Okay, so things today didn't go quite the way we planned. The way we hear it, the meeting was a bit of a sham:

There was not one media question. A $26 Billion dollar a year industry - representing the concerns of 64% of U.S. households - and not one television network or major newspaper was there to ask questions for pet owners. Not one.

There was no representative from the Humane Society nor the ASPCA. The two largest pet o rganizations in the nation - that should be voicing the concerns of all the pet owners that send them donations - they were conspicuously absent.

There was no statement or questions from attorneys that represent thousands of pet owners in recall lawsuits.

There was no statement or questions from the Holistic Veterinary Association. No statement or questions from any veterinary school.

The most conspicuous missing statements were from the pet food industry itself. My guess is that they were in attendance - taking notes (which turned out not to be needed) as to how they were going to spin a statement or question that shed a dim light on the industry (turns out they didn't have to!). But they made no public statement. -Susan Thixton, truthaboutpetfood.com

So here's the plan: Since we didn't get to present your poo-bagged messages today, we're going to keep accepting them through June 10th. Then we'll send the messages all to the FDA electronically, before the period for public comment on this docket is up, and I'll deliver the poo-bags to the folks at the Center for Veterinary Medicine myself. Sound good?

Good. Here's how you can send your message in a poo bag. Thanks again to Susan at Truth About Pet Food for organizing us to get crap out of pet food, and to poopbags.com for their generous bag donation!