# Chicken meal: Is there anything new with this ingredient’s use in pet food? | PetfoodIndustry

> An article on PetfoodIndustry reviews chicken meal in pet food, noting its unclear definition, the inclusion of viscera that keeps poultry in a by-product category, and a 2016 AAFCO revision that added wet rendering and calcium/phosphorus qualifiers. The piece says these issues persist.

- Date: 2018-04-10 · published 2018-04-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65628-chicken-meal-is-there-anything-new-with-this-ingredient-s-use-in-pet-food
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

This is a pet food ingredient discussion with no supply, demand, or price shock for feed grains or protein meals, so its direct impact on commodity prices is negligible.

## Sources

- petfoodindustry.com: https://www.petfoodindustry.com/ingredient-issues/proteins/article/15464691/chicken-meal-is-there-anything-new-with-this-ingredients-use-in-pet-food

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