aflatoxin in dog food

glennster · Feb 26, 2013

saw this on the news today. looks like the infected corn from last years harvest is in dog food already. i assume they will need to start testing dairy products too.
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mkirsch · Feb 26, 2013

Ethanol doesn't look so bad after all, does it?

David G · Feb 26, 2013

It was a tough year for it, I am thankful my corn came out clean.

Ronald Anthony Anderson · Feb 26, 2013

If anybody that burns wood pellets could get that rejected dog food it burns good replacing wood pellets /corn. I have read of a fellow who gets rejected pet food from mill near him and uses it to heat his house.

glennster · Feb 26, 2013

i heard the aflatoxin will go thru the distillation process, and the leftover distillers grain used for feed still contains the toxins.

Aaron SEIA · Feb 26, 2013

And in much higher concentrations. E plants are more stringent about aflatoxin than anyone else.
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IaGary · Feb 26, 2013

Why is it that corn is only allowed 10 parts per million Aflatoxin and Peanut butter is allowed 30 parts per million?

May not be the right numbers but peanuts are allowed 3 times the amount of corn.

Humans eat the peanut butter. Maybe this is why some people cannot eat peanuts.

Gary

Aaron SEIA · Feb 26, 2013

From the FDA accepted levels:
corn and peanuts for beef feeding 300 ppb
corn and peanuts for swine 200 ppb
corn and peanuts for bred livestock 100 ppb
corn and peanuts for dairy 20 ppb

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greygoat · Feb 26, 2013

Opinions vary...but dogs.(wolf family/Wolfs) are
carnivores, and don't naturally eat corn, or never
historicly even had it available!
Why would you ever feed a canine corn?
Ive had 6 dogs in my 70 years, and never fed mine
a corn based dog food.
Of coarse, if price is a factor..and that's all you can afford ???????

bradley martin · Feb 26, 2013

You are right, Glenn. Actually, it is concentrated in the DDG at about triple the ppb/lb as it was in the corn.

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