Menu Foods Knew It's Product Killed Pets
But kept it on the shelves and sold it anyway for a week.
"Menu Foods told the FDA it received the first complaints of kidney failure and deaths among cats and dogs from pet owners on Feb. 20. It began new tests on Feb. 27. During those tests, the company fed its product to 40 to 50 dogs and cats and seven animals — the mix of species was not immediately known — died, Sundlof said. The contamination appeared more deadly to cats than to dogs, he said.
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The new recall covers the company's "cuts and gravy" style food, which consists of chunks of meat in gravy, sold in cans and small foil pouches from Dec. 3 to March 6."
This hits home and just sickens me. I had a loving, healthy tom get sick suddenly and die from renal failure three years ago. He had a habit of rolling in the dirt next to the house. Because the landlord had an exterminator come occassionally to spray around the foundation for carpenter ants, I had assumed that he was poisoned from the spray. To think that my pal possibly sickened and died from food that I gave him brings back the grief in a very personal way. To think that a fucking corporation would deliberately leave contaminated pet food on shelves makes me livid with rage.
I hope lawsuits absolutely destroy all the scumbage involved.
"Menu Foods told the FDA it received the first complaints of kidney failure and deaths among cats and dogs from pet owners on Feb. 20. It began new tests on Feb. 27. During those tests, the company fed its product to 40 to 50 dogs and cats and seven animals — the mix of species was not immediately known — died, Sundlof said. The contamination appeared more deadly to cats than to dogs, he said.
(...)
The new recall covers the company's "cuts and gravy" style food, which consists of chunks of meat in gravy, sold in cans and small foil pouches from Dec. 3 to March 6."
This hits home and just sickens me. I had a loving, healthy tom get sick suddenly and die from renal failure three years ago. He had a habit of rolling in the dirt next to the house. Because the landlord had an exterminator come occassionally to spray around the foundation for carpenter ants, I had assumed that he was poisoned from the spray. To think that my pal possibly sickened and died from food that I gave him brings back the grief in a very personal way. To think that a fucking corporation would deliberately leave contaminated pet food on shelves makes me livid with rage.
I hope lawsuits absolutely destroy all the scumbage involved.
posted by nolocontendere at 10:38 PM
1 Comments:
the loss of a pet is horrible. i'm so sorry about your kitty. after the death of my last dog, at an early age (for her size), i knew i wanted to do things differently with my next dog. for one thing, stop the insane practice of yearly vaccinations (more vets are waking up to this as well thankfully). use more homeopathic/natural remedies. and feed her more homemade food (chicken, rice/grains, veggies, etc.)
it is beyond my ability to grasp the idea that a company would continue to sell products for one second later after learning beautiful animals were dying (or even possibly dying) as a result of consumption. why wait? pull immediately while investigations pend.
but then again, this is capitalism in corporate america. sigh.....
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