Pet Food Recall - Judge Tells Menu Food "Back Off."

Greg Owen

Attorney

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U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman has ordered Menu Foods and/or their agents to have no further contact with consumers of the pet food recall products without the involvement of the consumers' attorneys. Judge Hillman called the endless telephone calls to consumers " abusive and harassing." As if pet owners had not already been put through enough with this pet food recall nightmare. Most consumers' pets who ingested the contaminated pet food have become seriously and permanently ill and thousands have died. Now, it seems, representatives of the insurance company representing Menu foods, Crawford and Company, think nothing of calling and harassing these victims further.

Beginning in mid-March, Menu foods has recalled pet food sold under more than 150 brands. The contaminated pet food has been linked to contaminated wheat flour, which was tainted with the chemical melamine and imported from China. The Food and Drug Administration has stated that they have unconfirmed reports of more than 4,000 animals killed as a result of the recall. This week a federal multi-district court panel will meet to determine which district will hear cases against Menu Foods. It is expected that a decision will be made this summer.