taken from the FDA Meat Inspection Act paragraph 641
"Inspection shall not be provided under subchapter 1 of this chapter at any establishment
for the slaughter of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or the
preparation of any carcasses or parts or products of such animals, which are not intended for
use as human food, but such articles shall, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in
commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be <denatured>"
What does this mean?
Basically that the meat used in all pet foods sold in the USA that contain meat
(ie: almost all of them) must either be of such poor quality that it is already
"inedible by humans" or must be "<denatured>" and that
the FDA will not inspect such meats.