Ingredients
Food Labels
Health Risks
Food Storage
Miscellaneous
100

Ingredients listed this way on the label

Decreasing order

(most of to less of)

100
Required to be on Pet Food labels
Ingredients

Expiry Date

Name/Address of company that made product

"Pet food only"

Weight 

100

This needs to be done before handling food

Handwashing

100

Refrigerated food should be kept at or below this temperature 

What is 5 Celsius 

100

What type of digestive system does a cat or dog have?

Monogastric or simple digestive system

200

Whole Corn, Ground Corn, Cornmeal, and Corn Flour are what?

Carbohydrates (easily digestable)

Used to give energy 


200
Tells you how much to give per day

Feeding guide

200

3 warning signs food is not suitable to eat

Change to appearance or smell

Damage to packaging

Dents in cans

Dust or mould 

Signs of thawing/incorrect temperature

Evidence of vermin interference 

200

What do you need to do to vegetables prior to preparing?  Why?

You need to wash them

May contain soil and/or manure which could cause cross contamination 

200

Feeding equipment can include 

Can openers

Knives/Spoons

Cutting boards

Bowels/Bottles

Scoops 


300

Meat By-Products can consist of what?

Organs, Blood, Cartlidge, Hooves or Bone

Clean, non-rendered (not processed) parts of mammals 


300

"Senior" Diet, "Puppy" Formula and "Indoor" Formula indicates this

Life Stage diet 

300

3 Hazards in preparing food 

Cross contamination

Injuring ones self (i.e. cut finger with knife)

Manual handling injures

Animal bites (from food aggressive animals)

Animal injuries from inappropriate feed containers 

300

Once canned food has been opened, you should do this.  

The expiry date on opened canned food is?

Label date it was opened, refrigerate 

Only good for 2-3 days after opening 

300

Where is the first-place food goes in a bird digestive system?

The crop

400

If meat was listed as the first ingredient, does that mean it makes up the majority of the diet?

Why or Why not?

No

Meat is measured before rendering and once cooked it loses its mass due to water loss. 

400

This is known as?

Guaranteed Analysis 

400

3 common causes of food poisoning 

Salmonella

E-Coli

Listeria

Botulism 

Giardia 

Mycotoxins 

400

What food is acceptable to feed live?

How do you store?

Mealworms, Crickets, 

Store in a ventilated, secure container, away from light.  Crickets need food/water added 

400

What is pica and coprophagy? 

Pica- Eating of abnormal things.

Coprophagy- Eating of feces.

(Is this normal?)

500

Added to pet foods to enhance palatability and can include spices, broths, and yeast.

"Natural" Flavours 

500

AAFCO and PFIAA stand for 

(either one will do)

Association of American Feed Control Officials 

Pet Food Industry Association of Australia

500
Common culprit of food poisoning that can also be acquired by saliva

Salmonella 

500

How high should food be kept off the ground?

30cm

500

What is the process of a ruminants (cow) digestive system?

1st- Rumen (partially digests the food into "cud")

2nd- Reticulum (cud is pushed back up to mouth for further break down)

3rd- Omasum (re-chewed cud enters here to absorb water and broken down more)

4th- Abomasum (the true stomach) 


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