Comments on: The Melamine Scandal: Sentencing http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-melamine-scandal-sentencing/4251 understand their nature Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pet toys http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-melamine-scandal-sentencing/4251/comment-page-1#comment-10869 pet toys Thu, 05 May 2011 10:46:08 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=4251#comment-10869 I think the people who actually added the melamine should be sentenced to 3-7 years in prison depending on their involvement. They lack education and were only trying to increase their living. The people selling melamine are just selling a product they are not required to ask what is done with it. The government officials in Hebei, well they are corrupt scum. They are smart enough to know what is going to happen and rich enough that they should care. But their greed and their arrogance led them to cover it up. They should probably be put away forever, all of them. Preferably in some form of hard labor, but then again most local level officials are the same, they just have not been caught yet. What about the central government who sat on the issue through the Olympics to save face in the international eye. How many more babies got sick while they waited for the Olympics to end? What should their fate be, I say 3-7 years in the same cell with the poor uneducated farmer who added the melamine in the first place. I think the people who actually added the melamine should be sentenced to 3-7 years in prison depending on their involvement. They lack education and were only trying to increase their living. The people selling melamine are just selling a product they are not required to ask what is done with it. The government officials in Hebei, well they are corrupt scum. They are smart enough to know what is going to happen and rich enough that they should care. But their greed and their arrogance led them to cover it up. They should probably be put away forever, all of them. Preferably in some form of hard labor, but then again most local level officials are the same, they just have not been caught yet. What about the central government who sat on the issue through the Olympics to save face in the international eye. How many more babies got sick while they waited for the Olympics to end? What should their fate be, I say 3-7 years in the same cell with the poor uneducated farmer who added the melamine in the first place.

]]> By: diedmarch172007 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-melamine-scandal-sentencing/4251/comment-page-1#comment-4671 diedmarch172007 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:53:36 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=4251#comment-4671 The Millers pay 5 grand each, the Chemnutra company pays 25 grand, insurance covered, for a total of 35 thousand dollars. Paid to the court. No jail. The wholesale slaughter of pets is a profitable business. And entirely legal. A last minute switcheroony of the judge means that none of the letters or emails that so many pet owners cried while writing ever mattered and may not have even been read. The Millers will be having champagne, flavored with the tears of grieving pet owners , in their luxury home in Las Vegas tonight. The Millers pay 5 grand each, the Chemnutra company pays 25 grand, insurance covered, for a total of 35 thousand dollars.
Paid to the court.
No jail.

The wholesale slaughter of pets is a profitable business. And entirely legal.
A last minute switcheroony of the judge means that none of the letters or emails that so many pet owners cried while writing ever mattered and may not have even been read.

The Millers will be having champagne, flavored with the tears of grieving pet owners , in their luxury home in Las Vegas tonight.

]]> By: FelineDadinFla http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-melamine-scandal-sentencing/4251/comment-page-1#comment-4656 FelineDadinFla Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:03:14 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=4251#comment-4656 Yes, the mail I sent to the Deputy Martinez e-address came back. The mail I sent here : dchelp@mow.uscourts.gov didn't. Yes, the mail I sent to the Deputy Martinez e-address came back. The mail I sent here : dchelp@mow.uscourts.gov didn’t.

]]> By: diedmarch172007 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-melamine-scandal-sentencing/4251/comment-page-1#comment-4655 diedmarch172007 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:25:13 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=4251#comment-4655 Reports are arriving that the Martinez email is sending auto replies of being out of the office until Feb 8th. Very convenient. Reports are arriving that the Martinez email is sending auto replies of being out of the office until Feb 8th.

Very convenient.

]]> By: diedmarch172007 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-melamine-scandal-sentencing/4251/comment-page-1#comment-4653 diedmarch172007 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:29:10 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=4251#comment-4653 Don't forget to write the probation office! They keep records for a long time. Don’t forget to write the probation office! They keep records for a long time.

]]> By: FelineDadinFla http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-melamine-scandal-sentencing/4251/comment-page-1#comment-4650 FelineDadinFla Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:24:50 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=4251#comment-4650 i'm incorrect, the 5th is Friday, not today. Has anyone been able to get a fax # ?.... i’m incorrect, the 5th is Friday, not today. Has anyone been able to get a fax # ?….

]]> By: WereBear http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-melamine-scandal-sentencing/4251/comment-page-1#comment-4649 WereBear Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:46:30 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=4251#comment-4649 FelineDadinFla is right. I just sent off a short, but heartfelt, letter. I urge everyone reading this to do so. FelineDadinFla is right. I just sent off a short, but heartfelt, letter. I urge everyone reading this to do so.

]]> By: FelineDadinFla http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-melamine-scandal-sentencing/4251/comment-page-1#comment-4648 FelineDadinFla Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:24:56 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=4251#comment-4648 Posting comments on a blog like this (or any) today is of no value or consequence, whatever amount of grief you're enduring or had to endure. However -- you can still do something ... but it must be done today because it's now too late to travel to Kansas City or send mail there. The statement "gift of a deal offered by the court" is incorrect. The "gift of a deal" you reference is the sentencing recommendation made by the US Attorney to the court, not by the court/judge. The judge hands down his sentencing decision tomorrow Feb 5th. He can pass sentence as recommended by the US Attorney ... or he can make his own decision. So this is what you can do today : The name of the judge is John T. Maughmer. His courtroom deputy is a Kerry Martinez with an e-address of kerry_martinez@mow.uscourts.gov Write a letter to the judge care of Deputy Kerry Martinez. Make it respectful, on the shorter side, clear, yes go ahead and make it emotional (but also factually correct). Tell the judge what you've been through the last three to four years. Also, the e-address of the District Court or General Information is dchelp@mow.uscourts.gov . Send it there as well to the attention Judge Maughmer. Posting comments on a blog like this (or any) today is of no value or consequence, whatever amount of grief you’re enduring or had to endure.
However — you can still do something … but it must be done today because it’s now too late to travel to Kansas City or send mail there. The statement “gift of a deal offered by the court” is incorrect. The “gift of a deal” you reference is the sentencing recommendation made by the US Attorney to the court, not by the court/judge. The judge hands down his sentencing decision tomorrow Feb 5th. He can pass sentence as recommended by the US Attorney … or he can make his own decision.
So this is what you can do today : The name of the judge is John T. Maughmer. His courtroom deputy is a Kerry Martinez with an e-address of kerry_martinez@mow.uscourts.gov Write a letter to the judge care of Deputy Kerry Martinez. Make it respectful, on the shorter side, clear, yes go ahead and make it emotional (but also factually correct). Tell the judge what you’ve been through the last three to four years.
Also, the e-address of the District Court or General Information is dchelp@mow.uscourts.gov . Send it there as well to the attention Judge Maughmer.

]]> By: diedmarch172007 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-melamine-scandal-sentencing/4251/comment-page-1#comment-4647 diedmarch172007 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:26:46 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=4251#comment-4647 The dying has been going on in my house for over three years! It isn't over yet, I go to sleep every damn day after caring for damaged pets, wake to the grim reality of paying the vet bills, the three years of- interest -on the vet bills for the pets who died three years ago, worry about how to pay the bills for the pets who still struggle and honey, let me tell you, cremation expenses aint cheap either. My pets got a death sentence and I have already served three years of hard, horrid labor and grief so yeah, a little justice would be a nice change. Considering the gift of a deal offered by the court I figure the fix is in and the bribes were hefty because mere peasant pet owners sure have not been gifted thus, see the classic screw job the class action lawyers are doing on the pet owners. The pet food apocalypse that the Millers inflicted on all of us has been a nightmare for three years , how long is it going to go on while the poisoners skate!!?? That the poisoners have a newly named company to do it AGAIN is not good news for anyone. The Millers seem to have had a more pleasant and profitable three years than I had. Or the people nursing kidney failure pets , paying astounding vet bills, grieving the lost. I can't call it closure that the federal courts are as easy to buy off as the FDA but it certainly is the end of something. Sad. The dying has been going on in my house for over three years! It isn’t over yet,
I go to sleep every damn day after caring for damaged pets, wake to the grim reality of paying the vet bills, the three years of- interest -on the vet bills for the pets who died three years ago, worry about how to pay the bills for the pets who still struggle and honey, let me tell you, cremation expenses aint cheap either.
My pets got a death sentence and I have already served three years of hard, horrid labor and grief so yeah, a little justice would be a nice change. Considering the gift of a deal offered by the court I figure the fix is in and the bribes were hefty because mere peasant pet owners sure have not been gifted thus, see the classic screw job the class action lawyers are doing on the pet owners.

The pet food apocalypse that the Millers inflicted on all of us has been a nightmare for three years , how long is it going to go on while the poisoners skate!!??
That the poisoners have a newly named company to do it AGAIN is not good news for anyone.
The Millers seem to have had a more pleasant and profitable three years than I had. Or the people nursing kidney failure pets , paying astounding vet bills, grieving the lost.
I can’t call it closure that the federal courts are as easy to buy off as the FDA but it certainly is the end of something.
Sad.

]]> By: Dan http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/the-melamine-scandal-sentencing/4251/comment-page-1#comment-4641 Dan Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:53:28 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=4251#comment-4641 Unother DJ, you need to get your facts straight. One thing you said is accurate, it is standard practice and has been for quite some time to receive contaminated goods from China. So if thats accurate, which it is and you agree, why in the world would the Millers have wheat gluten shipped to the U.S. marked as non-food? It was to avoid inspection. Where was their testing and QC to make sure the item they were receiving wasnt contaminated? Melamine is not a new chemical and Sally Miller originally based in China would have known that. Your statement saying contaminated dairy product did not reach the U.S. is totally false. It DID reach the U.S., go read all the FDA recall and import notices. There were several recalls of not only baby formula but also cookies, biscuits and candy. The items were sent to stores that mostly sell China baby formula, etc. And to blame pet owners for the deaths of their pets is really just disgusting. They fed products that were allowed to be marketed as safe, healthy and nutritious and certainly not contaminated with melamine and cyanuric acid. You are right in that China is part of the problem BUT if we all know that, and we do, including the pet food manufactures AND importers, there is no excuse that they werent on the lookout for this type of problem and sadly, they still arent because they avoid the proper testing and quality control measures that would help ensure this doesnt happen again. Its called saving money to maximize their profit. Heres a couple of pics showing what contaminated wheat gluten looked like. http://www.labservices.uoguelph.ca/urgent.cfm It didnt even take testing to see something was wrong with it. So for some reason Chem-Nutra couldnt even just look at it and wonder why it didnt look normal? What about Menu Foods who received it from Chem-Nutra who for some reason has been let off the hook on all of this. So Im guessing you didnt have a pet harmed or killed from this food because if you did, I can guess you wouldnt be singing the defense song for Chem-Nutra...or if you still did, you may not feel as strongly about your pet as I did. You are right about the Millers, bastards yes, poor no. Unother DJ, you need to get your facts straight. One thing you said is accurate, it is standard practice and has been for quite some time to receive contaminated goods from China. So if thats accurate, which it is and you agree, why in the world would the Millers have wheat gluten shipped to the U.S. marked as non-food? It was to avoid inspection. Where was their testing and QC to make sure the item they were receiving wasnt contaminated? Melamine is not a new chemical and Sally Miller originally based in China would have known that.

Your statement saying contaminated dairy product did not reach the U.S. is totally false. It DID reach the U.S., go read all the FDA recall and import notices. There were several recalls of not only baby formula but also cookies, biscuits and candy. The items were sent to stores that mostly sell China baby formula, etc.

And to blame pet owners for the deaths of their pets is really just disgusting. They fed products that were allowed to be marketed as safe, healthy and nutritious and certainly not contaminated with melamine and cyanuric acid. You are right in that China is part of the problem BUT if we all know that, and we do, including the pet food manufactures AND importers, there is no excuse that they werent on the lookout for this type of problem and sadly, they still arent because they avoid the proper testing and quality control measures that would help ensure this doesnt happen again. Its called saving money to maximize their profit.

Heres a couple of pics showing what contaminated wheat gluten looked like. http://www.labservices.uoguelph.ca/urgent.cfm
It didnt even take testing to see something was wrong with it. So for some reason Chem-Nutra couldnt even just look at it and wonder why it didnt look normal? What about Menu Foods who received it from Chem-Nutra who for some reason has been let off the hook on all of this.

So Im guessing you didnt have a pet harmed or killed from this food because if you did, I can guess you wouldnt be singing the defense song for Chem-Nutra…or if you still did, you may not feel as strongly about your pet as I did. You are right about the Millers, bastards yes, poor no.

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