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I have often read that chicken in pet foods are often classified as 4D meats. What does 4D mean?

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I have often read that chicken in pet foods are often classified as 4D meats. What does 4D mean?

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4D chicken is meat and by-products that have been derived from chickens that were rejected by food inspectors who classified the chickens as not fit for human consumption because they were “Dead, Dying, Disabled or Diseased” at the time of inspection. Newman’s Own Organics does not use 4D meats.