# The meatpacking problem: a boon for pet food? - Food Politics by Marion Nestle

> A commentary notes that the meatpacking disruption from COVID-19 is affecting pet food supply, since pet food uses human food byproducts. It cites the North American Renderers Association saying renderers are ready to take livestock that meatpackers cannot process.

- Date: 2020-05-14 · published 2020-05-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53296-the-meatpacking-problem-a-boon-for-pet-food-food-politics-by-marion-nestle
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Routing livestock into rendering raises meat and bone meal availability and links pet food and feed ingredient supply to meatpacking capacity.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- foodpolitics.com: https://www.foodpolitics.com/2020/05/the-meatpacking-problem-a-boon-for-pet-food/

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