Major "wet" pet food recall of dog & cat foods ~ NOW Includes Treets & Biscuits

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Menu Foods

Thursday, March 22 - 02:00:00 PM

Ontario (News1130) - A national class action lawsuit has been filed in the Ontario Superior Court on behalf of pet owners who bought dog and cat food made by Menu Foods.

The claim seeks compensation for all those who purchased dog or cat food manufactured by the company between December 3rd, 2006 and March 6th, 2007.

Toronto lawyer Joel Rochon says while most of the claims are for vet expenses, it's hard to put a price on a pet.

"The jury is still out has to how the court will deal with emotion damage or psychological damage from one losing a pet unnecessarily to a bad product."

Menu Foods has recalled about 90 brands of dog and cat food in North America after reports of animals dying.

A second class action suit filed yesterday in Windsor alleges the Canadian manufacturer was negligent and at least one other suit has been filed in Chicago.

[crow_noir]

" http://progressivelaw.ezsitelaunch.com/main.asp?id=11

(If for some reason that page doesn't open, go to:
http://www.progressivelaw.com/
click on "Information on our Pet Food Lawsuit " at the top of the page.) "

[CathyBogart]

Articles...fixed the links!

http://www.itchmo.com/read/rat-poiso...ected_20070323

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=29...page=1&US=true

[king2005]

Here are some articles about it...

http://www.itchmo.com/read/rat-pois...pected_20070323

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2...&page=1&US=true

Either the links are incorrect, or I cannot access them

[CathyBogart]

FIXED! They should work now!

[king2005]

FIXED! They should work now!

OOHHHHHHH... now that comment makes total sence... The Wheat was sold to the USA & imported to Canada for the plants that sell the product in the USA. DAMN!

[ramanth]

That is just sickening....

[NoahsMommy]

I'm so mad about this stuff, I can't see through my tears. These poor, poor animals and these poor, poor people.

Thankfully, I've only fed my furballs (all, even tho' they're spread all over - I buy thier food) dry Royal Canin.

Here's what their home page says:

The recent nationwide pet food recall initiated by Menu Foods and other companies does not include any
Royal Canin USA pet food products.

All of our pet food brands, including Feline Health Nutrition, Canine Health Nutrition, Royal Canin Veterinary Diets, Sensible Choice, and Kasco continue to be available at your local pet food outlet.

The safety and nutritional quality of our pet food is our top priority because we understand that the health of your pet is your top priority.

For details on the recall, contact Menu Foods at
1-866-895-2708 or visit the company's web site at: www.menufoods.com/recall.

I hope those people sue this/these companies up the ying yang!!! Quality control isn't hard and should be a normal business practice for goodness sake!!!!!!!!!

[Craftlady]

Part of article on MSNBC

Technically, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is responsible for ensuring that pet foods, like human foods, are safe to eat, truthfully labeled and produced under sanitary conditions. But on Tuesday, FDA officials admitted that the regulation of pet food takes a back seat to its regulatory obligations of other food and drug sectors, and that inspections of pet-food processing plants are done only on a for-cause basis.

"There are limited resources," said David Elder, director of the Office of Surveillance and Compliance in the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine in Rockville, Md. Elder added that inspections of companion animals' food products are "based on risk." Which means that the processing plant in Emporia, Kans., where the tainted food was manufactured, had never been inspected by government officials until after consumers started complaining about pets dying of kidney failure. The Emporia plant remains open and continues to produce new food, according to a Menu Foods spokesperson, who adds that safety tests are being done around the clock.