How Is The Largest Beef Recall In History Connected To Pets?
You have probably heard about the beef recall. The major networks have aired a video provided by The Humane Society showing downed cattle – sick/diseased cattle unable to stand – being shoved with a fork lift into the slaughter area (if you are courageous, link to the video is below). It is extremely difficult to watch and frightening to think that a unscrupulous meat processor would ignore safety protocol and endanger U.S. citizens by processing sick or diseased animals into human food. Pet owners should take special notice of this story – because even though it is illegal to process downed cattle into human food – it is legal and common practice to process downed cattle into pet food. The FDA considers downed cattle SRMs – Specified Risk Materials.SRMs are known risks to spread mad cow disease and it is illegal for SRM animals to be processed into the human food chain as well as being processed into ruminant (cattle, sheep, pig) feed.It is however, legal and common practice to proces
