Pets Are Family Too

In the massive pet food recall of 2007, many of the major pet food distributors and suppliers had to remove tons of name brand dog and cat food from store shelves due to pet food contamination. Many of the contaminated pet foods removed store shelves contained wheat gluten tainted with melamine, a toxic chemical used in plastics, imported from China. The tainted dog and cat foods were responsible for many deaths of dogs and cats as well serious injuries for others.

Now almost a year later, Menu Foods, of Ontario, Canada, one of the largest pet food suppliers have agreed in principle to settlement of claims over their contaminated pet food in the pet food recall disaster of 2007. According to the agreement of the settlement, Menu Foods is awaiting for more conditions to be met before accepting claims from consumers whose pets were affected by their toxic pet food. The estimated settlement amount is around 55 million Canadian Dollars when the terms of the settlement are expected to be finalized and approved after a hearing on May 14, 2008. After, approval of a claims process for consumers, notifications will go out to consumers on how, when and where to file their claims for recalled pet food.

Menu Foods recalled millions of cans and packages of dog and cat food during the FDA investigations of poisonous pet food. Since they are one of the largest pet food supplier, they had a large inventory of dog and cat food to recall. If you bought Menu Foods contaminated pet food products, check back for information on your Menu Foods claims for your pet family members who may have been injured or killed from eating their contaminated dog or cat food and hope that it never happens again!

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