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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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
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