GLOSSERY

3D Animals Canada -stands for “dead, diseased or dying” (hence 3-D),

4D Animals US -stands for Dead, Dying, Diseased or Disabled (hence 4D)

AAFCO: Association Of American Feed Control Officials, Inc http://www.aafco.org/ They do *not* control what goes in the pet food! The PFI (Pet Food Institute) does!

AAFP: American Association of Feline Practitioners http://www.aafponline.org/

AAHA: American Animal Hospital Association http://www.healthypet.com/

AHA: American Humane Association http://www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer

APPMA: American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, Inc. http://www.appma.org/

ASPCA: American Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer

AVEPM:The Association for Veterinary Epidemiology & preventative Medicine http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/avepm/

AVMA: American Veterinary Medical Association http://www.avma.org/

CFA: The Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc., http://www.cfa.org/

HSUS:The Humane Society of the United States http://www.hsus.org/

MSPCA: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals http://www.mspca.org/site/PageServer

NACA: National Animal Control Association http://www.nacanet.org/

OFFAL:Noun - the edible internal parts of an animal, such as the heart or liver (off + fall, referring to parts cut off)

PFI: The Pet Food Institute: This is the *voice* of the Pet Food Industry. (not the voice for the consumer, or our pets) This agency, in behalf of the Pet Food Companies, governs themselves and the industry!

RENDERED: Rendering plants typically produce two types of products: meat and bone meal, and fats and oils.
Meat and bone meal is a protein supplement used in the manufacture of some animal feeds. http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2003/NEW01000.html

The risk of household pet-exposure to TSE from contaminated pet food is more than three times greater than the risk for hamburger-eating humans. http://www.earthisland.org/eijournal/ne ... urnalID=58

SAWA:The Society of Animal Welfare Administrators http://www.sawanetwork.org/