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Saturday, July 24, 2004 1:20 AM

[AR-News] (Taiwan) Proposed action over pet food company postponed

 

 

COMPENSATION: The signature drive that was to take place today was put on hold after Effem Foods released details of its settlements with disgruntled pet owners By Jackie LinSTAFF REPORTER Saturday, Jul 24, 2004

The Consumers' Foundation (消基會) yesterday announced that it was postponing a signature drive that was to take place this morning against products manufactured and imported by Effem Foods Tai-wan (美商艾汾), the local distributor of Pedigree dog food. "We decided to put off -- not to cancel -- the planned boycott activities tomorrow [today]," Hsieh Tian-jen (è¬å¤©ä»), deputy secretary-general of the non-profit consumers' group, said yesterday. At a press conference a week earlier, the foundation demanded that Effem make public the compensation packages it is offering to people whose dogs have fallen ill or died from eating Pedigree products. If Effem did not comply, the foundation threatened to call on at least 10,000 people to take part in a signature drive today to protest against the company. During their last meeting with the company on Thursday night, the foundation tried to persuade Effem to provide customers with transparent information, such as supplying a list of all the items and criteria on which pet owners can base their claims for compensation, rather than reaching individual settlements in private meetings, Hsieh said.full story:http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2004/07/24/2003180255

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