A wise, attentive to particulars unbiased pet retailer proprietor alerted us to a possible drawback. Pet meals luggage with patterns of tiny holes down the aspect of the luggage (not in plain web site). So we went to a pet meals retailer to search for the holes.
They don’t seem to be straightforward to see, relying on the colour of the bag. However we discovered them, alongside the aspect panel of many pet meals. (These have been discovered on dry pet meals.)
Some luggage had small sections of tiny holes, whereas different luggage had massive sections of the tiny holes.
And this bag had a unique sample.
We did some analysis, and located NO press launch issued by any pet meals producer explaining the reasoning behind the holes in pet meals packaging.
However we did discover info from a pet food packaging supplier which states the holes are an “air launch system“. The time period used was “Micro-Perforations” defined as “A sequence of tiny holes strategically positioned on the bag permits trapped air to flee the bag through the palletization course of.”
We squeezed a number of luggage, and will simply inform air was being expelled via the holes.
So many questions…
Do the holes permit air to enter the luggage, doubtlessly inflicting the meals to run out sooner (lose dietary worth)? or trigger fat within the pet meals to turn out to be rancid?
Has dietary content material of those meals with ‘micro-perforations’ been examined to guarantee the shelf life acknowledged on the luggage is correct?
The pet retailer proprietor that alerted us to this situation additionally observed the realm of the bag with the micro-perforations tear simply. She examined the sturdiness of the bag within the part of the holes they usually opened up with mild stress.
Why has – to our information – no pet meals producer defined the micro-perforations in pet meals luggage to customers or supplied any laboratory proof that the tiny holes don’t trigger dietary deterioration?
Pet homeowners deserve some solutions.
Verify your pet meals bag for these tiny holes. We discovered them mostly alongside the highest a part of a aspect panel, usually solely alongside one aspect. In case your pet’s meals incorporates the micro-perforations, e mail the producer asking for the scientific proof (testing they’ve carried out) that the meals meets dietary necessities via the best-by date.
Wishing you and your pet(s) the most effective,
Susan Thixton
Pet Meals Security Advocate
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