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Originally Posted by richards6402  Don't mean to hijack this thread but maybe someone can answer this. I read an article in DOGS NATURALLY some time ago that AAFCO was a private corporation and not government regulated. The article also stated that some of the regulating members are from Purina, Hills and Monsanto. The article also stated they have no way enforcing any of their findings. Does anyone know more about AAFCO? I'm off to see if I can find the article. |
I emailed Nature's Logic directly about AAFCO and they are just a non-profit organization made up of state regulatory employees -- and they don't actually "certify" anything. Here is what Nature's Logic said exactly:
"AAFCO does not certify any product. It is a non-profit organization made up
of State Regulatory employees. The states can choose to adopt the AAFCO
Nutrient Profiles, of which many states do. So our products are registered
with states that adopt the dog and cat nutrient profiles found in the AAFCO
Publication.
Our dry dog and cat foods and canned dog foods are registered with states
where it is sold and is substantiated by passing AAFCO all life stage
feeding trials which the states accept for our product registration and for
doing commerce in their states.
The raw food is formulated to meet the AAFCO nutrient profile for dogs and
cats which is also accepted for registering our product in the states where
Nature's Logic is sold.
Our canned cat food still says for intermittent use, but that is changing
soon to being formulated to meet the AAFCO nutrient profile as does the raw
food.
The second page of the attachment gives some feeding trial information."