Cat Food and Mad Cow Disease

Steve Crane wrote:

"Jean B." wrote in message ...

So I wonder how one can avoid such foods, since all of the
credible commercial foods contain byproducts? The chicken etc.
still contains animal byproducts. I guess, then, that one just
assumes that the likelihood of any particular cat getting TSE is
extremely small, just as the chance of our getting it is small.
Still, it is not a comforting thought. It seems easier for me, as
a human, to avoid possibly contaminated foods than it is to
protect my feline friends.

Jean,
Just to make sure there is no confusion here. A pet food labelled
to contain "chicken by products" does NOT contain beef or other meat
meals, it contains CHICKEN by-products and is therefore of no concern.
The term by-products will always have a classification noun to
accompany it in North America. (This is not true is Europe where pet
foods may be labelled simply "meat".) For example chicken
by-products, lamb by-products, or pork by-products etc. It can be
generic under the legal definition "meat-by-products", which can
include any mammalian source of meat protein. If your pet food
contains the ingredient "chicken by-product" - it contains by-products
of chicken, (usually internal organs, backs and necks) not by-products
from beef or any other mammal.

Yes, I do understand that....
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Jean B.