Pet food

[Skvez]

I have heard that the US requires that pet food be suitable for human consumption as sales increase in an economic downturn. I'm not sure if this is also true in the UK.
I suspect it depends a lot on the brand of pet food. Gourmet pet foods are probably better than what you get in a store own brand human food. The store-brand pet food might not be great. I doubt the odd tin would do you (much) harm but I wouldn't want to subsist on pet-food. There may be levels of toxins that have a long term effect on the mammal eating them, which isn't relevant for a pet with a 10 to 15 year life but could cause you problems if you were eating it for 20+ years.

Cook it thoroughly is always good advice for dubious meat but won't help with toxins.