Do you know what's in your pets food? That there is stuff like restaurant grease, diseased animals, etc?

[dickens93]

I bet very few people know this- its been wonderfully hidden by the media. Just read on.

There is/was a court lawsuit going on against Hill's Science Diet (owned by Colgate-Palmolive Company), Iams (owned by Procter & Gamble), Purina or Beneful (Nestle), as well as various other brands for the inclusion of 'inedible garbage'.

This inedible garbage goes under the name of 'meat', 'meat meal', or 'meat by-products' on the pet food's ingredient list.
Generally, this 'meat' is unnamed, and can be called mystery meat, or by the Plaintiffs, 'inedible garbage'. These food companies are being filed against for these ingredients, which may include the following:
"wholly or partially [made] of
inedible garbage unfit for human consumption, including, but not limited to, restaurant grease,
roadkill, hair, blood, pus, esophagi, chicken heads, feet and intestines, cow brains, excrement,
fetal tissue, moldy grains, hulls, styrofoam packaging from discarded supermarket meat,
euthanized animals, including cats and dogs, and/or diseased, dying, disabled and dead animals.".

How do the pet food companies get away with not having to list this on their labels?
A Rendering Plant pretty much gather all that delicious, nutritious 'meat' and blends it together, labelling it as 'meat', 'meat meal' or 'meat by-products'. It is sold to pet food companies as 'meat/meal/by-product', and when included into the ingredients list, it can be legally listed as 'meat' and whatever.

Read more on the lawsuit here: http://www.mflegal.com/petfoodlawsuit . Look under the 'Download Third Amended Class Action Complaint ' link.

And if you don't believe this, give me a reason as to why there's nothing wrong with companies not being able to tell you the actual type of meat in their foods.


For your own education:
www.dogfoodanalysis.com
www.catinfo.org

And there are many, many more sites.

I will be reposting this question once a week so that it can be viewed by as many people as possible, edited with new information (if that is allowed!)

[gervaso81]

I am well aware of the crap in pet food. Which is why I feed: Taste Of The Wild Dog Food, Wellness 95% Meat Dog Food, RAW, Chicken Soup Cat Food, Premium Edge Cat Food, and Felidae Cat Food.

I'm glad Iams, Purina, and crap-in-a-can Hills are being sued- they downright deserve it.

[montrel68]

I was aware of some of this, but a lot of this info is new to me. Thanks for posting and I will forward this info to friends. These companies disgust me.

[kienan]

Yeah, I was kind of aware of this. Thankfully, I feed Solid Gold, so I don't have do deal with this. :)


Did you know some "experts" say that food doesn't m atter? This proves them wrong.

[artzai]

Although I, myself, am aware of it, I always find it so hard to believe that so many owners DONT know this. And that they honestly believe Science Diet and crap like that is good for their dog. I mean, I didnt have someone come up to me and say "hey, this food is bad, this food is good". I checked myself. I dont see the point in feeding a dog or any animal something that you dont know whats in it. So many people feed poop to their animals on the basis of "I didnt know/my vet said/my neighbours feed it...." Whats so hard about taking the initiative and finding out for YOURSELF?!!
There would be worldwide outrage if food companies stopped putting ingrediant lists on human food just because they didnt want you to know what was in it - no different to pet food companies covering up with fancy words.

[bedyw25]

Wow, that's awful.. I knew there was crap going on but not to that extent.

I DO KNOW roadkill was given to the COWS used for our beef mixed in their grain as well as our euthanized pets you leave at the VET and pets put to sleep at the ASPCA. Talk about gross.

[zacchaeus21]

I believe all of it and have read it in many other places. Most pet food companies are in it for the money, not the animals. Good for you to be spreading the word.

[pascoe69]

i dont believe that for a second.. no offense but i give my dog the science diet food and i have heard from reliable sources that it is the best dog food you could give your pet if it wasnt good i dont think that my sources would have lied to me. and these people are in the animal business and know what they are talking about.


ok honestly do you know how much road kill they would have to scrape off the road to feed all of America's dogs? theres no way in heck that there is enough to do that i dont care what anyone says....

[laureano97]

I bet very few people know this- its been wonderfully hidden by the media. Just read on.

There is/was a court lawsuit going on against Hill's Science Diet (owned by Colgate-Palmolive Company), Iams (owned by Procter & Gamble), Purina or Beneful (Nestle), as well as various other brands for the inclusion of 'inedible garbage'.

This inedible garbage goes under the name of 'meat', 'meat meal', or 'meat by-products' on the pet food's ingredient list.
Generally, this 'meat' is unnamed, and can be called mystery meat, or by the Plaintiffs, 'inedible garbage'. These food companies are being filed against for these ingredients, which may include the following:
"wholly or partially [made] of
inedible garbage unfit for human consumption, including, but not limited to, restaurant grease,
roadkill, hair, blood, pus, esophagi, chicken heads, feet and intestines, cow brains, excrement,
fetal tissue, moldy grains, hulls, styrofoam packaging from discarded supermarket meat,
euthanized animals, including cats and dogs, and/or diseased, dying, disabled and dead animals.".

How do the pet food companies get away with not having to list this on their labels?
A Rendering Plant pretty much gather all that delicious, nutritious 'meat' and blends it together, labelling it as 'meat', 'meat meal' or 'meat by-products'. It is sold to pet food companies as 'meat/meal/by-product', and when included into the ingredients list, it can be legally listed as 'meat' and whatever.

Read more on the lawsuit here: http://www.mflegal.com/petfoodlawsuit . Look under the 'Download Third Amended Class Action Complaint ' link.

And if you don't believe this, give me a reason as to why there's nothing wrong with companies not being able to tell you the actual type of meat in their foods.


For your own education:
www.dogfoodanalysis.com
www.catinfo.org

And there are many, many more sites.

I will be reposting this question once a week so that it can be viewed by as many people as possible, edited with new information (if that is allowed!)