Comments on: ChemNutra, others indicted for tainted pet food

By: perkysmom

perkysmom — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:39:32 +0000

With the economy on a slide, I fear that people will return to feeding their pets inferior food because it is cheap and that is all they can afford. The better quality pet food can be expensive, although I believe you save money in the long run (healthier pets = less vet bills). People whose budgets are stretched by outrageous gas and food prices may not give much thought to what they’re feeding their pets, or worse still, abandon them because they can’t afford them anymore.

By: Nadine L.

Nadine L. — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:11:19 +0000

Which food were you feeding your greyhounds? And the printed dates on the bags? Have you saved any of the food and the bags?

By: Carter

Carter — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:14:42 +0000

I just had two Italian Greyhounds die. They were only 3 & 4. They were healthy and had never been sick. The only difference lately is that we bought a new pet food about a week before they died. I first thought my neighbors had poisoned them. Then I wondered if it could be the food. I called the FDA they believe that maybe some from last year was stored away somewhere and over looked. I am awaiting an autopsy to see what killed them. Is there anyone else who has had recent problems?

By: slt

slt — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:33:35 +0000

I will be shocked if anyone actually serves prison time over this. I just can not picture that happening.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:54:26 +0000

I hope the Millers get 30 years….my cat was sentenced to death.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:43:26 +0000

Millers are facing 30 years in prison.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:38:29 +0000

I N D I C T M E N T
http://tinyurl.com/yo48as

COUNTS ONE thru THIRTEEN
Distribution of Adulterated Food
21 U.S.C. §§ 331(a) and 333(a)(1)
NMT 1 Year Imprisonment
NMT $100,000 Fine ($200,000 for corporation)
NMT 1 Year Supervised Release
$25 Special Assessment ($125 for corporation)
Order of Restitution
Class A Misdemeanor
COUNTS FOURTEEN thru TWENTY-SIX
Distribution of Misbranded Food
21 U.S.C. §§ 331(a) and 333(a)(1)
NMT 1 Year Imprisonment
NMT $100,000 Fine ($200,000 for corporation)
NMT 1 Year Supervised Release
$25 Special Assessment ($125 for corporation)
Order of Restitution
Class A Misdemeanor
COUNT TWENTY-SEVEN
Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud
18 U.S.C. § 371
NMT 5 Years Imprisonment
NMT $250,000 Fine ($500,000 for corporation)
NMT 3 Years Supervised Release
$100 Special Assessment ($400 for corporation)
Order of Restitution
Class D felony

By: Nadine L.

Nadine L. — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:02:41 +0000

Today this inditement brought it all back like a big whack on the head with a ton of bricks.

Last year this time was a dark, harrowing time for many of us as we exhaustively researched day and night, sometimes getting only a few hours of sleep— some nights even none—while digging for clues, logic, answers—anything to shed light upon the mystery of the **THOUSANDS** of dead and sickened dogs and cats. The doom and gloom went on for what seemed to be an eternity. Living through those several months was like being in an abyss. It was all so eerie a time.

For me, I was personally affected as I believed I had lost my beloved dog of 12-1/2 years to the poison food, although the high-quality, brand name, prescription food purchased at the vet was a company that never came forth (despite reported deaths and illnesses.)

In those early weeks I wondered if all our efforts were of any value. I still wonder. Seems that now the onus is on China (good luck finding those two company executives, or China sending them here to court), and on ChemNutra clowns. It would appear that the responsible pet food companies are left out of this? Whatever happened to recalled product? I say more steps are necessary to satisfy the wrongdoing of many:

Step 1: Press for ACTUAL BASED ON COLLECTED NUMBERS of dead and sickened dogs and cats from sources including VIN as well as PetConnection. (What happened to Banfield numbers??)

Step 2: Further investigation and inditement of U.S. and Canadian pet food companies and executives or employees responsible for the deaths and illness.

Step 3: Meanwhile - Push for product and product ingredients source Country of Origin labeling.

Step 4: Trial and **appropriate** consequences for those indited today, as well as pet food companies and executives/employees yet to be indited.

We need the whole truth to be exposed.

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:14:53 +0000

We closed our database to new entries last spring.

I consider VIN’s numbers to be the most probable, and here’s a discussion of that in an earlier blog post.

By: Pamela J. Betz-Baron

Pamela J. Betz-Baron — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:05:57 +0000

Well, it’s about time.

So, where do Petconnection’s numbers stand now?