What's REALLY in your Dog or Cat's Food? Source: Susan Thixton, Truth About Pet Food
This is what the Director of the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine has been quoted as saying..
The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine itself allows illegal (per federal law) waste to be disposed of in animal feed and pet food with no warning or disclosure to consumers. Dr. Steven Solomon, director of FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, stated “we do not believe that the use of diseased animals or animals that died otherwise than by slaughter to make animal food poses a safety concern and we intend to continue to exercise enforcement discretion.”
In other words, the FDA considers this to be allowed... ( this picture was taken at a Pet Food Manufacturing Plant)
*(warning the photo below may be distressing) |