The Consumer Corner - Tuesday, October 14, 2008 9:42 - 0 Comments

Pet-food recall leads to 6,000 claims and counting

Almost 6,000 claims have been filed in the class action settlement arising out of last year’s massive pet-food recall. As you will recall, Menu Foods, other pet-food makers and retailers in May agreed to set up a $24 million cash fund to compensate pet owners whose cats and dogs became sick or died after eating food that had a contaminated ingredient from China. The filing period for claims began May 30th and will run until November 24th. The Food and Drug Administration never identified how many pets were affected, but it received more than 17,000 complaints.

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