"Rendered fish meal — species unspecified — stabilized with ethoxyquin."
Stacks the same species-accountability gap as any unspecified fish meal with a preservative the FDA pressured manufacturers to voluntarily reduce use of in 1997 after adverse event reports including liver damage and cancer. Ethoxyquin-preserved fish meal is also notorious for not always appearing on a finished food's own label — if a manufacturer buys fish meal already treated with it, disclosure isn't required.
Our most serious tier: a documented carcinogen finding, an outright ban in at least one country or species, or an unspecified source that can legally include 4D (dead, dying, diseased, disabled) animals. -5 pts deducted.
Rated F (-5 pts) by PetPro-tectors™. Stacks the same species-accountability gap as any unspecified fish meal with a preservative the FDA pressured manufacturers to voluntarily reduce use of in 1997 after adverse event reports including liver damage and cancer. Ethoxyquin-preserved fish meal is also notorious for not always appearing on a finished food's own label — if a manufacturer buys fish meal already treated with it, disclosure isn't required.
Rendered fish meal — species unspecified — stabilized with ethoxyquin.