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UPDATE 6/2/2014: Nestle Purina and Waggin’ Train have agreed to settle three class action lawsuits alleging their jerky treats made in China have caused pets to get sick and/or die. The companies have agreed to create a $6.5 million settlement fund to compensate Class Members who believe their pets were harmed by the jerky treats. Click here for more information: http://www.topclassactions.
UPDATE 2: Instructions on how to file a claim for the Waggin’ Tails, Canyon Creek Ranch dog treat settlement are now available! Click here or visit www.DogTreatProductsSettlement.com for details.
A class action lawsuit claims Chinese-made treats sold by Del Monte subsidiary Milo’s Kitchen kill dogs and make them sick.
The Milo’s Kitchen class action lawsuit was filed by dog-owner Lisa Mazur, who says her healthy 7-year-old dog, Riley Rae, suffered kidney failure and had to be euthanized after being fed Milo’s Kitchen Chicken Jerky Dog Treats. Mazur claims the only change in Riley Rae’s diet was during January 2012 when she fed the Chicken Jerky Dog Treats to her dog “on occasion.” On February 1, Riley Ray became ill and was taken to the vet, where she was diagnosed with kidney failure. Riley Rae was administered intravenous fluids for four days without improvement, forcing Mazur to euthanize her on February 5.
Mazur says she was unaware the Milo’s Kitchen chicken jerky dog treats made in China were included in a November 18, 2011 warning about dog illnesses associated with chicken jerky dog treats made in China.
“Defendants’ packaging did not warn of any dangers from feeding its content to dogs… [and] the warning is downplayed” on the Milo’s Kitchen website, the class action lawsuit says.
“Defendants knew that there was a substantial risk of death or harm associated with their dog treats. No reasonable person would feed dog treats to their dogs knowing that there was a substantial risk of death or illness from doing so,” the Milo’s Kitchen class action lawsuit continues. “Plaintiff, and other consumers, did not learn of the FDA warning, until after their dogs had consumed the treated and either became ill or passed away.
“Defendants intentionally concealed known facts concerning the safety of their dog treats in order to increase or maintain sales.”
This is not the first dog treat manufacturer to be hit with a class action lawsuit by a pet owner whose dog died after eating Chinese-made chicken jerky dog treats. A grieving pet owner filed a $5 million class action lawsuit against the makers of Waggin’ Train “Yam Good” dog treats in April 2012 after his 9-year-old Pomeranian became sick and died of kidney failure 11 days after eating the treats.
Mazur is seeking compensatory damages and punitive damages for a proposed class of all persons in the U.S. (except Louisiana and Puerto Rico) who purchased any dog treat product containing chicken jerky manufactured or sold by Del Monte or Milo’s Kitchen and containing chicken imported from China, within the past four years. She is alleging common law fraud, unjust enrichment, negligence, product liability, unfair trade, breach of warranty, failure to warn and defective manufacture or design.
A copy of the Milo’s Kitchen Chinese-Made “Chicken Jerky Dog Treats” Class Action Lawsuit can be read here.
The case is Lisa Mazur v. Milo’s Kitchen, LLC; Del Monte Corp., et al., Case No. 12-cv-01011, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania.
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47 thoughts onMilo’s Kitchen Chicken Jerky Dog Treats Class Action Lawsuit
My 1 yr old Shih Tzu became very ill the next morning after eating Milo’s chicken jerkey. She has never been sick before. She was throwing up and had diahrea. luckily she came out of it after 24 hours. I did not feed her the treats again. She only had one treat. my 10 yr old Golden had one too. She had some diahrea as well, but not throwing up. I’ll never buy these treats again. I think I’ll just stick to the milkbone dog biscuits. they need to remove these from the shelves. I’m going to take these back to Fred Meyer and ask for my money back. I’ll also ask them to remove these from the shelves, don’t know if they will though.
My dog loves “Beggin strips”and I thought chicken would b an alternative. WRONG, she was throwingup, diarrehea and just not acting right, then I heard about other dogs, No more MILO’s for her an to think they cost more than the “Beggin strips”
I was feeding my dog the milos meatballs he became sick vet said it was the milos. He is fine now but no more milos of any kind!
The problem is also the the product could be made in the USA but the ingredients come from China. Just take a look at even the DelMonte canned fruit and see where the ingredients come from! I do not feed anything like this and instead cook fresh chicken breasts, cut them up and give them as a treat. I buy Purdue and have bought them on sale for .99 cents per pound as opposed to this irradiated, dehydrated garbage that costs $11.00 a bag!
This scares me so bad because I have been feeding my Baby dobs these for months! What have I done!!!
I have a 6 year old yorkie who suffered a seizure and then incontenence for several months due to consuming Milo chicken meatball treats. Luckily I caught this in time. We were worried that there would be irreparable damage to his kidneys but thankfully he is okay. It sickens me to think that the FDA will not pull these treats from the shelves knowing that there are so many similar cases out there where these innocent animals are suffering due to consuming these treats. More needs to be done to protect our animals.
Our 8 year old boxer, Jake, has had a lump on his side for a few years. Every time he sees his vet we asked her if this should be removed. She said that if it did not bother him why put him through surgery. In the past 2 months the lump has grown a lot larger and started to leak fluid and blood. Jake was put on antibiotics and had surgery. The lump was cancerous. We started to give Jake Milos chicken jerky 3-4 months ago.
I got one of the treats and it had some kind of blue plastic in it. If you need it to prove your case let me know.
My dog a German Shepherd was very sick from eating treats from Milo’s kitchen. She was throwing up, fever, and we had to take her to the vet. The vet said it was from the treats. We thought the treats would be ok because they were supose to made in the USA. WE DO NOT BUY ANY MORE TREATS NOT MADE IN THE USA. Actually we don’t buy her very many at all, only home made we make.
good luck with the action!!
With you 100%. May Riley and all the dogs who lost their lives be heard.