The following is quoted directly from the Association of American Feed Control Officials’ Questions and Answers pdf available from their website at http://www.aafco.org/Portals/0/Public/Q-AND-A-REGARDING-PETFOODREGS.PDF
“4. Am I correct that may include materials from animals which died by means other than
slaughter are explicitly defined as adulterated unless the materials are rendered in compliance
with animal health and protein product…