The beef, chicken, pork and venison used in No-Hides are all sourced in the US from animals that are humanely- raised and free-range, grass-fed. All the protein ingredients come from animals that have been USDA inspected and approved for human consumption (aka “human grade”). The salmon used is 100% wild caught, usually from the North Atlantic seas. We never use factory-farmed animals or fish.
You might find it useful to know that when the USDA inspects meat animals, they designate those animals as either “inspected and approved for human consumption” or “inspected and condemned for human consumption but allowed to be salvaged for pet food”. There is a third category, which is “condemned to tankage”, which means it can’t be used for any type of food product. So, if you are evaluating a product that is only labeled as “USDA inspected”, you might want to ask the manufacturer to specify if it was inspected and approved for human consumption or inspected and condemned but allowed to be salvaged for pet food. There is a difference.
