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Post by ZandraJoi on Jan 8, 2024 20:33:59 GMT -5
www.barkandwhiskers.com/2024-01-07-deceptive-pet-food-marketingStory at-a-glance A group of pet owners filed a class-action lawsuit against Hill’s Pet Nutrition The class-action suit, filed on behalf of Illinois pet owners, claims that it’s a deceptive practice for Hill’s to restrict the sale of its prescription diet food to those with a prescription from their vet Hill’s charges a premium for its prescription pet food, justifying the cost by implying it may treat and cure pets of certain disease, but the food does not contain ingredients or medicine that aren’t found in common non-prescription pet food Many consumers purchasing the product have been misled into paying high prices for a “prescription” food that contains ingredients found in non-prescription foods, and nothing more The suit is seeking to recover more than $80 million for people in Illinois who purchased Hill’s prescription diet products; similar lawsuits are also pending against Hill’s and other pet food manufacturers in different states, including California, Missouri and Kansas My notes: I never cared for prescriptions like this. They are so expensive & the ingredients are not organic or even natural.
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Post by Emerald on Jan 9, 2024 5:36:13 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see the outcome. Dreadful to be misled and so common to be fooled into buying 'special' Pet Nutrition just because people think they are doing and buying the best for their pet.
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Post by Bob on Jan 14, 2024 18:08:21 GMT -5
That's bullshit! They are just over priced diets with questionable ingredients.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jan 17, 2024 20:23:25 GMT -5
Emerald, Bob, I never cared for buying "special" foods for pets or for humans.
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Post by ravenfreak on Jan 18, 2024 19:36:02 GMT -5
I live in Missouri, so this interests me. I remember we had to get Hills food for my cat when I was a kid since he got sick, and my parents could barely afford it. It's terrible that they charge more for what you think is better for your pets, in reality it isn't.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jan 20, 2024 20:34:54 GMT -5
ravenfreak, If you get more info on it, please share with the rest of us
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