Some products say where they are made, but with pet products it is not always clear which use imported materials and from where. Nor is price an indicator. Blue Mountain was among the places which had melamine tainted food from buying imported Chinese protein sources in the past and is not a low priced food. <http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/SafetyHealth/ProductSafetyInformation/ucm295445.htm> has some useful info. http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/newpetfoodrecalls/ lists recalls. It might be helpful -- but might not -- to see which companies used Chinese products during the melamine problem 5 years ago: <http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/SafetyHealth/RecallsWithdrawals/ucm129575.htm> linked from <http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/Products/AnimalFoodFeeds/PetFood/default.htm> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_pet_food_recalls Hopefully, these or the imbedded links will be useful but i know of no cut and dry answer so hopefully someone else can help you: http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=24127 http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=22697 http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=13936 and you can use the search word jerky to find more in http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?catId=0 Sukie (not a vet) Ferrets make the world a game. Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.miamiferret.org/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) A nation is as free as the least within it. [Posted in FML 7675]