Purina's Conundrum: How to Handle The Beneful Lawsuit

How can the pet food company counter the lawsuit?

By now you’ve likely heard about the class action lawsuit against Purina‘s Beneful brand dog food. The suit was filed on February 5 on behalf of over 3,000 people claiming the kibble is responsible for causing their dogs’ illnesses and, in some cases, even deaths.Purina-Beneful

One of the lawyers filing the suit, Attorney James Young, of Morgan & Morgan out of Tampa, Florida, told WCPO:

“We received hundreds of complaints. Nationally, there have been thousands of complaints about dogs who have eaten this dog food by Purina Beneful and suffered very serious side effects, including death…The issues are pretty similar across the board…liver and kidney problems, which results in diarrhea, bloody stool, vomiting, and secondary harm.”

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