Comments on: FDA concerns, and a stock analyst laments Menu’s ‘PR nightmare’

By: Kat

Kat — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:10:45 +0000

I still like my idea — wait until their stocks drop — even further — and do a hostile takeover!

We can then go in & throw out all the filthy, contaminated equipment — and start a fresh, organic (if you want) pet food mfg company!

A departing gesture ~ a brand new pair of adjustable, linking chain, silver bracelets! Oh, and a stinky cot!

By: Jill

Jill — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:15:49 +0000

The recalls was on Yahoo News (today)

By: TC

TC — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:41:55 +0000

One more link to the newest beef recall:

http://www.washingtonbeefrecall.com/

By: TC

TC — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:40:12 +0000

I just had two posts that aren’t here yet.

One is about a new beef recall from a company named Washington Beef - the article says a complete list is at the usda recall site, but I can’t find it there. The article is at The Capital Press - and will show up in my other post, whenever it shows up.

http://www.fsis.usda.gov.

By: TC

TC — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:12:48 +0000

P.S. I hope that Menu’s PR “nightmare” continues right into bankruptcy proceedings and a full fledged company liquidation.

I hope some other pet company pulls an “A&W” style commercial, promoting their safe pet food and ripping Menu Foods product lines and safety record - might help put more nails in the coffin.

Of course, that would mean the competing pet food company had to be producing safe food, and I am not sure who is left standing in that field.

By: TC

TC — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 23:49:40 +0000

Actually, if Peterson is talking about the NAIS, then not EVERY livestock animal is to be individually tagged. Just small producers - there were some kind of exemptions for the big “agri-businesses” to have a much more lax requirement, and just identify “lots” of animals, not individuals due to “cost” considerations. I read that a month or so back, so don’t know if things have changed.

The USDA needs to IMMEDIATELY tell ME the consumer where my beef is coming from. They ALREADY know - so tell me. They won’t because they don’t want me to quit buying their imported products.

And apparently, we already have the ability to know where the animals are coming from, we just don’t want to make it obvious and let consumers determine what they prefer to purchase. The boxes that come in from IBP do, as Elaine said, identify that they are from Canada or USA. My chain store does not make any mention on the labels in the meat case as to origin.

And one other interesting note - I just heard a commercial (had headphones on, so didn’t see it) on one of my Dish channels. Said that beef that McDonalds uses comes from New Zealand. But not to worry - A&W beef burgers are made from USA beef, so quit going to McDonalds and starting eating USA beef at A&W - something along those lines. Now, I would like to know more about how they are certain where their beef is raised/slaughtered.

But A&W knows where McDonalds gets theirs from, and more important to me, they appear to understand that people are asking these questions and that consumers may be starting to make choices based on this information.

By: Barb

Barb — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:31:34 +0000

“Peterson is saying: If Americans want to know what foreign country provides the meat in their hamburger, every livestock animal in America is going to be tagged, registered into a national database and all movements reported the USDA.”

Article:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/n.....E_ID=56200

By: MFEMFEM

MFEMFEM — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:55:24 +0000

The same analysts would justify the holocaust if they could make a buck out of their justification.

By: Sindy

Sindy — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:49:00 +0000

Unfortunately, Menu closed up at $2.75 for Friday, not $2.33 which was Thursdays close (sorry Deanna).
Their 52 week low was $2.21 and 52 week high was $7.47. So they are hurting, thank god for that but it will not be enough for me until they are out of business. I think that changes will happen since some pet food companies committed themselves to opening thier own factories.
Hopefully then Menu will lose out on more orders and become a penny stock we can use as litter tray liners for our cats to pee on.

By: Sandi K

Sandi K — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:13:42 +0000

Comment by Nancy Nielsen — June 15, 2007 @ 5:08 am

Nancy, I know what you went thru, its awful. Our cat died in my arms while we were sitting in the car in front of the vet clinic waiting for the vet to arrive for the emergency call. (Im not blaming the vet, it was too late for our kitty. He arrived about 10 minutes after we got there, nothing he could have done would have changed anything at that point)