Updates and Latest News

• E-mail campaign
• Class Action Lawsuit
• Senator Durbin's comments to the Senate
• Congresswoman DeLauo's actions
• Upcoming interviews with Senator Durbin
• Senate Appropriations hearing, April 12
• In the News
• Senator Durbin's press releases and news conferences
• Congressional inquiry, March 27

Mass e-mail campaign!

Contact FDA Commissioner von Eschenbach - ask fore more effective regulation of pet food here

Contact your Congress representative - ask them to support the Durbin/DeLauro Pet and Human Food Safety Act!

http://www.house.gov

We're looking for a MASSIVE E-MAIL CAMPAIGN. If each person can send a few simple emails

- to Congress woman DeLauro for pushing and threatening the FDA

Contact Congress woman DeLauro: http://www.house.gov/delauro/contact.html

- to the Senators involved in the Appropriations committee hearing - tell them you support their investigation and action related to the pet food industry. We need these Senators to KEEP PUSHING.

Contact Senator Durbin: http://durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Contact Senator Kohl: http://kohl.senate.gov/gen_contact.html

Senator Bennett: http://bennett.senate.gov/contact/emailmain.html

Senator Byrd: http://byrd.senate.gov/byrd_email.html

Already emailed? Email again. Email with various topics (agriculture, animal rights, etc.) - different staff aides will read them.

Not a resident of their state? Doesn't matter. You may not be able to vote for them - but please THANK them!

Class Action Lawsuit

Lawsuit filed against pet food manufacturers and retailers for false and misleading advertising

http://mflegal.com/petfoodlawsuit.html

Senator Durbin Addresses the Senate May 2

http://www.petconnection.com/blog

Congresswoman DeLauro:

DeLauro Threatens FDA: Hartford Courant

Upcoming Interviews with Senator Durbin:

Dog Talk Radio

Durbin will be interviewed on the “Dog Talk: The Radio Show” Saturday, April 14.  The show can be listened to live from 10-11 AM Central Time by clicking here: http://www.wliu.org
 
For those who miss it, the show is archived here: http://www.dogtalktheradioshow.com/podcast.htm
 
The interview will be about Thursday’s hearing and will last approximately 10 minutes.

Cat Chat Radio

He'll be interviewed on Cat Chat Radio, with Dr. Hodgkins, the following week.

Senate Appropriations committee hearing

Held Thursday, April 12! Details http://www.durbin.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=272058

Webcasts and transcripts of the April 12 hearing:

Testimony of witnesses and webcast

Appropriations webcast

RealPlayer webcast - you'll need the latest version of RealPlayer

C-span webcast

Itchmo transcript

Doggedblog transcript

In the News

Press Enterprise, July 16 - More pet owners are giving their dogs, cats raw food

DVM Magazine, May 1 - Several articles regarding the pet food recalls, pet food safety

Steve Dale's PetCast, April 18 - Interview with Dr. Hodgkins

Connecticut Post, April 13 - DeLauro plans FDA import hearings

Orange County Register, April 12 - Rx for cats: no wheat, only meat (Dr. Hodgkins)

Seattle PI, April 12 - Tainted pet food might still be on some store shelves

Shore Line Times, April 11 - Pet food poisoning, time for action

Tennessean, April 11 - Incident not as bad as reports suggest (Dr. Kirk)

Chicago Tribune, April 9 - Durbin announces pet-food hearing line-up

Steve Dale's PetWorld, April 8- Interview with Senator Durbin

Lethal Dose - criticism of Dr. Kirk

Press releases and news conferences

May 2 - Food Safety Amendment Approved by Senate: http://www.durbin.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=273506

May 1 - Durbin/DeLauro Food Safety Act proposition: http://durbin.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=273386

April 23 press release from Senator Durbin's office:
http://durbin.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=272877

April 12 press release from Senator Durbin's office at http://www.durbin.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=272317

April 5 press release from Senator Durbin's office at http://www.durbin.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=271910.

CBS 2 video of news conference at http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=31383@wbbm.dayport.com

Photos courtesy of Heather Meservey

Copy of Senator Durbin's April 1st press release here.

Congressional Inquiry 3/27/07

Courtesy of howl911.com

CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY INTO RECALL INVESTIGATION 03/27/07

Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) have asked the FDA for details of the pet food recall investigation, while Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has sent Menu Foods' CEO a letter of inquiry which asks many hard-hitting questions, including a request for "all internal documents, correspondence, email, records, data and information ... relating to this incident and to nutritional information or purity testing on all Menu Food pet food products."

Durbin & DeLauro's letter to the FDA

Kucinich's letter to Menu Foods

Please WRITE or FAX and thank them for their involvement!

Contact Senator Durbin: http://durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Contact Congress woman DeLauro: http://www.house.gov/delauro/contact.html

Durbin, Richard- (D - IL)
309 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Fax: 312-353-0150

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