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IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THE PRACTICES OF THE PET FOOD INDUSTRY!!!!! Introduction
FACT: What is says on the ingredient list of a bag of pet food might
not even be in the bag. Yes, the association that is supposed to police your pets food, the AAFCO require manufacturers to meet the ACTUAL ingredient lists ONLY ONCE every six months. (More on who the AAFCO in a moment). The pet food industry has begun to tell us to ignore ingredient lists and to instead concentrate on the percentages of nutrition listed on a bag. Percentages are important, but I want to know what exactly is in the bag today, not just percentages as I would imagine most folks do. Imagine going to someone's home for dinner. You are served a gelatinous form. You ask what is on your dinner plate and all they will tell you is it contains 9% protein and 16% fat. This is unacceptable for us and it should be unacceptable for our pets too. All we have now as pet companions in the way of information and guarantee is actually nothing but industry assurances. Why even make an ingredient list if it isn't a guarantee of what is in the bag? And what about the real quality of those ingredients? I I want to know what is in that bag today, not six months from now. As consumers what do you have on a label of pet food that assures you of what you are getting? Percentages according to the pet food industry. Percentages are not enough! Enough is enough. We need to start making these companies responsible for what they produce. The example above is just one of many example of it's type. It's what normally goes on in the pet food industry. There are many issues involving pet food that we as consumers have no control or knowledge of. It's time to change that. The pet food has slowly changed the primary ingredient of our pet food from meat to grains. In fact you can take some of today's most well-known and most expensive bags of cat and dog food and the ingredient list will be nearly the same as the ingredients in a bag of chicken feed. The pet food industry has begun a campaign designed to have you ignore the fact that your pet is being served an expensive bag of cereal in favor of you simply looking at percentages of fat and protein. This is wrong. Pet food companies have increased profits by switching to grain based diets but at what cost to your pet? Cats and dogs are designed to eat the same types of foods as you. Cat in fact are true carnivores meaning they need to eat meat proteins to thrive. Yet the primary ingredients in the top five selling cat foods are all grain based. Protein can be extruded from cereal grains as pet food companies are now doing, but not in the biologically correct percentages necessary for your dogs and cats long-term health. Is it no wonder why our animals are now suffering from human-like diseases that did not exist in animals forty years ago? In humans we see what too many grains in the diet does to our health. Is it no wonder why dog and cats are becoming obese at levels never before seen? FACT: When you read "Our pet foods are made following AAFCO guidelines and must pass stringent testing" on a pet food bag, know that this statement has little to do with the health of an animal over a lifetime. What is the AAFCO? As of now the industry polices themselves with an organization called the AAFCO which is an association, not a government regulatory board. It's members consist of nothing more than pet food manufacturers and scientists who work for those companies. The AAFCO 'acts' like a government agency. Also know that a pet food need not be approved by the AAFCO to be sold. This might not sound good but let's see how 'stringent' the guidelines are. Maybe then you'll realize why some pet food companies choose not to be part of the AAFCO's approval process. To be approved by the AAFCO you must start with 8 dogs older than 1 yr. of age. At the start all dogs must be normal weight & health. A blood test is taken from each dog at the start and finish of the test. For 6 months, the dogs must only eat the food being tested. In that six months of time, the dogs finishing the test must not lose more than 15% of their body weight. So in six months time a dog weighing 60 pounds cannot loose nine pounds. In addition, during the test, none of the dogs used are to die or be removed because of nutritional causes. In the end, six out of those eight dogs starting must finish the test. That's all there is to this 'stringent' test. Now you see why some of the pet food manufactures don't bother with this test. It's kind of like you eating nothing but a cheeseburger, french-fry, and chocolate shake meal for six months. You will not die in six months as a result, and I'm sure you will NOT loose any weight. Problem is, what happens to you if you eat that same meal for years? Pet food companies need to have tests that address the lifetime of a pet, not a few months out of it's life. To say that a pet ate food for six months and didn't loose any weight is no way of telling us a food source is good or not. Enough is Enough! I am starting a non profit organization whose goal is to make the public aware of what is going on in the pet food industry. Specifically the goal is to create change in the industry. A letter campaign demanding change will help a great deal. We are setting up a website this week. We need to let both the FDA and our local politicians know that we demand accountability from pet food manufacturers. We need sweeping change in the industry and we need it now. Our website will make it very easy for you to be part of that change. The website will list the contacts and sample letters that you as a pet companion need to write or email in order to create pressure for immediate change in the practices of the pet food industry. We will also reveal the common practices of the industry that might not be in your best interest. There are too many unanswered questions and no real accountability in regards to our pets food. Enough! We as pet companions need assurances and regulations that will protect our interests and not the pet food industry. We need REAL accountability. We need to voice our concern about our pets health. Why must we guess at what to buy in a pet food store? Standards need to be set that are better than the self-policing policies of the pet food industry. And most of all, we need more of a guarantee that what we feed our pets is good for them. Disease in pets is sky-rocketing and we need to put an end to the dietary factors that are part of this. We will send out mass mailings for the website as soon as we are up and running. Together our large voice can change the industry practices today. Many are fed up and have had enough. My group has just received a large endowment from a private party who loves animals and wants to see something done. As a group we all talk and talk about pet foods and how little we really know about what is in the food, how little we know about what goes into the food, and all of the problems that are coming to light regarding such issues as rendered pets in pet foods. There is a lot of misinformation out there and we need to stop the myth and to find the truth. Imagine, because of the lack of information by pet food companies and distrust of the pet food industry a movement to make home-made meals for pets has begun. It's growing increasingly larger and more vocal each year. To think with all that is available out there in the way of pet food that many (including myself) have decided we'd rather make our own than take my chances with processed pet foods. Others are either beginning to do so or wising they could do the same. Now is our chance to do something. The only way to make change in our system is to let our voices be heard. There are more pet owners than any group in this country. U.S. consumers spend more than $11 billion a year on cat and dog food. Together we can make a difference. Let's be the catalyst for that change. No one in your family has or ever will give you the kind of love your pet has given you. We need to organize an awareness campaign to make sure the pet food industry truly has our best interests in mind. The pet food industry needs to be held accountable for what they produce and they need to be honest with consumers. Consumers need more information on every bag of food they buy. We need information that is accurate and realistic, and lots more of it. Most important, we need regulation and assurances that we are indeed getting the best for our pets. Let's work together to make that change now! Stay Tuned... Contact me for more information at . |
Please post the URL for your website when it's up and running.
thanks Judy F "WalterNY" wrote in message om... FACT: What is says on the ingredient list of a bag of pet food might not even be in the bag. Yes, the association that is supposed to police your pets food, the AAFCO require manufacturers to meet the ACTUAL ingredient lists ONLY ONCE every six months. (More on who the AAFCO in a moment). The pet food industry has begun to tell us to ignore ingredient lists and to instead concentrate on the percentages of nutrition listed on a bag. Percentages are important, but I want to know what exactly is in the bag today, not just percentages as I would imagine most folks do. Imagine going to someone's home for dinner. You are served a gelatinous form. You ask what is on your dinner plate and all they will tell you is it contains 9% protein and 16% fat. This is unacceptable for us and it should be unacceptable for our pets too. All we have now as pet companions in the way of information and guarantee is actually nothing but industry assurances. Why even make an ingredient list if it isn't a guarantee of what is in the bag? And what about the real quality of those ingredients? I I want to know what is in that bag today, not six months from now. As consumers what do you have on a label of pet food that assures you of what you are getting? Percentages according to the pet food industry. Percentages are not enough! Enough is enough. We need to start making these companies responsible for what they produce. The example above is just one of many example of it's type. It's what normally goes on in the pet food industry. There are many issues involving pet food that we as consumers have no control or knowledge of. It's time to change that. The pet food has slowly changed the primary ingredient of our pet food from meat to grains. In fact you can take some of today's most well-known and most expensive bags of cat and dog food and the ingredient list will be nearly the same as the ingredients in a bag of chicken feed. The pet food industry has begun a campaign designed to have you ignore the fact that your pet is being served an expensive bag of cereal in favor of you simply looking at percentages of fat and protein. This is wrong. Pet food companies have increased profits by switching to grain based diets but at what cost to your pet? Cats and dogs are designed to eat the same types of foods as you. Cat in fact are true carnivores meaning they need to eat meat proteins to thrive. Yet the primary ingredients in the top five selling cat foods are all grain based. Protein can be extruded from cereal grains as pet food companies are now doing, but not in the biologically correct percentages necessary for your dogs and cats long-term health. Is it no wonder why our animals are now suffering from human-like diseases that did not exist in animals forty years ago? In humans we see what too many grains in the diet does to our health. Is it no wonder why dog and cats are becoming obese at levels never before seen? FACT: When you read "Our pet foods are made following AAFCO guidelines and must pass stringent testing" on a pet food bag, know that this statement has little to do with the health of an animal over a lifetime. What is the AAFCO? As of now the industry polices themselves with an organization called the AAFCO which is an association, not a government regulatory board. It's members consist of nothing more than pet food manufacturers and scientists who work for those companies. The AAFCO 'acts' like a government agency. Also know that a pet food need not be approved by the AAFCO to be sold. This might not sound good but let's see how 'stringent' the guidelines are. Maybe then you'll realize why some pet food companies choose not to be part of the AAFCO's approval process. To be approved by the AAFCO you must start with 8 dogs older than 1 yr. of age. At the start all dogs must be normal weight & health. A blood test is taken from each dog at the start and finish of the test. For 6 months, the dogs must only eat the food being tested. In that six months of time, the dogs finishing the test must not lose more than 15% of their body weight. So in six months time a dog weighing 60 pounds cannot loose nine pounds. In addition, during the test, none of the dogs used are to die or be removed because of nutritional causes. In the end, six out of those eight dogs starting must finish the test. That's all there is to this 'stringent' test. Now you see why some of the pet food manufactures don't bother with this test. It's kind of like you eating nothing but a cheeseburger, french-fry, and chocolate shake meal for six months. You will not die in six months as a result, and I'm sure you will NOT loose any weight. Problem is, what happens to you if you eat that same meal for years? Pet food companies need to have tests that address the lifetime of a pet, not a few months out of it's life. To say that a pet ate food for six months and didn't loose any weight is no way of telling us a food source is good or not. Enough is Enough! I am starting a non profit organization whose goal is to make the public aware of what is going on in the pet food industry. Specifically the goal is to create change in the industry. A letter campaign demanding change will help a great deal. We are setting up a website this week. We need to let both the FDA and our local politicians know that we demand accountability from pet food manufacturers. We need sweeping change in the industry and we need it now. Our website will make it very easy for you to be part of that change. The website will list the contacts and sample letters that you as a pet companion need to write or email in order to create pressure for immediate change in the practices of the pet food industry. We will also reveal the common practices of the industry that might not be in your best interest. There are too many unanswered questions and no real accountability in regards to our pets food. Enough! We as pet companions need assurances and regulations that will protect our interests and not the pet food industry. We need REAL accountability. We need to voice our concern about our pets health. Why must we guess at what to buy in a pet food store? Standards need to be set that are better than the self-policing policies of the pet food industry. And most of all, we need more of a guarantee that what we feed our pets is good for them. Disease in pets is sky-rocketing and we need to put an end to the dietary factors that are part of this. We will send out mass mailings for the website as soon as we are up and running. Together our large voice can change the industry practices today. Many are fed up and have had enough. My group has just received a large endowment from a private party who loves animals and wants to see something done. As a group we all talk and talk about pet foods and how little we really know about what is in the food, how little we know about what goes into the food, and all of the problems that are coming to light regarding such issues as rendered pets in pet foods. There is a lot of misinformation out there and we need to stop the myth and to find the truth. Imagine, because of the lack of information by pet food companies and distrust of the pet food industry a movement to make home-made meals for pets has begun. It's growing increasingly larger and more vocal each year. To think with all that is available out there in the way of pet food that many (including myself) have decided we'd rather make our own than take my chances with processed pet foods. Others are either beginning to do so or wising they could do the same. Now is our chance to do something. The only way to make change in our system is to let our voices be heard. There are more pet owners than any group in this country. U.S. consumers spend more than $11 billion a year on cat and dog food. Together we can make a difference. Let's be the catalyst for that change. No one in your family has or ever will give you the kind of love your pet has given you. We need to organize an awareness campaign to make sure the pet food industry truly has our best interests in mind. The pet food industry needs to be held accountable for what they produce and they need to be honest with consumers. Consumers need more information on every bag of food they buy. We need information that is accurate and realistic, and lots more of it. Most important, we need regulation and assurances that we are indeed getting the best for our pets. Let's work together to make that change now! Stay Tuned... Contact me for more information at . |
Please post the URL for your website when it's up and running.
thanks Judy F "WalterNY" wrote in message om... FACT: What is says on the ingredient list of a bag of pet food might not even be in the bag. Yes, the association that is supposed to police your pets food, the AAFCO require manufacturers to meet the ACTUAL ingredient lists ONLY ONCE every six months. (More on who the AAFCO in a moment). The pet food industry has begun to tell us to ignore ingredient lists and to instead concentrate on the percentages of nutrition listed on a bag. Percentages are important, but I want to know what exactly is in the bag today, not just percentages as I would imagine most folks do. Imagine going to someone's home for dinner. You are served a gelatinous form. You ask what is on your dinner plate and all they will tell you is it contains 9% protein and 16% fat. This is unacceptable for us and it should be unacceptable for our pets too. All we have now as pet companions in the way of information and guarantee is actually nothing but industry assurances. Why even make an ingredient list if it isn't a guarantee of what is in the bag? And what about the real quality of those ingredients? I I want to know what is in that bag today, not six months from now. As consumers what do you have on a label of pet food that assures you of what you are getting? Percentages according to the pet food industry. Percentages are not enough! Enough is enough. We need to start making these companies responsible for what they produce. The example above is just one of many example of it's type. It's what normally goes on in the pet food industry. There are many issues involving pet food that we as consumers have no control or knowledge of. It's time to change that. The pet food has slowly changed the primary ingredient of our pet food from meat to grains. In fact you can take some of today's most well-known and most expensive bags of cat and dog food and the ingredient list will be nearly the same as the ingredients in a bag of chicken feed. The pet food industry has begun a campaign designed to have you ignore the fact that your pet is being served an expensive bag of cereal in favor of you simply looking at percentages of fat and protein. This is wrong. Pet food companies have increased profits by switching to grain based diets but at what cost to your pet? Cats and dogs are designed to eat the same types of foods as you. Cat in fact are true carnivores meaning they need to eat meat proteins to thrive. Yet the primary ingredients in the top five selling cat foods are all grain based. Protein can be extruded from cereal grains as pet food companies are now doing, but not in the biologically correct percentages necessary for your dogs and cats long-term health. Is it no wonder why our animals are now suffering from human-like diseases that did not exist in animals forty years ago? In humans we see what too many grains in the diet does to our health. Is it no wonder why dog and cats are becoming obese at levels never before seen? FACT: When you read "Our pet foods are made following AAFCO guidelines and must pass stringent testing" on a pet food bag, know that this statement has little to do with the health of an animal over a lifetime. What is the AAFCO? As of now the industry polices themselves with an organization called the AAFCO which is an association, not a government regulatory board. It's members consist of nothing more than pet food manufacturers and scientists who work for those companies. The AAFCO 'acts' like a government agency. Also know that a pet food need not be approved by the AAFCO to be sold. This might not sound good but let's see how 'stringent' the guidelines are. Maybe then you'll realize why some pet food companies choose not to be part of the AAFCO's approval process. To be approved by the AAFCO you must start with 8 dogs older than 1 yr. of age. At the start all dogs must be normal weight & health. A blood test is taken from each dog at the start and finish of the test. For 6 months, the dogs must only eat the food being tested. In that six months of time, the dogs finishing the test must not lose more than 15% of their body weight. So in six months time a dog weighing 60 pounds cannot loose nine pounds. In addition, during the test, none of the dogs used are to die or be removed because of nutritional causes. In the end, six out of those eight dogs starting must finish the test. That's all there is to this 'stringent' test. Now you see why some of the pet food manufactures don't bother with this test. It's kind of like you eating nothing but a cheeseburger, french-fry, and chocolate shake meal for six months. You will not die in six months as a result, and I'm sure you will NOT loose any weight. Problem is, what happens to you if you eat that same meal for years? Pet food companies need to have tests that address the lifetime of a pet, not a few months out of it's life. To say that a pet ate food for six months and didn't loose any weight is no way of telling us a food source is good or not. Enough is Enough! I am starting a non profit organization whose goal is to make the public aware of what is going on in the pet food industry. Specifically the goal is to create change in the industry. A letter campaign demanding change will help a great deal. We are setting up a website this week. We need to let both the FDA and our local politicians know that we demand accountability from pet food manufacturers. We need sweeping change in the industry and we need it now. Our website will make it very easy for you to be part of that change. The website will list the contacts and sample letters that you as a pet companion need to write or email in order to create pressure for immediate change in the practices of the pet food industry. We will also reveal the common practices of the industry that might not be in your best interest. There are too many unanswered questions and no real accountability in regards to our pets food. Enough! We as pet companions need assurances and regulations that will protect our interests and not the pet food industry. We need REAL accountability. We need to voice our concern about our pets health. Why must we guess at what to buy in a pet food store? Standards need to be set that are better than the self-policing policies of the pet food industry. And most of all, we need more of a guarantee that what we feed our pets is good for them. Disease in pets is sky-rocketing and we need to put an end to the dietary factors that are part of this. We will send out mass mailings for the website as soon as we are up and running. Together our large voice can change the industry practices today. Many are fed up and have had enough. My group has just received a large endowment from a private party who loves animals and wants to see something done. As a group we all talk and talk about pet foods and how little we really know about what is in the food, how little we know about what goes into the food, and all of the problems that are coming to light regarding such issues as rendered pets in pet foods. There is a lot of misinformation out there and we need to stop the myth and to find the truth. Imagine, because of the lack of information by pet food companies and distrust of the pet food industry a movement to make home-made meals for pets has begun. It's growing increasingly larger and more vocal each year. To think with all that is available out there in the way of pet food that many (including myself) have decided we'd rather make our own than take my chances with processed pet foods. Others are either beginning to do so or wising they could do the same. Now is our chance to do something. The only way to make change in our system is to let our voices be heard. There are more pet owners than any group in this country. U.S. consumers spend more than $11 billion a year on cat and dog food. Together we can make a difference. Let's be the catalyst for that change. No one in your family has or ever will give you the kind of love your pet has given you. We need to organize an awareness campaign to make sure the pet food industry truly has our best interests in mind. The pet food industry needs to be held accountable for what they produce and they need to be honest with consumers. Consumers need more information on every bag of food they buy. We need information that is accurate and realistic, and lots more of it. Most important, we need regulation and assurances that we are indeed getting the best for our pets. Let's work together to make that change now! Stay Tuned... Contact me for more information at . |
Most dry cat foods resemble human breakfast cereal; that's an indication of
how much carbohydrate they contain. With regards to fat in cat food, Eukaneuba dry cat food has by far the most. There was a thread in this newsgroup about 5-6 years ago about fat in cat food. Cats can deal with saturated dietary fat much better than humans, so don't get too upset about that. Actually, it's probably better that they get their energy from dietary fat than from carbos; easier to digest and burns slower. Is there a trend of increasing pet population? Is there also a trend toward more carbohydrate in pet food? Is almost all of the available "waste" chicken/turkey/pork/beef/lamb/fish meat being rendered, or is much of it being discarded that could otherwise go into pet food? Suppose there are no more "waste" meat parts available to add to processed pet food. Are you willing to pay a *lot* more for pet food if animal protein content in pet food were to be increased by inclusion of meat parts that previously could be marketed for human consumption? Think about the impact of what your movement will have on the economy. On the downside, it would probably cause both pet food and people food prices to go up.On the upside (?) it would cause pet populations to stabilize or decrease, as the cost of pet care goes up. |
Most dry cat foods resemble human breakfast cereal; that's an indication of
how much carbohydrate they contain. With regards to fat in cat food, Eukaneuba dry cat food has by far the most. There was a thread in this newsgroup about 5-6 years ago about fat in cat food. Cats can deal with saturated dietary fat much better than humans, so don't get too upset about that. Actually, it's probably better that they get their energy from dietary fat than from carbos; easier to digest and burns slower. Is there a trend of increasing pet population? Is there also a trend toward more carbohydrate in pet food? Is almost all of the available "waste" chicken/turkey/pork/beef/lamb/fish meat being rendered, or is much of it being discarded that could otherwise go into pet food? Suppose there are no more "waste" meat parts available to add to processed pet food. Are you willing to pay a *lot* more for pet food if animal protein content in pet food were to be increased by inclusion of meat parts that previously could be marketed for human consumption? Think about the impact of what your movement will have on the economy. On the downside, it would probably cause both pet food and people food prices to go up.On the upside (?) it would cause pet populations to stabilize or decrease, as the cost of pet care goes up. |
From: (WalterNY)
Walter, that sounds like a political stump speech! LOL! Too bad it was full of spin and misinformation. BUYER BEWARE!! Walter is the same guy that thinks vaccinations are bad for people and pets. Walter is the same guy that last year (right before SARS) wished out loud that people "would start dropping dead so that the animals could reclaim the planet". Walter is the same guy that thinks milk is bad for you. Walter is the same guy who praised the terrorists for committing the 9/11 attacks on our country resulting in the death of over 3000 innocent human beings and dramatically altering the lives of millions of more. Walter is quite simply a kook. He is arrogant and thinks he's smarter than everyone else and thinks he's still living in the '60s. Unfortunately, he's not intellectually honest enough to admit when he's wrong or that his ideas are waaay "out there". If you throw in with his lot, don't be surprised if you get burned. It's a lot like the deal with peta. A lot of people donate time and money to them only to find out that they support domestic terrorism and their REAL agenda is to outlaw pet ownership (um, pet "companionship" as walter would say). www.consumerfreedom.com You've been forewarned! ;) |
"GAUBSTER2" wrote in message ... From: (WalterNY) Walter, that sounds like a political stump speech! LOL! Too bad it was full of spin and misinformation. BUYER BEWARE!! Walter is the same guy that thinks vaccinations are bad for people and pets. Walter is the same guy that last year (right before SARS) wished out loud that people "would start dropping dead so that the animals could reclaim the planet". Walter is the same guy that thinks milk is bad for you. Walter is the same guy who praised the terrorists for committing the 9/11 attacks on our country resulting in the death of over 3000 innocent human beings and dramatically altering the lives of millions of more. Walter is quite simply a kook. He is arrogant and thinks he's smarter than everyone else and thinks he's still living in the '60s. Unfortunately, he's not intellectually honest enough to admit when he's wrong or that his ideas are waaay "out there". If you throw in with his lot, don't be surprised if you get burned. It's a lot like the deal with peta. A lot of people donate time and money to them only to find out that they support domestic terrorism and their REAL agenda is to outlaw pet ownership (um, pet "companionship" as walter would say). www.consumerfreedom.com You've been forewarned! ;) Yes, he sounds irrational. I'll spell out the warning to him that should've concluded my previous reply: be careful of what you wish for. |
"GAUBSTER2" wrote in message ... From: (WalterNY) Walter, that sounds like a political stump speech! LOL! Too bad it was full of spin and misinformation. BUYER BEWARE!! Walter is the same guy that thinks vaccinations are bad for people and pets. Walter is the same guy that last year (right before SARS) wished out loud that people "would start dropping dead so that the animals could reclaim the planet". Walter is the same guy that thinks milk is bad for you. Walter is the same guy who praised the terrorists for committing the 9/11 attacks on our country resulting in the death of over 3000 innocent human beings and dramatically altering the lives of millions of more. Walter is quite simply a kook. He is arrogant and thinks he's smarter than everyone else and thinks he's still living in the '60s. Unfortunately, he's not intellectually honest enough to admit when he's wrong or that his ideas are waaay "out there". If you throw in with his lot, don't be surprised if you get burned. It's a lot like the deal with peta. A lot of people donate time and money to them only to find out that they support domestic terrorism and their REAL agenda is to outlaw pet ownership (um, pet "companionship" as walter would say). www.consumerfreedom.com You've been forewarned! ;) Yes, he sounds irrational. I'll spell out the warning to him that should've concluded my previous reply: be careful of what you wish for. |
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