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Act update
Campaign for regulation of pet foods
Latest updates and news
Pet food recalls
Research papers that document illness
or death in animals as a result of pet food
Rebuttal to Pet Food Institute's
comments by Dr. Hodgkins
Testimony of Dr. Hodgkins to Senate
appropriations committee
Misleading or incorrect information
by pet food industry
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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!
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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 |
Cornell
notes the ONE food your cat should have
Cornell's promotional materials for their newsletter, CatWatch,
extoll the benefits of feeding only wet food.
CatWatch
promo |
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To learn more about feeding your cat properly - please visit
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