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(03-08-2022, 03:24 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: I believe all dog and cat food is regulated and must be safe for human consumption. I was told once this is due to children who may crawl to or eat out of the pets bowl or treat bag. I'm not 100% sure on this, just a tidbit I heard from a customer when our trucking company was assisting in a pet food recall. 

That all sounds logical, but a few years back I bought a big bag of cheapo dog food for a dog I once had and he began to go bald till he finally finished up the bag. Once I bought plain old Sunshine dog food he grew back all his fur within a few weeks..  The gist is there's no real nutritional  quality controls even in human food much less pet foods. After all, go to nearly any isle in any grocery store and you'll find row after row of "food" with nothing but empty calories only fit for making either obese or people who eventually look like African refugees.  Pet's nutritional requirements aren't quite the same as human.. Your dog will completely digest and crap out most foods he or she eats within about 4-6 hours..Humans? Quite a different story.. That's not to say you won't survive for awhile on pet food, but for long term survival you can count on dying before your expiration date which if you think about it if you're forced to eat pet food your expiration date has already been moved up considerably..