While you take a look at a Google Earth picture of Baker Commodities, it appears to be an previous dilapidated manufacturing unit of some kind, that’s oozing inexperienced goo right into a canal. By taking a look at this previous manufacturing unit one would by no means suppose ‘meals’ is produced right here.
Baker Commodities is a rendering facility. “recycling animal by-products and kitchen wastes since 1937”.
Meals IS produced on this plant…pet meals (feed) components.
The Baker Commodities location pictured above – in Vernon California – is at present in a authorized battle with metropolis officers attributable to odors coming from the plant yr after yr. In keeping with a LAist.com story in regards to the authorized battle between town of Vernon and Baker Commodities, an air inspector who visited the plant acknowledged: “the odor on the facility smells intensely of rotting animals. He mentioned in a sworn written assertion filed in courtroom that the primary time he inspected Baker he wished to vomit.”
“…smells intensely of rotting animals…”
Could 2019:
January 2020:
August 2021:
No surprise it smells of rotting animals.
After these elements of animals – leftovers and condemned animal elements – are dumped onto the bottom, after an unknown period of time they’re bulldozed into pits, floor, and cooked. After which the brown powder (beneath) is shipped to pet meals producers to turn into ‘Pure’ and ‘Premium’ pet meals – with out telling the pet meals/deal with client components have been made with decomposing animals and elements.
This putrid animal waste – unlawful for use in any meals, animal or human per federal legislation – is allowed by FDA to be disposed of into pet meals with no required disclosure on the label. And this similar horrible observe of rotting animal waste, dumped on the bottom into giant piles to be processed into pet meals components occurs all throughout the US in lots of rendering amenities.
Why aren’t pet meals shoppers warned?
There are required warning notices on all forms of merchandise from instruments to furnishings (flammable), to toys, to empty cleaners, and oven cleaners. So why are there no required warning notices on pet meals or treats that comprise rendered, rotting animal waste?
Don’t pet homeowners should be warned if their pet meals or deal with accommodates rotting animal waste? Don’t pet homeowners should be warned their pet meals or deal with components traveled in unrefrigerated vans, have been dumped on the bottom and allowed to decompose?
Sure…we do.
Please take motion and ask the FDA why pet meals and treats don’t embody a warning discover when components may very well be sourced from condemned animal materials, decomposing useless animals, animal elements not saved or transported beneath clear and refrigerated circumstances. Ask the FDA why pet homeowners usually are not warned.
Pet meals shoppers deserve to be told, should have the chance to NOT assist pet meals corporations that make the most of putrid animal waste components. We’ve got to ask and ask and ask them once more.
E mail FDA at: AskCVM@fda.hhs.gov.
Wishing you and your pet(s) the perfect,
Susan Thixton
Pet Meals Security Advocate
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