| Show 01 Pet Foods Help Economy Surprisingly the estimated 41 million dogs and 23 million cats owned by American families fam tam famIli Ili s might actually be helping the nation conserve some of Its natural resources d t d DOG AND CAT FOODS represent an economical use of nutritional byproducts byproduct That's because much of the manufactured pet food they ea eat t utilizes meat by byproducts byproducts products grain and grain byproducts by byproducts products that people dont don't eat A survey by the Pet Food Institute shows that approximately approximately 22 billion pounds of meat poultry and seafood byproducts products and 25 26 million pounds of feed grains and grain products by-products were used in pet foods in a recent year Without pet food purchases purchases purchases pur pur- chases the loss to the meat poultry and seafood processIng processing process process- processing ing industry would be in the range of million The products by-products would in most cases be sold to rendering plants at prices far below their value as pet food ingredients As processed for commercial commercial commercial commer commer- cial pet foods these byproducts byproducts by by- byproducts products and feed grains are all fine nutritious products for dog and cat nutrition But they do not come out of the supply for human consumption Many experts on the economy economy economy econ econ- omy believe that this usage of agricultural products by-products is part of an efficient farm production system I |
