The-Truth-About-Pet-Foods

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THE “PET FOODS ARE
HUMAN QUALITY” MYTH
Notice that your pet food label lists such things as corn meal, meat
and bone meal, soy mill run, wheat middlings, whey products,
and the like. The descriptive words are different from what you
would find in a grocery store because most pet food ingredients are food
fractions left over after human food elements have been extracted. Or,
they may be industry by-products, believed to be unfit for human consumption.*
The slick advertising portrayal of pet food ingredients, as if
they were just like what would appear on a Thanksgiving Day table, is
misleading.
How can it be argued that meat and bone meal – which is basically all
that is left of a cow after most of the edible organs and meat have been
TYPICAL ADVERTISING CLAIMS
“Our pet food is 100% complete and balanced, meets nutrient
requirements of AAFCO, has passed feeding trials, contains nutritious
vitamins, essential fat, minerals, fresh meats, dairy products and grain,
is packaged in an Earth-friendly paper bag, needs no refrigeration, and
is guaranteed to be fresh for one year.”
Fig. 20. The portrayal of processed pet foods as if they were just like
fresh home prepared meals is misleading.
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* Association of American Feed Control Officials, 1998 Official Publication.