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g_rona00@tpnet.co.nz (Gregor Ronald) wrote:

>I don't know about the US, but here in New Zealand it's much harder to
>get a new pet/animal food approved than it is for a human one. A
>friend of mine makes mineral supplement blocks for cattle, and has had
>several years of bureaucratic hassle, gets regular government
>inspections, etc. Another runs a restaurant, and can dream up a new
>menu item with no controls whatsoever.

But the restaurant owner isn't selling a mineral supplement for
people, or baby formula.  Adults are supposed to be able to decide for
themselves what variety of foods to eat for a balanced and nutritious
diet for themselves; that's different from feeding a third party,
whether it's a pet or a baby, who can't direct their own intake.

>That may explain why a third friend still insists to this day that he
>once was served "chicken" in a Chinese restaurant that was cat...

And he knows this because?  Cites, please, this has been covered and,
while you can eat cat in Hong Kong, NZ is probably another story.

And I would expect in NZ, as in the US, the things that go into the
food that is on the menu item dreamed up by the restaurateur will have
to individually be wholesome.  You wouldn't be allowed to serve
battery acid cocktails.

JoAnne "though Pride of Baltimore rum is close to it" Schmitz


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