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qut@netcom.com (Be Good) wrote:

>[I was handed this flyer by a black man in front of
>Safeway five years ago.  Is it true?]

>[...]

>	Something else people should be aware of is
>that much of the dog and cat food made in the U.S.
>contains meat and bone meal made from the bodies of
>cats and dogs killed at animal shelters.  The
>poison (sodium pentobarbitol) used to kill the
>animals is still in the product when you feed it to
>your pet.  Paying high prices is no guarantee that
>the pet food you buy is free of the poison.  In
>fact, most pet food manufacturers do not know the
>sources of their meat byproducts.  And it is legal
>to use cats and dogs.

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.

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...

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