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Originally Posted by chattiesmom  From what I understand the FDA requires the addition of ethoxyquin to prevent spoilage in "fish meal" on board the ships where the fish meal is processed. According to the TOTW Vet there is only a very limited suppoly of ethoxyquin free fish meal available in the states. So... if the food you are feeding contains fish meal then most likely it had the ethoxyquin added to the fish meal before it reached the manufacturer, but was destroyed in the cooking process.
If the product you are feeding has fish and/or fish meal I would assume that it may have ethoxyquin - but you may want to contact the raw food manufacturer directly for their input. |
I thought ethoxyquin was present only in foods containing fish/fish meal, until I was corrected in this thread. See my post #20 and the reply in post #22. The description of the dangers of this chemical still worry me, although I would love to be able to add TOTW back in to our rotation. The reply your received from TOTW shows the amounts they use are equivalent to the amounts still allowed in human foods, so maybe it is safe? Oh pooh! I just don't know.
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...ght=ETHOXYQUIN
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