Pet Food Settlement Reached
The emotional toll from the tainted pet food drama of 2007 may linger, but a major legal chapter of the story appears to be closed.
A U.S. district court in October granted final approval of a $24 million settlement to pay economic damages to the owners of cats and dogs that ate pet food containing melamine-contaminated ingredients from China, according to published reports.
People who filed appropriate paperwork by the late November 2008 deadline were eligible to receive cash payments equal to up to 100 percent of reasonable expenses associated with their purchase or their pet’s consumption of the recalled pet food.
Under the settlement, valid expenses include food purchases, veterinary care, necropsy costs, cremation or burial, the purchase price or fair market value of a pet that died or of a new pet. [January 2009 PET AGE]
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