Mad Cow Pet Food?

ently the Salt Lake Tribune published an article warningbefore being processed. Any animals that are 'down' -
livestock owners not to feed "cheap pet food tomeaning they cannot stand - are rejected for use as
livestock". "Utah's state veterinarian is warning ranchershuman food. The concern for human food is that the
to avoid giving inexpensive pet food to their herds. Earlanimal is down because of BSE (mad cow disease) -
Rogers says most pet food has ingredients that couldand all downed animals are supposed to be tested for
help spread an illness in livestock called BSE. It's againstthe disease - again, the intention of not allowing the
state and federal law to give it to cattle." BSE is maddowned animal into the human food chain is to prevent
cow disease.BSE spreading to humans. The animal would be
Now, even though pet food manufacturers adamantlyproperly destroyed if shown BSE positive and not put
deny using any inferior grade of meat in pet foods -into any food including pet food. That is if it was tested.
this article is more than proof to me. Pet foodThis article proves that State Veterinarians are well
ingredients 'meat and bone meal', 'meat meal', 'animalaware of the possibility of spreading BSE to cattle
digest', and ''by-products' (in any variation) - by AAFCOfrom eating pet food - they are well aware that pets
definition - contain meat ingredients that can beare eating potentially BSE contaminated meats. The
rejected for use in human food. It has been rumoreddisease has already crossed species to cats and
for many years that the above ingredients can containminks around the world. The only suggestion I have for
what is known as the Four D's - dead, diseased,you is to avoid any pet foods and pet treats using
drugged, and dying animals.meat and bone meal, meat meal, animal digest, and
At a USDA meat processing facility - cattle enter theby-products.
facility and are put in a holding pen for a 24 hour period