Considering how many thousands, maybe millions of pets were killed or injured by this horrible occurance, don’t you think Menu Pet and the others got off too easily?
Thanks to USA Today for this article.
Tainted pet food suit settled for $24 million
By Julie Schmit, USA TODAY
Menu Foods, other pet food makers and retailers involved in last year’s massive pet food recall will set up a $24 million cash fund to compensate pet owners, according to a proposed settlement filed Thursday in federal court.
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What will it take to get safe dog food? Humans shouldn’t have to spend a lot of money just to get safe food for their furbabies!
Thanks to the Washington Post for this article.
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dry Dog Food
By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
Thursday, May 15, 2008
THURSDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) — An outbreak of Salmonella infections in people has been traced to contaminated dry dog food, the first time such a link has been uncovered, U.S. officials said Thursday.
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Have you been wondering what happened to the Menu Pet Recall class action suit? The answer is it was just settled this week.
Thanks to ConsumerAffairs.com for this update.
Menu Foods Settles Pet Food Class Action
Thousands of dogs and cats sickened by contaminated pet food
By Lisa Wade McCormick
ConsumerAffairs.Com
The company behind the largest pet food recall in United States history — one blamed for the deaths and illnesses of thousands of dogs and cats in North America — has agreed to settle lawsuits with pet owners.
Menu Foods Income Fund announced the tentative settlement on Tuesday.
The Canadian-based company said it could not disclose terms of the agreement, which is subject to the approval of U.S. and Canadian courts.
“It’s a comprehensive settlement,” Amy W. Schulman, a lawyer for Menu Foods, told MSNBC. “It would resolve all the claims.” The lead attorney for pet owners agreed and said she’s confident a final agreement will be reached.
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Remembering the Initial Pet Food Recall March 16, 2008
Web radio station Womanradio.org will present special programming for the first anniversary of the initial pet food recall of 2007. It will begin at 2 p.m. EDT with Make a Change a song for the friends lost by noted composers Karen Phillips and Yohanna Vanderkley of Webbils and Song.
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Thanks to Mike for meowing in this announcement.
Company reaches $3.1 million settlement for aflatoxin contamination
Diamond Pet Foods has agreed to a $3.1 million settlement in a lawsuit relevant to product contamination that apparently led to illness and deaths of dogs in late 2005.
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Thanks to Donna and Gizmo the Great for barking in this article from The Daily Green. Also thanks to Animals Speak on FreeForums for covering this article.
Indictments Handed Down in Tainted Pet Food Scandal
4 People Sold Chemical as Food: FDA
By Dan Shapley
Three businesses and their owners have been indicted by a federal grand jury today, meaning they will face trials over allegations related to the melamine-tainted pet food that sickened pets throughout the United States last year.
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Thanks to Lynn H. for barking in this update from KSDK.com.
Three Companies Indicted Over Contaminated Pet Food That Killed Dozens Of Animals
Created: 2/6/2008
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two Chinese businesses and a U.S. company were indicted Wednesday in the tainted pet food incidents that killed dozens of animals last year and raised worries about products made in China.
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Thanks to the Associated Press for this article.
Maker of Tainted Dog Food to Pay $3.1M
By MEG KINNARD
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A company that made contaminated pet food that killed dozens of dogs nationwide will pay $3.1 million in a settlement with pet owners, an attorney said Friday.
The pet food, which contained a mold called aflatoxin, was produced at Diamond Pet Foods‘ plant in South Carolina. The company will set up a fund to reimburse pet owners for the loss of their dog, veterinarian bills and the cost of any unreturned contaminated food, said attorney Jim Andrews, who represented a Knoxville, Tenn., family that sued the company.
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Thanks to the Associated Press for this update.
Bad Pet Food May Have Killed Nearly 350
By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — More than 300 dogs and cats may have died earlier this year as a result of eating contaminated pet food, a survey released Thursday shows.
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Thanks to Donna B. for barking in this great news!
This is great news! Something for your news blog if you’d like.
We are pleased to announce that we have the first new law passed that will help with the pet food problems.
H.R. 3580, in conference, was passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the President.
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