They don’t really feed that to animals do they?

Warning: if you are still a fan of food that had a mother you may not want to read this. Nothing groundbreaking here, just ‘food for thought’ as you consider what you put into your body. Thank you Akia for sending this to us:

 

 

 

[We found the following posted at

 

http://www.stormkloud.com/API/

API2/body_api2.html

 

, a website that no longer exists. Apparently it was

posted there around 2001. It should be in the public domain since it was

issued by the FDA. Because this document is not now available in its

entirety on the internet elsewhere, we provide it here.]

Information for Consumers

Food and Drug Administration

Center for Veterinary Medicine

The Use of Chicken Manure/Litter in

Animal Feed

The following consumer information is provided by

Daryl Fleming, Communications Staff, FDA Center

for Veterinary Medicine

Recycled animal waste, such as processed chicken manure and litter, has

been used as a feed ingredient for almost 40 years. This animal waste

contains large amounts of protein, fiber, and minerals, and has been

deliberately mixed into animal feed for these nutrients. Generally,

animal waste is used within the State where it is produced because the

bulk and weight of the product makes interstate shipment uneconomical.

Normally, this animal waste is used by small farmers and owners of beef

and dairy herds as a winter supplement for mother cows and weaned

calves.

While the practice of feeding animal waste to animals seems unpleasant,

the use of this product is safe as long as it meets certain specifications

required by the Association of American Feed Control Officials

(AAFCO). AAFCO includes officials from all States and the Federal

government who are responsible for enforcing the laws regulating the

production, labeling, distribution, and/or sale of animal feeds. One of

AAFCO’s main goals is to provide a mechanism for developing and

implementing uniform and equitable laws, regulations, standards,

definitions, and enforcement policies for animal feeds. AAFCO has

established “Standard Names and Definitions” for three processed waste

products as follows:

• 74.1 - Dried Poultry Waste-(DPW) — a processed animal waste

product composed primarily of feces from commercial poultry,

which has been thermally dehydrated to a moisture content not in

excess of 15.0%. It must contain not less than 18.0% crude protein,

and not more than 15.0% crude fiber, 30.0% ash, and 1.0%

feathers.

• 74.2 - Dried Poultry Waste-NPN Extracted — a processed animal

waste product composed primarily of feces from commercial

poultry which has been processed to remove part or all of the

equivalent crude protein, NPN as urea and/or uric acid and which

has been thermally dehydrated to a moisture content not in excess

of 15.0%. It must contain not less than 11.0% crude protein, and

not more than 15.0% crude fiber, 30.0% ash, and 1.0% feathers.

• 74.3 - Dried Poultry Litter-(DPL) — a processed animal waste

product composed of a processed combination of feces from

commercial poultry together with litter that was present in the floor

production of poultry, which has been artificially dehydrated to a

moisture content not in excess of 15.0%. It must contain not less

than 18.0% crude protein, and not more than 25.0% crude fiber,

20.0% ash, and 4.0% feathers.

AAFCO specifications require that processed animal waste products not

contain extraneous materials such as, but not limited to, metal, glass,

nails or other harmful matter. They must be free of harmful pathogenic

organisms, pesticide residues, parasites, or drug residues, above levels

permitted by State or Federal statute or regulation, which could be

harmful to animals or could result in residues in human food products or

by-products of animals at levels in excess of those allowed by State or

Federal statute or regulation.

Products which do not meet the AAFCO definition could be considered

adulterated and are subject to State regulatory action. Each individual

State has jurisdiction for the surveillance and regulation of processed

animal waste as an animal feed ingredient. Products not complying with

the AAFCO requirements and found in interstate commerce could be

considered adulterated and subject to Federal regulatory action.

AAFCO requires that any person registering any processed animal waste

product test, by representative sampling and assaying of such samples,

and keep accurate records of the processed animal waste product.

The registrant, manufacturer, or producer of processed animal waste

product ingredients must conform to the following sample and assay

requirements, in addition to quality standards, testing on the same

production run of lots:

1. Drugs suspected or known to be used in the feed or as a therapeutic

treatment of source animals.

2. Pesticides used on the source animal, facility, and wastes for pest

control.

3. Pathogenic organisms, at least to include Salmonella and E. Coli.

4. Heavy metals: arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, and

selenium, at least.

5. Parasitic larva or ova.

6. Mycotoxins, such as aflatoxin.

Periodic analyses must be conducted on production runs. Any processed

animal waste product that does not meet the quality standards for the

product must be further processed until standards are met, or must be

diverted to non-feed uses or destroyed.

If a product contains drug residues, then the label must contain the

following statement in bold face type:

“WARNING: THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS DRUG RESIDUES. DO

NOT USE WITHIN 15 DAYS OF SLAUGHTER AND DO NOT USE

15 DAYS PRIOR TO OR DURING THE FOOD PRODUCTION

PERIOD OF DAIRY ANIMALS AND LAYING HENS.”

If the product contains 25 ppm or greater of copper, a maximum

guarantee of copper and the following statement in bold face type is

required:

“WARNING: CONTAINS HIGH LEVELS OF COPPER: DO NOT

FEED TO SHEEP.”

Any person seeking register processed animal waste products also must

keep accurate records of:

1. All sources of raw materials and date acquired, including

information on drug and pesticide usage.

2. All production output, including a code or other method to identify

the date of production.

3. All sales and distribution, including the name and address of the

purchaser or to whom distributed, date, quantity and product code.

4. Sample and assay records of testing.

The alternatives to processing poultry waste are to bury it in a landfill,

spread it on land, burn it in a power plant generator boiler, or compost it

as fertilizer. The large volume of such waste effectively precludes

burying it in landfills. Land application has been and still is an option.

However, continued land application can and has resulted in extreme

high soil nitrogen levels, run-off that has contaminated streams, and

contaminated ground water with both chemicals and bacteria.

In summary, using adequately processed animal waste in animal feed

may not be esthetically pleasing but it is safe, nutritionally valid, and

environmentally sound.

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