:58 am
I am now doing like they did before commercial pet food–feeding fresh cooked, home made food to my dogs!!
I cannot take a chance even buying what I thought was a premium food–Natural Balance.
My dogs mean too much to me to spend $$ on special dog food only to poison them.
Pet food companies– shame on you. Where is your moral responsibilty and accountability?
April 29th, 2007 at 12:59 am
Pam Fernald 98168
I am now doing like they did before commercial pet food–feeding fresh cooked, home made food to my dogs!!
I cannot take a chance even buying what I thought was a premium food–Natural Balance.
My dogs mean too much to me to spend $$ on special dog food only to poison them.
Pet food companies– shame on you. Where is your moral responsibilty and accountability?
April 29th, 2007 at 1:02 am
Andrea B.
97386
April 29th, 2007 at 1:17 am
Menu Foods, withholding information on the contaminated pet food for so long is criminal. If any one of us were caught feeding our pets these same poisonous ingredients to our pets, we would be prosecuted for animal abuse. That is exactly what should happen to the pet food manufactures that are killing this animals. Now though such neglect the contamination has entered the food chain. What will be learned from this if anything? Also, a much more accurate accountable of ingredients used in theses products needs to be recorded on the labels.
April 29th, 2007 at 1:57 am
15202
Jessica Ammer
April 29th, 2007 at 2:10 am
Jeanne Jackson 58701
April 29th, 2007 at 2:11 am
Jeanne Jackson 58701
April 29th, 2007 at 2:13 am
10021
Anika Baxter Tam, MD
April 29th, 2007 at 2:15 am
10021
Stanislav Robert Vorel, MD PhD
April 29th, 2007 at 4:36 am
29436
linda jackson
We lost a dog when diamond had that bad feed
April 29th, 2007 at 7:55 am
98227
Deborah Lund-Teixmen
April 29th, 2007 at 8:29 am
48174
Ruie Whitecotton
They should also be given fair market value to replace their animals, and I think it’s time to enact some small recompence for emotional damage for losing a pet due to someone’s neglegence. Limits should be put on, because it should never be as much as a human being, but a pet DOES have worth and should be recognized as such.
April 29th, 2007 at 8:31 am
Cheryl Kain 38583
It is such a horrific thing that has been happening and I do feel that the pet food companies must be responsible for it!
April 29th, 2007 at 8:42 am
38583
Cheryl Kain
Has this been all about takiing short cuts to make moire profit?? I would have expected more.
I love my furkids and if all that is cared about is the money and not the health and welfare of our pets then I won’t buy pet food anymore.. just make it myself and I know a lot of other people who are feeling the same way.
And the pet companies should pay for all medical etc but how do you replace a beloved pet? YOU DON”T.. :-(
April 29th, 2007 at 9:03 am
16635
Dr. Carol Bernat
April 29th, 2007 at 9:20 am
Gerald R. Jensen, 23456
April 29th, 2007 at 9:25 am
19454, Karen Repeckyj
April 29th, 2007 at 9:26 am
90713
Linda Miyake
April 29th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Nina Saulic
54557
April 29th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Algar Saulic
54557
April 29th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Ruth Saunders
37353
April 29th, 2007 at 10:30 am
Rosemary Andretta
22315
April 29th, 2007 at 10:31 am
37353
Ruth Saunders
April 29th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Jean Ankrom
26101
April 29th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Deanna WalKer
94928
April 29th, 2007 at 10:57 am
98026
April 29th, 2007 at 10:58 am
Melissa Fisher
98026
April 29th, 2007 at 11:21 am
93444
Tammy James
April 29th, 2007 at 11:57 am
Sherry Schneider
77447
April 29th, 2007 at 11:57 am
46228
Lamarr Winburn
April 29th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
David Lindon 61111
April 29th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
04864 Lorna Mosley-Mank
Any and all companies that prepare foods,no matter what species it is intended for ,should be held accountable for the integrity of the product.All products should be labeled with ingredients and country of origin for each ingredient.
It would also be usefull if we had the true company, distributor, processor information provided also.
I know the testing isn’t complete yet. I had one pet die from liver failure and a few others were sick………..all from DRY pet food.
April 29th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
44509
Kitty Caskey
April 29th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
33306 - ANNETTE RICHARD
April 29th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Linda Miller
98058
April 29th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
06001
Vic Neumann
April 29th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
16057
Del Hamilton
April 29th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
23842
Ellen Walenius
April 29th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Sarah Sheffield 39701
April 29th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
Jennifer Burris
98284
April 29th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Tori S. Pumphrey
39705
April 29th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
Victor Paul 37312 One more DISPICABLE act of Big buisness and NO regulations of a bought goverment.
April 29th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Michele Taylor
44041
April 29th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Thea Reed 92106
April 29th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
37160 Sally McReynolds
April 29th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Thea Reed 92106
April 29th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
brandi lampman 97123
April 29th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
HARVEY BAILEY
03864
April 29th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Lael R. Neill, 78612
April 29th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
97501 Nancy Payne
April 29th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
43215 Christina Kwapich
April 29th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
21214
Paul McKeown
April 29th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
83815 Susan L. George
I wish to endorse the Pet Food Accountability petition
April 29th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
95441 Xaviera Shedrick-Owens
April 29th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
95441 Xaviera owens
April 29th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
85050 Margaret Zatarski
April 29th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
60067 drabek
April 29th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Please, stop putting this poision in our animal’s foods.
Tammy Zack
15401
April 29th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Please enact legislation to ensure that pet manufacturers are held accountable for the tainted pet food products that have killed so many animals, and to ensure higher safety standards to prevent this from happening again.
April 29th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Susan Maves, 32708
April 29th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
Roberta Sanchez 92111
I have a SERVICE DOG who got very sick for two weeks with diarrhea after eating Nutro’s Natural Turkey pouch food. This was two weeks prior to the first recall. I took him off and fed him boiled chicken and rice for the two weeks he had diarrhea. I was going to put him back on when a friend of mine from a Service dog group put the recall and website for me to check out if the food my dog got was bad. I did and the food I fed was on the list. I took my dog to the vet. She told me that it was a lucky thing I put him on the boiled chicken and rice diet as soon as I noticed he had diarrhea. He might have died if I had kept him on the contaminated food. She put him on Hill prescription food. What horror to find that the cat food was contaminated. Is there any pet food company that is reputable?
It took me several days to finally get a call through to MENU to get more information. They were not very helpful. Neither was Nutro. I wrote to them to tell what happened It took them over a week to even respond. It was not a personal correspondence. It was a letter they sent to everyone.
I need my dog to help me. I have two crushed discs which pinch my nerve and keep me in constant pain. I use my service dog to help me when I need to balance or support myself. It took two years of training with him, and a lot of money. I fed my dog and my cats Nutro because I though it was a reputable company.
But this is not the end of my story. I bought Dr. Foster and Smith’s food for my cat. Guess what! Yesterday I read that their cat food had been contaminated. The very food that I had purchased a couple weeks ago. They are an online company. They should have emailed me and all those who bought this cat food to warn them. They didn’t. I wrote them a letter two days ago complaining. They have yet to respond even though they are open 7 days a week.
I have recently read that it got into people food, and that Chinese companies deliberately put this contaminant into the rice and wheat grain to expand the protein. Why is the FDA not scrutinizing any food that comes from overseas the way they must scrutinize America’s food. Even so, they did a poor job with the pet food industry, and now it looks like the same for people food as well. We need to pass laws that protect our animals from companies that don’t have excellent quality control with food.
April 29th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
60130
dawn owens
Please stop killing our pets by putting poison in their pet foods.
April 29th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
98422
Christine Orbeck
April 29th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
97210
Patricia Thompson
April 29th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Who’s next, our children. All this to save money for who? Most of us spend top dollar for the best brands for our pets, I see that doesn’t make much of a difference.
April 29th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Barbie James
72212
April 29th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
91321 — Susie V Kaufman
April 29th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
39208
Sandra Capers
April 29th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Cindy Smith
06413
I just want to say my heart goes out to all the pet owners who have suffered as well as their furry friends. Shame on all you pet food producers who think even one life is worth loosing for a BUCK! The FDA as well as the pet food companies should be held liable.
April 29th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Elizabeth Ramsey 95616
April 29th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
77382 Norma Rogers
April 29th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
26041
Pam Lacefield
April 29th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
93611
Shawn Gadberry
April 29th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
44143
Brenda O’Toole
April 29th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
87108 Adriana Martin
Comment: That so many animals have died as a result of someone’s negligence is absolutely indefensible. That the class action suit would result in consequential damages and punitive damages would be a start, but the bottom line is that pets are NOT property, even if they are so legally. They are our loyal friends and companions, and for most of us, our family. There should be a movement to give personhood to all companion animals (and others as well) so that they have legal standing in the courts or that we as caregivers, can have legal recourse to demand justice on their behalf, and ours.
April 29th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
NEAL JOHNSTON
97213
April 29th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Linda Aldy
39110
April 29th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Deborah Flick 80302
April 29th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
Kathryn White
17331
April 29th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
91202
Kayla Price
April 29th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Andy Gonzales 79915
April 29th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Brenda Cowle
43512
April 29th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
I concur with the 3 justifications for this petition. I am confidant that the U.S. companies will recify this situation. The bottom line is that we need nutritious and safe food for our pets - they are members of our family. Till then, I will continue to cook for my pets.
Thank you,
Chris Bondante
April 29th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
E. Evans
39766
April 29th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
60645
April 29th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Ingrid Gonzalez
60657
April 29th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Paula Ferguson — Orlando, FL 32825
April 29th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Marna Bare 15422
April 29th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
93277 Francia Webb
Profit and greed are the main factors in play creating the tragic circimstances. The FDA for starters deserves much of the blame. The pet food manufacturers need to know that it will take more than cute ads in the future to sell their foods. Buying cheaply in an unregulated foreign country, hopefully, no longer will make good business sense to those companies who want a future market for their products.
April 29th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Our Pets Lives Matter!! We need accountability!!
April 29th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
48740
Connie Coburn
April 29th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Judith Perrin
I almost lost my little Jakob to this pet food contamination. The anguish was unspeakable, his pain was horrendous and my vet bills were enormous. I think we should all homecook, feed table scraps, whatever it takes, and end the cycle of greed at the expense of the consumer.
April 29th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
I agree with the petition. when I buy “natural” foods, supposed to be free of wheats and other “fillers”, that’s what I expect to be in it–not of it!! I am so tired of greedy people…sick of the lying for profit. If its this easy for then to get to us through our pets, imagine how many other items the humans eat that has been tainted!! Terrorists win again!
April 29th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
Julie Borst Reed 92037
Buy your dog and cat food ingredients carefully! The sadest part about the pet industry is the trust and belief in these dog food companies when there should be none.
Don’t trust the vets and their statements that you can’t adequately prepare home diets. If a vet says that to you, simply gather your pet ask for your records and leave. You feed yourself well enough to survive, please, you can feed your dog or cat very well with just a bit of study.
Amazon.com says the books on preparing a home made diet for pets are just flying out in the mail . . . . GREAT! It’s about time.
Julie Borst Reed, Tiara Std Pdls, Raw fed since 1995
April 29th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
As a Pet parent to four wonderful labs who I buy high quality foods and some of which were on the recall list due to the rice protein. I also have a small store where I buy at rock bottom prices and end up selling in my store for others these same foods. I also sell handmade treats that every little thing how ever minor it is, is placed on the included list or I would be in violation of the laws. Now why can big manufacturing companies secretly place this stuff in their foods without any reguard to labeling? It should be something that it watched more carefully in the large manufacturing plants than it is in my kitchen. Gina Niemeyer @ www.caninekids.com
April 29th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
Diane Daigle
39470
April 29th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
78727
Susan Peloquin
April 29th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
78727
Mark Peloquin
April 29th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
75028
Kathy Miller
My cat Murray died in November, 2006 with all of the symptoms of the melamine poisoning. No amount of money can compensate me for the grief and heartache of knowing what he went through, but pet companies should be held responsible.
April 29th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Barbara M Maltese 05089
April 29th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
84158-0601
April 29th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
98034
Kathlene Croasdale
April 29th, 2007 at 11:49 pm
29209
Karen Santrock
My cat Tigger was hospitalized for 3 days after eating M/D dry cat food. We are waiting to see if his kidney’s fully recover. I definately think there needs to be more regulations on pet food. Companies should not be able to buy cheap unregulated ingrediants from other countries.
April 29th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
dee glick
90815
April 30th, 2007 at 12:00 am
59820 kelly brady
April 30th, 2007 at 12:08 am
27609
Carole Nanzetta
April 30th, 2007 at 12:19 am
Judith Duncan 20191
April 30th, 2007 at 12:46 am
Denise Gee from Toronto, Canada M3B 1W9
April 30th, 2007 at 1:01 am
58103, Lacy Rudolf
April 30th, 2007 at 1:05 am
Dana Dunn 66064
April 30th, 2007 at 1:25 am
Judy L. Boone
Texas,76119
I have lost three young feral cats I had for three years -they died in November, I fed them every day and provided shelter for them even though were “wild” I cared deeply about them. THEIR food was “WalMart “Special Kitty” wet and dry -now I realize the old saying is true “killed with kindness”I feel like a murderer !My 15 yr. old house fur baby eats “FancyFeast” wet & “Purina sr.” and she will not even try any other foods. I would be devastated to loose her from feeding her what I consider poisoned food. We must have more protection for our fur kids! I have two dogs and between these three fur kids I have become a nervous wreck, due to the non-exsistent quality control and outright criminal actions .I am so sad over my ferals and I empathize with all the pet parents who have had their family members become ill or go to “The RainBow Bridge”only from GREED and no rules related to inspection .I will continue to boycott all foods containing imported ingredients and do what ever it takes to change the way our fur kids food is made safe.I have written a letter to the FDA and my state Representatives.
April 30th, 2007 at 1:29 am
94947
Aileen Harvey
April 30th, 2007 at 1:34 am
R. Webb 35071
April 30th, 2007 at 1:48 am
80401 Terri Taylor
April 30th, 2007 at 3:14 am
IT IS MY FIRM BELIEF THAT ALL THOSE PATHETIC COMPANION ANIMAL PEOPLE WHO EITHER LOST THEIR BELOVED COMPANION(S) OR WHO SPENT AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY EITHER SAVING THEM OR TRYING TO SAVE THEM SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THEIR EXPENSES AND THEIR LOSSES! ALSO, IT SHOULD BE MADE INTO LAW THAT WHO ACTUALLY PRODUCED OUR COMPANION ANIMALS’ FOOD IS INDICATED ON THE FOOD, ITSELF, SO THAT THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY. COMPANION ANIMAL FOOD SHOULD BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND BOTH TYPES OF FOOD SHOULD HAVE MUCH BETTER CHECKS FOR CONTENTS, SAFETY, ETC.!
April 30th, 2007 at 5:35 am
29483 virginia richardson
April 30th, 2007 at 6:53 am
THIS IS A DISGRACE
April 30th, 2007 at 6:56 am
21075
Donna Mills
April 30th, 2007 at 7:03 am
Zoe Markwalter
10566
I’ve paid $5185.00 to date. My cat’s still alive and happy aside from the continued medicating. I’m trying to keep her that way.
April 30th, 2007 at 7:32 am
37686 - Alice Ramsey
April 30th, 2007 at 7:34 am
Nancy Peterson 37615
April 30th, 2007 at 8:13 am
15209
Christin Bummer
April 30th, 2007 at 8:47 am
Kathy Burgess 40204
In memory of Mister Mistoffolees
Nov. 12, 1989 - March 26, 2007
April 30th, 2007 at 8:48 am
Ihave lost a kitten to this. Can you imagine our sorrow. What are YOU going to do save others. How can this happen in America? How can you let this happen?
April 30th, 2007 at 9:05 am
39211
Peggy Jeanes
April 30th, 2007 at 9:15 am
33549
April Ledger
April 30th, 2007 at 9:26 am
Sarah Herr 46526
April 30th, 2007 at 9:28 am
Lou Barovechio
70003
April 30th, 2007 at 9:29 am
Lou Barovechio
70003
April 30th, 2007 at 9:29 am
lou barovechio
70003
April 30th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Judie Lucas
83654
April 30th, 2007 at 9:55 am
I live in Zip Code 43147.
Marcia McClatchey
April 30th, 2007 at 9:57 am
53188
Connie Nawaz
April 30th, 2007 at 10:14 am
Kim Nelson 98148
Pets are family too and deserve the highest quality of food just like we do.
April 30th, 2007 at 10:22 am
for the Pet Food Accountability Petition:
Lee Werner 53181
April 30th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Lisa Welch
7524 Poppleton Plz #5
Omaha, NE 68124
April 30th, 2007 at 10:28 am
85712, Spencer and Debbie Cohen I am almost beyond words, its inconceivable that we,firstly, don’t use our own resources[farmers of american origin, yeah], and finally,wegot our just rewards, ultimately because of greed, from the Chinese. Its happened so many times before,I.e. soy sauce, baby formulas,uh gee how do you say
“sabatoge” stupid,dumb and unbelievable. At least the american farmers are probably saying
“we told you so”
April 30th, 2007 at 10:47 am
Mary Stanley 01420
April 30th, 2007 at 11:27 am
99350
Julie Hellyer
April 30th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
75052
Judy Butler
April 30th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
33411
Maria Daniels
April 30th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
97322
Donna Seale
April 30th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
04768 Tracy Snow-Cormier
April 30th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
04768 Tracy Snow-Cormier
April 30th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
04740 Dotty Dudley
April 30th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
11365 Lisa Wessely
April 30th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Sandra Stone, 48307
April 30th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
barbara witkowski 95060
April 30th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
63119 claudette klein
April 30th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Barbara Pifko
34691
April 30th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
04769
Pat Smith
April 30th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
49417
Mary Davis
April 30th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Judy Carney
32570
April 30th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
02184 Nancy Diettrich
April 30th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
33624 Ed Contreras
33624 Fiona Contreras
33763 Ramona Lokey
33763 Katrina Lokey
33763 Steve Lokey
16037 Joanne Bicehouse
16037 Stephen Bicehouse
April 30th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Shannon Kelly-Harmon 03235
April 30th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
24312
Julia Quesenberry
Why did it take so long for us to get the information about the poison food that we were feeding our beloved pets? Thousands of pets could have been saved if this information was made public as soon as Menu Foods knew about it. Sadly, there are people who are still letting this go on, and probably thousands more will die. These most innocent victims are completely trusting us for their well-being–and we are poisoning them, because information is being kept from us. Why? I pray for our pets who are at the mercy of these heartless killers.
April 30th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
43512 michelle cowle
April 30th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
34224 Karen Chappell
April 30th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
34224
Karen Chappell
April 30th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
34224
Carl Koch
April 30th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
19320
Karen Brunke
April 30th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
90290-3533
Suzanne Morris
How long will it take for legislation to catch up with our reality: that pets ARE our family–our babies, guardians, and healers?
April 30th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Kristine Kamp-Adante
83864
April 30th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
95503
Tanya Mather
April 30th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Anne Bussell
48089
April 30th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
This lack of regulating pet food is just unbelievable! It is time someone steps up to the plate, accepts responsibilty, and makes this situation right with anyone who had sick or animals that died! As a animal lover/ower this had caused me endless stress and worry. We spend billions a year on pet food and supplies! Dont we deserve better????
April 30th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
SARAH RAY 29150
April 30th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Jan Turner, 37130
April 30th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
28226 P Brafford
April 30th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
P Brafford 28226
April 30th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
P. Van Oeveren
48911
April 30th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
94949, Madeline Preisner
April 30th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
92879 WENDI TRAVIS
April 30th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Joan F. Kudrick
Zip: 18428
April 30th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
92879 WENDI TRAVIS
April 30th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
84103, Carrie Oliver
My relatives and I all have pets, and we want them to be protected by labeling on the pet food which shows all ingredients and the countries they come from; safer and higher quality pet food; and more FDA inspection of pet food companies. This situation is horrendous. Our pets are family members.
April 30th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
84103, Carrie Oliver
April 30th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Mary Jane Goodrich 01258
We were warned. Now we know for sure. Finally, it will be up to us collectively to effect permanent changes by OUR choices and focus. The deaths of so many beloved pets must not be in vain.
April 30th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
20740
Barbara Sutcliffe
April 30th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
Debra L. White
55021
I manage a speciality pet store and have to console several of my dear clients on the senseless deaths of their beloved pets, which have been linked to the product recall. Regulations and watch-dogs are a must.
April 30th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
50313 Scarlett Harden
50313 Harold Harden
May 1st, 2007 at 1:49 am
Lori Martin
19082
Americans expect the FDA to ensure the safety of the food supply for animals and people alike - not to stand by and allow ingredients doctored with toxic substances first to enter the country for use in food manufacturing, and then to permit the end product to be distributed without adequate pre-market quality control testing. Our pets (and some livestock) are serving as helpless “canaries in the coal mine” on this issue.
This catastrophe has shaken my confidence in the safety of any processed food item for animal or human, as I’m sure it has for many other concerned citizens. And I can only wonder how many human beings in China and its overseas markets have been exposed to these toxin-laced food ingredients.
May 1st, 2007 at 2:07 am
88012 Elaine Nimmo
May 1st, 2007 at 2:49 am
46835
R. Ackley
It is time to hold those accountable who contributed to the senseless deaths of our beloved pets.
May 1st, 2007 at 2:54 am
Alison Fujimoto
92124
May 1st, 2007 at 2:55 am
Alison Fujimoto
92124
Something must be done to prevent this from ever, ever happening again.
May 1st, 2007 at 7:56 am
Joanne Armour
Dls6619@aol.com
19057
May 1st, 2007 at 8:00 am
32068
Lynn Peaslee
May 1st, 2007 at 8:14 am
15229
Linda Swiss
May 1st, 2007 at 9:41 am
Leslie Hlad
15642
May 1st, 2007 at 9:50 am
76054
Elizabeth Perrine
May 1st, 2007 at 10:02 am
31012 nancy paul
May 1st, 2007 at 10:05 am
31012 nancy paul
May 1st, 2007 at 10:06 am
08854
Monica Sharma
May 1st, 2007 at 10:26 am
27510 Amy Brann
May 1st, 2007 at 10:44 am
90027
Jennifer Sanders
May 1st, 2007 at 11:36 am
35585 Angie Uptain
May 1st, 2007 at 11:43 am
28105 Kandice West
May 1st, 2007 at 11:57 am
I have been feeding Diamond dry cat food for less active cats. Three of them began to act very lethargic so we took all three to the vet only to find that one was dying of renal failure and the other two weren’t far behind so we had them put to sleep to avoid their suffering. Less then one month later a third cat died. We have always tried to take good care of our babies and feel someone should have to be accountable for us having to go through this heartbreak.
May 1st, 2007 at 11:59 am
I have been feeding Diamond dry cat food for less active cats. Three of them began to act very lethargic so we took all three to the vet only to find that one was dying of renal failure and the other two weren’t far behind so we had them put to sleep to avoid their suffering. Less then one month later a third cat died. We have always tried to take good care of our babies and feel someone should have to be accountable for us having to go through this heartbreak.
97603 Priscilla Sharpe
May 1st, 2007 at 12:17 pm
64024
May 1st, 2007 at 12:17 pm
64024 Ritas Spangler
May 1st, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Jennine Thompson 75067
May 1st, 2007 at 2:12 pm
72567
May 1st, 2007 at 2:32 pm
94133
Holly Hampton
May 1st, 2007 at 2:41 pm
48326
Amy Rectenwal
May 1st, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Nora Marasco 50317 / I feel that Itchmo.com saved my Rufus’s life. He is my awesome Aussie and also my boyfriends Blue Heeler, Zoro. I am now cooking for my dogs and feeding Canidae Dry and wet when in a rush. Thank You Itchmo for making the recipies acsessable and all the valuable information. I am forever grateful. Rufus and I are driving down to Austin, TX from DM, IA this week for a 2 week celebration at all the doggie parks and restaurants!
May 1st, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Nora Marasco 50317 / Thankyou Itchmo for saving my awesome Aussie Rufus’s life with all the information provided over the last 3 months. All the wonderful acsessable recipies! I am now cooking for Rufus, and Zorro (Blue Heeler). Rufus and I are driving from Des Moines, IA to Austin TX for a 2 week celebration at all the Doggie Parks! I am forever grateful!
May 1st, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Terri Oak
47170
May 1st, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Please, make the country of origin mandatory on all labels.
May 1st, 2007 at 3:34 pm
06442
F E Whaley-wexler
May 1st, 2007 at 7:08 pm
85086
Barb Fannon
May 1st, 2007 at 8:30 pm
94590, Kitty Brevig
Shame on pet food manufacturers going out of country where regard for animals is almost non-existent! Pet food should have every regulation that human food does-these are living, breathing, loving creatures! They deserve our best!!
May 1st, 2007 at 10:41 pm
11377Maria Pagan
May 1st, 2007 at 10:41 pm
92130
Melissa Wise
May 2nd, 2007 at 1:14 am
97222 Cheryl Brown
In loving memory of Cera, my sweet companion and cat of 15 years.
May 2nd, 2007 at 1:26 am
74105 Doris Webb
This is really a shame. Our pets depend on us as much if not more than our children. We should be able to feed them without concern or worry. If this was a human problem this would already been under control.
May 2nd, 2007 at 1:39 am
in loving memory of my beautiful yorkie teddy bear I WILL MISS YOU FOREVER THIS DID NOT NEED TO HAPPEN
May 2nd, 2007 at 7:05 am
32233, Sherrie Trechel
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:14 am
27375 Rosie Trenta
It’s a terrible thing to poison your pets because of human greed and stupidity. Do something about it: now!
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:15 am
End this disaster now!
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:16 am
27360 Tricia Boyet
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:27 am
46158 Sharon Tworek
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:29 am
46158 Sharon Tworek
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:21 am
31520
Neely Hunter
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:24 am
65809
Nancy Schanda
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:43 am
20878, Kerry Rice
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:12 am
56058
Ann Sunderman
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:21 am
I have and will continue to eliminate the purchase of treats and dog food from the mass pet supermarkets and grocery stores.
They love their Kongs filled with good ol’ peanut butter.
44039 Susan Scheall
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:40 am
46033
Kelly Casteen
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:49 am
02816
Beverly Silva
May 2nd, 2007 at 11:03 am
Kim Allen
32609
May 2nd, 2007 at 11:06 am
When will the insanity end? I’m so thankful I feed my dogs grain free formula…but even with that I have started to home cook as it seems now you can’t even trust the contents label!
May 2nd, 2007 at 11:08 am
66283 - Lee McCartney
May 2nd, 2007 at 11:57 am
84401 Andrew Checketts
84401 Heather Checketts
May 2nd, 2007 at 1:00 pm
01002
Caryl-Rose Pofcher
May 2nd, 2007 at 1:23 pm
N. Nishigaki
55405
May 2nd, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Anthony Brandenburg
55405
May 2nd, 2007 at 2:04 pm
12153
Mary Arena
May 2nd, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Paul Reynolds
94041
May 2nd, 2007 at 2:18 pm
44102–Vacek
May 2nd, 2007 at 2:22 pm
All parties in this tainted pet food and human food must be held accountable. These animals have died or suffered only because of the human greed in this country and others. How many animals have to get sick, or die before enough money is enough for these people? And now what about the risk to us humans?
STOP THE GREED.
May 2nd, 2007 at 2:24 pm
All parties in this tainted pet food and human food must be held accountable. These animals have died or suffered only because of the human greed in this country and others. How many animals have to get sick, or die before enough money is enough for these people? And now what about the risk to us humans?
STOP THE GREED. STOP KILLING OUR ANIMALS.
May 2nd, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Amy Smith S4A 1M9
I think it’s awful. We pay these companies to produce food for our animals and for it to be safe.. we’re finding out that they aren’t safe and it’s awful. Somebody has to pay.
May 2nd, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Amy Smith 55406
We trust that the food we feed our animals will be safe and free of harm. We pay these companies to make sure of that and they have failed miserably. The punches come out and there’s h*ll to pay so start payin.
May 2nd, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Terri Draeger
71302
This lack of accountability on the part of the companies involved in the recall is an issue which must be addressed. “Truth in advertising” must be enforced and maintained.
May 2nd, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Marilynn Pagano-Smith 91602
May 2nd, 2007 at 5:46 pm
90804
Brooke Bicher
May 2nd, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Elliott Olson
90804
May 2nd, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Tressa Penrod, 82072
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Carol Fasano
11209
Please make our pet food safe! Our pets are our children!!
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:28 pm
64110
My heart goes out to everyone who has been effected by this.
Jennifer Bowerman
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:57 pm
It is about time that our pet foods are protected, just the same as our own foods. After all, our beloved pets are our “fur children”….they are part of our families, giving us joy & love. They trust us to treat them right, not poison them! We need to be better shepherds of their care!
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:23 pm
oranell@sbcglobal.net
Sandra Moffett
91203
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:27 pm
Please take all the food off the shelves and stop making more. We need to put a stop to all of this, if it was killing humans it would have stoped in 2 weeks. Pets are human too. They just can’t talk for themselves.
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:29 pm
HERE @ SCOTT’S K-9′S WE PRIDE OURSELVES WITH QUALITY ANIMALS AND WE EXPECT THE SAME FOR THE FOODS WE FEED TO OUR ANIMALS,THERE SHOULD NEVER BE A DOUBT TO AS IF THE FOOD WE ARE FEEDING OUR BELOVED ANIMALS IS TAINTED BUT PURE,WE NEED A CRACKDOWN ON THE IMMEDIATE TESTING OF OUR FOODS ANIMAL & HUMAN!
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Take the food off the shelves and DO NOT let any more food into the country without strict guide lines. If people were dieing from this, it would have been stoped 2 weeks after it started. Pest are people, without words, we have to speak for them.
Put an end to the sensless killings of our pets and do not trade with anyone that will not conform to our standards for any reasong!
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:37 pm
WE @ SCOTT’S K-9′S TAKE PRIDE IN OUR QUALITY ANIMALS.JUST AS WE DO IN THE FEED WE FEED TO OUR BELOVED ANIMALS.THERE SHOULD NEVER BE A DOUBT TO AS IF THE FOOD WE ARE FEEDING OUR ANIMALS IS TAINTED.WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME CHEMICAL OR PESTICIDE ENDING UP IN OUR BABIES FOOD!!!! i SAY STRONGER LAWS AND GUIDELINES ARE PAST DUE AND NEEDS TO BE ENFORCED ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:44 pm
When is this going to stop. We need more enforced regulations to conrtol what goes into the food we give our beloved pets. The next thing that will happen is it will infiltrate human food. Our pets are innocent creatures who constantly give to theoir owners, the least we can do is take care of them. Stop this insanity.
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Jamie McNichol zip 75068
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:51 pm
33811
linda hunt
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:53 pm
why dont we all move to china ? they are killing our pets then we will be next, if not allready,thank you very much to our goverenment.
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:54 pm
Kim Locke 24201
The FDA and the media need to report more accurate numbers of those pets who have died. Any un-named companies or products which are affected need to be named.
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:54 pm
33811
linda hunt
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:04 pm
My cats are my family and it’s upsetting to me that this has been allowed to happen. Please be more careful and take responsibility for the damage that has already been done.
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:48 pm
34470 JANICE SLAY
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:52 pm
78227
Diane Morris
someone needs to be held accountable !
I cant believe the government is allowing this to go on.
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:56 pm
78227 Diane Morris
someone should be held accountable! I cant believe the government would allow this to happen. you makes you feel real safe doesnt!
May 2nd, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Cindy M Wilson 66608
Just the fact that we must “worry” about what contaminants may be in the food products we purchase for our pets is unbelievable. There need to be set guidelines, regulations and requirements of testing for all products, by-products and ingredients that are deemed “consumable” for ANY kind of food processing. Be it for human, pet or animal consumption. I got lucky with my nine pets, but I would spend my lifesavings to prosecute had they died. They are VERY dear to me. Negligence is the ONLY way to describe an incident of such monumental proportion such as this. To all who have lost their beloved pets, I am so sorry. My heart goes out to you.
May 2nd, 2007 at 11:32 pm
98801 Louise McEwen
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:59 am
Judith Sanzo
sanzo@att.net
60471
May 3rd, 2007 at 2:17 am
15417 Lore Massey
WHEN is this going to stop!!! I am a rescuer, and we have to date lost 3 dogs due to tainted food–not while in our care, but because of the garbage they were being fed before they came to us! SOMEONE needs to be held accountable for the loss of these wonderful doggies!!!
May 3rd, 2007 at 2:51 am
BRENDA BERRY V8L 5H9
I have one or both my cats ill due to Nutro wets being the majority of their food. We need human grade foods offered for our pets if we choose to pay enough for them!
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:31 am
32937 Robert Wimmer
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:35 am
48820 Nancy Gilleo
May 3rd, 2007 at 8:41 am
04038 Melinda Frye
May 3rd, 2007 at 8:50 am
06377 Gauthier, Joyce
May 3rd, 2007 at 8:51 am
Barbara Light
32757
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:04 am
52333, Su Zenishek
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:10 am
Nina Mazzarelli, 49504
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:52 am
21236
Nancy Swiston
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:08 am
17362–Sally Thoman
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:19 am
29445 Gale Roland
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:20 am
18940
Denise McCulloch
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:22 am
54656 Rosanne Lutiger
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:33 am
17316 Amanda Gladfelter
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:38 am
74447
Anthea Thacker
May 3rd, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Laurie King 91401
This is devastating to so many people both emotionally and financially. Our pets rely an us to provide them with food and shelter and now we are learning that for many those good intentions ended in tragedy of great suffering and sometimes death.
We MUST hold those responsible, accountable for their actions.
May 3rd, 2007 at 12:06 pm
91942
Sidney Jolly
May 3rd, 2007 at 12:15 pm
25427
Judith Eggleston
May 3rd, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Irene Ponce 91031
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:08 pm
33701
Liz McClanhan
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Karen Comer, 90713
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:26 pm
27052 Dot Bnnett
Please take this seriously. This is getting totally out of hand. If we can’t control this then what would happen if Terroist attacked the food supply. Would would be done about that.
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:26 pm
97405
Skye Blaine
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Autumn Hall-Tun
49930
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Randall E. Burckhard, 33967 or 33912 (our zip just changed and they go by both depending on what you use to look it up)
If we can’t keep our pet’s food safe how will we keep food for human consumption safe? Terrorists are watching this and realizing how easy it would be to poison the entire United States Population through the food supply as the FDA does not check the quality before it is put on the market. This is scary and now people are at risk as well as our beloved pets. Must they all die before we act?
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:59 pm
02915 Kathy Kirkpatrick
May 3rd, 2007 at 2:01 pm
02915 Kathy Kirkpatrick
May 3rd, 2007 at 2:18 pm
10471
Manny Hernandez
It’s a shonda what Menu did to our pets and their incredibly slow response, exacerbated by their failure to have a customer service unit up and running as early as the weekend of March 16, 2007 when news had already broke and pets were already sick and dying. Shame on Menu Foods!
May 3rd, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Kathyrn Sharp 78745
May 3rd, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Sal Bowen
Zip Code 48187
May 3rd, 2007 at 2:50 pm
We need to stop importing from China altogether. I have 4 cats that I dearly love. We need the companies here in the USA to use products grown and produces in the good old USA so we know exactly what is in the product.
May 3rd, 2007 at 2:51 pm
Nancy Hammond–29588-nhammond@sc.rr.com
May 3rd, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Lets use American products for our animals!!!
May 3rd, 2007 at 3:44 pm
76051
Michelle Johnston
May 3rd, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Michelle Johnston
76051
May 3rd, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Lani D’Angelo
63362
May 3rd, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Lani D’Angelo
63362
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:07 pm
Hawk Thompson 78702
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:10 pm
10023 darcy lion
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:13 pm
this recall proves the need for greater control and protection of our food supply. its so sad so many cats and dogs had to die for this to come to light. pure greed as usual has had so many unhappy consequences.
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Teresa Jordan, 74851
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:22 pm
92805 Jamie Lurtz
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:46 pm
70114-Matthew DeOrazio
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:48 pm
27606-1504
Heather Abbott
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:51 pm
21157 ,John Davis
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:52 pm
62471
Lynn Brown
Shame, Shame
Greed has struck once again at the price of our furbabies lives!
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:52 pm
21157, John Davis
May 3rd, 2007 at 6:39 pm
We domesticated them and we are now responsible for their health and welfare. If our lawmakers cannot force the industry to make our companions’ food as safe as ours, then we should kick them out and vote in new lawmakers. We should be loudly protesting in the streets until this madness stops and tight regulation is implemented AND enforced. And those responsible (from China on down the line) should be held financially liable for every affected victim’s medical bills plus pain and suffering for the families. That might get their attention since nothing else seems to work.
May 3rd, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Elizabeth Joyner 19966
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:12 pm
We are entrusting to these companies the well being of our friends and companions. They need to raise their standards almost to pharmaceutical levels after the pain they have caused our pets to suffer.Their accountability is brought to task with this legislation.
zip 27017
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:18 pm
You should be ashamed!
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:20 pm
35748
Laura Reynolds
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:26 pm
This is just one more nail in the confidence we hold our government, and particularly this administration.
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:38 pm
76513 Jaci Duffina
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Barbara Walker
28515
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:48 pm
19335
p smith
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:49 pm
19335 p smith
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:59 pm
I hope there is a special place in hell for those responsible and complicit in this tragedy.
P. Poulin
60605
May 3rd, 2007 at 8:30 pm
Laura Knowles-94903
Our pets trust us to do right by them. We need to be able to trust that our food security system will do right by us.
May 3rd, 2007 at 8:34 pm
21502 Kevin Knippenberg
May 3rd, 2007 at 8:35 pm
43202
MaryAnn Annie Berry
berry.7@sbcglobal.net
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:19 pm
12204
suzanne winkler
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:30 pm
My pets are my children. I buy all my pet food from my vet and take them semi-annaully for their check ups and shots.
Please do everything possible to make their food safe.
Alice Knox Comstock
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:51 pm
08872
Companies must be accountable for the pet food consumers purchase. Animals lives are at stake.
Thank you
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:55 pm
karen Severiens
34698
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:53 pm
heather rice
63042
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:04 pm
74574
Juanita Kinyon
I’m a senior citizen. My cat was my best friend for 14 years. Cared for and healthy. The vet thought she looked more like 7 yrs. Suddenly she was very sick. Kidney failure. I tried so hard to save her and kept feeding her the very poison that was killing her. If the pet food companies had the courage to tell us about the food sooner, she would have had a chance to survive. This is very much like the Ford executives, when informed their Pinto would explode when hit from behind, killing or badly injuring it’s occupants, decided it was cheaper to pay off the injured parties and survivors than to recall the cars and fix the problem.
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:06 pm
60540
Annette Mattson
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Tom Cronin
89408
Human food must have nutritional information listed. Shouldn’t everything else have the same information? Also, I would like to know where the ingredients in food I eat came from, as well as what is fed to pets etc.
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:47 pm
23236
Roberta Palsa
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:49 pm
23236
Roberta Palsa
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:56 pm
12580
Jill Weiss
May 4th, 2007 at 12:07 am
98375
Shirley Waddell
May 4th, 2007 at 1:05 am
86413
Tanya Porter
May 4th, 2007 at 2:54 am
98570 Kate Ayers
May 4th, 2007 at 5:12 am
85018 Sherron Hosea
May 4th, 2007 at 5:46 am
77584
Patty Felli
May 4th, 2007 at 8:29 am
15668
Cathy Victor
May 4th, 2007 at 8:44 am
11427
Renee Grant
May 4th, 2007 at 8:45 am
11427
Renee Grant
cadmium@nyc.rr.com
May 4th, 2007 at 9:16 am
75758 Ruth Ames
May 4th, 2007 at 9:30 am
03079 Marlene Smith
May 4th, 2007 at 9:41 am
78748 Gavin McKinlay
May 4th, 2007 at 9:52 am
ivy m
10002
May 4th, 2007 at 10:03 am
Cyndy Rashke, 58106
May 4th, 2007 at 10:04 am
58106
Cyndy Raeshke
May 4th, 2007 at 10:05 am
55303
Kurt Richter
May 4th, 2007 at 10:25 am
95490 Mollie Morrissette
95490 Barbara Morrissette
May 4th, 2007 at 10:37 am
99320
Barbara Houghton
May 4th, 2007 at 10:52 am
32927 Sarah Jones
32927 Edward Jones
May 4th, 2007 at 11:30 am
36092
Linda Griebel
May 4th, 2007 at 11:52 am
72651 Catherine Jones
May 4th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
When is something going to done about this very scary problem??
It look like our goverment is just going to shove this under the rug . and hope it just goes away.
Please take action Now.
So we all can feel safe in feeding our precious pets again..
I watched that thing in the congress .
What a joke that was.
Nothing was resolved at all.
Infact one of the Sentors could not even pronounce the breed of dog he had.
HOW SAD>>>>>>>>>
Kim Brown
Santa Monica, Ca.
May 4th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Linda Goodman 07026
I have studied animal nutrition for 25 years, and in my rescue we feed and recommend “quality” brands that use human grade ingredients to all adopters. I am infuriated that one of the brands I have always recommended. . Blue Buffalo. . .has apologetically recalled their canned food because they discovered tainted rice gluten that IS NOT EVEN MENTIONED ON ITS LABEL!!!! They tell us they are sorry. . that they “trusted” their manufacturer. Well we TRUSTED them!! The pet food industry is a business worth over 15 billion dollars a year. We cannot allow them to self regulate any longer. Make them all accountable for the suffering and expense they have inflicted on pets and their owners!! Then put enforceable laws in place to govern content all pet foods.
May 4th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Jane and Joe Jones
27041
May 4th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
85258
Debra Savittieri
My 6yr old femal corgi mix passed away on March 23rd from the food contamination according to her bloodword,ultrasounds & kidney biopsies performed by VCA Hopspital.
This is a travesty that is just like 911 in NY to me….only it could of been prevented and was done by corporate America! The disregard to pet life is amazing to me and needs to be changed and reevaluated immediatly. These companies can get away with MURDER!
May 4th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
85258
Debra Savittieri
My 6yr old femal corgi mix passed away on March 23rd from the food contamination according to her bloodword,ultrasounds & kidney biopsies performed by VCA Hopspital.
This is a travesty that is just like 911 in NY to me….only it could of been prevented and was done by corporate America! The disregard to pet life is amazing to me and needs to be changed and reevaluated immediatly. These companies can get away with MURDER!
May 4th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
stormy walker 80205
May 4th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
07630
Barbara Andrews
May 4th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
80218 Kelly Stout
May 4th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
27513 Teresa Whitley
May 4th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Robin Degenaars
07470
May 4th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
10913
Buzz Ostrowsky
May 4th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
32714
Patricia Portela
Please, everyone, lets speak for our animal children. They need to be protected from all disasters, weather, abuse and their food. They are like children. For those that don’t have animals will not understand, but for the ones who do, you can understand how much they mean to us.
May 4th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
James Bayley
jbayley@emerson.k12.nj.us
May 4th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Cindy De Palma, 29016
May 4th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Barbara Finnigan
07676
May 4th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Christallin Twiline-Tabb, 48237
May 4th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Barbara Finnigan
07676
May 4th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Barbara Finnigan 07676
I feel extemely soory for all those who have lost their best friends.
May 4th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Jacqueline Dougherty
May 4th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Jacqueline Dougherty
07052
May 4th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
47408 - Melissa Talbott
May 4th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
48626
Donald Matula
May 4th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Vicki Pene
May 4th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Becky Smith 29206
May 4th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
18510
Debbie Stezar
May 4th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
94147: Denise Donald
PLEASE protect our pets!
May 4th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
29229
Gayle Schoenberger
May 4th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Tania S. Kidd
92241
May 4th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
24301
Marilyn Hitesman
May 4th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
92130Melissa Wise
May 4th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
07430
Barbara Widmer
May 4th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
Betty Brown Canada E3B5V1
May 4th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
77469
Amanda Miller
May 4th, 2007 at 6:03 pm
32951 Katherine Walker Please help keep our Pets safe!
May 4th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
Robert McKay
rmckay3688@aol.com
03802
May 4th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Why do you have ads for Pedigree on your website? They killed a few dogs.
Other than that, your info is helpful. Please don’t give any time to the killers.
May 4th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
11233
t. brome
(accountability petition)
May 4th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
t. brome
11233
msbrome@optonline.net
May 4th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
94117
Lauren Safanie
May 4th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
94117
Lauren Safanie
May 4th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Karen Peak
22193
May 4th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
Corrina Bright 12193
May 4th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
32536
Marybeth Waters
May 4th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
62960 catherine hopper
May 4th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
62960 catherine hopper I THINK WE SHOULD STOP BUYING ANYKIND OF FOOD FROM CHINA FOR PEOPLE OR ANIMALS
May 4th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Christine Guyler Zip 33063
May 4th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
margaret hamilton 27312
May 4th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
Michael McCumber 16066
May 4th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Michael McCumber 16066
May 4th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
78410
Gary Floyd
May 4th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
55011
Karen Brittan
May 4th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Jeanne Lynch
zip code 14214
BOYCOTT NUTRO’S!
May 4th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
28345
Debra Allen
May 4th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
28345
Debra Allen
May 4th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
28345
Thomas Allen
May 4th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
28001
Joel Allen
May 4th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
There is no excuse what so ever for this very sad situation.
May 4th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
94703
Allyson Thompson
May 4th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
73162
Ramona Ware
May 4th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
46356.tammy stuppy
May 4th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Martha A. Hurd-Call
04084
May 4th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
04084
Martha Hurd-Call
I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but this stuff could turn me into one!
May 4th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
What ever happened to. . . “… a dog is a man’s best friend”.
Well my little one, Max, is like a son to me !!! Shame on any manufacturer
or distributor who cuts costs, quality, safety to make a buck.
Respectfully, to the head of the congressional committee that controls FDA funding (Dave Obey, D-WI, chairman of House Appropriations Committee),
please hold this part of corporate America accountable. Thank you!
May 4th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
11218
Moya Luckett
May 4th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
07057
Michael C. Molloy
May 4th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
33176
Kate Miller
To many of us, our pets are our family, our children. Even if you cannot relate, please be open to the fact that many people feel that animals and humans are equal. They should have the same respect and rights as people do. We love them, share our lives with them and now it is unfortunate that many of us have to grieve such a terrible loss because of this tragedy. Please do the right thing and give those that lost their lives the courtesy and respect they deserve!
May 5th, 2007 at 12:37 am
I lost my precious Princess Spumoni because the manufacturers of her Nutro Ultra didn’t think it was necessary to test food coming from another country. We have such strict laws on our food here, why on earth would we buy food from another country who uses such fowl practices. Because this food was not recalled in a timely manner, I repoisoned my dog by trying to make her eat this same product after she was refusing to eat it. I thought she was just being picky, but she loved that food. Both of my dogs suddenly refused to eat their Nutro. This was more than 3 weeks from the recall date. I am just sick over the loss of my Spumoni.
May 5th, 2007 at 12:40 am
45601
Jackie Angus
May 5th, 2007 at 12:44 am
Dina Biles -Aubrey 90406
I lost my Princess Spumoni on March 26 because of corporate greed. I can’t believe that the company responsible for purchasing this product from another country would not take the time to test the product they are ordering. We have such strict guidelines on our food in this country, how could we even purchase any kind of food product from another country that has such bizarre practices with their food. She became ill mid February and I kept poisoning her over and over with the food she was refusing to eat. It was not recalled for over 3 weeks from when she first became ill. This just tears me up inside that this could happen. Both of my “furkids” refused to eat their Nutro Ultra. Now this tainted product is in the human food chain? Why can’t we just use the food grown in the US and support our own farmers? I now have 5 brands of dogfood in the freezer that are recalled….this is tearing me apart.
May 5th, 2007 at 7:40 am
19541
Teresa Chase
May 5th, 2007 at 9:00 am
02655
May 5th, 2007 at 11:24 am
06482
Toni Ferguson
May 5th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Stop letting animals die because you send jobs to other countries and buy cheap from other countries. If you are so ashamed to keep America alive by buying here and keeping jobs here then it is YOU that is killing all these dogs and cats. I love my country but if my dog or cat dies because you are so non American then you will be held responsible. I will make sure the media eats each and everyone of you alive. After all you will have killed my child. My baby. You make a law that says The Ten Commandments or prayer, anything relating to god may not pass childrens lips or we the public may not see anything set in stone about My Father. I ask you Is this because you know you are working for Saton by dueing what you have and will do? No I am not crazy just sick and tired of your sick games while you fill your pockets. AN EYE FOR AN EYE.
May 5th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
30680
Mike Cheek
May 5th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
18302 Paulette Dalglish
May 5th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
18301
Paulette Dalglish
The FDA is not doing it’s job, which is a huge undertaking…….more organization and less bureaucratic red tape would help.
Our pets are family members. Take better care of our pets, and their human families-NOW.
The radicals from within and without must be gleeful as to how easy it is to poison our pets and all Americans!!!!!
May 5th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
93726, Clara Febach
May 5th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Lynn Futch
31015
May 5th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
60640
Laura Watson
May 5th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Kathi Lattus 42050
May 5th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Sharon Tomanic 46368
May 5th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
86303
HavenLane
May 5th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
07305
Susan Kearns
May 5th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
62048
Diana Summers
May 5th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
84414
Judith Jones
May 5th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
John McLaughlin 97526
May 5th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
52556
Penny Maxwell
May 5th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
98282 Lisa Hegland
May 5th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
34769 Joanne Lowerre
May 5th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
I am very grateful that my pets did not die. They did suffer and we had $450 in vet bills. It was an emotional experience for the entire family.
May 5th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
78611
May 5th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
49332
Judy Morris
May 5th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
46815 E. Beard
May 5th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
50313
Judy Romero
May 5th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
50313
Judy Romero
May 5th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
49412
Danielle Merrill
May 5th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
78727
May 5th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Laura Bower 59918
May 5th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Laura Bower 59918
May 5th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
59918 Laura Bower
May 6th, 2007 at 2:10 am
Rita Springer 75407
May 6th, 2007 at 2:11 am
30188
Mia Witlen
May 6th, 2007 at 3:10 am
92503. Jeana cork
May 6th, 2007 at 7:21 am
Rosa Harding
May 6th, 2007 at 7:22 am
32962 Rosa Harding
May 6th, 2007 at 7:37 am
07456
Christine Coslet
May 6th, 2007 at 7:56 am
Heather L. Buchman, 21045
May 6th, 2007 at 8:16 am
27516 Susan Duke
I’ve been fortunate that none of my pets have been affected, as I didn’t happen to use these foods.
But this fiasco has brought 2 additional things to light that I’m glad are finally seeing the light of day:
The food raw materials distribution - for pets, livestock and people - is looser than it ought to be. Especially knowing that a few places like Menu manufacture so much of the pet food. Makes me wonder if the same could happen with human food?
The “light” foods that pet food manufacturers sell - what a load of BS - these foods are loaded with carbs, which is not what a cat needs to lose weight. Sure, people need to be disciplined and refrain from free feeding their overweight animals, but the foods out there to actually help a pet lose weight are few and far between.
While this 2nd issue is less serious than the 1st, I do hope it is addressed as well, because pet food manufacturers are giving us an advertising line, rather than basing their ‘light’ food recipes on science.
May 6th, 2007 at 9:05 am
Carla Pasquale
07470
May 6th, 2007 at 9:06 am
Jeff Young
07470
May 6th, 2007 at 10:11 am
78023
David Smith
May 6th, 2007 at 10:31 am
Kim McDaniels 46350
May 6th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Sherry Wemple
97015
May 6th, 2007 at 10:59 am
wendy white 46385
May 6th, 2007 at 11:09 am
karen Kontizas 18328
Yes, all dog food companies should be accountable for their foods.
May 6th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Laura Hudson 15122
This fiasco truly shows the need to overhaul the FDA. How can an agency that has allowed such death and misery to occur in our pet population be trusted to safeguard human health issues?
May 6th, 2007 at 11:55 am
Laura Hudson 15122
This fiasco truly shows the need to overhaul the FDA. How can an agency that has allowed such death and misery to occur in our pet population be trusted to safeguard human health issues? Again, corporate greed comes before the health, safety and well being of pets and, now it seems, their owners as well as this danger enters the human food chain. They MUST be held accountable.
May 6th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
N2B 7M7
Jean Dament
May 6th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
I am a concerned pet owner.
N2B 1M7
Mrs. Jean Dament
May 6th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
je demande le contrôle de la nourriture pour chiens et chats par un organisme indépendant.
May 6th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
19810 Danielle Filliben
May 6th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
15801 Kelly Shindledecker
May 6th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
15801
Kelly Shindledecker
May 6th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Cheri Levenson
85028
May 6th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
48091
Guy Johnston
Concerned pet owner
May 6th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
44067
Mary Ann Bleich
May 6th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
Very concerned rescue pet owner!
May 6th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
06870
May 6th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
06870
Ellie Gerli
May 6th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
11354 Lainie Thinknot
May 6th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
90245 Nicolette Aubourg
May 6th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Peter and Stefanie VanderLaag
11025 Choiceana Ave.
Hesperia, CA 92345
We are appalled that there is not more scrutiny in the pet food industry. There should be serious financial consequences for this neglect so it doesn’t happen again. To poison your own pet is the ultimate horror…even if it was done unknowingly.
May 6th, 2007 at 4:51 pm
60646
Leigh Hourihane
May 6th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Jo Scheetz
18052
I feel that since I’m PAYING for pet food I deserve to know not only not only the ingredients but also where it’s manufactured and the origin of where the vegetable proteins and glutens.
At this point I’m fearful of buying any brands due to cross-contamination since most pet food companies won’t disclose the name of their manufacturer.
Unless the food is free of charge, they don’t have the right to withhold that very pertinent information.
It’s like playing Russian Roulette with my dogs lives and I prefer not to play.
My dogs are more then just property to me, and I believe that as citizens of the USA we should all have the right to know what we’re buying is not going to kill our pets.
Thank you,
Jo Scheetz
May 6th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
02703
Muriel Reilly
May 6th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
18951
Jani Scheetz
May 6th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
05478
Martha Ryan
May 6th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Cindy Van Allen
44822
There does need to be accountability.
I researched long and hard for what I thought would be the best dog food for my 2 dogs.
Their dog foods have not *yet* beed recalled, but companies will not give out specific info of where the ingredients were grown, and now with cross contamination, where they are even manufactured.
Now I wait everyday to see if the other shoe is going to drop, and not knowing if I am hurting my dogs every time I put their food bowl down.
Plus it seems like it’s always late Friday before most companies finally issue a recall–how long do they sit on info before letting THEIR consumers know?? Too long.
May 6th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
94599
Nancy Bueno
May 6th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
56560
Joanne Pounds
May 6th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
73072
Debra Emerson
May 6th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
i believe all pet food makeers should be held accountable for what goes into their foods, as well as what we eat!!!!!
May 6th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
Helen D. Bilowus
14218
May 6th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Thank you for helping us keep our animals healthy and safe. They rely on us for good judgment and we rely on our food suppliers not to be greedy or dishonest.
May 6th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
12401
Elizabeth Petry
PLEASE do something about this A.S.A.P.!!! Our pets are more than just property, they are our beloved family members! We do not need to lose another pet because of heartless people who ’shortchange’ the quality of our pet food!
This is absolutely heinous!
May 6th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
patricia kavanaugh 06779 I lost my eight year old min pin to liver failure this week. ? from recalled food- nutro and advantage.
May 6th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
06779 patricia kavanaugh
May 6th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
I made some badges if anyone wants to put one on their website: http://www.elainevigneault.com.....rofit.html
May 6th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Vicki McLean 97850
May 6th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
97850
Vicki McLean
May 6th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
44515
Doreen Monroe
The pet food manufacturers need to be held accountable for their products.
May 6th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
61073 Penny Hall
May 6th, 2007 at 11:34 pm
61073 Joe Conti
May 6th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Barbara Whittenbarger 45891
Losing a pet is very difficult to bear! And to feel partly resposible for it would be unbearable. Our pets are valued members of our families who depend on us to keep them safe. Please help any way you can to ease the pain of those who have lost loved ones due to this situation.
May 7th, 2007 at 12:50 am
10312
Yvonne Roga
I cannot believe how horrible this situation has become. Someone needs to be held accountable for all pets who suffered. Is it because these are animals and not humans that the response has been so slow? It’s unacceptable all around.
May 7th, 2007 at 1:00 am
99502 Carol Longval
I have always made all my dogs food, due to allergies. I thank goodness I do, even tho’ it is rather time consuming. I do, however, give my dogs commercial treats. Their favorite is the chicken jerky made by Dingo Brand. They have had these for as long as Dingo has made them. Trying to order a new shipment on Thursday (5/04/07) I find that
Dingo has recalled all it’s chicken jerky and will no longer be making it due to possible salmonella contamination. Will it never end? How about getting the FDA involved??
May 7th, 2007 at 1:23 am
92408 Sharon Ellwood
May 7th, 2007 at 1:27 am
Something needs to be done immediatley. These innocent pets are just trying to eat and they are sick or dying needlessley. Shame on these pet food manufactures…
May 7th, 2007 at 6:19 am
I do not enter my name, etc. on a site that is not secure!
Please make the petition site a secure site, or move it to
one that is secure!
May 7th, 2007 at 8:48 am
My pets are so dear to me. I could not imagine loosing them this way. I take such good care of them. The pet food companies must take responsibility and do more than just offer $.
May 7th, 2007 at 9:55 am
15238 Andrea Lehman
May 7th, 2007 at 10:10 am
29072
Gil Hampton
May 7th, 2007 at 10:31 am
33565
Debra J. McKnight-Schirck
May 7th, 2007 at 11:01 am
15690
May 7th, 2007 at 11:02 am
Karen Sheaffer
15690
May 7th, 2007 at 11:03 am
J. Ford
98391
I have been feeding Chicken Soup for Puppy Lovers since the puppies started to eat. I am horrified that it has been recalled. I want Diamond to pay for their blood work that I have been advised to have done.
May 7th, 2007 at 11:18 am
02135 Monika Shepherd
May 7th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
I am Peggy Crawford. My zip code is 93611. I want to sign this petition to hold Pet Food Manufacturers responsible for what has been done to countless pets.
May 7th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Carol White
63628
May 7th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
06883 Susan Neilly
May 7th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
06883 Susan Neilly
May 7th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Brad Miller
67003
May 7th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
42748 Jason Cline
May 7th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
60181 Janice Francour
May 7th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Jen Bowman
43035
May 7th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
R. DUANE SWANK 34476
May 7th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
61801 Chris Mayer
May 7th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
97302
Paula Turner
Please add my name to the Pet Food Accountability Petition
May 7th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
32958 Steven Murto
May 7th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
15234
Sherry Johnson
May 7th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
28138 Diane Daniels These companies were to profit from the cheap, untested Chinese imports. They should be held accountable for their lack of concern for safety of their product.
May 7th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
loretta jacobs, RN
94904
Shame, shame on you!
May 7th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
05May2007
Congress should enact legislation that would 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.
The financial burden of uninsured veterinary treatment caused by the contaminated food can be overwhelming for most, leading pet parents and their families to significant financial damage; if not loss of a family member — often affecting other family members such as kids and the elderly.
By doing this Congress and FDA would create a financial motive for pet food makers and marketers to set higher standards for pet foods. We need to let them know that consumers are want a 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.
And lastly, there needs to be 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 also be obvious to the consumer.
Some of us feed our animals better than we feed ourselves.
J. S. Dashiell, Psy. D
3000 Magic Hollow Boulevard
Virginia Beach, Va. 23453-3009
May 7th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Janice Glowski
87144
May 7th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
China needs to stop spraying rat poison on their wheat!
May 7th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
35226 Henry Sledge
May 7th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
35127 Gayle M. Gowdy
May 7th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
35127 Randall W. Gowdy
May 7th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
Gabrielle Phillips
90277
May 7th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
48377 Regina Rizk-Smith
May 7th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
90277
Wesley Ichishita
May 7th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Teri Meadows
80403
May 7th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
80403
Teri Meadows
May 8th, 2007 at 10:34 am
Debbee Archuleta, 85206
May 8th, 2007 at 10:53 am
Suzanne Burleson
74055
May 8th, 2007 at 11:09 am
the company who polluted the pet food supply should pay damages, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. From what I read in national publications, many companies in China, and no doubt other countries, as well, pollute food for human comsumption for people in the USA and the FDA does very little to test and control the contamination of foods from outside this country.
May 8th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
98661 Jonnette Hemry
May 8th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
It’s time for accountability for the pet food industry.
Jack Todd
jack.todd@pgn.com
97215
May 8th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
I heartily support the Pet Food Accountability Petition. Companies definitely need to be held accountable for the losses created from their greed.
May 8th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Sue Cowan
97030
May 8th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
if you sell it, you are responsible for it.
May 8th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
97214
Lynn Maritch
if you sell it, you are responsible for it.
May 8th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Kathy Davies
97013
May 8th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
97239, Joan Amero
May 8th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
MICHAEL VESSEY
04070-7656
May 8th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
04070 FRANCES VESSEY
May 8th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
96720, Michael Saunders
May 8th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Laura Morehead…18013
I wonder how the pet food giants can sleep at night knowing how many animals they have killed.
May 8th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
20906
b-j Altschul
This is LOOOOOOOOOOONG overdue
May 8th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Shannon Hutcheson
L1P 1A1
May 8th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Victoria Schron
91607
May 8th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
60031 Mary C Parsons
May 8th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
55056 Kimberly Netzer
May 8th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
98065 Stephanie Jones
May 8th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Natacia Manibusan
91977
My pets are too important for me to take this lightly. My money will no longer go to irresponsible companies. If that means I make it myself with Kosher and organically raised meats, then so be it. If a place like Trader Joes, Whole Foods and other Health food places have it for us and our fourlegged friends, there is no reason to shop elsewhere for such an to ensure their well being. You should be ashamed of yourself for allowing such dispicable behavior. I hope this haunts everyone involved and comes back to punish you severly. Tsk Tsk Tsk!
May 8th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Menu Foods should be held accountable for the pain, suffering and cost ALL pet lovers have endured! Menu Foods searched for the cheapest product available..to hell with our pets. My pets were fed only natural cat food..this rotten manufacturer packed their food!
May 8th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Bethany Hoffee, 98383
May 8th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
When I first heard the recall, I was shocked, and worried, though I dont feed my cats wet cat food, I know a few of my friends do, and didnt want their animals hurt.
The fact that the standards for pet food is held lower is a shock, and not a shock, for in the eyes of the courts, pets are property. This petition is something that is needed to get the standareds raised, as well as to prevent this from happening on this scale ever again.
May 8th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Gerri Penn, 30360
I returned Ol Roy treats to Walmart and they were still selling the recalled treats. My dogs are living breathing members of our family and just like humans the companies selling the contaminated products should be held accountable.
May 8th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
53207 Karen Bosetti
Please help and save our pets.
May 8th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
21075
Virginia Bell
May 8th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
8146-8846
Patricia & Richard McAfoose
We sign this petition to ask our Congress to take a
positive stand and get started on fixing this dog/cat
food mess. This is the greatest country on earth and
therefore this problem is beyond excuses! Stand
up and do what is right for a change!
May 8th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
62650
Annette Hipkins
May 8th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
62650
Annette Hipkins
May 8th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
91355, Christine Lunde
May 8th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
I have a question concerning the tainted feed eaten by the hogs and chickens. I recently became aware that if a human has eaten the meat tainted with the melamine feed, it comes out the urine. If a dog eat a tainted chicken (one that has eaten melamine) would it make the animal sick? Also, if I fed my dog organic food would it be a lot safer? Please respond as soon as possible. Thank you. I live in California and am deeply concerned.
Sincerely, Ms. Nicky M. Matthews
May 8th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
I have a question concerning the tainted feed eaten by the hogs and chickens. I recently became aware that if a human has eaten the meat tainted with the melamine feed, it comes out the urine. If a dog eat a tainted chicken (one that has eaten melamine) would it make the animal sick? Also, if I fed my dog organic food would it be a lot safer? Please respond as soon as possible. Thank you. I live in California and am deeply concerned.
Sincerely, Ms. Nicky M. Matthews
92252
May 8th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
I was very lucky that my two cats were not affected by the contaminated petfood, but I am signing in support of all those who lost furry companions or have been burdened by pet illness. I believe these people are victims of a deliberate criminal act by the pet food industry and they deserve restitution and compensation.
May 8th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
89415 Cathy Johnson, I want to know what is safe to feed my dog, and if dog food companies are this lax with pet food, is food for humans safe? Look at the spinach incident.
May 8th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Dawn MacFarlane
33569
May 8th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Cheryl Baker
35235
May 9th, 2007 at 1:09 am
It is absolutely criminal what has been done in the name of profits at the expense of our pets. Not only does this bring up so many issues about the whole process of the production of pet food and its safety, but it brings up a lot of questions in general about the safety of the human food supply. I think Congress needs to investigate the safety of ours and the pets food supply, and also that “Country of Origin” needs to be placed on food labels. There should also be more investigations into the safety of food and drugs coming to our country from China.
May 9th, 2007 at 2:57 am
98291 Sally Bagwell
May 9th, 2007 at 4:42 am
95350
Donna Phillips
May 9th, 2007 at 8:37 am
08016 Merri Milas
May 9th, 2007 at 10:01 am
08754 Sandra Figner
May 9th, 2007 at 10:21 am
44010 Patricia Lovley
May 9th, 2007 at 10:29 am
78759
Abbey Bassett
May 9th, 2007 at 11:49 am
49946
Kara Falk
May 9th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
33952 glenda hunt
May 9th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
85716
Sandra Wrigglesworth
May 9th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Kitty Uhlman 02905
I think this is absolutely horrendous. None of my pets have been affected (yet). But now when I go to the grocery store to buy food for my dogs and cats, I have to stand there feeling real fear, wondering which food is safe to purchase and what should I buy. Something needs to be done about this now. It’s totally unacceptable. Furthermore, I have read that now those same ingredients that poisoned our pets has been fed to chickens and fish for HUMAN consumption! How can this be?!? This cannot be allowed!
May 9th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
28379 NICOLE HAYWOOD
May 9th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
18427 pam sweda
May 9th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Roger Williams Lockhart TX 78644
May 9th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
02892
Carol Vecchione
May 9th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
54720 Annette Bullard Save and protect our fur-babies and human-babies
May 9th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
ML Sherwood
77082
May 9th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Lori Cole
N2H 1T9
May 10th, 2007 at 3:27 am
23947 Debra Lewis Caruso
Our babies deserve better,obviously the petfood industry has been duping us all.We will not be decieved anymore!
May 10th, 2007 at 3:36 am
98383 Kori Gibson
May 10th, 2007 at 5:00 am
V4K 2Z1 Carolyn Leath-Watson
May 10th, 2007 at 8:00 am
78704 Sharon Croissant
May 10th, 2007 at 8:48 am
28690 reba vanhorn
May 10th, 2007 at 8:50 am
reba vanhorn 28690
May 10th, 2007 at 9:58 am
Sylvia Ahlberk 07652
May 10th, 2007 at 10:01 am
Carol Evon 02910
May 10th, 2007 at 10:06 am
sonya hall 05091
May 10th, 2007 at 10:58 am
Carol Herzog
60714
May 10th, 2007 at 11:02 am
SUE O’DONNELL
ZIP CODE 95519
Whoever or whatever is behind the poisoning of our pets and our fellow human beings must be identified and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
In the meantime, FDA, you need to wake up and smell the coffee and do your job!
I cannot begin to tell you how many pet foods and HUMAN FOODS I have had to throw away because of the frightening reality. Who will reimburse me for the money I spent on all of the food tossed in the garbage?
Who will compensate the poor people who have suffered damage and lost their dearly beloved pets? WHO?
Will you FDA be cutting out checks soon I ask?
May 10th, 2007 at 11:19 am
B.Heavens
60192
May 10th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
what a shame this is happening to all pet owners I for one have several sick cats from feeding recalled foods and I altready had one pass away
It’s to the point where I don’t know what ot feed or what company’s to trust
May 10th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
94564
Martha Hoffman
May 10th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
29461
Stephanie Hunter
May 10th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
Amy McCormick
68154
May 10th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Robyn Katz 07208
May 10th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Karen Bodiford
78731
May 10th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
sandra longa
23-26 sound street,
Astoria, NY 11105
May 11th, 2007 at 2:26 am
92116-Rachel Hicks
May 11th, 2007 at 3:05 am
I’ve switched my dogs to all homemade dog food.
http://homemadehealthypetfood.com
May 11th, 2007 at 5:41 am
14747 Debbie Johnson
May 11th, 2007 at 6:08 am
Maryellen Madaio 02474
May 11th, 2007 at 6:48 am
Sharon Coggswell
97053
coggswell35@hotmail.com
May 11th, 2007 at 8:08 am
39565
Sandra Alawine
May 11th, 2007 at 9:28 am
SUSAN HANS 11378
I HAD TO BE TO SLEEP MY CAT (WHO WAS FULL OF LIFE AND GOT VERY SICK IN APRIL) ON 5/7/2007 DUE TO KIDNEY AND LIVER FAILURE DUE TO FOOD THAT WAS RECALLED!!!
May 11th, 2007 at 11:34 am
01060
Danielle Elliott
May 11th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Melinda A. Irwin
17837
May 11th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Melinda Irwin
17837
May 11th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
18045- Laurie Pusateri
May 11th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
77008 Sharon Kittinger-Murphy
email@bdmkps.com
I am the owner of Big Dog & Miss Kitti’s Pet Sitting Services in Houston, TX. My company currently has about 800 clients. Additionally I am the founder of the Houston Area Professional Pet Sitting Associates networking group as well as the organizer for the Houston Pet Sitter Meet Up group. I’m active in the pet care industry on local, state, and national levels… and I don’t know one person who hasn’t been effected by this.
Character and respect are earned through actions. A full apology is required from each of the companies involved in these “incidents”… and a true apology is more than just words… it includes genuine remorse, accepting responsibility, providing restitution, and putting a plan in place that would prevent something like this from ever happening again in the future.
The companies who step up to the plate and do what is right will be viewed in an entirely different light than those who continue to pass the blame or hide things from consumers.
I urge the individuals who have the ability to effect change with this horrible tainted pet food atrocity to immediately do whatever it takes to restore all that has been damaged and go forward with procedures that are safe for every living being.
May 11th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Patricia Bentzen
92130
May 11th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
53147, Cheri McBride
May 11th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
85087
Dennis Madden
May 11th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
47201
Tiffany Rice
May 11th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
98370
Theresa Sullivan
May 11th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
98370 Theresa Sullivan
Please let the truth be known and do all you can to hold those responsible for the wrong they have done.
May 11th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
87144
Deborah Frazier
May 12th, 2007 at 5:28 am
26508 Robert Scott
May 12th, 2007 at 5:44 am
Jan Lawson
77449
May 12th, 2007 at 5:59 am
I think all who are responsible for the poisoning and death of all these innocent pets and the grief of there parents need to be accountable for this tragic act. This was not an accident. It was done on purpose for money and greed. The FDA is at fault also. All need to be put in camps and fed this contaminated food.
May 12th, 2007 at 7:22 am
Accountability! The emotional impact, as well as the financial impact on, just for example, breeders that feed their entire kennels any of these foods, has to be addressed. Congress can not just look at this disaster as “a few pets died’….it is possible someones entire business and livelyhood could have been wiped out by this. As responsible pet owners, we must hold their feet to the fire on this one! Our babies have no voice in this….we must speak for not only the ones that have dodged the bullet this time, but also for all the ones permanently injured or lost over this! This absolutely infuriates me!
Judy Wright
77089
May 12th, 2007 at 8:45 am
laura ruddiman
07621
I lost my rottweiler Thor
May 12th, 2007 at 8:48 am
12197
Mary Ann Bayne
May 12th, 2007 at 9:07 am
Sherrie Hall 69341
May 12th, 2007 at 9:17 am
18015 Cindy Dinsmore
May 12th, 2007 at 9:18 am
Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico 58341
Joanne Dinsmore
May 12th, 2007 at 9:18 am
18015 Cindy Dinsmore
May 12th, 2007 at 11:50 am
07863 Christina Suyker
07829 Jana Lightcap
May 12th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Harold Taylor
06109
May 12th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
96706 Valerie Henighan
This should of NEVER happened,our pets are our family!!!!
May 12th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
How could you let this happen to our PRECIOUS PETS !!!!
May 12th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
95828 Susie Gross
How could you let this happen to our PRECIOUS PETS !!!!
May 12th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
60202
May 12th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Craig Phillips
90731
May 12th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
94546
Robin Texeira
May 12th, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Vicki Hawks 32205
May 12th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
13090, Michelle Metzger
This is completely unacceptable and needs to be dealt with, yesterday!!! I don’t want to have to worry every time I need to buy my dog food that he is going to get very ill and possibly die. My heart goes out to all of those who are dealing with this issue.
May 12th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
13090, Michelle Metzger
This is completely unacceptable and needs to be dealt with, yesterday!!! I don’t want to have to worry every time I need to buy my dog food that he is going to get very ill and possibly die. My heart goes out to all of those who are dealing with this issue.
May 12th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
As I sit looking into my precious babies’ eyes, I am thankful that I did not put my trust into any of the companies without the best interests of my fur-children as their top priority. My thoughts are with all of the families that have suffered due to the negligence of the pet food industry.
Kaye Wickman
May 12th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
terrible, just terrible, totally irresponsible that this happen. This problem must be solved immediately, and never happen again. I have found out so much about animal feed which is great, I now know what not to feed my 3 dogs and 2 cats. I feel very strongly that the medical bills should be paid by the responsible parties.
May 12th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
I love my dog and the thought of him dieing due to a dog food is
rediculous and I can’t quite wrap my brain around the idea.
Kim Calabrese 14214
May 12th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
FDA…………….You are a Failure, Demonstration in America.Americans citizens,have you not seen the lack of security of this nation ? Corporate greed,…………..is self serving and wrong ! Lives have been taken,and all we are given is slick talk and lies. Pet parents and their fur kids have suffered and died.All this suffering and pain for profit ? Any one ready to demand a change ? This should have NEVER happen in America. Profit is “normal” for business,but deception with a death tag, based on greed ? Hanging,……………………..is way too good for these killers of innocent souls. I will be the first to volunteer to “spoon “feed” the food they made for pets to the guilty parties. Personal boycott on any chinese imported items.
May 12th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Donna Adney 35051
May 13th, 2007 at 2:42 am
94530 Melanie Bryson
Require:
manufacturer disclosure, all co-packing parties included;
full ingredient disclosure;
proof of where ingredients come from;
country of origin labeling;
nutritional statement modeled after human nutritional label;
laws that apply to by-products for human consumption apply to pet food;
laws that prohibit misleading, ambiguous statements such as “sourced in the US”, “human-grade”, “all natural”;
creation of an animal agency equivalent to CDC for humans (FDA is clearly not up to this job, nor should it be expected to fill that void);
accurate public reporting of adverse effects related to pet food;
separation of FDA from Pet Food Industry & Vets.
re: present situation — Pull ALL PET FOOD OFF THE SHELF. START OVER. Discontinue manufacturing for a period of time sufficient to clean ALL equipment and insure the following: BAN ALL REFINED FOODS FROM CHINA. If pet food manufacturers continue to use grains in pet food, require strict proof that they are GROWN in the US, facilities and ingredients inspected and tested regularly.
May 13th, 2007 at 4:40 am
34203 CL unsworth
May 13th, 2007 at 9:29 am
I would like to know what the FDA has done during this crisis. Have they been reactive or proactive? Example have they ever tested a sampling of all pet products available to ensure their safety or did they snap in to action once many pets died reportedly eating a certain food?
Require information about the production to be printed on the product!
Require information stated if the product been self tested.
Require standard termenology so claims mean something.
Ensure accountability!
Betty Fiora 06019
May 13th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Shannyn Schindler 76109
May 13th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
19446
Gina Fusca
May 13th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
48192
Michelle Kornblum
May 13th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
95822 Wanda Christensen
May 13th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Carl Wicks
73507
May 13th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
95822 Wanda Christensen
May 14th, 2007 at 2:27 am
I’d say in the future ban all proudts made any where but in the USA and there should still be strict guidelines put in place for checking the food.
Companies should be held liable if their proudcts cause Pets to get sick.
Right now I’m afraid to even feed my dogs dog food.
May 14th, 2007 at 2:31 am
42431 Betty Rhye
May 14th, 2007 at 8:27 am
02368
Karen Wassman
May 14th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Carrie Romanchek 80501
May 14th, 2007 at 9:58 am
Carol Nunley 73068
May 14th, 2007 at 10:13 am
29205
Dell Sawyer
May 14th, 2007 at 10:42 am
christina guida, 48906
May 14th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Menu foods and the FDA should be held accountable. This was a toxin that caused many deaths of family members. Research your pet food and ingredients. Many people don’t realize what is in their animals food, but if you educate yourself you only make you and your animals life better! No one should get away with feeding anything to anyone like that!
May 14th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
18109
Mrs. Kathryn A. Killo
I want to see justice done for all the pet owners who are
suffering the needless, inhumane loss of a pet. My own
cat “Blackie” has been sick since January 15, 2007 we have had him back and forth to the vet several times for tests and antibiotics. They still are not sure what it is! My whole family is truly upset by this he was a perfectly healthy pet
hardly ever sick, until January started with loss of appetitie, frequent urination, loss of weight. What is going on? If it is from the food recall this nightmare needs to stop and we need to hold the manufacturers accountable. I am 100%
for this petition! We need to continue this effort until our concerns are answered and someone pays! I never want to see this happen again! My thoughts and prayers go out to all the pet owners who have lost a beloved pet due to this unthinkable act! And for those of you who have pets that are suffering my heartfelt prayers are with you! I know first hand how horrible this nightmare can be. To love them so much and not be able to help them. Please, remember to keep all our dogs and cats in our prayers especially pray to St. Francis of Assisi , patron saint of animals for help!
May 14th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
13210 Jude Lewis
May 14th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Sandra Dickinson
23602
May 14th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Shirley Flagg
Maryland 20657
May 14th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
92802
Ruthie Wickwar
Ruthie49er@aol.com
May 14th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
60614
Stephanie Bailey
May 14th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
45764 Joan Frost
Someone needs to be held accountable for all these recalls!! To many beloved pets have passed away or become very ill due to this horrible tragedy.
May 14th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
01108
Linda Mendel
May 14th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
14075 Cathy SHelley
May 14th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
08816 Dolores Takla
May 15th, 2007 at 3:53 am
Robin Kruger
May 15th, 2007 at 3:53 am
Robin Kruger 92706
May 15th, 2007 at 5:35 am
94590 Valerie Korade
May 15th, 2007 at 6:44 am
77023
Charles Roeseler
May 15th, 2007 at 8:33 am
30022
Pat Pierce
May 15th, 2007 at 9:05 am
Nancy Plunkett
17223
May 15th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Joellyn Lalko
54304
May 15th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
90210
Marie
Moneysmith
May 15th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
21701 Judith Hoagland
May 15th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
55066 Kathy Pederson I lost my Kitty I adotped in October to this.. 9 days of hell trying to save her. We put her to sleep the Monday after Easter. Im so damn angry!
May 15th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Phyllis R. Shamoon, 92020
In memory of Purr-Purr, my friend and healing cat, 1991 to July 16, 2006. She ate Trader Joe’s wet made by Menu Foods, Natural Balance Weight Loss and other eventually re-called foods including Safeway’s canned etc. Purr-Purr did not deserve to be tortured in this way while I stood by nearly helpless because of financial constraints watching her waste away to gauntness, throwing up and incontinent.
May 15th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
06069
Susan Ammon
May 15th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Debra Goldsborough
48063
May 15th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
RANDY DOUGLAS - 11104-2243
MENU FOODS AND ALL ASSOCIATED COMPANIES MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE INGREDIENTS THEY PUT INTO THEIR FOOD & THEIR SOURCES. “FOODS PETS DIE FOR”, SPELLS IT OUT. THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE. THEY ARE SELF-REGULATED. CONSUMERS MUST DEMAND THIS INDUSTRY BE FEDERALLY REGULATED TO HIGH, IF NOT HUMAN GRADE STANDARDS. THEY SHOULD MAKE FINANCIAL RESTITUTION FOR ALL PET LOSSES/EXPENDITURES. BOYCOTT THEM & WATCH HEAVEN & EARTH MOVE. BETTER YET, START COOKING FOR YOUR PETS.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
22205
Rosy Baldwin
Our pets are our children and they deserve to eat decent, safe foods that won’t make them deathly ill from contamination! So do we as Americans. We have always been a self-reliant people. That has changed these past several years. We now produce very little here at home but must rely on other countries to send us food, cars, materials, clothing…you name it! Not good. Not good at all. This puts us at a huge disadvantage.
May 16th, 2007 at 7:04 am
10983 Casey Huber
Our dog of 6 years recently died from eating IAMS lamb and rice formula. He suffered from renal failure. His death was needless and preventable.
May 16th, 2007 at 10:20 am
93001
Helga Harris
May 16th, 2007 at 10:48 am
just found out the local healthfood store for pets ,who claimed that they are top with all recalls) is selling products on the recall list.
The Warf on Frontstreet in Ventura Ca.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:00 am
52003 JoAnn Lavenz
May 16th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
34734 Amy O’Shaughnessy
May 16th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
05037 Sandi Brown
May 16th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
12158
Lori J. Dorry
May 16th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
34472, Brenda Symonds
May 16th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
97470 vicki hood
May 16th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
WHAT THE HE– ARE WE IMPORTING WHEAT FROM CHINA FOR? YES, I KNOW IT IS WHEAT GLUTEN. R ICE IS ALL OVER SACRAMENTO VALLEY SO WHAT DO WE DO? WE EXPORT OUR GRAINS AND BUY FROM CHINA. THINK I’LL COOK FROM SCRATCH FOR MY 4 LEGGED FRIENDS. A LARGE POT OF FOOD TO NOT EVEN INCLUDE CHICKEN. JUST FOUND OUT THEY ARE RAISING CHICKENS WITH ARSENIC TO MAKE THEM GROW FAT FASTER. THEY ARE RAISED WITH SO MANY HORMONES–ANTIBIOTICS AND THE LIKE, THEY ARE OUR 4 POUND FRYERS AT 4 TO 7 WEEKS. GET THIS——–THEY EVEN SCRAPE UP THE POOP AND DEBRIS AND PUT IT IN CATTLE FOOD. CHECK IT OUT — WOULDN’T WANT THAT MEAT ON MY PLATE–OR MY ANIMALS DISH. EVER HEAR YOU CAN’T MESS WITH MOTHER NATURE? WITH THAT KIND OF FOOD IT’S NO WONDER WE GAIN WEIGHT SO EASILY. NO WONDER OUR KIDS ARE DEVELOPING BREASTS AT AGE 9. BOYS EVEN. GOT A REAL MAD ON FOR CHINA. THOSE BITS OF FUR, THE FUR COATS, COLLARS, STUFFED ANIMALS. TOYS AND CUTE THINGS FROM CHINA FUR PARTS ARE FROM BOILED CATS AND SLOWLY HUNG DOGS. CHECK IT OUT WITH ANY OF THE MAIN ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS. WITH AN ETHIC AND A DISDAIN FOR ANIMALS SUCH AS WHAT CHINA HAS WHY WOULD THEY CARE IF POISON ENDS UP IN OUR ANIMAL OR EVEN HUMAN FOOD.
May 16th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
88081 Romana Welch
May 17th, 2007 at 12:18 am
94564 Andrea Olandag
May 17th, 2007 at 5:51 am
We see how the petfood industry regulates itself. Please can we have an IMPARTIAL 3rd party oversight panel with enforcement powers!
May 17th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
Time to hold China accountable for thier actions and to clean up our act as well. The FDA needs to investigate what is going on with the human food supply as well as the pet food industry.
The Chinese seem to have no regard for the welfare of animals or humans and we should boycott their products (very difficult to do in the US right now) until they have proven otherwise.
Where ingredients originate should be labeled on all food, both pet and human. Heck we have to put labels of origins on products such as lamps and furniture- it is more important when it effects our food. We need to wake up and take action.
May 17th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Time to hold China accountable for thier actions and to clean up our act as well. The FDA needs to investigate what is going on with the human food supply as well as the pet food industry.
The Chinese seem to have no regard for the welfare of animals or humans and we should boycott their products (very difficult to do in the US right now) until they have proven otherwise.
Where ingredients originate should be labeled on all food, both pet and human. Heck we have to put labels of origins on products such as lamps and furniture- it is more important when it effects our food. We need to wake up and take action.
cook20165
May 17th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
02115 Elise Evans
May 17th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
19076
Kathleen Hamilton
Our family suffered two devastating losses shortly after Christmas within (3) weeks of each other. I believe the recalled food and toxins they contained contributed to at least one if not both deaths. We are a grieving family and nothing eases the pain but the memory of the love we shared with our pets compels me to act and do whatever it takes to affect change.
May 17th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Mochasmom
May 17th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
[…] for dogs). A few ways to help clean up the industry: The Petition for Pet Food Reform, another Petition to Hold the Pet Food Companies Accountable, and Peta’s Iams Cruelty site. You can also write to The Center for Veterinary Medicine and […]
May 18th, 2007 at 4:25 am
94508 Jinger Casad
May 18th, 2007 at 4:27 am
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Jinger Casad
May 18th, 2007 at 5:06 am
Barbara Haukenberry
93117-2041
I want our companion animal food to be safe again! I am afraid every time that I feed my dogs and cats because our country does not check for ingredient safety! Humans, as well as animals, become ill and even die because our government has not dealt with the problem of food safety by creating a single organization to oversee it. I want this kind of organization to be created as soon as possible!
May 18th, 2007 at 7:41 am
11364-3032 Mary Fata
May 18th, 2007 at 9:32 am
A non-toxic food supply, a most basic need, should be assured in any supposedly civilized country. The fact that we have not been protected by the U.S. government, is deplorable, unbelievably negligent, and criminal. Even if our large pet food manufacturers care more about their bottom line than the lives of our beloved companion animals, the government should provide safeguards to protect our families.
As consumers, we deserve to see all ingredients listed honestly on labels, we should see the country of origin of these ingredients, and the location of the processing plants. None of this should be considered proprietary information, a term used to cover up dirty little secrets regarding the filth being put in our pets’ food. Barbara Weimann 08753
May 18th, 2007 at 9:35 am
A non-toxic food supply, a most basic need, should be assured in any supposedly civilized country. The fact that we have not been protected by the U.S. government, is deplorable, unbelievably negligent, and criminal. Even if our large pet food manufacturers care more about their bottom line than the lives of our beloved companion animals, the government should provide safeguards to protect our families.
As consumers, we deserve to see all ingredients listed honestly on labels, we should see the country of origin of these ingredients, and the location of the processing plants. None of this should be considered proprietary information, a term used to cover up dirty little secrets regarding the filth being put in our pets’ food.
All pet food manufacturers should be held financially liable for any expenses incurred due to pet illnesses or deaths as a result of their contaminated food, as well as for pain and suffering. Companion animals are beloved members of a family. Barbara Weimann 08753
May 18th, 2007 at 9:37 am
A non-toxic food supply, a most basic need, should be assured in any supposedly civilized country. The fact that we have not been protected by the U.S. government, is deplorable, unbelievably negligent, and criminal. Even if our large pet food manufacturers care more about their bottom line than the lives of our beloved companion animals, the government should provide safeguards to protect our families.
As consumers, we deserve to see all ingredients listed honestly on labels, we should see the country of origin of these ingredients, and the location of the processing plants. None of this should be considered proprietary information, a term used to cover up dirty little secrets regarding the filth being put in our pets’ food.
All pet food manufacturers should be held financially liable for any expenses incurred due to pet illnesses or deaths as a result of their contaminated food, as well as for pain and suffering. Companion animals are beloved members of a family. Barbara Weimann 08753
May 18th, 2007 at 9:42 am
75067
Melissa Burns
May 18th, 2007 at 9:47 am
victoria norman 76048
May 18th, 2007 at 10:17 am
23009 Joyce Brooks
May 18th, 2007 at 10:46 am
Our beloved pets deserve healthy, nutritious, non-toxic REAL food! Please put safeguards into place so that something like the Menu Foods Recall never happens again. Our pets depend on us for their safety and well-being. They give us so much and ask for so little in return.
Tiffany Stanley - 60613
May 18th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Angela Ulin 93001
May 18th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Angela Ulin 93001
May 18th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
UH DUH!
May 18th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
87508
Suzanne Fuqua
May 18th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
01844
Debra Parent
May 18th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Debra Parent
01844
May 18th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
07922 Tamara Zanko
The fact that the food we buy for our pets (members of our families) is unsafe has deeply concerned me….as a loving mom to my sweet beagle and as an American. It is just not acceptable. It’s got to stop and the people that let this happen need to be held accountable and punished accordingly.
May 18th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
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Rhonda Ashton
May 18th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
76109
Nancy Taylor
May 18th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
75098 Heather Screws
May 18th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
Vivian Petrack 16441 My little kitten is in acute renal failure due to ingesting contaminated kitten food (which was recalled AFTER he already ate half the bag… and the damage was done). Knowing we’re going through a nightmare caused by greedy companies cutting costs in every way possible makes me literally sick to my stomach. No beloved pet should have to go through what my little Finney is enduring, and no pet owner should have to live with the heartbreak I’m experiencing.
May 18th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Lou Kammerer
97006
May 18th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
Vivian Petrack 16441 My little kitten is in acute renal failure due to ingesting contaminated kitten food (which was recalled AFTER he already ate half the bag… and the damage was done). Knowing we’re going through a nightmare caused by greedy companies cutting costs in every way possible makes me literally sick to my stomach. No beloved pet should have to go through what my little Finney is enduring, and no pet owner should have to live with the heartbreak I’m experiencing.
May 18th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
97006
May 18th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
97006
Lou Kammerer
May 19th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Elizabeth Crooks
34685
WHO is the head of the FDA? Per usual, probably another Micheal Brown. This is a DISGRACE AND STILL NO ACCOUNTABILITY, just like with the current murderers in the White House from hell.
WHY has this continued to get worse and worse? This is not the same country I grew up in and I DEMAND justice for these pets and their companions who did nothing but try and feed them and take care of them and then PAID to have them poisoned thru NO fault of their own.
This has got to STOP. NOW.
what is going on?
May 19th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Glenna Walker
75154
May 19th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
P. Habowski
45323
May 19th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
02151
Hoyt
There are many elderly who now have sick pets due to
bad pet food and cannot afford vet visit, plus have exhausted
search for any animal organization that will help. The toll
on our own health as we watch our beloved pets suffer, is
a horror show. The vets who refuse to make some sort of
payment deal, just to get sick animal diagnoised, are greedy
inhuman people, and should be ashamed of themselves.
I wouldn’t even call them vets, for they have no mercy on
sick animals. It is not our fault that our pets are ill, and the
companies that made the bad pet food should be made to
pay for vet visits, before our pets die at home.
It is sad that there is no help for these pets. Now I know that
contributions to area pet organizations for pets of the poorer
population, are a scam, and I advise people who want to
contribute to help these pets see a vet, to call vet office’s
directly for the name or names of someone who needs to
get their pet seen. Obviously, the money does not dribble
down from these organizations. Sadly, i walk around with
my pet in my arms, cry, pray over him, and work gently to
get a little food and liquid into him.
Gerry Hoyt, Revere, MA.
May 19th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
I absolutely agree that pet food companies should be held accountable, It is their responsibility to make sure the product they sell to the public is safe for our beloved pets!
Kathryn Noble 75057
May 19th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
92630
Chelsea Gahran
May 19th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
01913
Barbara Pouliot
May 19th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
90036
Dannielle Dormer
May 19th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
90036
Carrie Wiltshire
May 20th, 2007 at 2:34 am
Diane Jouron 95257
May 20th, 2007 at 6:51 am
Becky Maag
43512
May 20th, 2007 at 7:47 am
Pamela Nelms 55108
This is an sad sad event that completely took me by surprize. This should not happen in the U.S.
I am shocked that we buy any food from China, where there is virtually no safety controls such as here, no regulation, and wide spread and the apparently normalized deception of buyers of what it is that is being sold.
If the FDA/USDA cannot assure all food safety from imported foods, there should AT LEAST be the requirement that the land of origin for all ingredients be clearly disclosed so that consumers may make their own decisions about if they want to make that purchase for their family and pets.
Also, FDA/USDA should change labeling requirements to have all additives on the label, not just the ones added by the last manufacturer, (as is done now) but also, all additives added by the companies, farmers etc who provide the ingredients that become the product.
Labeling and food safety requirements for animal food, including pets, should have the same standards as food known to be destined for human consumption. OR, the FDA/USDA should develop a label, such as the “certified organic” process, where animal food is labeled “Meets all FDA/USDA standards as applies to Human-grade food” or something like that, again so we the consumers can make choices that fit our priorities.
May 20th, 2007 at 9:54 am
The lack of care by the government institutions not only speaks of the disinterest in the wellbeing of our animal population but of human life as well.
May 20th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Linda Webster 55419 - This issue further substantiates the needs for labeling of food and all components of food products as to country of origin and for better procedures for monitoring food products entering the US from other countries. It seems like the current methods of testing by FDA need to be improved.
May 20th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Linda Webster 55419
May 20th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
95051-5370
Robin F Kernan
Stronger rules and inspections for food products for human and pets is direly necessary now. A stronger FDA not bound by business and trade agreements with other countries. Human and pet life is important. Stronger laws need to be applied regrdless of pressures from business interests with connections to China. Thank you.
May 20th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Ms Robin F Kernan 95051-5370
May 20th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Pets are part of our families, mine are my children. ALL Life is worth the extra effort. The FDA must improve its methods.
May 20th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Sherry Vize 40219
May 20th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
33326 Melissa Lasek
This is totally unacceptable that so many pets have gotten sick and died.
more people need to care and get involved and check this stuff out completely before realeasing for resale to humans or loved pets.
May 20th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Tonya Mackey 98532
May 20th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Patrick Mackey 98532
May 20th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Robert Watkins 62471
May 20th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
16947
Louise Johns
Keith Johns
May 21st, 2007 at 1:25 am
Jackie Kennedy
27370
My pets are my babies and I pay good money for the food that they eat & I put my faith and trust in these foods and my babes put there faith & trust in me that I am feeding them good food and NOT poison.
So if I have all this faith & trust in these companies and it is OUR money that keeps there businesses going,
then WHY can they NOT go the extra step to ensure that things like this never happens again??!!
May 21st, 2007 at 1:28 am
Jackie Kennedy
27370
My animals ARE my babies. And we spend good hard earned money to bye decent foods for my babes and I put my faith & trust in these companies & My babies put there faith & trust in ME that I am feeding them good food and NOT poison. So why cant these companies take the extra step to ensure that nothing like this happens again?
Afterall it is OUR hard earned money that keeps them in business along with our trust & faith…
This is our payback??
May 21st, 2007 at 1:51 am
My cat has kidney disease but I did not find her cat food on the recall list. Strange though. Pet Food companies should be held accountable for this.
~ Peter Iasillo
May 21st, 2007 at 3:55 am
90405 Marcie Monroe
May 21st, 2007 at 4:10 am
All of the pet owners on myspace are up in arms regarding this scandal!!
My Boxer was showing the signs of possible poisoning in January, and I immediately changed her food to a raw food diet. Thank goodness I did, as the food she had been eating, and that came highly recommended by my vet when I adopted her in December, was one of the foods early on the recall list!!! I was furious when I began reading the ingredients, and saw all the grains and by products, artificial colorings and flavorings!! I wouldn’t feed these things to a human child, why would I feed them to my canine and feline children??
Shame on you big corporate pet food manufacturers!!!
May 21st, 2007 at 6:46 am
28690 REBA VANHORN
May 21st, 2007 at 9:31 am
23188 Rob Heittman
May 21st, 2007 at 10:39 am
Mara Scott 90630
May 21st, 2007 at 11:32 am
Alison Heittman, located in 23188
Thank you for putting together this petition. Parents strive to teach their children to be responsible and accountable for their actions - shouldn’t the same be true of large corporations?
May 21st, 2007 at 11:56 am
92307 Annie Lancaster
May 21st, 2007 at 1:42 pm
90232
Ute Friesleben
May 21st, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Kristin Hutchinson 66203
I have two additional suggestions regarding regulations for ingredients used in not only pet foods, but also used in foods to be given to animals intended for human consumption or which may be used in creating foods for human consumption.
The first is that any company ordering such ingredients be required to test the food for a wide range of toxins, including melamine and cyanuric acid (with any additional contaminants to be added to the required screening if it is discovered that they are being added to foods, in order to ensure that even if the supplying companies stop using the current contaminants, if they find others that will give them the same profit-enhancing results, the law will require that they be tested for as well), and that if any contaminants or toxins are found, the entire shipment be destroyed. While this would be quite expensive for the company, hopefully it will encourage them to select suppliers that are less likely to resort to contaminants, even if it means not going with the lowest bidder.
The secion is that any company shown to have sold contaminated foods be put on a list of embargoed companies that no food supplier (for human or animal consumption) is allowed to purchase from. Again, this is perhaps a bit draconian, but it gives companies a strong motivation to *not* adulterate their products. If the company can show that the contamination was a genuine error and that they have corrected the conditions leading to it, or if they will allow spot inspections from US FDA officials, they can be removed from the embargo list. If, however, they fail any inspections or if a subsequent shipment is found to be tainted, they will receive a permanent ban.
This is a very serious issue, since it not only affects our pets (for whom animal companions are more than just “pets”) but has the potential to affect food for human consumption as well.
May 21st, 2007 at 3:13 pm
30161
Lisa McCord
May 21st, 2007 at 7:12 pm
01040 wanda vazquez
May 21st, 2007 at 7:12 pm
01040 wanda vazquez
May 21st, 2007 at 7:42 pm
40509
Linda Burton
May 21st, 2007 at 9:20 pm
49203
Ruth Sawyer
May 21st, 2007 at 9:21 pm
49203
Ruth Sawyer
May 21st, 2007 at 11:11 pm
Kelly Wieland 91501
FYI… I had to euthenize my 10 year old Birman on Feb. 1, 2007 due to a diagnosis of IBD after extensive tests! He had been eating Hills Science Diet C/D, recommended by his DVM for the entire time! I’m now convinced that the food was contaminated and this is before the recall in March!!!!!! WHEN WILL THIS STOP?????????????
May 21st, 2007 at 11:41 pm
30809 OLLIE C. LAFONTAINE
May 22nd, 2007 at 7:46 am
10956 Barbara Jordan
I believe the pet food companies must be held accountable. Its their product in the end !
May 22nd, 2007 at 7:48 am
10956 Barbara Jordan
I believe the pet food companies must be held accountable. It’s their product, they produced it.
May 22nd, 2007 at 8:10 am
49039
Christine Hampton
I think the pet food company that we bought the dog food from should be realiable for the vet bill that we all encountered. I have an out standing bill that has not been fully paid for, and I don’t have the money to pay them. It was $ 105.00 bill and I paid only $ 45.00 ON IT. that’s all the money I had. As my mate has been laid off and we are hurtting very bad. I son’t have the money to keep going to the Vets with all this dog food scare, and I dearly LOVE MY DOG!! AND don’t want anything to happen to her.
thank you Chris Hampton
May 22nd, 2007 at 8:15 am
I agree with you 100% I know I don’t have the money to keep taken my dog to the VETS And we all shouldn’t be afraid to purchase dog food IN FEAR THAT IT’S GOING TO KILL OUR LOVED DOG’S OR CAT’S…LET THE DOG FOOD COMPANY BE RESPONABLE FOR THE COST OF THE VET BILLS, AND FOR THOSE WHOM LOST THERE BELOVED PETS!
May 22nd, 2007 at 8:18 am
85253 Janie White
May 22nd, 2007 at 10:46 am
Deborah Ward
92867
May 22nd, 2007 at 10:53 am
19438
Stephanie Norris
May 22nd, 2007 at 10:57 am
30742
BJ Darnell
May 22nd, 2007 at 11:30 am
53527 Michelle Rutta
May 22nd, 2007 at 11:44 am
Sheila Walker
95726
May 22nd, 2007 at 11:54 am
Debbie Harrison, Zip 32773
May 22nd, 2007 at 12:03 pm
55119- Carrie Ann Rauschnot
May 22nd, 2007 at 12:19 pm
97850
Lynne Dixon
We lost a Frenchie to contaminated food and now have found out we may l lose the rest of our animals due to contamination in Nuta Nuggets from Costco! I am just frantic.
May 22nd, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Judy Pogue
30260
May 22nd, 2007 at 1:31 pm
toni chinnicihaddock 96786
May 22nd, 2007 at 1:32 pm
60067
Kerry Knowles
May 22nd, 2007 at 1:55 pm
33426
Julie Singer
May 22nd, 2007 at 2:21 pm
46815, Em Beard
It is past time for corporate America to zero in on the safety of their products and not their rising profits. What profit is there in harming a living creature ? That attitude must be made a thing of the past and never happen again. Your product must first be SAFE, then work on profitable. This should be the mantra for any corporation in the world.
May 22nd, 2007 at 2:37 pm
40854 julie nelson
May 22nd, 2007 at 2:41 pm
julie nelson 40854 I lost 2 bichon frise to dry Purina
May 22nd, 2007 at 3:36 pm
TERRIE CHILD, 33487
May 22nd, 2007 at 3:49 pm
73068
Carol Nunley
May 22nd, 2007 at 3:55 pm
73669 Tammy Moore
May 22nd, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Diana M. Vacek-44102
Russell Mayberry-44055
Danice Langdon-28314
Erik Mayberry-15202
May 22nd, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Diana Vacek-44102
May 22nd, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Rebecca Suarez 29403
May 22nd, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Cherie Sward
83716
May 22nd, 2007 at 6:54 pm
53963
Wendy Rupnow
May 22nd, 2007 at 7:00 pm
I’d like to see this petition set up at something like www.thepetitionsite.com. It will get more attention there and besides, I don’t think it’s getting much attention here because many people don’t like to leave this kind of personal info on a blog.
May 22nd, 2007 at 7:59 pm
07748 Joanna Crouse
May 22nd, 2007 at 8:11 pm
93907 Gina Larson
May 22nd, 2007 at 8:16 pm
94520 Jody Newlin
This has been going on longer than what they say it has.
My 22 month old healthy German Shepherd suddenly went into kidney failure and shock last September. I got her to the vets just in time to save her life. We never found the cause of it until this Spring when animals became ill or died from their food. We also lost a cat last July to kidney failure and now wonder if the tainted food killed her? Nobody is saying just how long we’ve been importing this poison feed for our animals.
How many have really died from it?
May 22nd, 2007 at 9:40 pm
11514 Donna Storan
May 22nd, 2007 at 10:31 pm
98036
Linda Hendrix
May 22nd, 2007 at 11:30 pm
10314 Laura Kovaleski-
May 22nd, 2007 at 11:42 pm
94516
Stacey J. Weinberger
May 23rd, 2007 at 2:44 am
92081 Lauren Baldwin
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:27 am
78501
Victoria Guerra
May 23rd, 2007 at 9:13 am
Kara Loftus
18504-2911
May 23rd, 2007 at 10:18 am
33572 Carol Barchard My dogs and cats are not property but members of the family…change their status please…Florida
May 23rd, 2007 at 10:45 am
33572 Carol Barchard My dogs and cats are not property but members of the family…change their status please…Florida. We’ve lost one healthy female cat to this poisoning of America’s food, but I’m concerned for the human food safety too. what will it take to wake up the agencies that should have been monitoring the ingredients..lawsuits will help but how do you sue your government???
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:36 am
Shame on those in the pet food industry who focus on profits over food safety and the governing bodies who allowed this.
S Sal
T3A 5R9
May 23rd, 2007 at 1:56 pm
98249 Gretchen C. Shaffer
May 23rd, 2007 at 6:45 pm
96744 Terry Werning
May 23rd, 2007 at 8:24 pm
I agree that the Pet Food Manufacturers should be regulated like the food consumed by humans. This was a disgrace that Pet food had to be recalled because of toxins and poisons in the food. And so many pets died from this mistake.
May 23rd, 2007 at 11:01 pm
Judith harri 98275
May 24th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Patricia Clark
65202
May 24th, 2007 at 10:37 am
98103 Carey Peterson
May 24th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
31093 Patricia Smock
May 24th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Barbara Langdon
zip: 29805
May 24th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Samantha Hally, 73507
May 24th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
98178
Carolann Carpenter
We need regulation on ALL foods.
May 24th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
85018 Walter Hoesch
May 24th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
elizabeth simpson
03743
May 24th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
60056 M. Redini
May 24th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
SusanEarly
33702
May 25th, 2007 at 6:20 am
07030 Julie Walsh
May 25th, 2007 at 8:55 am
33907
Barbara Maggiani
May 25th, 2007 at 9:13 am
48611 Mary Jo Janowicz
May 25th, 2007 at 10:06 am
98103
Vanessa Ormiston
May 25th, 2007 at 10:07 am
Linda Gieseking, 33331
May 25th, 2007 at 10:36 am
80809
Diane Hill
May 25th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Jeannie Leson
May 25th, 2007 at 10:57 am
Jeannie Leson
22039
May 25th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
55362
Gretchen Morical
May 25th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Melinda Rickson
77399
May 25th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Fred Rickson
77399
May 25th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
Tim Harmon
77429
May 25th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
wendy giordano 18411
May 26th, 2007 at 12:25 am
30341
Robin Lane
May 26th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Tracey Goodwin, 02453
May 26th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
53150
Nancy Brandt
May 26th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
92234 Kathy Hart
May 26th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
33012 Olga Carbo
May 26th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
95490
Mollie Morrissette
May 26th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
maryann newlin
30054
May 26th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
94601
Vikki Landes
May 27th, 2007 at 8:24 am
Theresa A. gismondi
74 - 20th Street
Wading river New york , 11792
May 27th, 2007 at 10:09 am
35950 Stacey Hanson-Reese
May 27th, 2007 at 11:27 am
13045 Lydia Payne-Lowe
May 27th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
40640
Ritva Janhonen
May 27th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
40640
Ritva Janhonen
May 27th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Hard to believe that these corporations didn’t already know what was being put into their manufactured pet foods! Greed was the reason, and lack of caring about the pets/companions that they manufactured these foods for.
Now they will be trying hard to avoid paying for their adulterated food’s damages. Just another day at BIG CORPORATION offices.
However, if anyone is angered by the lack of care and research of what is being put into these Manufactured foods, it only takes a min. or two to read
up on raw diets. http://www.rawmeatybones.com/ is a great site and has
two Free books, for downloading. I’d suggest Works Wonders as the first to read, then the RawMeatyBones for further detail and general information.
Marian Steiskal
97503
May 27th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
my cat was poisoned by natural balance cat food 3 weeks ago. i was lucky to catch it early my fangster should be ok. do you have any advice on joining a class action lawsuit? i have filled out claimant forms from the natural balance website but have not sent them back yet for vet bill reimbursementhave you heard if they are covering future vet bills for kidney damaged pets? i think this website is great thanks soooo much for all your hard work.
Nancy Graham
nancyjg@mts.net
R3N1P3
May 27th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
Zasha Morejon 33176
May 28th, 2007 at 11:06 am
30076
Lisa Hagley
“3 weeks ago” Nancy - are you serious? There is still poisoned food being put on the shelves after 5 months of publicity?!?!
May 28th, 2007 at 11:58 am
68715
Sunne Reisser
May 28th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
32725-7417
Richard J. Yanno
May 28th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Rhonda Barrientos
75061
So China refuses to change their practice of adding cheap, deadly filler products to their exported food products, and pets AND people are suffering for it. Our country’s importers need to stand up and stop using China’s practices as an excuse. If China’s exports can’t be trusted, then STOP BUYING FROM THEM!!!!! We’d be willing to pay more for safer products, so end this insanity and boycott their deadly exports. I for one will never buy anything that comes from Menu Foods again. They knew their products weren’t safe, don’t think for a second that they didn’t know. It’s all in the name of saving the almighty buck or two by undercutting quality. They need to be held accountable, even if it means ultimately bankrupting them. I’m furious.
May 28th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
08053-Chris Parisi
May 28th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
49068 Kathi Hewitt
May 28th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
77573
Kathy Amato
May 28th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Patricia L. Stone
33322
May 29th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Elaine Swarts
23462
It’s about time someone heard us.
May 29th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
50530- Anita
May 30th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Nancy Proctor
37919
May 30th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
32570 Amber Henninger
May 30th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
32570 Travis Henninger
May 30th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
93312
Julie Harper
May 30th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Steven Perez, 92653,
May 30th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
98296
Dara Turransky
The pet industry needs to accept that consumers drive their product development, not them. We, as pet parents, demand just as high quality for our fur kids as we do for ourselves. Pets are viewed as family members by most, if not all, pet owners. Would you feed your 6 month old baby contaminated food?
May 30th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
34286 Heather Bird
May 31st, 2007 at 1:01 am
Alan Turransky 98296
May 31st, 2007 at 9:32 am
60077
Howard Frank
May 31st, 2007 at 5:46 pm
Ivy McLeod
ivy_rose_mcleod@yahoo.com
30307
June 1st, 2007 at 12:16 am
70726
Dana B. Gill
I am devastated by the lack of attention our pets/family members have when it comes to the FDA and other affiliates. I lost my sweet baby boy March 8, 2007 due to contaimination. I also second Dara Turransky. Regulations/restrictions should be the same for animal as it is for humans!!! I am still grieving in deep pain.
June 1st, 2007 at 7:59 am
N8W 2C4
Mrs. Mary (”Mare”) Moore
June 1st, 2007 at 8:00 am
N8W 2C4
Mrs. Mary (”Mare”) Moore
June 1st, 2007 at 12:04 pm
I believe the FDA and Pet food industry are misleading the public into believing that non recalled foods are safe when they have no real way of knowing that since not all foods and food ingredients have been tested. This is unethical and irresponsible on their parts and they must be held accountable. Mislabled and new ingredients are being found all the time as tainted so there is no definitive way to say what is and what is not safe without testing everything and at this point everything should be considered suspect even if it did not come from China.
Further it is unacceptable how long it takes them to get back to pet owners who file complaints and that they dismiss some complaints or concerns about food without ever testing the food. This must be fixed!
June 1st, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Christy S Hottinger
27358
June 1st, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Molly Oz
June 1st, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Molly Oz , 89031 mollylaurel@yahoo.com
June 1st, 2007 at 5:00 pm
78745
Kim Edge Ambler
June 1st, 2007 at 5:13 pm
I think all the manufacterers should be held accountable for this horrible thing to have happened. I also think we need stop importing and use our own resources.
June 1st, 2007 at 5:13 pm
21102
June 1st, 2007 at 6:47 pm
35758 Barbara J Waller
June 1st, 2007 at 7:17 pm
13329
Michelle M. Luck
June 1st, 2007 at 7:18 pm
29412
Martha (Mardy) Lundstrom
June 1st, 2007 at 7:20 pm
29412
Martha (Mardy) Lundstrom
We have to speak up for the animals and protect them whenever possible!
June 1st, 2007 at 8:52 pm
paul courcier 38478
June 2nd, 2007 at 7:10 am
glenda hunt 33952
donald hunt 33952
June 2nd, 2007 at 7:46 am
Denise Marino 32763
June 2nd, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Dianna Kersey
33610
I was so impressed with your petition, that I immediately put it onto my site! You can find it on my index page and under my affiliate links.
Please if possible can you exchange a link with me to show support!
Thank you for your awesome idea! YOU ROCK!
http://www.universeofpets.com
June 2nd, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Dianna Kersey
33610
I was so impressed with your petition, that I immediately put it onto my site! You can find it on my index page and under my affiliate links.
Please if possible can you exchange a link with me to show support!
Thank you for your awesome idea! YOU ROCK!
June 2nd, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Jan Dalsheimer
75060
June 2nd, 2007 at 4:00 pm
dona black 31548
I lost my beloved Persia cat in December to kidney failure. this is before we heard about the recall, but I was feeding her Iams wet food, as she was getting old and finicky. She was going thru treaments at the vet and he thought she should be getting better, but she was getting worse. No wonder, I fed her Iams and I happened to have some left over and checked the upc and it was on the recall list. I am so upset
June 2nd, 2007 at 4:01 pm
dona black 31548
I lost my beloved Persian cat in December to kidney failure. this is before we heard about the recall, but I was feeding her Iams wet food, as she was getting old and finicky. She was going thru treaments at the vet and he thought she should be getting better, but she was getting worse. No wonder, I fed her Iams and I happened to have some left over and checked the upc and it was on the recall list. I am so upset
June 2nd, 2007 at 7:32 pm
01757
Lucille O’Day
June 2nd, 2007 at 11:29 pm
55024-2011 CHRISTINE RAUTIO
June 2nd, 2007 at 11:53 pm
33496
Gail Ewald
June 3rd, 2007 at 10:49 am
27609 - Anne Craig Sheridan
June 3rd, 2007 at 5:00 pm
93308. Drew Kolosky
June 3rd, 2007 at 5:01 pm
93308
Drew Kolosky
June 3rd, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Our client just lost her 4yr old shep due to kidney failure. He suffered horribly for a week. Now my client is suffering horribly and my heart
breaks for her and all who have suffered a loss of a dear pet.
June 3rd, 2007 at 9:39 pm
53120
Jennifer Jones
June 4th, 2007 at 9:50 am
Phyllis Hansen
53585
June 4th, 2007 at 10:25 am
08816
Monica Lamb-Torres
My cat is sick. I was buying Nutro.Max Cat, thinking I was doing the right thing. Royal Canin dry food.
My wish is for these companies’ owners to have to scream every time they urinate. Justice.
June 4th, 2007 at 10:58 am
66202
Jill Leonard
June 4th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Carolyn Pigeon 48026
June 4th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Carol Elliott
03217
June 4th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
04101 Rita Wiltsie
June 5th, 2007 at 2:30 am
60148 Rose Liss
June 5th, 2007 at 4:57 am
85018
Walter
Hoesch
June 5th, 2007 at 9:17 am
Anna Wilson 98597
June 5th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Beverly Smith 15642
June 5th, 2007 at 9:35 am
29585, John Buck
June 5th, 2007 at 9:55 am
44039
Kathy Bailey
June 5th, 2007 at 10:51 am
15656 Connie Penman
June 5th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Rachel Eccles
85014
If pet food companies cannot or will not provide wholesome food, they should go out of business.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Cathleen Zepelin 48320
June 5th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
21043
Joanne Clabaugh
June 5th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
94044 Mary Blevins
June 5th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
78232
Kim AmRhein
June 5th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
90606
Tammy Galaviz
Please keep out pets safe. I cannot believe the less than adequate regulations on pet food.
June 5th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
95116 Sharon Flood
June 5th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
if this food was being manufactured for humans, heads would roll! how can we be so hypocritical as to not hold the manufacturers responsible for the food we feed our pets?
“If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men…” ~ St. Francis of Assisi
“The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them, that’s the essence of inhumanity.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
“Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.” ~ Thomas Edison
“Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher
June 5th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
78643-9500
Karen Yarborough
June 5th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
76262 Virginia Hotze and Kenneth Hotze
June 5th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
98168, Ellen Whitney
June 5th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Helaine Gottschalk 32571
June 5th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Mike Cheek 30680
June 5th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
97303, Gerrie Smith
97303 Dennis Thompson
97301 Ron Smith & Cindy Smith
We want manufacturers to be accountable for the products they market.
June 5th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Johanna Albarron Zip-1842
I am spending a fortune a month on can Merrick dog food . I am hoping that I again have not been fooled that it is a caring dog food company.. My dog is diabetic and his diet is VERY important, And what he eats effects his sugar, so I am believing that I am buying a all natural dog food….. Only time will tell !!!!! As for the other company’s— I feel that criminal charges should be filed. They ALL need a good scare, not just a monitory loss.
June 5th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Cynthia Randall 91423
June 5th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
B0M 1C0
Carol Rushton
June 5th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
I am MURDEROUSLY angry about this. The sheer stupidity, the levels of corporate greed and callousness, leaves me wanting to forcefeed the negligent idiots responsible for this mess something that will quickly and painfully destroy their kidneys. It would certainly be fitting, and certainly be fair.
June 5th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
98626
Betty Tanner
June 5th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
I cannot think of a more horrible way to treat our beloved, trusting pets!
June 5th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
61607
June 5th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
S.G. Schuster, 14618
June 5th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Rose Hunt
94538
June 5th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Phillip Brown
91710
June 5th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
33154-3322
Ellen Abramson
June 5th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
08731 Barbara Henckler
June 5th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
JOAN GORDON 77632
June 5th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Sallia Bandy
78626
June 6th, 2007 at 12:21 am
60050
June 6th, 2007 at 12:37 am
92706
Robin Kruger
June 6th, 2007 at 1:40 am
37343 Michele Ashley
June 6th, 2007 at 7:42 am
D.H. Estabrooke, pet companion at 12590-4311. Action must be taken forthwith…no more dragging the feet. Thank you for your prompt attention and cooperation.
June 6th, 2007 at 9:11 am
Andrew Bronowski
02115
June 6th, 2007 at 9:16 am
78124
Michaela Cade
June 6th, 2007 at 9:34 am
Jennifer Hast
73003
It is sad that it should have to come to this. They should have been held accountable long ago
June 6th, 2007 at 10:17 am
45205
Linda Wissel
June 6th, 2007 at 10:22 am
T2A 4B5 T Evans
Simply said…The process’ for monitoring pet food should be just as stringent as it is for humans. Our pets bring so much into our lives and they are worth it! This whole pet food recall is a crime. However, I hope that out of it, something positive can happen. Please, show respect for these wonderful lives that bring so much to us. Hugs, Tdeb
June 6th, 2007 at 10:25 am
48150
L. Legge
June 6th, 2007 at 10:44 am
Heather Lyons, 60525
June 6th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
17050
Jayne Kopko
June 6th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
78240 Patti Sharp
June 6th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
75770
Jan Hamilton
June 6th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
01522
Kimberly Miller
June 6th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Tina Buechner
30116
June 6th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
98380 Tim Hall
June 6th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Lori Reyes
June 6th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Lisa Sattler 54666
June 6th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
75050 Linda Hopwood
Something has to be done about this serious problem to our pets and if not stopped, will continue to affect us as a nation.
June 6th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
44875 Lynn Reiter
June 6th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
77048, Vanessa J. de Vera
June 6th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Victoria Snelling
40059
June 6th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
93551
Marty Ormond
June 6th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
07424
Eileen Schram
June 6th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Arnold Lausevich
June 6th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
72544
Brenda Stoner
June 6th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Elizabeth Lyke
37217
June 6th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
65560
Kimberly Landt
June 6th, 2007 at 10:32 pm
Ryna Ramirez 01364
Our pets deserve the same rights we do when someone makes a mistake that cost them their health or worse their life. I have a special needs child with a therapy pet. Without his dog he would be so lost. There are times when only his dog can comfort him. The thought that the simple act of feeding his dog could cost him his best friend and that no one would be held accountable is a crime.
June 7th, 2007 at 12:20 am
Margo Ballard
80234
June 7th, 2007 at 12:53 am
04605-4548
Carolyn Larson
If you have not already done so, check out http://www.petfoodrecallfacts.com/
He has done an incredible job researching this whole nightmare.
June 7th, 2007 at 2:12 am
73859
Jo Boone
June 7th, 2007 at 2:35 am
90604
Margie Marsoobian
June 7th, 2007 at 8:06 am
Tiffany Tucker
27410
June 7th, 2007 at 11:58 am
02140
Jessica Lee
June 7th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
38852
Lisa Morgan
June 7th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
32708
Kathy Miskelly
June 7th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
59865
Paula McCollum
June 7th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
59865
Paula McCollum
June 7th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
01420
Mary Stanley
June 7th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
66503
It’s time to hold someone accountable.
June 7th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Tammy Potter
66503
It’s time we hold someone accountable.
June 7th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Gloria E. Burroughs
humans are to be the care takers of the animals and especailly pets that God has given us. Please pass legislation to hold manufacturers acountable for what they do and for how they make the food for pets and other livestock. I vote and would vote for politicians who would do this for our pets and us.
A concerned voter
June 7th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Gloria E. Burroughs
97222
humans are to be the care takers of the animals and especailly pets that God has given us. Please pass legislation to hold manufacturers acountable for what they do and for how they make the food for pets and other livestock. I vote and would vote for politicians who would do this for our pets and us.
A concerned voter
June 7th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Linda Daigle
39470
June 7th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
30060
Katie Weber
June 7th, 2007 at 11:09 pm
Nancy Johnson
27312
June 8th, 2007 at 2:43 am
85635
Sigrid Yeterian
June 8th, 2007 at 2:43 am
85635
Siggy Yeterian
June 8th, 2007 at 8:19 am
Terri Locke
38122
In addition to the payment for vet bills I would like to see those who lost a “Fur Baby” (pet) to get compensation for their loss. Just like a family would if it was a human that died!! I know my “fur Babies” mean more than just payment of the vet bill.
June 8th, 2007 at 9:49 am
24614
Gary Charles
I lost 2 Dogs to this recall and i am out about $5000.00 since and it looks like its not over yet!
June 8th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
30601 Stephanie Yates
June 8th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
84106
Julia Vinson
June 8th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
KATHY STEELE
92233
June 8th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
92701
Andrea Keith
June 8th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Rebecca Foreso 32506
June 8th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
33703 - T Glenn
June 9th, 2007 at 12:23 am
Carl Bradley 34442
June 9th, 2007 at 2:51 am
This has got to end soon!!!
June 9th, 2007 at 6:16 am
32780 Pamela McBee
I’ve been taking in homeless animals for years and thought I was helping to ensure their health by feeding them one of the foods that have been recalled. Now one of my beloved dogs kidneys are failing. The callous attitudes that so much of society has toward animals angers and saddens me as well, I believe, as they do God. Animals are deeply loved and are of immense importance to Him; otherwise He would not have compelled Noah to save so many on the Arc.
June 9th, 2007 at 9:33 am
Our nations’s food security is a greater risk to our health than terrorist attacks, and it is being perpetuated by the government. Sick pets may be just the tip of the iceberg, given the increase in kidney disease in the last decade. I demand the Bush Administration and Congress act to protect US Citizens and the pets that they love.
Marcia Benes
02762
June 9th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Patricia Gantt
37934
June 9th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Joseph Gantt
37934
Congress needs to grant the FDA MANDATORY RECALL POWERS.
Congress needs to pass the Truth in Labeling Act.
The House of Representatives needs to pass appropriations to buoy up the USDA and FDA to inspect all imports.
All food imports should be banned from any country who continously ignores USA Standards for Foods.
The Presidential Administration must be forced to act on the legislation.
“Multinational” Corporations who produce foods for sale in the United States must use locations only in the United States.
June 9th, 2007 at 10:44 am
a3dog4catfamily@aol.com
Carol Rockwell
11357
June 9th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Zip code: 90403
First name: Louise
Last name: Carroll
June 9th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
06489 judith zaiko
June 9th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
V6R2N8
Olga Campbell
June 9th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Zip Code 72143
First Name Jackie
Last Name Pool
June 9th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
38868 Patricia Davis
June 9th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
38965 Debra Florer
June 9th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
16938
Joseph Sulikoski
It is a travesty that the FDA, a governmental regulatory agency, does not have the ability and wherewithal to embaargo and recall pet foods.
It is a clear illustration that big business and money run this country at our peril.
Congress must enact legislation which conveys these powers to the FDA!
June 9th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
Our animals are part of our family and anyone who harms them should be held responsable.
June 9th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Cynthia Hornish
90066
June 9th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Geraldine J Kosek 19015
June 9th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
What a sick way to do population control. It’s the US government so go figure.
June 10th, 2007 at 9:42 am
15644 Mary Hershberger
June 10th, 2007 at 10:46 am
Tina Rardin 77518
The pet food commercials sicken me. Now we are seeing how much these manufacturers “care” about our pets health and well-being.
Soon, these same manufacturers will have to find new and improved ways to dupe the public. The boundaries of greed are few.
June 10th, 2007 at 11:07 am
32246
Stacy Payne
Please help us protect our beloved pets. We brought them into our lives and do not want to be responsible for them leaving us early by the food choice we make.
June 10th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Paula Luck 89429
June 10th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
95616
Zoe Cook
June 10th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Becky Schultz
55427
June 10th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
95616
Zoe Cook
My animals are members of my family, and I would like to know that I am guaranteed the same amount of scrutiny of my pet’s food ingredients that I receive in any prepared product I buy for myself.
Pet food manufacturer’s should be held accountable for any and all ingredients found in their products
June 10th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
Linda M. Young, M.D. 18902
June 10th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
This recall should have gotten more of attention and should have a strict law on how our food is processed for our pets. Pets are just as important as people, same way as the food consumed.
June 10th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
What are these manufacturers thinking? Be responsible regardless what live being you are feeding - there is NO excuse NOT EVEN ACCIDENTAL that can justify all the mistakes making animals ill. It’s unacceptable.
June 10th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
What are these manufacturers thinking? Be responsible regardless what live being you are feeding - there is NO excuse NOT EVEN ACCIDENTAL that can justify all the mistakes making animals ill. It’s unacceptable.
Camden Smith
34119
June 10th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
I think its about time someone gets involved in what we feed our pets, don’t forget they are our family and then some.
Regards
Gary & Madeline Bartholf
West Paterson,n.j.07424-2712
June 10th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Some one should get involved in what we feed our pets because they are our family and then some.
Regards
Gary & Madeline Bartholf
West Paterson,n.j. 07424-2712
June 10th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
38034 martha spears
June 10th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
38034 martha spears my 11 mo old poodle cocoa has always ate imas and is now sick not sure what is wrong with her .
June 10th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
my 11 mo old poodle is sick now vet not sure what is wrong with her she has been eating iams dry dog food that is all she has ever ate i thank that the dog food companys should be held responsible for this martha spears friendship tn 38034
June 10th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
my 11 mo old poodle is sick now vet not sure what is wrong with her she has been eating iams dry dog food that is all she has ever ate i thank that the dog food companys should be held responsible for this willie spears friendship tn 38034
June 10th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
10037 Deb P.
June 10th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
My Cat Monte of 11 years died recently. Although the food he ate wasn’t on the recall list I think it may have taken his life as he was a very healthy and strong cat. He ate Hill’s Prescription c/d exclusively. He became very ill and quickly deteriorated.
June 11th, 2007 at 3:19 am
96708, Theresa Caesar
June 11th, 2007 at 7:29 am
James A.Begley
Jimbo503@aol.com
June 11th, 2007 at 11:09 am
This is an atrocious crime against our FurKids. If something like this occurred to a human child the authorities would automatically jump to the conclusion that ‘The Parents Must Have Done It’ and have all children pulled away from their homes, and the parents charged with First Degree Murder. How long would it take the powers that be to put one and one together to realize that a food source – from a foreign country, that we use to grow and process here, was to blame? My guess is much longer than we could imagine, because the system automatically puts blame onto the parents, because it is easier, when there is no clear reason for them to do it. Just because our FurKids meow and bark instead of speaking English as our human children do, does not mean that they should be denied the same rights our human children have! It is time that our government opens its eyes and realizes that this could be happening to the human population just as easily. At least humans have a voice and can speak out, where as our FurKids depend on us to speak up for them. I am blessed – my twins did not suffer from this outright poisonings, but very easily could have. My heart aches for those who have lost such a wonderfully devoted FurKid, and I firmly believe that something MUST be done. Hello Washington! Can you hear me? Stop turning your backs on those living in this country for a change! Even if some of those are FurKids!
Pamela Wingert-Loomis 14905-1637
June 11th, 2007 at 11:22 am
99801
Toni Shattenberg
June 11th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
I have always LOVED animals — especially dogs and I find these tainted pet foods despicable and totally unnecessary. These animals are much more to many of us than property, they are part of our family units and many will even go as far as to say, they are like our children. We have two rescue dogs and we do a lot of petsitting for many different animals. Each time I feed the owner’s food to their pets, I wonder to myself, “Is THIS food O.K.?!?!? How ridiculous this situation has been. When it comes to life (whether animal OR human), whether our food supply is safe or not should not even enter our minds. What has happened to OUR Country??? Our foods should be planted, made, bought, raised, etc… from within the United States ONLY! The guidelines and standards should be so strict and should be checked on a ongoing basis. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH OUR GOVERNMENT?!?!?!? They are SUPPOSE to be PROTECTING all LEGAL United States citizens AND animals. We are the GREATEST Nation in the world so why are we having to worry about our food, water, our borders, our safety, and even the air we breath???? What a sad (and frightening) state of affairs we are in!!!! WAKE UP political leaders before it’s to late — if it isn’t already.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
60060, Carol Seleski
June 11th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
17252 Sandra Richey
June 11th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
46531 Amber Good
June 12th, 2007 at 12:25 am
Charlotte Venable 72762
June 12th, 2007 at 2:21 am
Jane Lee
M4P 1Y7
June 12th, 2007 at 10:11 am
33496 Harry W Ruffner III
33496 Ivana A Ruffner
June 12th, 2007 at 10:28 am
37849 Yvonne Thomas
Please make it safer for our pets.
June 12th, 2007 at 10:48 am
19380 Christine Rose
June 12th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
06067, Dawn Miller
June 12th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Dawn Franklin 35444
June 12th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
35444 Dawn Franklin
June 12th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Vanhoy, Mickie 73034
June 12th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
47408
Justin Mead Robertson
June 12th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Maryellen Fitzgerald
02148
June 12th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
Judith Meek (60453)
It’s long over due.
June 12th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
78245 Chelsea Roberts please animal mean alot to me i love them sooooo much, please do something for this problem cuz i would not like to lose my three cats to food poisoning.
June 12th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Our pets are a part of the family. They deserve to be treated as such and the people that have contaminated the pet foods should be held accountable. Linda Vivian
June 12th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
47850
Karen
Vines
June 13th, 2007 at 1:29 am
34744
my poor sherbert would still be alive if we would have known about the recal
these ppl just don’t care about our beloved pets …. all they want is more money …. :(:(
June 13th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Tracy White 32792
June 13th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
iam very disturbed that the media can spend so much time on paris hilton and so little n this subject.l I have just lost an old kittie to this problem,and wonder if this is some of problem that has caused my granddaugther to be autistic.
June 13th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
92008
Alina Vinales
June 13th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
92008
June 13th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
03054 ~ Michelle Clark
I don’t know why all of a sudden we are hearing about all this stuff in our pets foods but I definately think the companies should be held accountable for what they are producing, it would be like any other company as well, the milk industry, cheese, car seats, even automobiles themselves… if they are made bad, it is up to the company to correct this and be held responsible. To not take responsibility shows that the company does not care for Joe Public that buys their product, does not stand behind it and is just in it for the buck. It’s time to stop passing the buck and to give the public what they pay for, a quality product at a quality price. And stop using junk to cut cost, in the end, it gets you no where except where you are now…. In trouble.
June 13th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
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Trudy Jackson
My pets would be alive had I known the food was toxic!!
June 13th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
27942 Trudy Jackson My pets would still be alive if I had known about the toxic food. Someone has to be held accountable.
June 13th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
18518 Connie Lipisko
June 13th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
18518 Connie Lipisko
I strongly believe that Pet Food makers should be held to strict regulations and should be inspected just as human food is. Both industries need major improvement and pro-active measures taken to ensure safe consumption. My pets are not considered anything less than family. I love them with all my heart and would never want to lose one to something like this, that can and should be prevented. Step up and protect our loved ones please!
June 13th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
18518 Andrea Peranich
Please help us protect and save our beloved pets!
June 13th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
If it had not been for this tainted dog food. My dog would be alive and healthy today.
June 13th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Anne Detiveaux, 70301
June 13th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Jo Helms 54915
It is horribly overdue for the Pet Food Industry to take responsibility and accountability for the products that they manufacture. There needs to be stronger regulations that govern over them with punitive actions when those regulations are not adhered to. Pet Food should be safe and healthy, not full of toxins that will harm or possibly kill them. Sadly, pets can not tell us when they are not feeling well and often times once symptoms develop, it may already be too late to reverse the damage. Offering to “replace” someone’s pet is just not acceptable. They are not a commodity, they are family members and deserve better than that.
June 14th, 2007 at 4:17 am
89509
Cheryl Holzle
Pet food manufacturers must be held accountable, with full disclosure as to where it was manufactured and where all ingredients came from. No more garbage fillers with no nutritional value for pets.
June 14th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
80260
Michele Shank
June 14th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Michele Shank 80260
June 14th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
60053
Marianne Maggi
June 15th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Samantha Lamm 22443 I have lost 2 of my dogs so far and have another on the verge of going thanks to the pet food recall.
June 15th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
97007 Karen Clark
I have been greatly concerned and disappointed at the secrecy and lag time in informing folks of potential deadly foods. The word should have gotten out faster. We should not buy any animal food ingredients from China!!
June 15th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Its shameful that the US companies that manufacture the food haven’t put safety testing of pet foods into place sooner. It shows a lack of foresight and corporate responsibility, not to mention endangering the lives of countless animals that most of us consider to be family members!
June 16th, 2007 at 7:24 am
85249
alita watson
June 16th, 2007 at 10:28 am
80525
Evelyn Robinson
My rage at food companies killing innocent dogs, cats, and pet fish enrages me every time I think of it, which is quite often.
Time for pet companies to be accountable! I will buy the pet food again when I believe the PF I is accountable for damages and then produces healthy foods again that has the animals and fish feeling great to be alive, not sick and dying.
June 16th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
60660
Kristina Skomba
Pet Food should be manufactured under the same quality standards as food for human consumption. Nutritional labels should clearly state the ingredients used and the % of each ingredient used. If it takes more money for manufacturers to ensure we get higher quality pet food without toxins or byproducts or sawdust and feathers I’m sure that pet owners would be willing to pay a higher price for the pet food.
Our pets are our babies and family and it breaks our hearts when they get sick and die because of food we fed them. The US should set much higher standards for monitoring how pet food is made and making sure it is safe and healthy. And I absolutely agree that the manufacturers of these pet foods that have killed or made animals sick should compensate those owners that have lost their pets due to this UNACCEPTABLE lack of regular monitoring or testing of their pet food!!!!!!!!!!
June 17th, 2007 at 1:53 am
debra moore 92024- i lost my 16 year old boy. i have 28 pouches all on the recall list- i have 3 pouches in the freezer- i have a receipt for tainted food dated march 10, 2007- i have an autopsy report clearly stating he was poisoned by menu foods- what i don’t have is my cat back. i don’t have sleep. i don’t have satisfaction. i need to do something. the fda took my information and gave me a number. i joined 2 class action suits one in canada and one here- menu foods says they’ll call me and pay for my vet bills. i want to do more i want to do something i don’t want this to fade away. where can i go? what else can i do? somebody point me in the direction …please.
June 17th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
92612
D Richardson
June 18th, 2007 at 12:11 am
Julie Thompson 95436
June 19th, 2007 at 12:40 am
37221
MG Sharpe
June 19th, 2007 at 8:45 am
48602
Mary I. Turner
June 19th, 2007 at 11:33 am
There is no excuse to allow poisoned pet food; or human medican and food to be sold in the United States. We need to protect our people and animals, some fed to us as food, from being poisoned just because some company imports an ingredient to save money.
Caroline Baker
Tulsa, OK 74112
June 19th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
30528 renee wessel
June 20th, 2007 at 12:42 am
94107
Michelle Smelser
June 20th, 2007 at 1:12 am
Supermarkets keeping tainted food on shelves and suppliers of raw ingredients for food also need to be accountable. Thank you. Ibi
June 20th, 2007 at 1:13 am
Joyce Finlay 92127
June 20th, 2007 at 1:15 am
01240
Supermarkets that keep tainted food on the shelves and suppliers of the raw ingredients used for pet food also need to be accountable.
Ibi T. Cieslar
June 20th, 2007 at 11:04 am
74604, Katie Kienzle
June 20th, 2007 at 11:20 am
31546 Pat J. Bushong Whitehead
June 20th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Both my cat and dog became very ill. I changed foods only to find the new food was nowadd to the list. My 16 year old cat died and my aged Fox Terrier is now doing better but is not the same as she was prior to this incident. I realize they are both older animals but to lose them because of this industry disgrace is unconscionable- American industry built on trust have given away to greed and total disregard for the customer. Money and Greed- USA corporations have sold out- and as an investor it is not to merely satisfy the shareholders - the top executives are the ones responsible…
June 20th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Pet food companies asked us to trust them with our pets and we did. Now they must be accountable for their lack of responsibility.
June 20th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Pet food companies asked us to trust them with our pets and we did. Now they must be accountable for their lack of responsibility.
Kath Fitzgerald
02148
June 20th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Marilyn G. Watts 75023
June 20th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Crystal J Fogg 95037
June 21st, 2007 at 7:29 am
42366
June 21st, 2007 at 9:03 am
Jackie Sample
71111
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:05 pm
97477 Gretchen Post
June 22nd, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Cats and dogs are not simply “property”. They are living, breathing wonderful friends and family members. We must do all we can to protect them from all harm, as they cannot do this for themselves……just like a human baby or child.
Let’s do whatever it takes to keep our family members out of harm’s way.
June 27th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Frances Royster
77399
June 27th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
02169
June 27th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Teresa Wicker,
June 27th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
My cat’s were eating the recalled food. I now have one cat showing signs of kidney failure. The worst part is I have no money to take her to the vet to seek treatment. The cost is way more then I can finacially bare at this time. My cat is going to die and I can’t do anything to help her.
June 27th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
37067
June 27th, 2007 at 11:17 pm
I breed dogs and offer a 1 year health guarrentee with them when they sell. I thought I was feeding them some of the best puppy and dog food ( Iams).
I have lost the trust in the food manufactures to help provide proper health care for my dogs and will no longer give health guarrenties to new puppy parents as a result of this major mess up. YES they should be held accountable for their part or lack of in this and future situations.
I no longer will purchase this product or any other product that was on the list of recalled foods.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THEIR LACK OF CONCERN FOR OUR 4 LEGGED FAMILY MEMBERS.
June 28th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
Alicia Anderson 60517
I’m going to tell everyone I know about this petition. No company should be allowed to sell products they know to be toxic. FDA should be allowed to issue MANDATORY recalls in cases that pose a very serious threat to their consumers (or the pets of consumers). Companies should list EVERYTHING that goes into the product whether or not the company put it in or their supplier did. No more pets should needlessly die. ANYTHING that is toxic to pets should not be sold EVER. It shouldn’t even hit the shelves. Garlic, grapes (anything grape or raisin), onions are toxic to dogs and cats.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:08 am
i just found out about this.l i have gotten 2 lab puppies and been feeding them iams smart puppy 1st one died couple weeks ago. we got another one and fed her from the same bad now she is sick and probably gonna die. i have to take her to vet in the am to make sure.
she shows allthe symptoms of the poisioning
sad you know hope they nail hem to wall
June 29th, 2007 at 1:21 am
save our pets!
June 29th, 2007 at 1:21 am
save our pets
June 29th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Pet Food Companies should be held accountable for thie products
June 30th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
WE NEED TRUTH IN LABELING, AND WE NEED IT NOW!!! Corporate greed (demonstrating zero regard for health and life - be it human or animal) has gone way too far now. I am furious that my recalled cans of Nutro state “Made in USA” on the label - a trick to deliberately deceive me into believing the product was made of ingredients raised and produced in USA. Had I known any ingredents had been imported from China, I would never have purchased the product. And that is the whole point - to deceive the consumer! I have been a careful label reader for years, avoiding anything that said “Distributed by..” because that is a sign the product could be imported. Now I know “Made in USA” is also a trick label. Obviously, my dogs are alive today only because I already had a huge distrust of ‘meat’ products - especially ‘dog food’ grade ‘meat’ products - and therefore fed them very, very little commercially prepared ‘dog food.’ I already had little respect for the USDA and the FDA - now I have zero faith in them.
Everyone needs to know that a lot of ‘meat’ products sold in this country are really cheap imports. But the giant meat corporations selling this ‘who knows what’ from ‘who knows where’ in this country don’t want consumers to know it is imported. This is why we still have no “Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling” (aka MCOOL) for imported meat, despite the fact that MCOOL passed in the 2002 Farm bill. Implementation of MCOOL keeps getting put off a few more years, and a few more years. Enough is enough! Tell your congressman and senators we need MCOOL implemented now, and we need complete truth in all labelling. We are all in danger while greedy corporations profiting from cheap imported ingredients just get richer and richer. And, did you know that recalls are mere VOLUNTARY ACTIONS??? Who does that protect? Corporations! My daughter’s dog died as a result of a dog food that was not recalled! She opened a new bag and fed her dog, the next morning the dog vomited non-stop….every digestive organ shut down…. Everyone needs to channel their anger into getting truth in labelling. Look online and join one of those consumer organizations that is fighting for truth in labeling.
July 2nd, 2007 at 3:56 pm
This should have been in place years ago LONG before the pet food recall. We have the USDA to oversee our food, yet there is no group overseeing our pets’ food.
July 3rd, 2007 at 8:42 am
K. Taylor
21740
July 3rd, 2007 at 5:00 pm
10465
Rose Anne Hernandez
July 3rd, 2007 at 5:54 pm
patrick tousignant 91710
July 3rd, 2007 at 7:23 pm
95051
Robin F Kernan
It is inexcusable that our government has allowed the entrance of dangerous pet foods into the US. Where is the FDA?
Considering the dangerous ingredients in HUMAN food imported from China, additionally, I personally will not buy any items at all “made in China” A similar program against Japan many years ago worked VERY WELL. Boycott could be in order for China.
July 4th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
James J. Reynolds
Hobart Indiana
46342
MICHAEL MOORE FOR PRESIDENT!!!!
July 4th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
08244 harvey marco
July 4th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
83704
Trish Homan
We’re naive to think that they didn’t know before the recall! Their CFO knew and I think quite a few others. And here I thought that my pet was actually made by Purina or others. So what makes my pet food different from any of the others that are made by Menu?
July 4th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Genevieve Kira Schuldt
85215
I feel very lucky that neither my dog or cat has become ill eating what I thought was high quality pet food. I no longer will be supporting products made in China. I consider myself a patriot and will do my best to “buy American.” I will no longer buy potentially poisoned food for my pets OR myself OR my family.
July 5th, 2007 at 1:23 am
Kenneth Ensley 37920
July 5th, 2007 at 1:40 am
81101
Kathy Thompson
July 5th, 2007 at 4:53 am
86022 laurie stratton
July 5th, 2007 at 5:01 am
86022larry stratton,we lost all but one ack pug puppy she is going in for opp and to be fixed she is malformed, parents are doing better.I could not thank best friends enough for there help.
July 5th, 2007 at 5:02 am
86022 larry stratton we lost all but one akc puppy.
July 5th, 2007 at 5:14 am
86022 larry stratton,we lost all but one ack pug puppy she is going in for opp and to be fixed she is malformed, parents are doing better.I could not thank best friends enough for there help.
July 5th, 2007 at 9:33 am
85339 Penny Garvin
85339 Gary Garvin
July 5th, 2007 at 10:09 am
19128 Janet Dees
July 5th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
A survey done by the Pet Food Institute claims that the american pet owners are “confident or very confident” in commercial pet food. Duane Ekedahl president of the FDI said:
“Continued strong confidence in pet food products is a testament to the fact that Americans dogs and cats are living longer, healthier lives due in large part to the carefully formulated, safe and nutritious pet foods on the market.”
The owners of the thousands of pets that died through eating contaminated pet food may well disagree with Mr Ekedahl……….
Pet Food manufacturers are far too busy checking their profits ($38 billion per year in the United States) and stock prices to worry about checking pet food ingredients for quality, safety and nutrition.
Yes this pet food recall disaster will have cost them a few million or so but if you pet owners believe that the deaths of thousands of pets will make these giants of the industry lose any sleep….dream on !!!
July 5th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
34788
Anna McDonald
July 5th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
16823 Hughes
July 5th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Jean Cheesman
93103
July 6th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
I am disgusted by the lack of accontability and arrogance of the pet food companies. They care only for the almighty dollar and to heck with our pets!!
July 6th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Ann Quinn
89121
July 6th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Careless pet food manufacturers entered my home and murdered all
three of my cats in December, 2006. Now that I know how pet food is
made, about rendering plants, and how no safety-testing is performed
except on the pet parents’ pets, you would have to prove that you
safety-test every batch of every product prior to sending to the consumer,
and provide real, healthful ingredients, with all sources described on label
before I would buy again. You would have to institute horrendous criminal
and monetary penalties for not providing safe and beneficial product.
July 6th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
I paid Purina $9.95 to kill my two beautiful English Bulldogs. Ginger died in January 2007 and Annie, my adorable 2-year old, died yesterday after a long hard fight for the past 6 months. We are devastated, my 4 children even more so. How could any company, regardless of the product they sale, not be certain their products are safe? Is it not just the plain lack of common sense here? My family is forever changed by this injustice. Do something now!
Kellie Albrecht
92691
July 7th, 2007 at 11:04 am
These people need to be made accountable for the grief they have cause unnumerable pet owners. I lost two beloved cats due to Menu foods. This food was a top of the line food that most people don’t even know is canned by Menu foods, but I know now.
Pets are more than pets they are members of families, and the utmost innocent of victims.
July 7th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
M. Stanert
18938
July 7th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
amya816@netzero.com
Amy Augustine
18640
July 7th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Kelli Magnus
po box 735
sparta wi 54656
IN MEMORY OF LADDIE
VICTIM OF IAMS AND SCIENCE DIET
July 8th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Sandra Wilson
97503
July 8th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
I was lucky I have both my pets. I am sorry for those that lost pets, it is like losing a child when yours are grown or a family member at the least.
I was sickened by the sad stories and I think their should be JAIL time for those responsible.
July 9th, 2007 at 1:14 am
89512 Melanie Copeland
July 9th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
I whole-heartedly endorse the Petition to Require Pet Food Companies to be Held Accountable for Damages … Larissa Wynn 10012
July 11th, 2007 at 9:28 am
Stop poisioning our pets!!!!
tyler henson 78620
July 11th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
andrea r freeman 19119
July 11th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
andrea r freeman 19119, There should be jail time for those involved in this fiasco. Our pets are members of our families .
July 11th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
To all the greedy, uncaring bastards in the pet food business from China, Canada, and the U.S. I wish you could have seen the look in my little French Bulldog’s eyes just minutes before he died in my arms on the way to the Animal Hospital. Each of you deserve the same fate.
Chris Davis
Burnt Ranch, CA 95527
July 11th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
28352
Peggy Alexander
My sweet dog Blackie died due to kidney failure—he ate O’Roy dry, Alpo and Pedigree can food occasionally–and had eaten O’Roy biscuits. It was horrible to watch him waste away and then after trying to save him by flushing his kidneys out for 4 days, with no improvement–to let the vet put him to sleep–I still cry when I think of him and what he suffered. The Chinese government have punished the people who put the poison in the food, and the ones who turned their heads the other way for money—WHAT has the United States done to these big Pet food companies who allowed poisoned pet food to be put on shelves to MURDER our beloved pets—our family????? NOTHING!!!!!!! nothing…..
July 12th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
92126
Hilary Spero
July 12th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Mark Hobbes
78664
I would also like a ban on all known poisons and bad chemicals in pet food like…
MENADIONE, ETHOXYQUIN , METHIONINE, Vitamin K3
July 12th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
my zip code is 12477,
Robin V. Blier
We found out that we cannot trust the Pet food Manufacturers.
they are ruled by greed & profit.
I was lucky that my cat did not die, but my heart goes out to all of you who were victimized by this.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
10003 C Davis
July 13th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Dana Stevenson 67203
I think the FDA, Menu Foods, and all involved should be sent to China. Maybe then there would be justice and accountability.
July 13th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Send it all back to China - ALL of it!! See if their pets can survive it.
July 14th, 2007 at 11:55 am
Emily Burkhart
48301
July 15th, 2007 at 12:57 am
Emilie Warren 34215
July 15th, 2007 at 12:58 am
Jason Holsinger 34215
July 17th, 2007 at 7:16 am
05641 Kara M. Hebert
July 17th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Katy Currence
37355
Would you feed your children crap? Pets shouldn’t be fed it either.
July 18th, 2007 at 11:04 am
P0K 1J0 - Michelle Bell
July 18th, 2007 at 11:08 am
P0K 1J0
Michelle Bell
My cat is now really sick due to this food. He is only a year old and his kideny’s are shutting down. We have to give him needles under the skin. 3 at a time, 3 times a day.
My cat has always been playful and loving. Now he just sleeps. I wish there was more that I could do.
July 18th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Delia Betterton
32216
It’s about time someone held the manufacturer responsible! They’ve known for months (possibly longer) about the problems their food is causing. Why are they using imported ingrediants anyways??
We longer trust any of these brands and switched to Bil-Jac months ago. Dog is doing great but now I need to research what food is better for my cat.
July 18th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
For my Baby sammy who is still sick from being poisoned from the 2007 pet food recall. May all involved with the knowledge that they poisoned our pets go to hell! nicole west 50023
July 20th, 2007 at 11:24 am
48150
L. Legge
The government officials of China have PUBLICALLY announced their goal is to destroy America. They have said their plan is destroy our economy. Well with the utmost cooperation from our greedy & corrupt government, manufacturers, and other business entities, and Americans who only care that what they buy is CHEAP, China is doing just that! China has no respect for their own people, animals, or environment so what makes it seem like for a few million bucks this will change and they will suddenly care about people and their pets in another country? Remember, when you buy Made in America it costs more because our jobs and our way of life costs more!
July 20th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
85716 nicole westley
July 20th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
85716 nicole westley,our furbabies are our families too….
July 20th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
bless all our furbabies…now and forever!!! I love you sambozo in heaven puppy dog!!!!!
July 20th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
SUSAN FULLER 05101
SIMZCAT4@VERIZON.NET
July 20th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
SUSAN FULLER 05101
July 21st, 2007 at 2:40 am
These companies should be held accountible for what they are buying and putting in their dog food. I was buying 45.00 bags of what I thought was “top of the line” food for my choc. lab and now I find out it’s part of the recall!! If these companies are fined maybe they would spend more money in quality control to prevent future tragedies such as this.
July 21st, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Tyler H. 78620
July 22nd, 2007 at 9:23 am
Mary Lemens
54301
July 22nd, 2007 at 2:33 pm
43202 Concha Hendershot
July 22nd, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Philip & Cindy Palance
Houston, TX 77070
I think these companies should also be required to list a more accurate count of how many animals have died because of their neglect.
July 22nd, 2007 at 3:11 pm
92021
Diane Chicarelli
July 22nd, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Jackie Shea
Zip Code 83804
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:09 pm
32958
A. Solomon
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:11 pm
32958
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:26 pm
96021
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:27 pm
Roseann Brown 96021
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:31 pm
they should have to pay for what they have done. the poor people who lost there pets should know they have paid for what they deed Lillian Reyes 96021
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Too bad that pet food companies can’t be honest about what goes into thier foods. Guess they figure that way when something like this happens, they won’t be held accountable. Shame on them!!!
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:48 pm
95949
Pamela Gorman
Yes, all the Pet Food Companies should be held accountable for damages, I lost a precious member of my family that I was feeding Iams Dog food to. She had a health problem that I think was linked to the food. She was only 7 y/o and loved everyone, she could of been a therapy dog. My heart is broken and hurts everytime I think about her and how she could be alive today.
July 22nd, 2007 at 6:22 pm
M Creveling
14605
July 22nd, 2007 at 6:24 pm
L ranalettea
14610
July 22nd, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Janice Tatum
71058
July 22nd, 2007 at 6:36 pm
nancy elizabeth green 30078 It goes without saying… menu foods, did everything they could, to slow down the media coverage… while the country and it’s pets, held their breath…
July 22nd, 2007 at 7:03 pm
John Johnson 89506.
July 22nd, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Joan Kossaras
85028
July 22nd, 2007 at 11:34 pm
ZIP CODE 40356
Name Sharon Dickenson
July 23rd, 2007 at 12:54 am
Pet Food Companies, MENU FOODS and FDA should be held responsible. JULY 2007 FARM BILL is up and BEEF INDUSTRY LOBBY trying to weaken and stop COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELS for HUMAN FOOD NOW!!! PLEASE contact POLITICIANS to protect people/pets! ASK WHY FDA plans to close 7 of our 13 FOOD SAFETY LABS? Only 1% ALL FOOD being tested today! It’s up to ALL OF US to make a difference! The HONEST KITCHEN pet food is my choice now.
July 23rd, 2007 at 12:58 am
Lisa Wilson
78731
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:21 am
16503. SUSAN ZAPOLSKI
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:34 am
06606
Janice Bassett
July 23rd, 2007 at 10:25 am
Lauri Romaine
07843
July 23rd, 2007 at 11:39 am
Kimberly McDowell
Valdosta, GA 31602
Animals and their guardians deserve the basic right of safe food.
July 23rd, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Jayne Bailey 98683
As a dog owner who lost one of her beloved beagles to the tainted food please please please give our pets only safe food
July 23rd, 2007 at 12:19 pm
55116
janet llerandi
July 24th, 2007 at 12:37 am
76063 Pamela Pickard
July 24th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
38112
toni cooley
July 26th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
lauren casso 07022
July 29th, 2007 at 7:14 am
44054
Joanne D. Ferguson
July 30th, 2007 at 11:23 am
katherine Mayorga - 33139
July 30th, 2007 at 11:28 am
07444
Lisa Donnelly
lisadonnelly@optonline.net
July 30th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Petition to Require Pet Food Companies to be Held Accountable for Damages
18337
July 31st, 2007 at 9:29 pm
I had three healthy cats not that long ago. Late last year (2006), one died due to blockages of crystals in his urine and the other 2 are now in chronic renal failure. They were being fed one of the brands of foods that was recalled. Coincidence? I think not. It has taken time, research and many tests by my vet before we could figure out the probable cause.
I cannot believe how much pain and suffering it has caused these poor animals and this family, not to mention expense. This has been heartbreaking to think that I inadvertently fed my beloveds what amounted to poison.
July 31st, 2007 at 9:32 pm
Susan Emery
78757
I had three healthy cats not that long ago. Late last year (2006), one died due to blockages of crystals in his urine and the other 2 are now in chronic renal failure. They were being fed one of the brands of food that was recalled. Coincidence? I think not. It has taken time, research and many tests by my vet before we could figure out the probable cause.
I cannot believe how much pain and suffering it has caused these poor animals and this family, not to mention expense. This has been heartbreaking to think that I inadvertently fed my beloveds what amounted to poison.
August 1st, 2007 at 12:49 pm
cindy symington 78733
August 1st, 2007 at 8:41 pm
94502 Gail Churchill
August 1st, 2007 at 9:11 pm
94609 Heather Hanly
August 2nd, 2007 at 1:26 am
94502
Ashleigh Cocks
August 2nd, 2007 at 1:35 am
94502
DeAnne Jarvis
August 2nd, 2007 at 10:54 am
Denise Cahalan
94502
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Hima Chaudhary
94544
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:06 pm
I cannot believe how much pain it has caused to those poor animals.
August 3rd, 2007 at 1:58 am
We’ve reached the point in the US, where all imported food needs to at least be batch tested for poisons. The minimum our government can provide is safe water and safe food — pet food or people food — it’s a basic level of safety we cannot afford to sacrifice.
August 3rd, 2007 at 5:05 am
79735 Barbara Welch
They should be held liable for their careless actions that cause so much pain and suffering
August 6th, 2007 at 10:46 am
77382
Kimberly Brown
August 6th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
94605 Kristyn Temple-Robinson
August 11th, 2007 at 12:01 am
57201
Laura Appelhof
August 16th, 2007 at 3:10 am
Erika Keiter
21222
I do agree in a way that they should be held accountable, but i also think its not 100% their fault.I think japan is the one that should be accountable b/c everyday you hear something new bein recalled and its manufactured from japan.
August 16th, 2007 at 8:24 am
22630- Marc Nelson
Do we really need a petition to force our elected representatives to do what is right and fair ? All corporations should be held accountable for the products they market. Wether if it is for humans or animals makes no difference. Would we be signing a petition if this was baby food ?
August 17th, 2007 at 8:20 am
Martha Huffman
37656
I lost my beautiful basset hound and best friend,CH Drumark’s PB, after feeding Nutro Natural Choice Puppy Chicken, Rice, and Oatmeal and Purina Pro Plan. He was going to the Eukanuba Championship in December and I wanted him to be in tip top condition. He was healthy and happy and had no prior health problems before I fed him tainted food. He became critically ill with renal failure in January after feeding him this food. Because I fed him this food prior to the announcement of the recall in March 2007, I had no reason to suspect that the food I was feeding him was making him sick, or would be the cause of his death. I had a huge vet bill which Nutro refuses to take care of because I did not keep the cans or a receipt. I simply had no reason to keep a receipt or an empty can. Now that this article has come out about Purina foods, I wonder about that too!
I feel if we trust a dog food company enough to feed our dogs their supposedly top rated food(and expensive at that!), they should be responsible enough to take care of the people who buy their foods and end up with sick or dead dogs . This lack of responsibility is sickening. Not only did I lose my top show dog to this food but I lost my dearest friend. My life has not been the same since.
This lack of responsibility makes me sick and very angry after the many thousands of dollars that I have spent with these companies to feed my dogs and they can’t even accept the respondsibility to pay the vet bill! GRRRR
August 17th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
27707 Gabrielle Gordon
August 19th, 2007 at 10:28 am
Joan McCool; 33771
Pet Food companys should be held accountable, they are the ones profiting from the shoddy way they prepare our pets foods and treats!! There has to be a ban placed on products coming from China, and any other country that practices this kind of shoddy business. Please, crack down on the FDA and other departments that get paid by tax payers to watch out for the safety of the citizens of the USA.
Thank You for this opportunity.
August 19th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Janet Pulkka; 55427
August 21st, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Carol Ann Sheaffer 32809 There ought to be redress for anyone who’s pet has become ill or died because of food or treats labeled for animal consumption. And, it should not be difficult to receive either. Most families cannot afford the vet bills that will be incurred in trying to save a pet, leaving them with the awful choice. Perhaps stringent monetary sanctions against the manufacturers, brands and distributors will get the attention of those who have caused so much pain and suffering. In the end, it is all about profit and the bottom line.
Finally, WHY do these companies buy pet food ingredients OUTSIDE the U.S.?? Because its so much cheaper and the FDA cannot then do its job properly. Our family will never again buy any food product, whether for pets or people from China. Accordingly, the Kingdom Pets Chicken Jerky we buy from Costco is going back for a refund, in spite of the e-mail from the Costco home office to all of their managers that their Chinese made Chicken Jerky is “irradiated” and processed just as beef jerky is for humans…..
August 22nd, 2007 at 12:51 pm
12824 ANGELA BRUCE
THE DOG FOOD COMPANIES ARE ALL ABOUT MONEY. MONEY, MONEY, MONEY. THEY FORGET THE REASON THEY HAVE ALL THAT MONEY. IT’S DOGS. DOGS ARE FAMILY MEMBERS. I HAVE 5 LABRADOR RETRIEVERS AND I WOULD GO WITHOUT FOOD MYSELF IN ORDER TO PAY MORE FOR THEIR FOOD. I WOULD NOT HESITATE FOR A MOMENT PAYING HIGHER PRICES IF THAT MEANT MORE QUALITY IN THE PRODUCT. I HATE CHINA. NO MATTER WHAT I BUY NOW, I CHECK FOR “MADE IN CHINA”. IF IT SAYS THAT, I DON’T BUY. THEY PROBABLY SIT OVER THERE AND PLOT ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO US NEXT. TAINTED DOG FOOD, LEAD PAINT IN CHILDRENS TOYS, ETC. DAMN THEM!!!!!!!!
August 22nd, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Irene Wilson
93727
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:14 am
I fed my 19 year old and 12 year old cats, Coot and Albert, a prescription diet recommended by our veterinarian. I thought that this food was of the highest quality, because it was a prescription diet—-Hill’s MD—and because I paid a good price for it. Unfortunately, my Coot was old and it weakened him easily and put him into renal failure. He went to Rainbow Bridge in May. It was one of the saddest days of my life.
I don’t have a receipt to prove this, and don’t want compensation, as nothing will ever be compensation for the loss of my friend. I just want stricter standards so that no companion or human parent will suffer over the greed and lack of commitment to keeping our pets safe.
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Jody Tolley 43780
August 28th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
Linda McCarty
23116
September 1st, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Ala Howell 32720-5654
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:14 am
Australia 3152 Michael Tomlinson
One cat dead, one dying - Hills Science Diet (made in the USA)
September 5th, 2007 at 8:43 am
Kristi Doughty, 45661
September 8th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
Stephanie Carvelli - 75071
September 9th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
33543
Maria Aramburo
September 19th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
30012 cheryl ovenshire
This has been the most eye opening disaster!! All of the involved companies should be held responsible for all the deaths and illness caused by their shameful disreguard for standards of quality. I had researched several of what I thought to be holistic brands carefully, only to find out that the company I chose Blue Buffalo was recalled. I was horrified to think that I may have been responsible for feeding poison to my beautful english bulldogs, The loves of mine and my husbands life!! My heart goes out to all the poor innocent suffering animals and their pet parents! God bless their soles…I now feed my sweethearts Flint river ranch food. They have not had any recalls and stand behind their quality.
September 23rd, 2007 at 4:05 pm
99208
SANDRA STEEVES
I AM SICKENED AND DISGUSTED AT THE IRRESPONSIBILITY OF THE PET FOOD INDUSTRY
September 23rd, 2007 at 9:30 pm
While I am just as sickened as all of you regarding this atrocity, there is one of you who signed this who just goes around looking for ways to sue people. Debbie, you know that’s all you care about is lawsuit after lawsuit.
You were injured on the job. I find it awfully curious how you can live near Miami but need to see a lung specialist in Kissimmee every three months. What’s the matter, Debbie? Were there no doctors who’d sign off on your phony claim that you can’t work any more, or are you claiming this so your husband will divorce you and leave you the house?
If he does leave you the house, I already know you won’t remarry because then there’d be NO MORE ALIMONY! This is exactly what your sister did!
September 29th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
WHAT PET FOOD COMPANIES GET AWAY WITH IS DISGUSTING. THE LEAST THEY CAN DO S PAY THE POOR PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR PET’S MEDICAL BILLS. THEY MAKE ENOUGH IN PROFITS AS IT IS.
October 4th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Disgusting, just disgusting. We pay a lot of money in the hope that our poor dogs and cats get the best food possible. And again, it is only the money that companies can’t get enough of. A shame, who can we trust????
October 6th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
A Allison
79701
I wonder if this is what caused the blood clot that suddenly killed our precious Teddy, this summer? All of my dogs and cats have eaten Science Diet, prescribed by our vet, all their lives. My family & I are devastated and will NEVER get over losing him. In memory and honor of TEDDY & all the animals of this planet, I endorse this petition, along with my 8 year old daughter and 75 year old mother, whom I’m afraid, this has worsened her health and depression. Shame on everyone involved in this cover up and mass murder. This killing must stop now! Don’t forget to spay & neuter your pets. Thanks itchmo for all of your help.
October 10th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
18444 Christy Dutko
October 14th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
This has got to be stooped. Menu foods bought wheat and rice gluten from china to save money and fatten their own pockets. first of all wheat and gluttens are not good for animals. Make sure when you buy food you go to smaller company. Eaglepack.com or wellness a company that will talk to you and tell you where they buy their ingredients. This is our goverments fault for letting china take over overthing from our food to pet food to toys.
October 17th, 2007 at 2:44 am
84110
I would like this petition to encourage the manufacturer’s of our pet food products to be properly educated and knowledgeable about the impact poor quality food has on our pet’s health and then greatly improve the quality to sustain and promote health.
October 17th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Joellen Megan
52245
October 18th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
48302
Karen Orlando
October 29th, 2007 at 7:43 am
Kimberly Lockett
256 Meadow drive
North Tonawanda, NY 14120
October 29th, 2007 at 7:45 am
My cat has died due to the poisoned cat fod and I wish something can be done about this so that no one else will lose their animals
Kimberly Lockett
256 Meadow drive
North Tonawanda, NY 14120
November 12th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
20190 Valerie Schuster
November 12th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
59801 Pat Memoli
November 12th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
23454
November 12th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
23454 Diane Olivas
November 12th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
23454 Adam Olivas
November 13th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Tina Mussante
20732
November 13th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
20732
TINA MUSSANTE
November 14th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
07410
Samantha Berger
Disgusted and Astonished
November 18th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
It doesn’t seem like the FDA cares about taking care of this problem. I actually read that they said its up do the dog food and cat food manafacturer to do a re-call. I just read this this the other day. I hate this and I goverment seems to have these big investors from china. That is what I heard and I hope I am wrong but why are we buying this stuff for our pets and our children. Be sure if you are going to feed dog food and cat food it is made in the US. A smaller company won’t buy their ingredients from china. I use Eagle Pack hollistic food. www.eaglepack.com. I am thinking of switching to honest kitchen and I am also cooking too. No hormones and antibotics in the meat for my dog. People with large animals are at a disadvantage though. This has got to stop. read labels everyone and don’t buy from china unless you have too. you can also go to Google and search made in the USA.
November 23rd, 2007 at 12:55 am
44133
Steve Umek
November 24th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
The pet food Companies should pay all pet owers who lost their pet’s medical bills. FDA heads are in the sand.
November 30th, 2007 at 7:42 am
77429, Tim Harmon
December 5th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
so many recalls it jsut seem nothig is being done i hear of lot stuff that not safe but it mght be nice ot hear what is safe
December 6th, 2007 at 2:08 am
29650
Cindy Cohn
December 6th, 2007 at 2:22 am
Two of my cats died a month ago because they did not eat their Hill’s Prescription Diet z/d food, and developed hepatic lipidosis. A third one developed it and lived. I have eleven indoor cats (that I rescued and tamed from a feral colony) that eat together, but only three need to be on the prescription food. I have had all of them on it for three years because many of my cats are related, and some developed the need before the others, so I thought it was safest to put all of them on z/d. I did not know there were still problems with tainted food or bad ingredients. Not only that, but when I spoke to Hill’s they said they notified all vets of recent changes in the food. The vets my cats saw had heard nothing. Some cats are finicky eaters, and I did not notice some were not eating until one showed symptoms. I rushed him to the emergency vet, and then brought all the others that didn’t appear sick to be tested that week by my regular vet. They all had lost weight, but the three sick ones had to be surgically put on feeding tubes. Two had severe liver damage and did not make it. I have thousands of dollars in vet bills for each cat. The two that died were five and seven years old. The seven year old was the father cat, and our best cat. The others are not the same without him, and we are devastated. I thought I was giving them something safe - especially because it was a prescription costing $45 for a ten pound bag.
December 7th, 2007 at 8:21 am
29673
Coleen Kennedy
December 8th, 2007 at 7:10 am
Katy Faber
98498
I feed my dog z/d dog prescription food due to allergies…and if the dog food causes death…i will sue.
December 9th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
This s so horrible. I will do anything to help. Kelly fromPA
December 11th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
85711
carolyn farrier
December 19th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
96019 Deborah Hendrix
December 21st, 2007 at 4:00 am
4213
Valerie Cashman
December 21st, 2007 at 11:24 am
Krystal Owen
52556
December 23rd, 2007 at 4:12 pm
carol efferson,70706
December 25th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Deborah S. metrick
11375
December 26th, 2007 at 2:05 am
ADD ME TO THE PET RECALL
ZIP CODE 12871
HOME 518 824 - 1116
December 26th, 2007 at 5:53 am
Pat Gantt
37934
December 26th, 2007 at 5:54 am
Joe Gantt
37934
December 26th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
63139 mary mcmahon
December 30th, 2007 at 8:22 am
Sherry Klemme
60953
December 31st, 2007 at 9:08 pm
4505
Leeta Parker
January 1st, 2008 at 12:34 am
30043
Jennifer Bohm
January 6th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
979067jerry forston
January 8th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Davide Di Napoli
00040
January 13th, 2008 at 3:53 am
4213 Valerie Cashman
My cats became crippled whilst eating Nutro dried food. The girls recovered after we removed this dried food from their diet. The symptoms matched those of Salinomycin Induced Polyneuropathy as recorded in The Netherlands by 823 cats in 1996.
January 13th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
18610
Ingrid Chuda
January 21st, 2008 at 3:48 pm
I am so angry that our beloved pets are being sacrificed to the greed of big companies.
–Bonnie Getz 03049
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
29445 Cindy Churches
February 4th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
If a company sells it as food to promote health for pets, that company is responsible for poisoning of pets. Plain and simple. No loopholes, no lawyering out of it.
Disgraceful.
February 7th, 2008 at 11:50 am
77504
W. K. Averett
Mr. Spitz liked the wet food, and his brothers didn’t. Funny thing they are still alive. The vet showed me crystals under a microscope identical to those I saw on TV which a couple of Canadian scientists were examining when they hit on the cause of this whole scam. Money can’t repair the heartache, but it sure would help on the vet bills.
February 9th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
WHEN IS THE FDA GOING TO START REGULATING THE PET FOOD INDUSTRY? THE AMERICAN FEED CONTROL IS DOING A BAD JOB OF THIS.
February 9th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
CRYSTAL VOSTAD
32218
February 10th, 2008 at 10:39 am
24224 Louise Collins
I am so mad about these awful things that have made the pets sick,my daughter has spent over 7 thousand dollars to keep her chihuahua alive. I am more than happy to sign.
February 10th, 2008 at 11:20 am
My chihuahua has chronic kidney failure due to tainted pet food
I have had to pay out a lot of money and will continue to have to
as long as she is alive., not to mention the stress on her and myself.
I think they should all be accountable for thier actions.
24273
Carmella Collins
February 15th, 2008 at 12:20 am
It is the right thing to do for God’s sake! Our pets depend on us to take care of them and when something like this happens to our innocent friends then the companies involved should be held accountable.
Barbara Souza
48842
February 15th, 2008 at 9:56 am
It’s a sad time in this world when we cannot feel safe feeding our pets foods that animals have enjoyed for years–what does that say about our own food? This country has gotten so greedy by farming out everything to other countries, even so much as to risk the health of our pets, ourselves and our children (just a short time ago it was the toy/lead paint recall). Someone has to stand up for us and our animals. My pets are my kids and I will not sit quietly while they poison us all to save a few dollars.
February 15th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Madeline Van Skiver 19148
February 19th, 2008 at 2:17 am
55410 Ludivinevernet
February 19th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
After almost a year (really longer than that) I am still so disgusted with the pet food industry. Lost two of my best friends to this and my new cat throws up dry food all the time. I’ve tried numerous both better and lower quality brand pet foods. I believe it’s not gotten any better than a year ago. Sad to say, I am completely disgusted with our legislators.
Carolyn Pigeon 48197
February 19th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
After almost a year (really longer than that) I am still so disgusted with the pet food industry. Lost two of my best friends to this and my new cat throws up dry food all the time. I’ve tried numerous both better and lower quality brand pet foods. Sad to say, I believe this situation has not gotten much better than a year ago. I am completely disgusted with our legislators.
Carolyn Pigeon 48197
February 20th, 2008 at 1:31 am
Meghan Cosper 35209 Anyone who knowingly lets a poor, sweet animal die will rot in Hell!!!!
February 24th, 2008 at 12:55 am
53538 - Julie Marcotte
My daughter lost both of her cats to Kidney Disease and now I know why. She trusted the pet food industry to love her family members as much as she did. We lost loving and wonderful pets. “Puddin” who died a few years ago. She was only ten and “Motor” passed away from the same disease only months ago and she had just turned ten. My daughter still cries. Greedy, selfish, lying low lives and some day they will get what they deserve. Our 15 week old Norfork Terrier “Oly” started out with his breeders who put him on Eukanuba and because of all of these sad and pathetic excuses for human beings, our puppy has been removed promptly from the clutches of pet food scum bags and he will never be a victim. Lifes Abundance - Thank God for you ! and good top grade wholesome food and organically grown. Excuse me while I save my puppy’s life….
and PS. After our puppy lives a long, healthy and happy life and it is time to pass, he will never ever be given over and surrendered to anyone who will “take care of him for us.”
February 29th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Adrian Laureano
06082
Please add me to the list….
March 6th, 2008 at 1:13 am
08234 Melissa Craig
March 6th, 2008 at 1:20 am
I just had my cat put down. The vet said she had a low red blood cell count indicating leaukemia but she was healthy up till i used a new brand of canned cat food. first she had diarea, then she lost weight rapidly. I read that contaminated food can lower the red blood count too. ( I don’t believe she had leaukemia as my other cats don’t have it. )
I threw out the can so i can’t do anything about it now. I hope that the industry will take responsibility in the future to protect our furry babies and save us from heartbreak!!!
March 6th, 2008 at 1:25 am
Those who make pet food should be monitored by any authorities to ensure purity of content.
Our pets are like our children to us.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Kelly Gardner 34652
I want to give my regards to everyone that lost an animal or that is now suffering from this horrible event. Its sick that these company are poisoning our loved ones. I have one dog his name is Stewart and he means the world to me. Stewart is my only child and I would do anything for him! It makes me so mad that I have to worry if what he is eating will make him ill. Especially when they state on these bags that these foods are to insure your pet a healthy life. I hope one day we will have a honest world that isn’t out to kill us or our love ones! My thoughts and prayers are with you all!
March 15th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Melissa Crawford 33140
March 17th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
My germanshepard dog died 2-25-08 from kidney failure. I fed him Nutro NAtural Choice for a year untill the recall. I am so angry at the dog food companies. He was only 8 yrs old. We miss him so much! He was part of our family. We are heart broken. Dolores and Jerry Crowton.
March 21st, 2008 at 6:50 am
I recently lost my dog after he suffered what appeared to be kidney failure. He had been eating Nutro natural up to when I took him to the vet.
I was not informed this dry food was part of the list of recalled foods.
I’ve taken this very seriously and have tried to feed my other dog more cautiously, however, he is now showing signs of illness. How can we ever really know what we’re feeding them? It makes me sick to my stomach to think I may have killed my first dog. He was my best friend and my heart breaks as I recall his suffering, and now I worry about my other dog.
I’m willing to spend more to know I’m feeding my pet good quality, but each time I consider another food, I read another horror story. Something must be done to stop this horiffic injustice being done to animals. They are innocent creatures and do not deserve to die like this.
March 26th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
85297, Weslee Dynes
March 28th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
My Name is Barbara .. I live in south Jersey … I don’t bother to give Scottie, my Westie, any processed bone chews… except last Wednesday, March 26, 2008 … it was going to be a one-time treat … so I thought ..I bought Smokehouse 6″ Rib Bone in an A&P in south Jersey .. Scottie ate it .. the next day I had to bring the dog.. who was vomiting and so sick .. parts of it were obstructed in his stomach .. the next day I brought him to an Animal Hospital.. where he is at this moment.. he is going to survive … and I am going to sue the hell out of Smokehouse or work to get this crap off the shelves.. the VETS knew nothing about this recall!!!..! my vet bill is over $2,000!!!
March 28th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
My dog almost died .. but he will make it … the only one time I bought processed bone crap … from Smokehouse … in the A&P .. I nevergive my dog any kind of processed bones or chews.. what was I thinking? I thought it would be a “treat” … the sad thing is.. the vets seem to know nothing about this… I just printed out this entire website .. and showing it to them..
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:33 am
60641
Wendy Mena
I lost a pet to the Poisonous food from Eukanuba moist & savory puppy last year and it was horrible and painful for our family to have lost our little baby chihuahua Rocky, till this day we remember him and our tears just flow. No pet owner should have to live through something like that again! We are hoping the settlement to the lawsuit hurts then enough to change the way things are done now when it comes to our pets foods on the market.
April 7th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
kim montgomery 61761
April 9th, 2008 at 5:25 am
30152
Judith Mattingly
April 9th, 2008 at 5:29 am
My beautiful English Sheepdog died in my arms after eating Happy Tails Chicken Treats. I searched afterward to see if there were any reports of recall on them and was unable to find anything at the time. Now I see there are others that have reported problems. This has got to stop!!
April 12th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
34606 Christy Laux
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:38 pm
10468
Tiffany Gonsalves
April 27th, 2008 at 9:23 am
I had Lost My Dog Nalu” - 1/16/2009 ~ The Recall was a little late when they started announcing the recall ~ and The CFO-CEO Knew back in 8/2006 , about the mistake and admitted fault , And did nothing till it was discovered !
They should be held accountable ~ I’am still really Pissed Off ! whats being done to help the victims ? They are hoping we have forgotten are missing love ones ! What is going on in this country ?
April 27th, 2008 at 9:24 am
92037 ~ Michael Fowler
April 27th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
72120
Carol Utley
April 30th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
44070
Kelly Kostandaras
May 1st, 2008 at 10:11 am
44087
Sara Slama
May 24th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
MELANIE PALMER 89511
May 27th, 2008 at 11:20 am
I used to get an email from itchmo every day but it suddenly stopped this year. Since then I have been unable to sign in or get any information regarding the pet food lawsuit. In 2005 I lost Eva to cancer, rudy, smokey and whitey to kidney failure, and in 2007 I lost Red to kidney failure and Pierre to gastroeneritis. Beauty and chickerina are suffering at present from kidney failure. I have used science diet recalled pet food. I did sign up with the lawsuit but have not heard from anyone.
I would like very much to be alerted as I did previously and would like to sign this petition but for some reason unable to. I would appreciate hearing from you as in the past. thank you so much. distressed.
May 28th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
77008 Tonya Green
May 28th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Our pets deserve quality healthy food, not a bunch of fillers and toxic ingredients. Our wallets deserve fewer vet bills. Our hearts deserve to keep our pets safe and alive. What happened is OUTRAGEOUS!
June 3rd, 2008 at 1:56 am
44109 Mike Winrod
July 12th, 2008 at 11:17 am
dont those companies have any conscience at all
July 30th, 2008 at 11:39 am
31419
July 30th, 2008 at 11:39 am
31419 Michelle Scott
August 5th, 2008 at 3:27 am
77004 Kiat
August 11th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
77586
Darlene Hickman
September 26th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Why is BHA BHT allowed in dog food and treats when it has been associated with cancer. I unknowingly was giving Milk Bone Marrow treats to my dog that on 9/25/08 was put down for having cancer. If these bastards that make these foods could have gone thru the suffering that my dog did, then they may have thought twice before selling this crap.
September 26th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
all dog food companies should be held accountable.dogfood should be made safe for all pets.all dogfood plants should be made to undergo rigourous inspections.if their dogfood makes any pet sick then they should be held accountable if the pet becomes sick and or succumbs from eating the tainted dogfood this goes for all dogfood manufacturers!!!!! the dogfood manufacturers should be made to pay for all pet medical bills and burial.
September 26th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
carla jean page
65203
September 26th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
carla jean page
columbia,missouri,65203
September 26th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
carla jean page
columbia,missouri,65203
carla_page39@yahoo.com
October 1st, 2008 at 7:38 am
07712
Jennifer Swensen
RIP little man, it’s been almost two years and I still miss you dearly.
The makers of Mighty Dog should be incarcerated for killing my family member.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Leslie Faith Ressler
430678
My cat died last night as a result of the september recall for the Mars Petcare co. 4 Myah!
October 20th, 2008 at 3:44 am
44685
Joan Lazio
October 20th, 2008 at 3:50 am
I have Two Boston’s with cancer. My two year old had papers and the 5 year old was a puppy mill rescue. The only thing in common was the dog food I was feeding them!
Maybe I can’t prove anything- But I feel it was caused by their food!
October 20th, 2008 at 3:52 am
I have Two Boston’s with cancer. My two year old had papers and the 5 year old was a puppy mill rescue. The only thing in common was the dog food I was feeding them!
Maybe I can’t prove anything- But I feel it was caused by their food!
October 20th, 2008 at 3:58 am
44685
Joan Lazio
I have 2 Bostons with cancer. My 2 year old had papers and my 5 yr old was a puppy mill rescue. The only thing they had in common was the dog food I fed them. While I can’t prove it–I know it was the food! They had bloody stools at the same time before the cancer showed up.
October 26th, 2008 at 1:40 am
I have entered as accident but this site so funny
November 6th, 2008 at 11:59 am
53181 Rick Moore
December 26th, 2008 at 10:34 am
04493 Donna Kempton
January 3rd, 2009 at 11:32 am
Jeanna Johnson
47362
January 8th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Joe Petrone 27012
March 30th, 2009 at 10:21 am
45249 Sheila Lipsky
Please do what you can to stop the dog food industry from their practices!! I am so tired of seeing so much hair in my pets food…even the “quality” food has strands of hair in it…have started supplementing real turkey with their food to try to extend their lives.
April 4th, 2009 at 7:06 am
Michele Stetz
April 15th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
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Jesse Ingersoll
Why Haven’t They Done Anything About This Earlier? Do They Care? I Know They Have Pets Too
May 4th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
32563 Tedda Morris - it’s been quite a while since I last saw this, more than 2 years. Each and every day I still feel the pain from both of my friends (dogs) dying due to the tainted dog food which I bought and feed to both of them. Every time I am at any store that sells dog food, it makes me ill. My husband and son keep trying to get me to have another pet, unfortunely after what I went through with both friend (dogs) and witnessed their suffering, I don’t think I’ll ever own another pet. And if I do decide to take care of another living being, I will make the food myself every day to make sure something like that never happens again on my watch. I still feel so lost without my babies and wish I could do anything to change what happened at any cost. When I look at their pictures it makes me extremely sad and extremely angery at the pet food companies because they knew about this and did nothing. I PRAY FOR JUSTICE and peace in my heart and mind for this terrible sin which was committed. My heart feels for everyone who has lost a loved one over this.
May 15th, 2009 at 2:57 am
73115-2815, Charles Ivey
I think it would be great if the pet food industry could get the Arsenic out of their pet food! It’s the Agricultural Industry (Farmers) that are putting Arsenic in every piece of meat produced in America! This means that the Pet Food Industry would have to import the meat they use from the E.U. (European Union) because they
are the only Government that has banned the use of Arsenic in meat and other food
products. No!, that is not just for Pets! It is also for Human consumption! The
U.S. still allows the use of Arsenic in the raising of Chickens whether it is to be
eaten by animals or not! The U.S. allows the Chicken Litter to be reprocessed for
feed for Cattle and Swine too! The Chicken Litter can also be used as fertilizer
on farm soils too! To get the Arsenic out of pet food it would have to be eliminated from Human Food First and I’m all for that!
June 6th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
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Patty Hain - Holt
We must protect, provide for, and PLAY FAIR with our domesticated animals harmless and trusting life forms who are trusting and relying on us!
November 28th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
My friend’s precious dogs were all poisoned by Cargill dog food in Oct/Nov. 2009 and it was a terrible tragedy. They had bleeding capilliaries in their lungs, ear infections, horrible open lesions and it caused organ damage. I feel so very badly for her, and the horrible deaths that the dogs went through. I am aware that this is not an isolated incident and wholeheartedly agree that the manufacturers of dog food should be monitored more closely and also held accountable for toxins in their food. Anyone with a heart would agree.
Please add my name to the petition.
Thanks,
Marianne Wray
Caroline, Alberta, Canada T0M 0M0
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