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MonsterDad wrote:Chicken and turkey by-products are generally skin, undeveloped eggs, organs, feet and necks. Mammal ingredients like Lamb for example can just be called 'Lamb". You would have to ask regulators why chicken and turkey have two definitions but Lamb has one.

It is a shame people worry about this and sad the internet has such information.

CRaul.M01 wrote:I read online that by-products can contain hair, hooves and floor sweepings, is this true? We Always order our Dog and Cat online on this sites:
https://www.petfooddirect.com or http://www.happypetsnow.com/

and so far everything is fine and normal want wanna know if you encounter this problems and sometime they eat table food as well. Thanks and Cheers to ya'll.

ezzy333 wrote:

MonsterDad wrote:Chicken and turkey by-products are generally skin, undeveloped eggs, organs, feet and necks. Mammal ingredients like Lamb for example can just be called 'Lamb". You would have to ask regulators why chicken and turkey have two definitions but Lamb has one.

It is a shame people worry about this and sad the internet has such information.

The label is required to have certain info so if it is chicken it will be labeled chicken, turkey labeled as turkey, and lamb as lamb.

MonsterDad wrote:

ezzy333 wrote:

MonsterDad wrote:Chicken and turkey by-products are generally skin, undeveloped eggs, organs, feet and necks. Mammal ingredients like Lamb for example can just be called 'Lamb". You would have to ask regulators why chicken and turkey have two definitions but Lamb has one.

It is a shame people worry about this and sad the internet has such information.

The label is required to have certain info so if it is chicken it will be labeled chicken, turkey labeled as turkey, and lamb as lamb.

The definition of Lamb includes lamb by-products, like organs, bones etc. The word 'tissue" is used so that includes bones and organs.

This is not the same as Chicken or Turkey, where chicken and turkey muscle meat are called one thing and other parts are called "by-products".

MonsterDad wrote:

ezzy333 wrote:

MonsterDad wrote:Chicken and turkey by-products are generally skin, undeveloped eggs, organs, feet and necks. Mammal ingredients like Lamb for example can just be called 'Lamb". You would have to ask regulators why chicken and turkey have two definitions but Lamb has one.

It is a shame people worry about this and sad the internet has such information.

The label is required to have certain info so if it is chicken it will be labeled chicken, turkey labeled as turkey, and lamb as lamb.

The definition of Lamb includes lamb by-products, like organs, bones etc. The word 'tissue" is used so that includes bones and organs.

This is not the same as Chicken or Turkey, where chicken and turkey muscle meat are called one thing and other parts are called "by-products".

cjhills wrote:

MonsterDad wrote:

ezzy333 wrote:

The definition of Lamb includes lamb by-products, like organs, bones etc. The word 'tissue" is used so that includes bones and organs.

This is not the same as Chicken or Turkey, where chicken and turkey muscle meat are called one thing and other parts are called "by-products".

Ezzy, Do you see question marks in munster's post? Munster is not asking you a question , but making a statement....Cj

CRaul.M01 wrote:I read online that by-products can contain hair, hooves and floor sweepings, is this true? We Always order our Dog and Cat online on this sites:
https://www.petfooddirect.com or http://www.happypetsnow.com/

and so far everything is fine and normal want wanna know if you encounter this problems and sometime they eat table food as well. Thanks and Cheers to ya'll.

Spy Car wrote:

CRaul.M01 wrote:I read online that by-products can contain hair, hooves and floor sweepings, is this true? We Always order our Dog and Cat online on this sites:
https://www.petfooddirect.com or http://www.happypetsnow.com/

and so far everything is fine and normal want wanna know if you encounter this problems and sometime they eat table food as well. Thanks and Cheers to ya'll.

Legally by-products can not include hair, horns, teeth and hoofs, beyond a reasonable amount that might slip past processors.

Many of the things found in by-products are very beneficial, and it would be a shame to waste these things when they are good for dogs.

The ugly part is that slaughterhouses can let these otherwise healthful items slop on the ground and become quite contaminated, even to the point where they are condemned for human consumption by inspectors. And it is still legal to use the condemned ingredients—and even to state they were sourced from "USDA inspected plants" (without mentioning they were condemned at the slaughterhouse) so long as they are trucked to a rendering plant.

So the answer is complex. Many by-products (if fresh and wholesome) are fantastic ingredients for dogs to eat. But the reality is many of these by-products are rotten and spoiled by the time they are rendered into dog food.

Bill

ezzy333 wrote:

Spy Car wrote:

CRaul.M01 wrote:I read online that by-products can contain hair, hooves and floor sweepings, is this true? We Always order our Dog and Cat online on this sites:
https://www.petfooddirect.com or http://www.happypetsnow.com/

and so far everything is fine and normal want wanna know if you encounter this problems and sometime they eat table food as well. Thanks and Cheers to ya'll.

Legally by-products can not include hair, horns, teeth and hoofs, beyond a reasonable amount that might slip past processors.

Is this not true?

Many of the things found in by-products are very beneficial, and it would be a shame to waste these things when they are good for dogs.

Is this not true?

This is not true in any way or form.