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 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