You can report complaints about FDA - regulated
pet food products by calling the consumer complaint coordinator in your area.
Not exact matches
It also produces and sells
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products derived from its meat processing operations, such as hides and variety meats, to customers in the clothing,
pet food and automotive industries, among others.
From breads and pastas to
pet food and cosmetics, find out which
products have been certified gluten - free
by GIG
I know many people who make sure that meat
by -
products are not on the list in their
pet food ingredients, yet this crap is OK for human consumption?
Believe it or not, most commercial
pet foods contain rendered animal
by -
products (EW!).
PB: In April, KLN Family Brands was the first
pet food manufacturer to pull its
products off of Chewy.com in the wake of the online retailer's acquisition
by PetSmart.
According to Tack — and many other industry experts — much of the demand for «Made in the USA»
food and treats is driven
by ongoing high - profile reports about unsafe
products and ingredients from China — reports that all - too - often include a death toll of
pets.
Let's start
by defining some common ingredients listed on a
pet food ingredient panel - chicken, chicken meal, chicken
by -
product, and chicken
by -
product meal.
However, it is also worth pointing out to
pet owners the difference between supplements and
products such as dewormers, ear - mite treatments and flea - and - tick
products that are regulated
by governmental bodies like the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and / or the Environmental Production Agency (EPA).
Stop me if you've heard this one before... A small
pet product company starts off
by exclusively serving
pet stores, eventually grows into prominence and promptly moves on to seek its fortunes in the
food / drug / mass (FDM) channel.
In 2004, Primal
Pet Foods got a big boost in growing its presence on
pet store shelves when its
products were picked up
by a local
pet food distributor in Northern California.
Pro Plan, like all of Purina's
foods and
products, is developed
by a team of passionate
pet nutritionists, veterinarians and scientists based on more than 90 years of research.
Innovative
pet food concepts have long played a critical role in helping independent
pet specialty stores compete against grocery and mass retailers
by providing them with an opportunity to display an advanced understanding of
pet nutrition and offer customers
products that deliver a host of benefits.
In fact, 84 percent of
pet retailers surveyed
by Pet Business indicated that at least half of their
pet food lineup is made in the USA, with 69 percent reporting that these
products make up 75 percent or more of their assortment.
Did you know that using chicken
by -
product in
pet food is good for the environment!
A good
food company will do strict monitoring of the quality of chicken and
by -
product that comes into their
pet food factories.
Pets are being pampered
by their owners to the tune of $ 50.96 billion a year including everything from
food, toys and other
products such as
pet beds.
For example, Miller explains that when a
pet food label lists chicken
by -
products as the protein, that means a chicken carcass that has had all of the meat used for human consumption removed (breast meat, wings, thighs, legs), but still contains the cleaned organ meat and bones with leftover meat on them.
With more dog owners dialing into the benefits of feeding their
pets raw
foods, the freeze - dried category is taking off, fueled
by these
products» nutritional value, ease - of - use and portability.
«We are also seeing increased awareness toward wholefood ingredients, with
pet parents looking for treats made with real
food ingredients, not
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products or fillers.»
Nutram
Pet Products Nutram
Pet Products» balanced and optimized
pet food lines are carefully crafted
by a team of nutrition experts.
Originally intended to make dinner safe for
food allergic
pets, LID
products have now been adopted
by pet owners who simply want to know, for sure, what is in the
food they serve their
pets.
Find out what a chicken
by -
product is and whether if it's a good or bad ingredient to have in your
pet's
food.
Staff show their compassion to less - fortunate animals
by hosting monthly adoption events, rescuing shelter
pets, and donating
food,
products, and money to local shelters.
Any
pet food containing
by -
products contains Ethoxyquin.
For example, a
by -
product of soy beans is Vitamin E. Manufacturers of high - quality
pet foods only use
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product components that add nutritional value and palatablity.
Toxic
products from spoiled foodstuffs Drug residues Hormone levels comparable to amounts that have produced cancer in laboratory animals Artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives, all of which he claims are responsible for an epidemic of cancer and degenerative diseases And even euthanized dogs and cats, which he claims «are routinely rendered
by veterinary hospitals or shelters and recycled into
pet food.»
Anticrueltystore.com, generously provided
by Petango, enables users to shop for
pet food, flea & tick control and heartworm prevention medicine, and a huge variety of
pet - related
products all while benefiting The Anti-Cruelty Society.
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products in
pet foods that meet Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) guidelines come from clean animal parts other than meat, such as liver, kidneys and other organs which are an excellent source of protein.
Hill's will reformulate Science Diet
pet foods because some consumers were making
product choices based primarily on set criteria for ingredients, rather than the overall promise of superior nutrition, backed
by clinical research.
The veterinarian will work with you to test various types of
food (natural, organic, with or without
by -
product, gluten - free, etc.) and various proteins (beef, chicken, lamb, salmon, etc.) to determine which
food works best for your
pet.
For the Acana
pet food company, it is not enough to simply load up their
products with meat — they go one step further
by following the Whole Prey philosophy of nutrition.
While the brand was started
by Paul Newman when he began bottling and selling his homemade salad dressings, it has since expanded into a versatile brand that offers a variety of
products including
pet foods.
Many commercial
pet foods are nutritionally inadequate and contain harmful additives and
by -
products.
As part of an ongoing investigation into complaints associated with
products manufactured by Arrow Reliance / Darwin's Natural of Tukwila, WA, the FDA has confirmed that new samples of Darwin's Natural Pet Products raw pet foods have tested positive for Sal
products manufactured
by Arrow Reliance / Darwin's Natural of Tukwila, WA, the FDA has confirmed that new samples of Darwin's Natural
Pet Products raw pet foods have tested positive for Sal
Products raw
pet foods have tested positive for Salmonella.
Some
pet food companies suggest that
foods that contain
by -
products are of a lower quality, but the term doesn't deserve this reputation.
If a
pet food product carries the AAFCO statement of nutritional adequacy it doesn't necessarily mean that the
food is of high - quality — this statement simply means that the
product meets the minimum nutritional requirements for dogs as set forth
by the agency.
It is not uncommon for
pet food manufacturers to reduce the fat content of their
products by reducing the meat content.
The Premium Edge brand of dog
food is produced and manufactured
by Diamond
Pet Foods that has been offering quality
pet food products for more than 40 years.
After reviewing the testimonials of
pet owners that attest to often spectacular improvements in animals» health and wellbeing once they are taken off these kinds of highly processed,
food - industry based
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products filled with synthetic additives, I am convinced that veterinarians applying an evidence - based medical approach to
pet health problems will be gratified when there is due attention given to what the patients are being fed, and appropriate dietary changes are prescribed.
In general,
pet food manufacturers are aware of changes that occur in their
products during processing, and compensate for heat - sensitive ingredients
by adding supplements, such as extra vitamins, but alterations in proteins and fats are not generally accounted for.
Blue Buffalo has not returned dvm360's requests for comment, but on its website its FAQ page continues to claim that «Blue
pet food contains no chicken or poultry -
by -
product meals.»
A year to the day after Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. brought its lawsuit against Blue Buffalo Co. LTD, Purina spokesperson Keith Schopp said, «Through a $ 50 million annual advertising campaign that flooded airwaves and
pet food aisles alike, Blue Buffalo told consumers over and over, emphatically and without qualification, that its
products never contain poultry
by -
product meal.»
«Giblet» is another name for organ meats, which are commonly listed on
pet food labels as «
by -
products.»
No matter what other
pet food manufacturers, sales people or advertising brochures might claim, almost all of the ingredients used in their
foods are
by -
products and are not meant for human consumption!
Secondly, since the introduction of super-premium dry
pet foods in the mid-70's, manufacturers of super-premium
pet foods demand a super-premium grade of poultry or chicken
by -
product meal.
The companion animal and
pet food industry the world over owes its very existence to the use of
by -
products from the human
food processing chain.
By definition, both chicken and chicken meal that is used in pet foods are by - products, even though these ingredients may come from a human food processing plant and technically were at one time human grade foo
By definition, both chicken and chicken meal that is used in
pet foods are
by - products, even though these ingredients may come from a human food processing plant and technically were at one time human grade foo
by -
products, even though these ingredients may come from a human
food processing plant and technically were at one time human grade
food.
The U.S.
Food and Drug Administration recently announced that Diggers Natural Treat Pig Ear
pet treats distributed
by Boss
Pet Products, Inc. between November 2010 and April 2011 could be contaminated with salmonella after it was reported a dog in Missouri was sickened with salmonella.
Before going further, we need to understand what
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products are, where they come from and how they are used to make healthful, nutritionally balanced, complete
foods for our closest companions — our
pets.