The latest Pet Food privilege announced by the FDA is regarding
prescription cat and dog food. All pet food consumers and veterinarians should
take note of this recent FDA Compliance Policy.
For decades the FDA has strictly enforced their idea that
drugs are the only cure or treatment for illness – refusing to allow any food
to make health or wellness claims. A claim such as ‘An apple a day keeps the
doctor away’ is forbidden.
But in the FDA’s infinite collusion with Big Industry, the
agency allows pet food the same privilege of a drug (to claim it can cure or
treat disease) without any of the requirements of a drug. Pet food is allowed
to claim it can cure or treat disease without having to prove the effectiveness
or even the safety of the pet food.
Kidney Function Canine Formula Dry/Kibble. This dog food,
sold through a veterinarian, is allowed to make the claim of treating kidney
disease in dogs.
Ingredients (bold added for emphasis): “Whole grain corn,
brewers rice, dried egg product, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
(form of Vitamin E), sugar, dried whey, sodium caseinate, animal digest,
calcium carbonate, vegetable oil, potassium chloride, L-Lysine
monohydrochloride, fish oil, salt, potassium citrate, choline chloride, zinc
sulfate, ferrous sulfate, Vitamin E supplement, niacin, manganese sulfate,
Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, copper
sulfate, riboflavin supplement, Vitamin B-12 supplement, pyridoxine
hydrochloride, garlic oil, folic acid, Vitamin D-3 supplement, calcium iodate,
biotin, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity),
sodium selenite.”
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