[EBH]

Labeling and Marketing of Nutritional Products Intended for Use to Diagnose, Cure, Mitigate, Treat or Prevent Disease in Dogs and Cats.”

Ah... the proverbial tempest in a teapot syndrome! Just a few weeks ago the AVMA and AAHA both issued statements regarding "raw" pet food and now this one from a government agency!

For the pet owners out there that don't use the prescribed diets from your vet to treat your cat's hairballs or maintain urinary tract health you might want to take a heads up on this Non-binding CPG.

For all the rest of us? A very interesting note is how they describe nutrition and how that is the part through which all things are regulated.

[Doogle]

or your cat or dog will become a liberal and insist he does things his way...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK5ZdMD00YQ

[Emperor Palpatine]

Whatever you do, don’t feed any dog you love food from the Chicoms.

When will we impose a trade embargo against those evil scheming people?

And they’ve been evil and scheming since the Han Dynasty. its not just their execrable Maoist/Corporate Fascist government.

Truman should have listened to MacArthur, not fired him.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Doggie and Kitty ping

[CAluvdubya]

One example offered by the FDA is how owners might misinterpret a product that claims to control blood glucose. Pet owners might think that the dietary product is all they need to maintain the health of diabetic cats and dogs, when the animals might actually require insulin therapy or other treatment methods.

One such food is Evo, in dry food form. Ironically, dry food is one of the causes for high blood glucose levels. The claim that any dry food can lower BG's is absurd. Feline Diabetes can follow the same guidelines as people with diabetes. Low carbs, more protein. Feed wet food ....get rid of the dry. (dry food in cats creates a whole host of other health problems over time. It's cheaper at the outset but more costly with vet bills over time)

[rockinqsranch]

It’s this sort of crap by Government that causes more problems than it cures IMO.

In this case rural America is going to be inundated with pets dumped by people totally confused as to what to do as they cannot afford to pay the outrageous costs of the veterinary society we have today.

Used to be the old time vets would be able to diagnose an animal pretty accurately simply by touching them in specific areas of suspect, or by profiling, but todays verterinarian is schooled to pump up the dollars with unnecessary testing, overnight observation costs, etc.

Used to be $25.00 office calls, and medication. Today it’s multiple office calls $$$, Laboratory $$$, Evaluation $$$, Overnight observations $$$ running the tabs up to almost human medical costs.

With our sixteen cats, four dogs, two horses, and donkey we are fortunate to have old time veterinary people, but we sought out that type of veterinarian when we saw what was happening to the Veterinarian Industry.

Back to my point though....animals will be dumped more than ever with this type of legislation in this economy the cause.

[brytlea]

I wish they would get their noses out of things. It’s like the fact that I cannot buy heartworm meds without a vet prescription. It really really irritates me. Biggest scam going. Eventually I see a day when we are forced to get medical insurance for our non-human companions (if PETA doesn’t get their most fond wish and do away with pets altogether).