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Menu Foods Agrees to $24 Million Settlement in Tainted Pet Food Case
May 24, 2008
Camden, NJ Pet owners impacted by the massive Menu Foods tainted pet food recall of last year will soon be making a trip to their bank, provided a US $24 million dollar settlement offer is approved by the courts.
Menu Foods: "It was a Slow Death"
March 5, 2008
Long Island, NY "Spunky, our Miniature Schnauzer, started to get sick and stopped acting his name," says Helen. "Our vet did some tests and found that his liver and kidney enzymes kept fluctuating so he gave us a few prescriptions, but he never got better." Sadly, Spunky passed away a few months before the Menu Foods recall.
Menu Foods Prohibited from talking with Unrepresented Pet Owners
February 13, 2008
Woodand, CA Laurie Lunch is frustrated. Not only did vet bills for her cat Doobie set her back $240, she also filled out nine pages of paperwork and sent copies of invoices to Menu Foods for reimbursement -- as claimed on its website. "Guess what -- not a word back, not even an acknowledgement that they received all the paperwork," says Lunch.
Both Chinese and American Businesses Indicted for Deadly Pet Food
February 11, 2008
Kansas City, MO: The top executives and their Chinese businesses, along with the owners of a United States company were indicted by a federal grand jury on February 6, 2008. The cases were separate, but related in regards to the role they played in the manufacturing and importing of an ingredient used to make pet food that was tainted. This tainted ingredient resulted in the serious deaths and illnesses of many pets in the US last year.
Pet Food Recall Came Too Late for Beloved Dog
February 10, 2008
Holbrook, NY Theresa blames finance-driven veterinary hospitals for letting her dog die without treatment because she was short on funds. But she carries heavy guilt over unwittingly feeding her pet the now-recalled Menu pet food that caused his illness.
Menu Foods Tainted Pet Food: The Pain is Felt Everywhere
January 9, 2008
Emporia, KS: Menu Foods has been out of the headlines for awhile now, since news of tainted pet food broke back in the spring that contaminated wheat gluten imported from China was making pets ill across the nation, many of them dying.
Menu Foods Fortunes Change After Pet Food Recall
September 11, 2007
McLean, VA: In the six months since Menu Foods Income Fund announced its recall of melamine-tainted pet food, the company's fortunes have changed drastically. The company has lost clients and now faces huge financial losses due to the cost of the recall, a drop in sales, and contract cancellations. Consumers whose pets became ill or died after eating tainted pet food are filing lawsuits against Menu Foods alleging the company did not do enough to protect their pets.
Menu Foods: The President and CEO Has His Say
July 19, 2007
Streetsville, ON The President and CEO of Menu Foods wasted little time getting to the point during the pet food manufacturer's Annual General Meeting in late June. According to the published text of his remarks, posted online at the Menu Foods corporate web site, Paul K. Henderson was onto the tainted pet food recall by the second paragraph.
More Court Dates on the Menu, in the Wake of Menu Foods Recall
July 8, 2007
Trenton, NJ: In the aftermath of the huge Menu Foods pet food recall this past spring, the New Jersey state legislature is considering joining two other states - Illinois and Tennessee - in granting pet owners the right to sue for loss of companionship and reasons other than economic loss - and to claim damages up to a specific cap.
Menu Foods Class Action Lawsuits in Canada
June 11, 2007
Toronto, ON: To Pet Owners Everywhere: You deserve compensation. To Canadians: Here is what you can do...
Menu Foods: Tainted Pet Food Raises a Bigger Concern
May 28, 2007
Miami, FL The recent discovery, and reclamation of contaminated pet food in the Menu Foods recall, has generated concern about the quality of food exports coming from China.
Menu Foods: Killing your Pet with Kindness
May 18, 2007
Chicago, IL Perhaps, if pet food makers such as Menu Foods realized that to pet owners, pets are practically people and not just animals, they might take better care to ensure the quality and safety of the products they manufacture.
Menu Foods: If Only We Knew Sooner
April 25, 2007
Port Huron, MI "Courtney, our Brittany Spaniel, was the epitome of health until we started her on Iams Select bites," says Bill Granger. "We thought it would be better for her..." Instead, Courtney died just about one month before the FDA issued a pet food recall.
FDA Confirms that Contaminant was also Fed to Livestock in California
April 24, 2007
Ceres, CA: The Food and Drug Administration has opened a criminal investigation in the pet food contamination scandal, as fears have increased that the contaminant has entered the human food supply. The FDA confirmed Friday that livestock in California have consumed contaminated feed.
FDA Provides Downloadable Pet Food Recall List: Politics Slow Down the Investigation
April 20, 2007
Washington, DC: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted a comprehensive and downloadable list of recalled pet foods on its Web site. To view or download the list, visit [www.fda.gov]
March Planned to Honor Pets that Died from Tainted Pet Food
April 17, 2007
Boston, MA A nationwide memorial march is being planned in honor of the animals that died after eating contaminated pet food. The march is scheduled for April 28. So far marches are planned Boston, Reno, Jacksonville, Uniontown, Portland (Maine) San Diego, Orange County (California) and Austin, with more cities likely to be added before the event.
Menu Foods Canadian Class Action
April 9, 2007
Windsor, ON: Lawyer Jay Strosberg of Windsor, Ontario filed a class action suit last week on behalf of pet owners whose animals suffered kidney failure from food manufactured by Menu Foods. "My dog is part of the family so when I heard about this case, I decided that if I received one call from a pet owner, I would commence action," says Strosberg. "Pet owners deserve compensation."
Tainted Pet Food Crisis: No End in Sight
April 5, 2007
Los Angeles, CA: Pet owners across North America are taking legal action against Menu Foods Inc., saying it produced and distributed tainted pet food that caused thousands of pets to become ill with acute and often deadly kidney ailments.
Menu Foods Class Action Lawsuit
April 4, 2007
Chicago, Ill. An Interview with Jay Edelson of Blim & Edelson, LLC in Chicago: Edelson filed the first potential class action lawsuit against Menu Foods.
Pet Food Recall: Seventy-two more Pets have Died
March 21, 2007
Georgia, USA Seventy-two pet deaths from kidney failure, allegedly caused by contaminated pet food, have been reported to www.LawyersandSettlements.com in the past three days. More deaths are being reported every hour.

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