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)