GLOSSERY3D Animals Canada -stands for “dead, diseased or dying” (hence 3-D),
4D Animals US -stands for Dead, Dying, Diseased or Disabled (hence 4D)
AAFCO: Association Of American Feed Control Officials, Inc
http://www.aafco.org/ They do *not* control what goes in the pet food! The PFI (Pet Food Institute) does!
AAFP: American Association of Feline Practitioners
http://www.aafponline.org/ AAHA: American Animal Hospital Association
http://www.healthypet.com/ AHA: American Humane Association
http://www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer APPMA: American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, Inc.
http://www.appma.org/ ASPCA: American Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer AVEPM:The Association for Veterinary Epidemiology & preventative Medicine
http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/avepm/ AVMA: American Veterinary Medical Association
http://www.avma.org/ CFA: The Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc.,
http://www.cfa.org/ HSUS:The Humane Society of the United States
http://www.hsus.org/ MSPCA: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
http://www.mspca.org/site/PageServer NACA: National Animal Control Association
http://www.nacanet.org/ PFI: The Pet Food Institute:
This is the *voice* of the Pet Food Industry. (not the voice for the consumer, or our pets) This agency, in behalf of the Pet Food Companies, governs themselves and the industry! RENDERED: Rendering plants typically produce two types of products: meat and bone meal, and fats and oils.
Meat and bone meal is a protein supplement used in the manufacture of some animal feeds. http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2003/NEW01000.html
The risk of household pet-exposure to TSE from contaminated pet food is more than three times greater than the risk for hamburger-eating humans. http://www.earthisland.org/eijournal/ne ... urnalID=58SAWA:The Society of Animal Welfare Administrators
http://www.sawanetwork.org/
