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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June 7th, 2007 at 8:06 am
Tiffany Tucker
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June 7th, 2007 at 11:58 am
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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
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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
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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