The news has been filled with many stories about pet food manufacturers recalling their dog food because it was unsafe. Reportedly some of the food was so tainted that many dogs actually died from eating it. Do you wonder where you can find safe dog food? Try reading the labels on packaged dog food products and you will be left wondering. The labels are difficult to understand. That’s because the pet food manufacturers, the giant food processors, and the grocery industry have lobbied hard to keep the FDA from clarifying the ingredients that your dog is eating. When you break down the ingredients in most commercial dog food, you will understand why they want to keep you in the dark. Pick up a can or bag of dog food and peruse down the label. You may notice a rather innocuous sounding ingredient called meat meal. That sounds rather wholesome: sort of a cross between wholesome meat and perhaps a high fiber cereal.

Meat meal. But what is it

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