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 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!