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 20th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
SUSAN FULLER 05101
July 21st, 2007 at 2:40 am
These companies should be held accountible for what they are buying and putting in their dog food. I was buying 45.00 bags of what I thought was “top of the line” food for my choc. lab and now I find out it’s part of the recall!! If these companies are fined maybe they would spend more money in quality control to prevent future tragedies such as this.
July 21st, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Tyler H. 78620
July 22nd, 2007 at 9:23 am
Mary Lemens
54301
July 22nd, 2007 at 2:33 pm
43202 Concha Hendershot
July 22nd, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Philip & Cindy Palance
Houston, TX 77070
I think these companies should also be required to list a more accurate count of how many animals have died because of their neglect.
July 22nd, 2007 at 3:11 pm
92021
Diane Chicarelli
July 22nd, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Jackie Shea
Zip Code 83804
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:09 pm
32958
A. Solomon
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:11 pm
32958
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:26 pm
96021
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:27 pm
Roseann Brown 96021
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:31 pm
they should have to pay for what they have done. the poor people who lost there pets should know they have paid for what they deed Lillian Reyes 96021
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Too bad that pet food companies can’t be honest about what goes into thier foods. Guess they figure that way when something like this happens, they won’t be held accountable. Shame on them!!!
July 22nd, 2007 at 5:48 pm
95949
Pamela Gorman
Yes, all the Pet Food Companies should be held accountable for damages, I lost a precious member of my family that I was feeding Iams Dog food to. She had a health problem that I think was linked to the food. She was only 7 y/o and loved everyone, she could of been a therapy dog. My heart is broken and hurts everytime I think about her and how she could be alive today.
July 22nd, 2007 at 6:22 pm
M Creveling
14605
July 22nd, 2007 at 6:24 pm
L ranalettea
14610
July 22nd, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Janice Tatum
71058
July 22nd, 2007 at 6:36 pm
nancy elizabeth green 30078 It goes without saying… menu foods, did everything they could, to slow down the media coverage… while the country and it’s pets, held their breath…
July 22nd, 2007 at 7:03 pm
John Johnson 89506.
July 22nd, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Joan Kossaras
85028
July 22nd, 2007 at 11:34 pm
ZIP CODE 40356
Name Sharon Dickenson
July 23rd, 2007 at 12:54 am
Pet Food Companies, MENU FOODS and FDA should be held responsible. JULY 2007 FARM BILL is up and BEEF INDUSTRY LOBBY trying to weaken and stop COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELS for HUMAN FOOD NOW!!! PLEASE contact POLITICIANS to protect people/pets! ASK WHY FDA plans to close 7 of our 13 FOOD SAFETY LABS? Only 1% ALL FOOD being tested today! It’s up to ALL OF US to make a difference! The HONEST KITCHEN pet food is my choice now.
July 23rd, 2007 at 12:58 am
Lisa Wilson
78731
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:21 am
16503. SUSAN ZAPOLSKI
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:34 am
06606
Janice Bassett
July 23rd, 2007 at 10:25 am
Lauri Romaine
07843
July 23rd, 2007 at 11:39 am
Kimberly McDowell
Valdosta, GA 31602
Animals and their guardians deserve the basic right of safe food.
July 23rd, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Jayne Bailey 98683
As a dog owner who lost one of her beloved beagles to the tainted food please please please give our pets only safe food
July 23rd, 2007 at 12:19 pm
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janet llerandi
July 24th, 2007 at 12:37 am
76063 Pamela Pickard
July 24th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
38112
toni cooley
July 26th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
lauren casso 07022
July 29th, 2007 at 7:14 am
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Joanne D. Ferguson
July 30th, 2007 at 11:23 am
katherine Mayorga - 33139
July 30th, 2007 at 11:28 am
07444
Lisa Donnelly
lisadonnelly@optonline.net
July 30th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Petition to Require Pet Food Companies to be Held Accountable for Damages
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July 31st, 2007 at 9:29 pm
I had three healthy cats not that long ago. Late last year (2006), one died due to blockages of crystals in his urine and the other 2 are now in chronic renal failure. They were being fed one of the brands of foods that was recalled. Coincidence? I think not. It has taken time, research and many tests by my vet before we could figure out the probable cause.
I cannot believe how much pain and suffering it has caused these poor animals and this family, not to mention expense. This has been heartbreaking to think that I inadvertently fed my beloveds what amounted to poison.
July 31st, 2007 at 9:32 pm
Susan Emery
78757
I had three healthy cats not that long ago. Late last year (2006), one died due to blockages of crystals in his urine and the other 2 are now in chronic renal failure. They were being fed one of the brands of food that was recalled. Coincidence? I think not. It has taken time, research and many tests by my vet before we could figure out the probable cause.
I cannot believe how much pain and suffering it has caused these poor animals and this family, not to mention expense. This has been heartbreaking to think that I inadvertently fed my beloveds what amounted to poison.
August 1st, 2007 at 12:49 pm
cindy symington 78733
August 1st, 2007 at 8:41 pm
94502 Gail Churchill
August 1st, 2007 at 9:11 pm
94609 Heather Hanly
August 2nd, 2007 at 1:26 am
94502
Ashleigh Cocks
August 2nd, 2007 at 1:35 am
94502
DeAnne Jarvis
August 2nd, 2007 at 10:54 am
Denise Cahalan
94502
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Hima Chaudhary
94544
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:06 pm
I cannot believe how much pain it has caused to those poor animals.
August 3rd, 2007 at 1:58 am
We’ve reached the point in the US, where all imported food needs to at least be batch tested for poisons. The minimum our government can provide is safe water and safe food — pet food or people food — it’s a basic level of safety we cannot afford to sacrifice.
August 3rd, 2007 at 5:05 am
79735 Barbara Welch
They should be held liable for their careless actions that cause so much pain and suffering
August 6th, 2007 at 10:46 am
77382
Kimberly Brown