- Signatures: 1,464
- Goal: 100,000
- Deadline: 3-21-2008
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WE, THE UNDERSIGNED:
Request than 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.
Request than 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.
| Number | Date | Name | Zip/Postal Code | Leave us your comments |
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| 1,468 | 3:23 pm PDT, Jul 3 | Anonymous | 93636 | |
| 1,467 | 5:27 am PDT, Jun 29 | Carolyn Vetter | 27262 | |
| 1,466 | 7:04 am PDT, Jun 14 | Annelies Ooms | 2260 | |
| 1,465 | 2:04 pm PDT, Jun 6 | Anonymous | 94901 | |
| 1,464 | 9:27 pm PDT, Apr 20 | Jenny Vegan | Animals deserve better. | |
| 1,463 | 1:29 am PDT, Apr 11 | Lauren Hall | SP5 4BE | |
| 1,462 | 9:13 pm PDT, Apr 10 | Anonymous | 15801 | yes they should be, I want the ingredients listed just as human food is, petfood industry is example of corporations making profits on sick pets, bad ingredients, and not checking on their distributors or sellers of their foods in regard to expiration dates |
| 1,461 | 12:43 pm PDT, Apr 8 | Cathie Holmes | 98632 | I have just been informed of the unspeakable conditions under which Menu Foods, manufacturers of Iam's and Eukanuba pet foods, have been testing their products for toxicity. Such inhumane practices must be stopped! |
| 1,460 | 2:04 pm PDT, Mar 20 | INGRID PEETERS | 29620 | |
| 1,459 | 6:49 pm PDT, Mar 18 | Valeriya Sholokhova | 11214 | |
| 1,458 | 3:18 am PDT, Mar 15 | Nuntanit Bumrungsap | 10250 | |
| 1,457 | 9:23 am PDT, Mar 9 | María del Carmen Bregante | 1706 | |
| 1,456 | 8:56 pm PST, Mar 4 | barbara bunton | 78717 | |
| 1,455 | 6:45 pm PST, Mar 1 | Nicolas BELLEUDY | 13012 | |
| 1,454 | 3:02 pm PST, Mar 1 | mary barnes | 37726 | |
| 1,453 | 10:51 am PST, Feb 29 | Michelle Bunting | 03867 | |
| 1,452 | 2:15 am PST, Feb 28 | SIGROS LORINE | 75007 | |
| 1,451 | 6:38 pm PST, Feb 19 | Amy Czarnowski | 02050 | |
| 1,450 | 5:01 pm PST, Feb 19 | Julia Tawyea | 18436 | |
| 1,449 | 7:27 pm PST, Feb 18 | geneviève Pieroni | 13710 | |
| 1,448 | 3:30 pm PST, Feb 13 | laura zanoli | 24023 | |
| 1,447 | 7:05 am PST, Feb 11 | Arnaud Hussard | 13016 | |
| 1,446 | 3:39 pm PST, Feb 10 | Christine Taylor | 32738 | |
| 1,444 | 2:25 am PST, Jan 28 | Andrée Hussard | 13016 | |
| 1,443 | 9:13 am PST, Jan 23 | cindy churches | 29445 | |
| 1,442 | 4:55 pm PST, Jan 22 | courtney boeck | 49735 | |
| 1,441 | 3:18 pm PST, Jan 21 | Vanessa Neves | 2725 | |
| 1,440 | 1:17 pm PST, Dec 29 | Anonymous | 20833 | |
| 1,439 | 5:58 pm PST, Dec 26 | jean-damien Susini | 42660 | |
| 1,438 | 5:58 pm PST, Dec 26 | chantal Chavassieux | 13014 | |
| 1,437 | 5:18 pm PST, Dec 26 | Annie Bertrand | 13004 | |
| 1,436 | 9:08 am PST, Dec 25 | Michele Domsky | 95864 | |
| 1,435 | 11:25 am PST, Dec 19 | Ginger Geronimo | 35235 | |
| 1,434 | 5:23 pm PST, Dec 18 | Simos Tarabatzis | 65403 | |
| 1,433 | 7:51 am PST, Dec 8 | Alessandro Barracciu | 09170 | |
| 1,432 | 7:50 am PST, Dec 8 | Laura Tatti | 09170 | |
| 1,431 | 6:20 pm PST, Dec 6 | Theresa Murphy | 02368 | |
| 1,430 | 6:19 am PST, Nov 23 | Ines Seidel | 17036 | |
| 1,429 | 7:17 am PST, Nov 19 | Cory Ferguson | 25404 | |
| 1,428 | 4:05 pm PST, Nov 15 | lorena silva | 15290 | |
| 1,427 | 8:45 am PST, Nov 15 | Shannon Saldana | 45244 | |
| 1,426 | 9:08 am PST, Nov 12 | REGINA WIRTH | 70199 | |
| 1,425 | 10:56 pm PDT, Nov 1 | Tiffany Meininger | 69361 | |
| 1,424 | 6:19 am PDT, Nov 1 | Anne Seidel | 90478 | |
| 1,423 | 12:13 pm PDT, Oct 25 | Monica Bielanski | 60632 | PET FOOD COMPANIES SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR DAMAGES.MY CAT BECAME ILL FROM CONSUMING THE TAINTED FOOD |
| 1,422 | 11:01 pm PDT, Oct 24 | Vanessa Tontodonati | H2w 1l4 | |
| 1,421 | 7:38 pm PDT, Oct 17 | Aleasha Casaretto | 76034 | |
| 1,420 | 1:35 pm PDT, Oct 16 | Laurel Burns | 04101 | |
| 1,419 | 3:09 am PDT, Oct 5 | Serena Delli Paoli | 81043 | |
| 1,418 | 9:57 am PDT, Oct 3 | Arlena Morton | 47567 | |
| 1,417 | 7:50 am PDT, Oct 2 | mary shepard | 54859 | They must be held accountable and be punished for using inferior products in our pet foods just to save money/make money. If we continue to let these manufacturers of pet food to buy junk ingredients, our pets will continue to get sick or die. |
| 1,416 | 10:07 am PDT, Sep 29 | Beth Tydd | 60423 | |
| 1,415 | 11:26 am PDT, Sep 26 | Margaret Baylor | 32217 | |
| 1,414 | 12:48 pm PDT, Sep 20 | Anonymous | 59047 | |
| 1,413 | 2:52 pm PDT, Sep 14 | Valerie Mastandrea | 07014 | We shouldn't be importing ANYTHING from China. These companies charge a lot of money for their food and then scrimp on producing it. They should have to pay for these deaths. |
| 1,412 | 4:16 pm PDT, Sep 11 | shirley paddick | b3e1b9 | |
| 1,411 | 10:11 am PDT, Sep 7 | Jack Carroll | 78070 | My wife and I have been getting petitions signed since our little beagle, Ceaser, was poisoned by Menu Food this past February. We have already sent over 5,000 signatures to the U.S. legislature to ask to change the way our pet food is inspected and manufactured. We also need to demand that only certain ingredients are used in the making of the pet foods, and to hold accountable any manufacturers that profits from the manufacturing of pet food, if it turns out to poison and kill our beloved pets. We have been asking Congress to enact CEASER'S LAW since early March when we found out that Menu Foods poisoned Ceaser. It has to stop. We, the American people, need to let our governement know that we don't want to import dangerous and deadly products from China or any other country. We have stringient rules for manufacturing, raising and growing things in this country...yet we ship it out to other countries and import deadly substandard products. We need to better protect our pets and ourselves from the importing of hazardous items. |
| 1,410 | 12:43 pm PDT, Sep 6 | Anonymous | 75061 | If the Chinese government does not care if its exports are dangerous or misleadingly low quality, and the U.S. government can't be trusted to do its job of inspecting and protecting its people from these cheap, but apallingly low quality imports, then it is time for the American people to stand up and say "enough already". We need to stop buying from China, and any other country that can't be trusted with the quality and safety of their exports. |
| 1,409 | 1:20 pm PDT, Sep 2 | Jeannette Yafanaro | ||
| 1,408 | 6:44 am PDT, Sep 1 | Nadine Schipper | 36043 | |
| 1,407 | 8:56 pm PDT, Aug 16 | Michelle Hughes | 84414 | |
| 1,406 | 4:54 pm PDT, Aug 13 | mary parlin | 04102 | |
| 1,405 | 1:19 pm PDT, Aug 13 | Marianne Zornig | 60641-4956 | Companies must be as accountable as individuals for their actions. |
| 1,404 | 2:26 pm PDT, Aug 9 | c m | 12138 | |
| 1,403 | 1:49 am PDT, Aug 7 | olaya garcia | 33510 | |
| 1,402 | 7:08 pm PDT, Jul 30 | Audra Spurio | 32132 | |
| 1,401 | 3:37 pm PDT, Jul 29 | sam ahmed | sw16 6bg |
Petition to Require Pet Food Companies to be Held Accountable for Damages
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.
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).
This petition is authored by itchmo.com. Where you can read more about the Menu Foods recall and find news and entertainment for pets and their parents.
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