Comments on: Menu Foods settlement: $24 million

By: Sandi K

Sandi K — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:05:16 +0000

Comment by betty jane perry — October 15, 2008 @ 11:25 am

Betty, I think what you have written is one of the things that kind of got left out and that is what about all the pets that died of so-called other pre-existing illnesses/diseases but had actually died as the result of melamine/ca poisoning. Sadly we will never know the truth about these cases.

By: Deb

Deb — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:39:27 +0000

Thanks Carol for your help, sorry it’s taken so long to reply,I was not forwarded any claim forms by Crawford, but thanks to your help now have them in hand and will make the Nov.24 cut-off date.Thanks again, hope everything works out for you also.
Deb

By: Carol V

Carol V — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:03:12 +0000

Also Deb, you should have received the claim forms in the mail as Crawford & Co forwarded the names of the pet owners they had info from I was told…and I did get claim forms mailed to me….

By: Carol V

Carol V — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:01:41 +0000

http://www.petfoodsettlement.com/documents/claims/

oops…forgot the link…sorry.!!

By: Carol V

Carol V — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:01:00 +0000

Deb, Here is a link to the website for the claim forms to download and other details…there are/were deadlines to “opt out” of the settlement and to send remarks to the judge but I think that time has expired and the time is expiring in November to send in forms as well…I too did not want to join a class action and sent my forms to Crawford and Co. in May 2007 (twice) but I think the only way to get your vet bills reimbursed, partially or in total, is now to send in forms from the link..I think it is too late to go after your vet bills any other way if you did not “opt out”…it sucks doesn’t it…I am in same boat but now I can only hope that some of my 2500.00 in vet bills does get reimbursed…There is a phone number at the link I provided…I would call them.. and I did send in my claim forms for my two sick cats…after much “deliberation”… But I also think that it is a shame that Menu Foods, after publically saying they would cover documented vet expenses, now has a “ceiling” that they do not have to pay over…No one won here but the lawyers and the companies in my opinion…I think reimbursement of health costs should have been a minimum of what they pay…and then start up an early warning system for vets and pet owners and increase their QC systems as a start…

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:51:44 +0000

Can someone help me with all of this, my cat suffured from this food, we have vet bills, unopened packs of the food, reciepts etc. sent them in to a company here in Tucker Ga. Did not want to join a class action suit, just want my $500 for vet bills, now I am being told by Menu Foods I need to join the class action and not being given any garuantee(sp)that I will recoup my money. My cat survived this because I had a great vet, now I want what was promised to all of us that suffered through this. I am at a loss at what to do. Thank you for any help.

By: betty jane perry

betty jane perry — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:25:00 +0000

My cat’s name was Snoozer. She was a beautiful can and well loved by us. She had diabetes, and was not eating much, so I thought i would buy the best cat food and feed her with a spoon. I bought the Iams small cans of food. Later I found out it was on the recall list. My cat would have lived a lot longer, since her diabetes was under control, and she received insulin daily. What a devasting think to happen without a clue as to the cause, ntil later it all came out.
Betty

By: cynthia

cynthia — Tue, 27 May 2008 16:08:51 +0000

I have lost 4 cats to the recall and now owe the vicksburg animal hospital $400.00 . From where one of my mother cats died from liver disease. I am only buying friskes wet food for the cats and predigee for my dog. No more old roy or special kitty.

By: JuliaMartin

JuliaMartin — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:50:13 +0000

Are you hearing about the tidal wave of death that is here, right now, taking those that survived the initial dose of toxins and going under to the very specific cancers and organ failures caused by this disaster?

It is happening. In numbers that WOULD get the pet food cleaned up, if only anyone knew.

The FDA and the PFI and the media are going to great efforts to keep anyone from looking there.

Even the much vaunted vet network is turning, carefully, deliberately, away to keep from looking at what is happening.

The dying and the pain have only just begun. The last 18 months long nightmare was bad, there is much worse coming.
For the pets and the people who love them.

By: slt

slt — Sun, 25 May 2008 14:40:16 +0000

Comment by CathyA — May 25, 2008 @ 6:34 am

Yes and the same news station would be *all over* inflating the numbers if they found a “hoarder” in the community. And it would be a higher placement than any recall story. “Tonight at 6: Local lady discovered with EIGHTY cats!”

I think the most obvious testament to the pet food industry’s successful squelching of this and related stories is the fact that “everyone” is back to feeding their products and that no manufacturers switched from Menu Foods. If they perceived there would be financial repercussions from continuing to do business with Menu “We lied while pets died” Foods, manufacturers would have switched. But they didn’t and they were right in that the vast majority of consumers don’t know or care.