[Avodah] [Areivim] Dog Food For Pesach

[Zev Sero]

Referred from Areivim:
Prof. Levine wrote:
> At 04:00 PM 3/9/2010, Z. Sero wrote:

>> This may also be the time to remind people that no cat or dog food (at
>> least in my experience) is more than ta'aroves chometz, and therefore
>> (since is is not "maachal bnei adam hab'ri'im") it may be used on Pesach.

> See http://www.caryn.com/holiday/passover/passover_petfood.html
> See the listing of both cat and dog foods endorsed by the CRC for Pesach! 
> See also 
> http://www.crcweb.org/Passover%202009/Passover%20Foods%20for%20Your%20Pets.pdf  
> See also 
> http://www.examiner.com/x-6704-Cats-Examiner~y2009m4d2-Feeding-cats-during-Passover 
> While these sites are from 2009, I doubt that much has changed.

I am familiar with these claims that are made every year.  I'm not
familiar with their halachic basis.  As far as I can tell from Shulchan
Aruch, any mixture of chametz (which I take to mean less than 50%)
which is not eaten by normal people, even if it is perfectly edible,
may be owned and used on Pesach.  I wonder how the compilers of these
lists have overlooked what appears to be an open se'if in SA (442:4;
see also SA Harav 442:22).

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