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NEW INFO......

In light of this information on ethoxyqion , many now don't know if their pet food company is being truthful if this ingredient is used by their fish meal supplier. I received a new e-mail with instructions to ask the pet food company for the Certificate of Analysis they receive from their fish meal supplier. It would list the preservative that was used.......


.....It’s called a Certificate of Analysis; a document provided to pet food manufacturers with every shipment of ingredients. Pet food manufacturers require suppliers to provide them with a certificate of analysis for every pet food ingredient. Information provided with each analysis is different depending on the particular ingredient. However as with the issue of ethoxyquin preserved fish meals, the analysis will report if the fish meal is preserved naturally or with risky ethoxyquin.

If you have your doubts, call or email your pet food manufacturer and ask they provide you with a certificate of analysis for the fish meal ingredient (or any other ingredient). If your pet food manufacturer refuses, perhaps on the basis the information would be proprietary, get a new pet food. Proof of pet food ingredient quality should NEVER be proprietary information. The bad news...with every batch of pet food and in turn with every batch of incoming ingredients, the analysis statement could change. Quality of ingredients SHOULD remain consistent, however one certificate of analysis will not guarantee that.