When They Brag About Waste – Truth about Pet Food

July 15, 2022 Kar-Bay-Inc 0 Comments

PetFoodProcessing.net – an industry news website – recently published a story regarding a food and pet food ingredient supplier. The story shared that Global Food Ingredients Ltd. just completed a “state-of-the-art facility” in Zealandia, Saskatchewan.

Quoting the story (bold added): “Our new pea splitting facility is a cornerstone to GFI’s plant-based ingredients strategy, using leading edge technology to provide top quality split peas to food markets, while also providing inputs for our pet food ingredients business, connecting our business lines and maximizing margins while eliminating waste.”

Another quote: “Byproducts from the facility will be used to support the company’s Plant-Based Pet Food Ingredients segment, decreasing potential waste.”

In other words, the “top quality split peas” processed by this company are sold to human food companies, while their waste is sold to pet food.

Does any pet food label disclose to pet owners pea ingredients are “byproducts” or “waste”?

No, they don’t.

While industry brags about “eliminating waste“, pet food labels are lying to consumers. Ingredients on pet food packages are not disclosed as byproducts, waste, or leftovers from human food. Instead they are falsely labeled with the exact same ingredient name as the human food ingredient; peas, chicken, and so on. Those waste ingredients could (emphasis could) provide nutrition in a pet food, but as evidenced by this story – those ingredients are not truthfully labeled on a pet food package.

We intend to file an official request with FDA (Citizen Petition) regarding this blatant mislabeling issue in the near future. When that document is submitted, we’ll share that document and ask pet owners to submit comments to FDA.

In the meantime, all pet owners can do is to ask your pet food manufacturer for full disclosure to quality of ingredients. Ask if ingredients are human grade (edible) or feed grade. Human grade would be food quality, the same as in your food. Feed grade could be waste.

Wishing you and your pet the best –

Susan Thixton
Pet Food Safety Advocate
TruthaboutPetFood.com
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