What’s Hiding in Your Pets Food? The Contaminants Labels Don’t Show
- Sean Callen of the Clean Label Project explains how pet food can contain contaminants such as lead, arsenic, mercury and pesticides that never appear on the ingredient label.
- The discussion highlights Clean Label Project findings that heavy metals are present in nearly all cat food tested, while Callen stresses that less exposure to lead is always preferable because it accumulates over time.
- Fish-based cat foods can contain more mercury because contamination originates in the fish itself, leading Callen to recommend rotating proteins instead of feeding the same fish-based diet every…
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