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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April 23rd, 2008 at 6:38 pm
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Tiffany Gonsalves
April 27th, 2008 at 9:23 am
I had Lost My Dog Nalu” - 1/16/2009 ~ The Recall was a little late when they started announcing the recall ~ and The CFO-CEO Knew back in 8/2006 , about the mistake and admitted fault , And did nothing till it was discovered !
They should be held accountable ~ I’am still really Pissed Off ! whats being done to help the victims ? They are hoping we have forgotten are missing love ones ! What is going on in this country ?
April 27th, 2008 at 9:24 am
92037 ~ Michael Fowler
April 27th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
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Carol Utley
April 30th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
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Kelly Kostandaras
May 1st, 2008 at 10:11 am
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Sara Slama
May 24th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
MELANIE PALMER 89511
May 27th, 2008 at 11:20 am
I used to get an email from itchmo every day but it suddenly stopped this year. Since then I have been unable to sign in or get any information regarding the pet food lawsuit. In 2005 I lost Eva to cancer, rudy, smokey and whitey to kidney failure, and in 2007 I lost Red to kidney failure and Pierre to gastroeneritis. Beauty and chickerina are suffering at present from kidney failure. I have used science diet recalled pet food. I did sign up with the lawsuit but have not heard from anyone.
I would like very much to be alerted as I did previously and would like to sign this petition but for some reason unable to. I would appreciate hearing from you as in the past. thank you so much. distressed.
May 28th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
77008 Tonya Green
May 28th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Our pets deserve quality healthy food, not a bunch of fillers and toxic ingredients. Our wallets deserve fewer vet bills. Our hearts deserve to keep our pets safe and alive. What happened is OUTRAGEOUS!
June 3rd, 2008 at 1:56 am
44109 Mike Winrod
June 24th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
DO NOT TRUST A SELF ABSORBED DECEIVING PERSON : NAME ROXANNE HINKLE DELTONA FLORIDA . CLAIMS TO RESCUE MASTIFF BREED DOGS. HAS DISPOSED OF DOGS INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO CONTROL AN ENVIROMENT CONTAINING 40+ DOGS. MOST RECENT INCEDENT . A PERSONAL DOG OF THE OWNER STATED WAS MAWLED AND KILLED BY THE PACK
MENTALITY OF THE ABUSIVE NATURE OF THIS COMPLETELY INADEQUATE INDIVIDUAL TO ADOPT AND CARE FOR ANY BREED OF ANIMAL . DO NOT TRUST ANYTHING THIS
SICK AND SELF SERVING INDIVIDUAL WILL TRY TO CONVINCE YOU OF OTHERWISE. BEWARE !!!!!!!!!
July 12th, 2008 at 11:17 am
dont those companies have any conscience at all
July 30th, 2008 at 11:39 am
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July 30th, 2008 at 11:39 am
31419 Michelle Scott
August 5th, 2008 at 3:27 am
77004 Kiat
August 11th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
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Darlene Hickman