[Avodah] [Areivim] Dog Food For Pesach

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 08:27:43PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
> : 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 if the problem is that many of the kinds of kibble aren't
> actually less than 50% wheat and water, and it's a difference in
> metzi'us issue.

Next time you're at the supermarket go look at the various brands of
cat and dog food, and see if you can find one that lists a grain as one
of the first two or three ingredients.  I have never seen such a thing,
and I can't imagine that one could exist, because cats and dogs are
primarily carnivores.


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