Plaintiffs in the U. S. and Canada have launched pet food lawsuits against Menu Foods Corporation in product liability claims. The tainted pet food, sold under 92 different brand names including Iams has led to the deaths of 14 pets to date. Menu Foods is recalling 60 million cans and packets of the tainted pet food in one of the largest product recalls ever.
Menu foods “cuts-and-gravy” style food is sold at outlets such as Wal-Mart, PetSmart and Safeway and was pulled off the shelves on March 6, 2007. A Chicago woman, Dawn Majerczyk is the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit in the U. S. who filed suit after losing her cat, Phoenix to the tainted food.
A Canadian woman, Amanda Whiting has also filed a pet food lawsuit in the Canadian courts since her kitten has been diagnosed with kidney failure from eating the pet food. Toronto law firm Himelfarb Proszanski LLP is investigating the possibility of bringing forward a class action lawsuit in this case as well.
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