Shelters feeding animals.. animals?

[pomtzu]

I find this hard to believe. I seriously doubt that the FDA would allow diseased animals, or those with various drugs in their system, do be processed for consumption. Processed and used as fertilizer has long been an acceptable practice, but as food???? Nah - very doubtful IMO.

[luvofallhorses]

Sounds like a crock of bullcrap to me. I have never even heard of that so I *highly* doubt it's true. I work at an animal shelter and that does not happen even in high kill shelters..

[moosmom]

I find this just plain GROSS!!!

[IRescue452]

Doesn't anybody remember how Nutro used to test positive for phenobarbitol in like the 90's?

[Freedom]

I find this hard to believe. I seriously doubt that the FDA would allow diseased animals, or those with various drugs in their system, do be processed for consumption. Processed and used as fertilizer has long been an acceptable practice, but as food???? Nah - very doubtful IMO.

Ellie, the DA does not regulate pet foods. No one does; it is a self regulated industry. And yes, diseased, roadkill, euthanized animals can find their way into processed kibble.

Click on this link:
http://www.acreaturecomfort.com/ratingpetfood.htm

Scroll down to the GLOSSARY, and read MEAT BY PRODUCTS. You do NOT want a food that lists this on the label.

This is also discussed in The Whole Pet Diet, by Andi Brown. Check it out at your library, she also makes it clear that many of the dog kibbles include stuff you wouldn't believe make it into your pet's food. This is why we need to read labels for our pets, just as we have had to learn to do this for ourselves. We need to stick to high quality foods, and know what is in them.

[Lady's Human]

The FDA doesn't regulate pet foods, however, rendering plants are highly regulated entities, and have been for decades.

The plant Pa worked at mainly produced fertilizer,meat scrap, and tallow, and had to turn away animals many times because they couldn't source the animals or tell the plant how the animals had died, and that was in the early 1960s.

[king2005]

Doesn't anybody remember how Nutro used to test positive for phenobarbitol in like the 90's?

This is why I read the whole post before posting what you posted. I was wondering if anyone else remembered that.

You guys need to watch Dirty Jobs the TV show.. there is one about rendering farm animals & what its used for & which animals get rendered... Gross yes, but its a VERY good watch & very educational.