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30 Mar, 2007 7:54 am
Legal woes continued to mount yesterday for pet food manufacturer Menu Foods as the
Canada-based company at the center of one of the largest consumer-product recalls ever in North America ... Two Los Angeles residents who allege their cats got sick from eating tainted
food made by the company, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking class- ... . Having a lawsuit certified as a "class-action" is not easy or automatic. So far,
Menu Foods has recalled 95 brands of the company's dog and cat food ...
26 Mar, 2007 5:55 am
Menu Foods Pet Food Recall FAQ: "On March 16, Menu
Foods, Inc. of Streetsville, Ontario, Canada initiated a voluntary recall...
24 Mar, 2007 3:00 am
Over at Concurring Opinions, Alfred Yen speculates about the oncoming litigation against pet food maker Menu Foods, with the food apparently tainted by rat poison. While appreciating his thoughts on possible res ipsa or strict liability ... such a case must
appreciate it will likely be similar to pro bono work. [Addendum: A class action simply for the cost of the food is an altogether different issue, but one that is likely to leave
very unhappy clients due to the emotional attachment to their pets ...
27 Mar, 2007 4:10 am
Answers to frequently asked questions regarding the Menu Foods pet food recall have been
posted by the Food & Drug Administration. The Pet Food Recall FAQ is available at [www.fda.gov]. Additional information about the pet food recall is available
from the FDA at [www.fda.gov]. A full listing of all the recalled products is available at [www.menufoods.com]. source: beSpacific
30 Mar, 2007 1:18 pm
A recent recall on more than a 100 brands of "cuts and gravy" style dog and cat food has now been linked to a chemical used to make plastics: melamine. Melamine, after numerous
tests by the United States Food and Drug Administration, has been definitively identified in the corpuses of both dogs and cats alike. Since the pet food recall issued by
Menu Foods, Inc., and the FDA it has been reported that thousands of animals have been either
seriously injured or ...
27 Mar, 2007 10:07 am
News organizations have mentioned that lawsuits and class action suits are going to be implemented against Menu Foods due to the "poison" issue. Has anyone heard or better yet actually seen a court filing? Help your fellow readers find out what their options may be
regarding their beloved pet (for those who were harmed); please post your answers in the comments section.
7 May, 2007 4:30 am
... . and 13.2 oz. canned and 3 oz. and 5.3 oz. foil pouch "wet" cat and dog products manufactured by Menu Foods ... labeling" to indicate whether it was intended for humans or animals. The vast majority went to pet food manufacturers and distributors,
according to the FDA. But some of the processing plants that remain under ... wheat gluten supplied by Chem-Nutra, the importer of the melamine-tainted ingredient. But Menu Foods is now expanding the recall to include other products that were made at plants ...
28 Mar, 2007 7:16 am
... the recall, it quickly became apparent that the pet deaths appeared to stem from some sort of contamination of the pet food. At first, federal investigators trying to
pinpoint the exact cause of the contamination focused on protein filler wheat gluten. Eventually ... paid for the animal, but also potentially for sentimental values. Some pet owners
are claiming that Menu Foods' slow response to a possible danger as well as the actual cause of
contamination show a recklessness or willful disregard, but ...
23 Jun 7:47 pm
... Menu Foods, the pet food supplier in the eye of the storm, sued ChemNutra and acording to
a news report at the time: Menu Foods, which is based in Canada, acknowledged that it has been using
wheat gluten from two suppliers in the United ... Menu Foods, in suing ChemNutra, which was a new
supplier for it, indicated it had the same provisions in its contract. The other pet food manufacturers, distributors and retailers in the chain down to the ultimate pet
owners--as well as owners of animals raised ...
25 May, 2007 12:24 pm
... their insurance adjustor, Crawford & Co. A USA Today article last week said Menu Foods is
actually bullying pet owners to try to get them to settle: At a previous hearing on Friday, May 18, the judge had cautioned Menu and Crawford
that they should not contact people who had joined one of the ... phone banks after telling representatives they were represented by attorneys, according to the affidavits.
"Menu's representatives asked owners to sign releases which waived their right to get ...
23 Mar, 2007 1:15 am
... manufacturer delayed announcing a recall of 60 million containers of dog and cat food despite knowing its products were contaminated and potentially deadly. Dawn Majerczyk,
... package of Special Kitty. It is one of 95 cat and dog food brands recalled by Menu Foods
of Canada. Friday's recall came two weeks after ... recalled products along with product codes, descriptions and production dates was available from the Menu Foods Web site, http://www.menufoods.com/recall . The company also designated two ...
26 Mar, 2007 6:32 pm
... cats and dogs said their pets are getting sick after consuming the pet food from Menu Foods. Menu Foods emphasized Monday that the recall does not include all
of the pet foods it produces, but just the cuts and gravy products. Many pet owners have been searching for answers and ... said Friday it will
take responsibility if pets got sick or died from eating the recalled food. Menu Foods has
hired a professional firm to manage customer concerns. Meanwhile, Whole Foods is reporting ...
31 Mar, 2007 12:34 am
... Inc. Now the recall has been extended to a least one brand of dry dog and cat food called Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry ... along with those manufactured and put into the
stream of commerce by Menu Foods allegedly contains melamine, a product used in Asia as fertilizer
and chemical compounds in various ... recent recall initiated by Hills Pet Nutrition, is the only one to date that consists of a dry pet food compound. As the investigation
continues into the depths of how far this contaminated pet ...
22 May, 2008 4:58 pm
... cats either died or became seriously ill due to eating contaminated pet food, but of course no one knows the exact number of pet owners who lost ... had traced the deaths to
two specific ingredients that were not supposed to be in the animal food-melamine and cyanuric acid. Melamine is used to make fertilizers and plastic ... you have experienced
either economic damage or emotional loss from this tragedy, the website of Menu Foods will have third
party contact information on its website after May 30th ...
26 Mar, 2007 6:41 pm
... the website to make sure they haven't and are not purchasing any of the recalled foods. The Dutchess County Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals has released a list of pet food companies that are not affiliated with Menu Foods, including Animal Food Services, Diamond Pet Food, Holistic Blend, Mars Petcare, Nature's ... , Old Mother Hubbard and Pedigree. Animal
owners need to search for safe pet foods and this list is a good place to start, but the DCSPCA urges pet owners to ...
27 Mar, 2007 9:11 am
[Insert pro forma "dumb Canadians" joke here.] (And if you're a plaintiffs' lawyer who would love to turn this into a class action, you're too late -- a class action lawsuit was filed
last week.) Woman Sick After Eating Recalled Pet Food [Canadian Press] Class action suit filed against Menu foods [CNN]
5 Apr, 2007 12:38 pm
... Office of Surveillance and Compliance, after finding reports indicating that Iams and other pet food companies may have known as early as February 20 that their products
might have been tainted. The letter urged McChesney to investigate Iams and other companies that sell food supplied by Menu
Foods and take appropriate actions if the companies knew, yet withheld, information about pet-food contamination. "Iams and other
companies should be held responsible for the companion animal deaths if ...
21 Mar, 2007 5:51 pm
... the Associated Press, an unknown number of cats and dogs had suffered kidney failure and about 10 died after eating the pet food. One Amador County resident said that number
raised to 11 when her 4-year-old cat, Kaydee Mae, was put to sleep ... weight loss, lethargy and dehydration, according to Foothill Veterinary Clinic Receptionist Wendy Harrington. It
is estimated that the recall would cost the company, which is mostly owned by the Menu Foods Income
Fund, an estimated $26 million to $34 million.
22 Mar, 2007 8:35 am
Menu Foods initiated a precautionary recall of several brands of "cuts and gravy" style pet
food in cans and pouches manufactured between Dec. 3, 2006 and March 6 in two ... from a new supplier as a possible cause of the problem. One woman, Kathleen Schurman believes
tainted food might have been responsible for the premature death of her 6-year-old cat. In a prepared statement, Paul K. Henderson, president and CEO of Menu Foods, said, "We take these complaints very seriously and, while we are still ...
10 Apr, 2007 5:21 am
Law.com has an article about lawsuits filed against Menu Foods with respect to tainted pet
food. According to the article, the suits argue that pets have "intrinsic value" beyond their cost, potentially raising the damages stakes. The article also reports that some
plaintiffs are claiming that Menu Foods knew that the food could kill pets before the recall.
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