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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. 

From what I read out of curiosity you are correct and humans can indeed eat dog food, dry or canned.  From what I understand dogs and humans have very different nutritional needs.  Most dog foods do not include some human nutritional needs.  For example the issue of vitamin C because dogs can apparently produce it naturally via metabolism which I never knew until I started looking it up on the Internet (It is the Internet so the info below or may not be worth a damn).  Vitamin C and Dogs according to American Kennel Club. 

Quote:Vitamin C is an important antioxidant. It scavenges potentially harmful free radicals in the body and can help reduce inflammation and cognitive aging. Dogs can actually synthesize vitamin C on their own in their livers, but in some cases supplementation may offer health benefits.

And Healthline for what ever that is worth because it is the internet:

Quote:Vitamin C is an essential nutrient, critical for good skin health and immune function in humans. Humans cannot produce the vitamin and must get it from food.

On the other hand, dogs can make it in their liver, so it isn’t necessary to include it in their food.

Thus, if you’re reliant on dog food as your primary source of nutrition, you may be putting yourself at risk of developing nutritional deficiencies over time.

Where as vitamin C is very important in the modern human diet.   So in the short term, yes a person can eat dog food to get by.  Long term not so much.  You don't want to get scurvy.  :)  Let's all hope we are not in a place where we have to decide sharing our diets with our pets.