[goldfinch]

No, those people killed their own pets by choosing the cheapest possible food for them. They deserve what they got and blaming the government is a sorry excuse for taking responsibility.

You are mistaken. It was not only the cheap pet foods that were contaminated. Many of the expensive brands were also included. Besides, most of the contaminated products were canned food and treats, which are more expensive than the expensive brands of dry kibbles.

I also believe that people are responsible for their own actions. However, short of preparing their pet's food at home from human quality ingredients, there was no way they could have prevented this tragedy. And, given this thread, I am not sure that we can count on human quality ingredients being safe either.

[palmer]

However, short of preparing their pet's food at home from human quality ingredients, there was no way they could have prevented this tragedy

That's not correct. I agree some more expensive brands were tainted like IAMS and Eukaneuba which were bought by Procter and Gamble. The other tainted brands were cheap store brands and "science" diet which is a joke. It doesn't take much serious label reading to figure out which foods (e.g. Wellness Diet) have good ingredients, top to bottom. If they also sold out to P&G, then I'd have a problem too. But for the most part, the pets that died had cheap owners who don't read labels because most of the brands had way more bad ingredients (e.g. corn, coloring) than just the chinese made filler.

Those same cheap pet owners will die themselves from eating Chinese swill Walmart sells them, but hopefully their pets will go to a better home.