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Originally Posted by Ellie May  I understand there are many sites and books that would want us to believe that there are really dogs and cats in dog food. Where is the proof? A testimony isn't proof. Several testimonies from the same plant would start to be a concern. The thing is with factory farming there are behind the scenes videos. I have seen none from dog food plants. Things do slip through constantly that should not (or are used on purpose). The same goes for human foods. But there are certain allowable ingredients. "Meat" in dog food can be beef, mutton, pork, or goat. I believe it would be against the law to use anything else under that listing. Of course companies could still be doing it, but if someone found out they would lose all credibility. |
There are certain terms that can indicate that there are euthanized animals in the dog food. Since I dont use kibble, I forget exactly which ones it is though.
I know I have definitely seen an executive dance around the question and all but admit that there is dead, diseased, and dying animals in their food. I so wish I could find that video again. I want to say it was from one of the supermarket brands of pet food NOT one of the premium brands.
I did find this from the EPA:
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/ch...al/c9s05-3.pdf
paying special attention to the last sentence (of the first paragraph).