What you have said seems correct to me, MsMarple.  I have not yet lost any of my dogs but am not going to do whatever I can to hold these people accountable for any remuneration or financial aspect.

I just don't believe that there should be corporations allowed to take these kinds of shortcuts with the lives of our pets.  Yes, it happens all the time with everything from flea products to Greenies, they would rather pay the few suits they will get based on this unfair practice of cost of the pet only and continue to make huge profits.

But we are talking about living, breathing trusting pets and we are the only voices they have.  So on principle alone, I will do what I can to bring these kinds to justice on behalf of the pets of us all even if I am fortunate and don't lose any of my own.


I lost two litters of pups before and next time it could be mine again  I hope it can be stopped before there is a next time.

It's just so wrong!   :(

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carnut,

glad to see you back posting but buddy......that is such random and weak comparison. ex and I had one of the last secondary market franchises for Porche-Audi during the period of that unintended accleration - it bears no comparison here IMO

we just left a pet at our vet's this week for spaying, it's given us more bump and interaction during this period and the vets are concerned but our said not one client has blamed them for this illness, not one and she's lost 4 pets now to this?

I see this as a huge shot over our US bow, and yes this will be political in nature as a post but I hope most of our most liberals can finally identify with WHY hating Bush is going to only cause more of this. If our own nation and Pelosi is leading that brigade doesn't respect our president or his leadership -  Pelosi and friends are flinging open the door for the real rats in our world to seize opportunity, it feeds them emotionally and serves as a catalyst as well. I resent this and I wish I could say that to her face, along with a few well-placed words for Hillary too. BOTH I think give females a bad name in leadership when there are so many others who work so hard to overcome those stereotypes of a woman on the rampage due to a power high.

For many people pets are like their children, I know for our family I guess they are. Data exists to support pet therapy impacts the ill and aged in our country so positively, one more reason to respect pets value in our society. So all that being said if someone loses their beloved pet due to incompetence in monitoring foods coming into our country, foods which we also consume like wheat gluten, then I do feel the lawsuits are deserved.

They are also the only way to raise the stakes for change, sad but true.

off my soapbox, thanks for listening

It appears the newly recalled dog biscuits come from Sunshine Mills.  

I don't know who's politics might or might not be a factor in this and similar instances.

However, de-regulating, or expecting corporations to self-regulate, will not work. As I said in a previous post, for businesses, the bottom line is the only line that matters.

Now, I don't know that this totally true across the spectrum of all possible issues, but "getting government out of business" is more of a Republican mantra than a Democratic mantra.

Not that there's anything WRONG with that   :wink:   ... but it isn't nearly as IMPORTANT as the SAFETY of our food and water supply. (Up to and including, of course, what we feed our pets.)  

How many recalls does it take to revisit standards and inspections?

The date of the contamination has now been pushed BACK!

38 pets dead in Oregon at:

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And another on the date now being November 8.


 
   
   
Menu Foods expands pet food recall
Thu Apr 5, 2007 3:26 PM ET



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Menu Foods has expanded its recall of dog and cat foods to include products with an earlier production date and 20 more varieties, the company said on Thursday.

The Canada-based company said the recall now included all products manufactured with wheat gluten bought from ChemNutra Inc. going back to November 8, 2006.

In March, Menu Foods recalled 60 million cans and pouches of "cuts-and-gravy" style wet pet food sold under various brands after the deaths of 14 cats and dogs. The earliest production date announced at the time was December 3, 2006. The wheat gluten was last used March 6, Menu Foods said.

Sunshine Mills Inc. of Alabama also is recalling dog biscuits made with contaminated wheat gluten, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. Company officials had no immediate comment.

The FDA has identified melamine, a chemical used in plastics, as a contaminant in wheat gluten supplied to Menu Foods. Officials said Thursday they remained unsure if melamine was the cause of any cases of pet sickness or death.

 

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And from Bloomberg:

 
 


 


U.S. FDA Investigators Say Pet Food Recall Extended (Update1)

By Kevin Bell

April 5 (Bloomberg) -- A recall of North American pet food linked to at least 16 animal deaths was extended today after U.S. investigators traced a suspect ingredient to dog biscuits.

Pet treats made by Sunshine Mills, based in Red Bay, Alabama, will be recalled after officials found it used wheat gluten that may have contained melamine, said Stephen Sundlof, the director of the Center for Veterinary Medicine at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, today in a news conference today.

Menu Foods Ltd., which recalled 60 million pet food cans and pouches on March 16, said today it's extending the recall date to pet food made between Nov. 8 and March 6. The FDA last week said it found melamine, which is used to make plastic kitchen utensils and fertilizers, in some of the company's wet pet food. At least five pet-food makers have recalled some products.

``We still have a lot of work in understanding why melamine is involved,'' Sundlof said. ``We are relatively certain there is a connection here someplace.''