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Processed foods with animal-based ingredients
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I can say from the outset that the chance is very unlikely (much less than 50%), so there should be no problem. However, if you wish to investigate this in order to convince yourself, I would suggest that you do the research for a few representative products to get clear verification.

First you will need to contact the manufacturer of the product you buy from the store, and ask them from which company or companies they purchase the animal-based ingredients. Since those ingredients are processed, you will need to contact all the companies in the production chain until you find out the possible slaughterhouse locations where the animals are slaughtered.

Then you would need to investigate whether the particular slaughterhouse is subject to any governmental or voluntary regulations, and inspections/monitoring, for humane-slaughter practices. The other information to request is:
- the slaughtering method
- whether or not the slaughtered animal is bled out (or the heart is removed) before the removal of body parts that will be sold for processing into food ingredients
- and the average or targeted time interval between the act of slaughtering and the removal of those body parts.

From that information, it's possible to determine whether or not 50% or more of the slaughtered animals have their heart permanently stopped from beating when the body parts to be sold for food products are removed from the animal. (Residual minor quivering of the heart muscles can occur after the animal's death, but that does not count as the type of beating that actually pumps blood.)

If you do decide to make this investigation, we will be greatly appreciative if you will record and document everything in your entire investigation, and send it to Ask Noah for review and publication!
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RE: Processed foods with animal-based ingredients - by Director Michael - 10-04-2015, 08:40 PM

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