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Is Your Pet’s Food Irradiated?--Cats AND Dogs
« on: July 10, 2015, 02:48:07 PM »
Is Your Pet’s Food Irradiated?

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Defending Food Irradiation

The FDA defends food irradiation by stating the food itself is not radioactive. This implies it’s safe to eat but this isn’t the case. In 2009, Australia banned cat food irradiation. This decision came on the heels of 90 cats falling ill and 30 cats dying from imported pet food. At the time, all imported foods were required to be irradiated. Champion Pet Foods, the manufacturer of the imported product published a Consumer Report stating there were no sick cats eating the exact same food in the US and Canada.

http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/is-your-pets-food-irradiated/

So, if it kills Vitamin A, what else is it killing besides the animals that eat it?

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How did the irradiated food kill those cats?

The answer was evidently vitamin A deficiency. It seems that irradiation destroys vitamin A. This is the reason why only cats became sick on the food: dogs have the ability to synthesize their own vitamin A but cats, being obligate carnivores, can’t. Interestingly, cats are normally quite resistant to vitamin A toxicity.
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