A couple of comments on some definitions...
 
>PATH VALLEY, second ingredient is chicken meal (which is good) .  Chicken
>meal would be acceptable for human food, it's just ground up chicken
 
Well, no, that is not the actual definition (see AAFCO official
definition), but it is close.
 
>PROFESSIONAL KITTEN CHICKEN & RICE, second ingredient is Chicken by
>Product Meal (chicken by-products are what's left over from human grade
>foods, feathers, feet, fur, guts, etc.  and not nutritious at all (not
>good)
 
I disagree heartily....although fur and feathers are not particularly
digestible or nutritious, "feet,...guts, etc." most definitely are both
nutritious and digestible, especially (digestible anyways) when as highly
processed as any chicken by-products in a commercial food are.  Although
not particularly attractive to most people, the "feathers, feet,...." are
an important part of the natural diet of Mustelids (when eating whole
chickens, mice, etc., ferrets leave almost nothing behind, aside from a
few stray feathers and fur).  Besides, the ingredient reads "chicken
by-product MEAL"....very different from "chicken by-product".  Check out
your definitions in the AAFCO manual.
 
G. A. Christian Bilou
[Posted in FML issue 3603]