CBS: Menu Foods KNEW about food Feb. 20th!!!!!

[Holly_Hobby]

(CBS/AP) As many as one in six animals died in tests of suspect dog and cat food by the manufacturer last month after complaints the products were poisoning pets around the country, the government said Monday.

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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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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/20/national/main2587087.shtml?source=mostpop_story

[kenny blankenship]

1. Would it be fair

to feed Menu Foods executives recalled peanut butter, and see what happens?

[aquart]

2. Last night, someone on DU said DECEMBER.

[Holly_Hobby]

3. OMG, December?

It's the bottom line for their shareholders that matter, nothing else.

[Pugee]

8. I think that the food was on the shelves in Dec

Here is the update from Petconnection who are trying to get an informal estimate of illness: (they started asking for reports Tuesday night, this is what they have gotten in 2 days time.)

Pet-food recall: Thursday update
From the PetConnection.com database. 11:20 a.m. PT:

Total reports of sick or dead pets: 1715
Deceased pets: 845
Of those:

Cats, deceased: 500
Dogs, deceased: 345
As we’ve written before, these are self-reported numbers. But we asked people to check the food against the recall list, to list the food and give us the names of their veterinarians. The majority did all of this. We are not saying these are confirmed cases, by any means. But we have believed from the first that if nothing else these numbers show the tragedy is much bigger than the official reports.

http://www.petconnection.com/blog/category/2007-food-recall/

There is a little more info here and tells everyone to report the illness with FDA.

[Robbien]

4. To test the food they gave it to animals?

They couldn't put it under a microscope or into some machine which would tell them "hey guys poison here". They fed it to animals and waited to see which ones died?

[LisaL]

5. Well, considering they still can't figure out what in the food is

causing the deaths, I would say -no, they couldn't put it under a microscope and figure out "hey, there is poison there." I mean, they are clueless to this day what is killing the animals.

[alfredo]

6. My sister in law's cats died, and so did her ex husband's dog.

[wicket]

7. Oh god, that's horrible

:cry:

[alfredo]

9. One cat was eleven years old. One thing that was strange, one

cat that would stay clear of her and was a very finicky eater didn't get sick. He is now very friendly and cuddles with her.