@pitlove, with due respect, there is no slander here on my part. It is perfectly legal and within AAFCO guidelines to send condemned animal parts including (but not limited to) animal by-products to rendering facilities to use in dog food.
I’d suggest doing your own research (after which you might wish to offer an apology).
An article published by this forum makes the same points I did:
“However, what makes some by-products edible (and others not) isn’t just a matter of what they are but how they’re handled after slaughter.
For example, giblets not refrigerated immediately after slaughter but stored for up to 24 hours in a hot offal trailer cannot be sold for human consumption.
Yet they can still be legally used for making pet food.
Likewise, dead-on-arrival animals or other condemned parts that have been declared inedible and unfit for human consumption can still be used for making pet food.”
/choosing-dog-food/animal-by-products/#fnref-3142-3
You really shouldn’t accuse others of “slander” when the practices of the pet food industry are widely known.
Bill
