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Hello my friends. Here's another article about the most horrific of dog foods - Beneful. I cringe when dog owners bring this with their dogs. It's toxic on so many levels.
Class Action Lawsuit filed against Beneful Dog FoodFebruary 18, 2015 Pet Food News 41 Comments 44,497 Views Sh A nationwide class action lawsuit was recently filed in California charging Nestle Purina with breach of warranty, negligence and negligent misrepresentation (among other things). From TopClassActions.com: Nestle Purina Petcare Company was hit with a class action lawsuit alleging that its Beneful dog food includes toxic substances which are capable of killing dogs. According to the Beneful class action lawsuit filed in a California federal court by plaintiff Frank Lucido on Feb. 5, Beneful is responsible for making thousands of dogs either seriously ill or causing them to die, which happened to one of his own dogs. Lucido owned three dogs — a German Shepherd, an English Bulldog and a Labrador. He bought a bag of Beneful for the first time in late December 2014 or early January 2015 and each dog began eating Beneful exclusively, the Beneful class action lawsuit explains. On Jan. 15, the German Shepherd began to lose a large amount of hair and began giving off a unusual odor, which concerned Lucido and his wife, who first started to notice the symptoms. Two days later the German Shepherd became “violently ill.” After being examined by a veterinarian, it was determined that the German Shepherd was suffering from internal bleeding in the dog’s stomach and the liver was also malfunctioning, which the veterinarian said was “consistent with poisoning.” On Jan. 23, Lucido’s wife found the English Bulldog dead in their yard. “Post-mortem veterinary examination revealed signs of internal bleeding in the dog’s stomach and lesions on his liver, much like [the German Shepherd],” the class action lawsuit claims. CourthouseNews.com states: “He blames the problems on the presence of propylene glycol, an automotive antifreeze component, and grains with fungus that produce mycotoxins.” The lawsuit cites our pet food testing results, “The class action lawsuit cites the Association for Truth In Pet Food, which tested “Beneful Original and found that it contained dangerous levels of mycotoxins.” The consumer funded Pet Food Test found Beneful Original to contain 10 different mycotoxins which resulted in a Risk Equivalent Quality of 32 – above high risk. Attorneys representing pet food consumers in this lawsuit are listed as: Jeffrey B. Cereghino of Ram, Olson, Cereghino & Kopcyzynski, by John Yanchunis of Morgan & Morgan Complex Litigation Group, by Karl Molineux of Merrill, Nomura & Molineux, and by Donna F. Solen of Kimbrell Kimbrell & Solen LLC. Wishing you and your pet(s) the best, Susan Thixton Pet Food Safety Advocate Author Buyer Beware, Co-Author Dinner PAWsible TruthaboutPetFood.com Association for Truth in Pet Food Before you purchase dog food, be certain to read the labels. Stay clear of anything that has the following ingredients: By-products, corn, wheat, rice hulls, beet pulp, BHA, ethoxyquin and soy. Ask the pet shop if you can see an actual sample of the food. Smell it. If it stinks, don't purchase it for your dog. |
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