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We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

Petition to Require Pet Food Companies to be Held Accountable for Damages

Target: Dave Obey, Congressman D-WI, Chairman of House Appropriations Committee, US House of Representatives
Sponsor: Ben Huh, www.itchmo.com
  • Signatures: 1,467
  • Goal: 100,000
  • Deadline: 3-21-2008
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.

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1,471 8:49 am PST, Dec 14   Barbara B 34748 On 12-8-08 I had to have my little Yorkshire Terrier ethanized because he was having kidney failure. My heart is broken. He was a member of my family. Who do these damn politicians think they are? There should NEVER be a time when it's legal for commercial dog food manufacturers to boil up all the garbage, dead animals, etc. and then ship it off to those looking for good safe dog food!!! I have the tar if anyone has the feathers. We should go to Washington and put the damn politicians on the rail, tar & feather them, & then go to the commerical dog food manufacturers & teach them a lesson too. I am furious. They have killed my little dog for their profit, their greed.
1,470 3:38 am PST, Nov 10 Ms. Sherri brewer 29170 My dog was killed by this incident and I only hope something is done about it. I also helped kill my dog by feeding it to her..something I have to live with for the rest of my life!
1,469 8:20 am PDT, Sep 10 Ms. Anonymous 85022 It is disgusting that a company(Menu Foods) kills animals to find out how to feed them. I will tell everyone not to purchase any Menu Foods products!
1,468 3:23 pm PDT, Jul 3 Ms. Anonymous 93636  
1,467 5:27 am PDT, Jun 29   Carolyn Vetter 27262  
1,466 7:04 am PDT, Jun 14 Ms. 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 Ms. 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 Mrs. INGRID PEETERS 29620  
1,459 6:49 pm PDT, Mar 18   Valeriya Sholokhova 11214  
1,458 3:18 am PDT, Mar 15 Ms. 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  
1,425 10:56 pm PDT, Nov 1 Ms. Tiffany Meininger 69361  
1,424 6:19 am PDT, Nov 1   Anne Seidel 90478  
1,423 12:13 pm PDT, Oct 25 Mrs. 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 Mrs. 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 Ms. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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