{"topic_id":"AAFCO_Ch6_animal_meat_meal","category":"aafco","context":"AAFCO Ch6 definition 9.40 Meat Meal is the rendered product from mammal tissues, exclusive of any added blood, hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good processing practices; it shall not contain added extraneous materials not provided for by the definition. Quality criteria in the definition: the calcium (Ca) level shall not exceed the actual level of phosphorus (P) by more than 2.2 times; it shall not contain more than 12% pepsin indigestible residue, and not more than 9% of the crude protein in the product shall be pepsin indigestible. The label shall include guarantees for minimum crude protein, minimum crude fat, maximum crude fiber, minimum phosphorus (P) and minimum and maximum calcium (Ca); the AAFCO definition itself does not fix a crude protein minimum (any \"50% CP\" figure is a market specification, not the AAFCO definition). If the product bears a name descriptive of its kind, composition or origin (e.g., lamb meal, turkey meal), it must correspond thereto. Related definitions: 9.41 Meat and Bone Meal (includes bone, minimum 4.0% phosphorus) and 9.42 Animal By-Product Meal.\n","sources":["generated from .md only"],"tokens_estimated":114,"generated_at":"2026-07-16","tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}