Pet Food News

For anyone that’s read research from a reputable vet school, feeding raw food to a pet limits the nutrition they can take in. For instance, feeding a dog corn is useless but processed corn is like 95% digestible. For some reason, people think corn is bad or that cooking is better than buying food.

Does anyone have an idea where this started?

It probably started with someone who wanted to sell raw pet food.

I have a bachelor degree in veterinary medicine, and I should start working in a small business company that prepares pet food. The company is located in California. There fore, I will work with raw meat. Can someone please tell me what should I do to become qualified to work with meat, and if I need to attend any courses or pass some tests?

Thanks!
John

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Is it legal to use food stamps to make home-made pet food?

There are many recipes on the internet.

You most certainly have shown the "unbalance" of life in this system. Those that can barely afford to feed themselves, having "pets" and trying to feed them. Then there is the government that is a HUGE contradiction and to what they are giving people or taking away, L>O>L>!!! BUT, don’t forget they can spend billions on war paraphernalia. Even giving tons of food to Third World Countries, while charities are asking the average to low-income people in the States to GIVE when they are barely making it themselves. What can solve all this? Not man as described in Jer. 10:23 (He can’t even make a step without tripping himself and others) What is the remedy? Christ’s Kingdom. This is going to put an end to the corruption now, then make way for TRUE peace and security. Dan. 2:44; Ps. 37:10, 11; Isaiah 65:20-25 And we are having a spiritual fulfillment of these blessings now. By us being in a "Spiritual Paradise" we can receive blessings now that can protect us from all the corruption.

Okay, my pets food averages at about $3.92 per pound. I told my aunt this & she thought I was crazy to spend that much. Is it really that much? How much does your pet(s) food cost? What brand do you buy?

Nature’s Variety Instinct: It cost me about $3.95/lb. It does cost quite a bit more than what most people buy but that’s because most people feed grocery store brands, which were I’m at run about $0.75/lb. NVI works for my dog & it’s at least somewhat healthy, I’d like to start feeding raw eventually but if not I feel good feeding her this. Don’t worry my whole family thinks I’m crazy too.

One of my co-workers told me, that because dog/cat food is so cheap to buy in bulk, it’s common for old people to eat it. For that reason, he said, it’s common grocer policy to ask elderly people to prove they own pets when buying pet food in bulk.

Please, someone tell me this isn’t true.

That’s absurd.

I have read many articles whether they be fact or paranoia stating that the meat by products found in pet food is often cancerous organs of animals from human food facilities that are illegal to use for human consumption, or road kill, or even dead dogs and cats. Could a big company like fancy feast get away with this? I stay away from big name brands and only use holistic, natural food free of any bad ingredients but I’m concerned about this issue and why it’s happening and what is really in pet food.

AAFCO’s definition of "animal byproducts": the non rendered, clean parts, other than meat, derived from slaughtered mammals. It includes, but is not limited to, lungs, spleen, kidneys, brain, livers, blood, bone, partially defatted low-temperature fatty tissue and stomachs and intestines freed of their contents. They place no requirements on the type of animal, health of the animal, etc. They are usually sourced from slaughterhouses. Basically, it’s just about anything from any sort of animal that isn’t meat.

There is a list of pet food ingredients, and their AAFCO definitions, here: http://www.woodhavenlabs.com/dogfoods.html You’ll note that most of the non-specific ingredients (like Meat, Meat Meal, Meat and Bone meal, Animal Digest, Animal Fat, etc.) place NO requirements as far as the quality of the animal, species of the animal, health of the animal, etc. Some ingredients, like Animal Fat, are sourced from rendering plants. That’s where dead animals are sent when they’re not sale-able for any other purposes. They may have dropped dead in the field for unknown reasons, went down at the slaughterhouse due to ill-health, be roadkill picked up by the county road crews, euthanized shelter animals, euthanized horses, etc.

Yes, they can "get away" with it- because it’s legal, and most people could care less what they’re feeding their pet. Big pet food companies make more money when they use cheap ingredients. So they do. Most of them care about their bottom line, not the health of the pets their products feed.

I recently had a vet tell me I had to get a certain pet food. It was available in one store here and not available on the Net. However I went to a different vet she told me that type of food wasn’t the best. What goes?

Yes. Like with Science Diet, which is junk, but is pushed by vets that count on the "kickback" they’ll receive from Hills. I’d be more likely to trust a vet who recommended a good food that can be purchased in more stores than the vet’s.

I am currently unemployed and in dire need of pet food for my animals. Are there any local organizations (fort worth) that could be of assistance?

Don’t Forget to Feed Me. By taking advantage of the Tarrant Area Food Bank’s 13-county distribution system, Don’t Forget To Feed Me is able to reach out to pet owners via food pantries in Tarrant County. Here’s their website: www.dontforgettofeedme.org

I am seeking large bulk, airtight food containers for humans… about 25 lbs up. Do you know where I can buy these food containers for humans. The only airtight food containers I have found are for pet food. Can these containers be used for human food also?

ALL pet stores sell them. It makes absolutely no difference what the "recommended" purpose is. Use them for what you want.

I brought Preferred pet food cans for my cat from Pathmark and wanted to know if this is a good brand for her? I feed her friskies cans but changed it because it was making her have gas. I want to avoid feeding her dry foods so I’m searching for a brand of can foods that is affordable so I could keep her on it. Preferred pet food cans were very affordable it doesn’t contain wheat, soy or corn which I heard were ingredients to avoid when buying cat food.

I couldn’t find anything about it except a recall a couple of years ago. I wouldn’t let that alone stop you, though, since so many foods have had recalls in the past few years. Great that it doesn’t have wheat, soy, and corn. Not seeing the ingredients list makes it hard to say for sure but that’s a good start. The other thing I like to avoid is by-products, but by-products aren’t as bad as corn and wheat, in my opinion Another check is to make sure the meat is named. It’s good to see chicken or fish or whatever, vs "meat".