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.
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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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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
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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!