You Can’t Put Perfume on Condemned, Diseased, Decomposing Byproducts – Truth about Pet Food
The pet food industry thinks pet owners are confused about by-products. The problem is lack of transparency, not confusion.
A recent post on the pet food/animal feed industry website PetFoodIndustry.com states “for years, there’s been a disconnect between the pet food industry and consumers about the value of byproducts.” The industry feels the bad sentiment from pet owners against byproducts is “wasting the potential of human food stream leftovers.”
If they are listening (and if they care about consumers they should be), here’s the truth about how most pet owners feel about byproducts…
Most pet owners have no issue with healthy internal organs being processed into pet food as a byproduct left over from USDA inspected and passed animals slaughtered for human consumption.
What we do have a problem with is condemned internal organs that are processed into pet food as a byproduct (a violation of federal law) with NO disclosure on the pet food label. We have a problem with illegal, non-slaughtered, decomposing, dead livestock processed into pet food as a byproduct with a picture of a grilled steak on the pet food label. We have a problem with the huge lack of transparency in quality of ingredients.
We have a problem with a pet food/animal feed ingredient supplier claiming they make “Nutritional, functional, sustainable ingredients for animals” and see that the ‘nutritional ingredients’ they produce are sourced from this:
We have a problem with the above ‘nutritional’ raw material dumped on pavement, in the sun, in July – building up massive loads of bacteria that when cooked produce massive loads of endotoxins poisoning pets.
We have a problem with FDA and every other pet food regulatory authority ignoring laws allowing industry to dump illegal waste (such as diseased animals and animals that have died other than by slaughter) in pet foods with no warning or disclosure on the label.
No, sorry. The pet food industry cannot claim it’s us (pet owners) that just don’t understand the value of byproducts. There’s no “sustainability story” you can tell to convince us illegal waste is suitable nutrition for our pets.
If the industry feels so darn certain condemned, diseased, decomposing byproducts are quality nutrition, then disclose the ingredient quality on the pet food label.
They can’t have it both ways. They can’t complain pet owners just don’t understand while putting perfume on illegal waste. You want our confidence in byproducts? Stop using illegal waste and give us guarantees to ingredient quality.
Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,
Susan Thixton
Pet Food Safety Advocate
TruthaboutPetFood.com
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