Recently, the FDA added “economic abuse” of foods to import the alerts, a move to notify officials to be careful for products that may not be like them. The agency has several pages on their website about this type of adulteration, not only for imported foods but for products made in the US.
The FDA defines it as: “Economically motivated adulteration (EMA) involves changing, adding, or removing a substance from a product for the purpose of increasing the perceived value of the product or reducing the cost of its production for economic gain.”
The FDA provides multiple examples of economic abuse such as: “Olive Oil: Similar to honey and maple syrup, some companies have previously diluted more expensive extra-virgin olive oil with cheaper vegetable oil but sold the mix as pure olive oil at a higher price..”
And the agency provides examples of enforcement action taken against companies that have sold economic adult foods, as well as legal consequences that companies have suffered: “father and son who run Casey’s Seafood sentenced to prison for repackaging foreign crabmeat while blue crab was caught in the US.”
But…
There is another example of economically motivated adulteration that is 100% the fault of the FDA, with no legal consequences suffered by any company that profits from the fraud. There are many feed grade pet foods.
The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine states: “we do not believe that the use of diseased animals or animals that have died other than slaughter for animal feed poses a safety concern and we intend to continue to exercise enforcement discretion.”
The The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine is the only decision maker that allows reduced cost substituted (and illegal) ingredients in pet foods which appears to have more value on pet food labels providing significant economic benefits to pet food manufacturers.
Which results in substances derived from it:
or this:
or this:
To be sold to consumers packaged like this:
and this:
Evidence of economic motivation:
How much would a consumer pay for a pet labeled as true as this (or would they even buy it)?
Opinion: No pet food buyer will buy it, so it’s hidden from consumers.
No doubt. Because the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine allows pet food manufacturers to source cheap (and illegal) substitute ingredients while selling their foods without disclosing the true quality of the ingredients – they allow manufacturers this to profit from the sale of adulterated pet food. This is plain and simple FDA enabled economically motivated adulteration.
It’s a federally recognized crime with all food…except pet food.
Feel free to voice your opinion about undisclosed illegal ingredients that result in the economic gain of pet food manufacturers to the FDA at: [email protected].
Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,
Susan Thixton
Pet Food Safety Advocate
Buyer Beware of Author, Co-Author Dinner PAWsible
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