Sentences with phrase «pet food companies claim»

I also love Answers Pet Food and I understand that Caru and Frenchie's Kitchen are also human - grade (actually human - grade, v. the phony «human - grade» food which most pet food companies claim, but few actually are by law).

Many pet food companies claim to use human grade meat, but there is a distinct difference between human grade meat, and meat sold at restaurants and supermarkets.

What are pet foods companies claiming and what are they really telling you when they use these labels?

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«A pet food company that has taken the time and money to have feeding trials performed on their food has essentially proved that their diet works as they claim it does,» Miller says.

Once again, claim pet owners, their beloved and innocent family members are dying from eating food items that US companies are importing from China.

Many pet food companies make claims that are not true or try to persuade pet owners by using key words like «grain free», «organic», «all natural», and «no preservatives».

In summary, some claims by pet food companies are just marketing, without real science to back up their advertisements.

In order for a company to make a claim on pet food packaging, that claim must be verifiable by the FDA.

However, there are some organizations that set organic standards and guidelines that pet owners can follow to make sure that a pet food company's claims of organic ingredients on the label are indeed truthful.

The guidelines offered by agencies such as the Oregon Tilth Certified Organic Program and the Center for Veterinary Medicine, along with the USDA give pet owners some basis by which to determine if a pet food company's organic claims are true.

While very few pet food companies can make this claim, your pet will appreciate that we can.

Dr. William Burkholder, D.V.M., Ph.D, the Center for Veterinary Medicine's pet food specialist, recommends looking at the list of ingredients, the life stage claim in the nutritional adequacy statement, and the company's contact information.

This second best puppy food formula is made without any byproducts or meat meals, and the company claims this as «holistic» food, although this marketing term has no meaning under FDA and AAFCO pet food labeling requirements.

These organizations are very uneasy whenever a pet food company makes claims that their food is «human grade.»

Its not just consumers who've had an ax to grind against Blue Buffalo, competitor Nestlé Purina PetCare of St. Louis claimed to have used a «sophisticated, independent lab» to analyze Blue Buffalo pet food to see if the company's claims of «no poultry by - product meal.»

No agency requires proof of pet food health claims, and no pet food company is willing to invest in decades of research to determine whether its products keep animals healthier and extend their lives, the authors state.

While using the «human grade» claim is somewhat rare on pet food labeling, companies do seem to use the term more freely on their web sites and in - store materials.

There are US importers that resell ingredients sourced overseas and some pet food companies buy from these «middle men» and then claim that their ingredients are domestic.

A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit claiming Blue Buffalo Company, Ltd. pet foods labeling was false and deceptive and that it falsely claimed that the products do not include chicken / poultry by - product meals, corn, wheat or soy, or artificial preservatives.

Technically, only foods that are produced in USDA - inspected plants for human foods qualify as «human grade» and only a few pet food companies can honestly make that claim.

It has more difficulty regulating other claims that pet food companies may make, such as «organic» or «human - grade ingredients.»

In order for this to become a reality in the pet food industry, more concerned owners need to demand higher standards and challenge companies that make inaccurate claims.

The vast majority of pet foods are safe and regulations are increasing to protect our pets from companies that would cut corners on source testing, manufacturing processes or make false claims.

The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) regulates labeling of cat food in the United States so that companies can't make claims about pet food products that are untrue.

Very few pet food companies can claim that their product is free from the chicken egg to the chicken.

But, those boastful claims came back to bite them in the ass when the company was forced to admit last month in a lawsuit with Purina that «a «substantial» and «material» portion of Blue Buffalo pet food sold to consumers contained poultry by - product meal.»

Over recent years, the firm has defended food and pet companies in multiple consumer class action claims, over a dozen of which were based in California.