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Understanding the confusing regulation of pet food made easy (well, easier). Association for Truth in Pet Food provides consumers with ‘What to Know Before You Shop for Pet Food’, a pet food education document.

Understanding the confusing regulation of pet food made easy (well, easier). Association for Truth in Pet Food provides consumers with ‘What to Know Before You Shop for Pet Food’, a pet food educational booklet.

Choosing the right food for your pet is one of the most important decisions a consumer makes. Making that decision is challenging because pet food speaks a different language than human food. The term ‘chicken’ means one thing in human food, but could mean something very different in pet food. The words ‘Dinner’ or ‘Formula’ have specific meaning in pet food names. What is ‘crude protein’? What is a ‘meat meal’?

Association for Truth in Pet Food (ATPF) has compiled a booklet for consumers explaining many of the top confusing issues in pet food. Though not all inclusive (not sure there is a book big enough to explain it all), our goal with the booklet is to provide consumers a foundation to the ‘truth’ in pet food. Click Here to view.

Please feel free to share the booklet.

 

Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,

Susan Thixton
Pet Food Safety Advocate
Author Buyer Beware, Co-Author Dinner PAWsible
TruthaboutPetFood.com
Association for Truth in Pet Food

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The 2016 List
Susan’s List of trusted pet foods.  Click Here

 

The Other List
The List of pet foods I would not give my own pets. Click Here

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Cooking pet food made easy, Dinner PAWsible

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10 Comments

10 Comments

  1. Joan Johnston

    August 9, 2016 at 12:45 pm

    IS THIS TRUE?

    Currently there are no human grade
    canned pet foods. There are moist pet
    foods that are human grade, sold frozen
    in tubs. Because canned foods are
    so popular in human food, canned pet
    food could easily become human
    grade if the manufacturer followed all
    food regulation (human grade ingredients
    and supplements). But to our
    knowledge there are no human grade
    canned pet foods currently.

    • Susan Thixton

      August 9, 2016 at 12:51 pm

      Yes. In the past there was a canned pet food made in a human food facility, but that company sold and the new owners do not manufacture in a human food plant. To my knowledge, no canned pet food is human grade right now.

  2. lorraine penick

    August 9, 2016 at 3:44 pm

    Love it! Can I purchase several pamphlets as I am always being asked what I feed my poodles and my first reply is human grade food? Would love to have a few to give to people who ask that question. Thank-you Facebook hacked again, second time this year, but they also got my phone. Lorraine Penick Paris

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    • Susan Thixton

      August 9, 2016 at 3:59 pm

      There is no purchase for this – you can print as many copies as you like or share digitally.

  3. CM

    August 9, 2016 at 3:47 pm

    I got this info off Weruva’s site. I’m a bit confused! So does this mean that their food is or isn’t “human grade”?

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    Is Weruva human grade?

    Though many brands use the term “human grade” to describe their ingredients, “human grade” is not defined by the pet food industry or by pet food regulators. Sure, a human could eat the ingredients in pet foods, but are the same quality ingredients actually being used in products for people?

    Not only do we use ingredients that truly go into products for people, we also make our pet food in a human food facility according to international human food standards. As it is not defined, we avoid the term “human grade” and instead provide the details and facts about our ingredients and processes and let our customers make the decision. We best describe our foods as “Weruva Grade!”

    • Susan Thixton

      August 9, 2016 at 4:01 pm

      I don’t know if human food facilities in Thailand are accepted here for pet food, but human grade is officially defined. I was on the working group that wrote the definition.

  4. Sherrie Ashenbremer

    August 9, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    Very scary

  5. Beth Marousek

    August 10, 2016 at 9:20 am

    Thank you so very much for providing such a well constructed guide!! I will share it with others. Will be sending a donation, too.

  6. Johanna

    August 10, 2016 at 10:06 am

    Susan, this is absolutely brilliant! Thank you, will be sharing like crazy!

  7. Jude

    August 11, 2016 at 9:01 pm

    Wonderful booklet filled with detailed info. Now if we can get our friends and their friends… To read it and digest it!

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Human Grade & Feed Grade
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The Regulations
Pet Food is regulated by federal and state authorities. Unfortunately, authorities ignore many safety laws. Click Here to learn more about the failures of the U.S. pet food regulatory system.

 

The Many Styles of Pet Food
An overview of the categories, styles, legal requirements and recall data of commercial pet food in the U.S. Click Here.

 

The Ingredients
Did you know that all pet food ingredients have a separate definition than the same ingredient in human food? Click Here.

Click Here for definitions of animal protein ingredients.

Click Here to calculate carbohydrate percentage in your pet’s food.

 

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If your pet has become sick or has died you believe is linked to a pet food, it is important to report the issue to FDA and your State Department of Agriculture.

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