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September 01, 2006

Trade risk from way some petfood meat sourced

Food safety officials say they want to change rules covering the manufacture of animal feeds – including cat and dog food – because some companies are putting the health of domestic animals at high risk.

The problem also poses an indirect risk to trade, the New Zealand Food Safety Authority said today.

"The potential for substitution of unfit-for-animal material is primarily confined to the production of petfood," the FSA said today.

This was because of its high content of raw meat, offal, poultry, and fish, "and the potential for large gains" to be made by substitution of food unfit for animals. "Additional controls are required to manage risk associated with the procurement of source material," the authority said in a discussion paper, Animal Feed, released today. MORE

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