Is Pet Food ´People´ Safe?
When I officially began reviewing pet foods, companies I contacted shared without hesitation if their foods used human grade or pet grade meat ingredients. Now I am seeing a shift in that. These days many are telling me they use human grade/quality ingredients even though their pet food ingredient listing says otherwise. To me, the topic of human grade meat should not be a gray area. A piece of chicken or beef is either suitable for me to consume or it´s not. That is not the case with pet food. Today alone I spoke with two different manufacturers and both assured me they use USDA Grade A human grade/quality ingredients. However both of these pet food manufacturers have by-products in the majority of their foods which is a contradiction to AAFCO pet food ingredient definition of a human food (AAFCO is American Association of Feed Control Officials who develops animal feed ingredient definitions and animal feed regulations). By-products – by AAFCO definition are not considered human food
