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Feb 22, 2015

Class action suit against Beneful for poisoning dogs

Class action says Beneful bad for dogs
February 12, 2015 1:51 PM By LocalLabs News Service

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A California man filed a class action lawsuit against a large pet food manufacturer on Feb. 4, alleging unsafe pet food manufacturing and distribution, as well as breach of warranty.

Frank Lucido alleged that Nestle Purina Petcare Co. of Missouri and John Does 1 through 200 manufactured and sold Beneful dog food, which injured his three dogs.

The suit alleges that the defendents have received more than 3,000 online complaints about the food making dogs sick over the past four years. In some cases, the dogs allegedly suffered internal bleeding, weight loss, dehydration and other symptoms.

Lucido alleged that Purina added an ingredient to Beneful that was known to be dangerous to dogs and cats. Propylene glycol, an automotive antifreeze component, is listed in the product’s ingredients, along with mycotoxins. The plaintiff’s German Shepherd and Labrador allegedly suffered and his English Bulldog died after ingesting Beneful beginning on Jan. 15.

Alleging negligence, misrepresentation, product liability and unfair business practices, the plaintiff is seeking more than $5 million in damages, plus costs and fees.

Lucido and the class are represented by Jeffrey Cereghino, Michael Ram, Matt Malone and Susan Brown, of Ram, Olson, Cereghino & Kopczynski LLP in San Francisco; John Yanchunis, of Morgan & Morgan Complex Litigation Group in Tampa, Fla.; Karl Molineux and Charles Merrill, of Merrill, Nomura & Molineux in Danville, Calif.; and Donna Solen, of Kimbrell Kimbrell & Solen LLC in Washington, D.C.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California case No. 3:15-cv-00569

The above article at http://legalnewsline.com/issues/class-action/254892-class-action-says-beneful-bad-for-dogs

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http://www.examiner.com/article/class-action-lawsuit-claims-that-purina-pet-food-is-killing-dogs
  • I'm going to shut this thread down but leave if open for information only, no comments allowed.

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    There are some glaring problems with either the article or law suit depending on which is accurate.

    Propylene glycol was mentioned as the automotive antifreeze where Ethylene glycol is the common poisonous ingredient in antifreeze. Propylene glycol is what is in our pink RV antifreeze for water lines and is a vehicle used in many oral and IV medications. Seems like a big error in reasoning or reporting.

    It's a stretch to go from 3000 online complaints about "food making my dog sick" to a particular food or even food for that matter being the cause.

    I've dealt with thousands of cases of sick dogs where the owner though they were poisoned or the food caused it where the actual cause was proven to be something else or couldn't be found.

    Doug, DVM