If you have been planning on making homemade pet food for your cat or dog, then you are not alone. Many pet owners have already taken steps in feeding homemade food for their home pets. Most of these people do so for a variety of reasons. However among the biggest reasons being that feeding your pet out of a bag of commercial pet food does not always guarantee freshness or nutrition.

If the pet food bought commercially is already contaminated with mold or bacteria, your home pets can easily fall ill, and this is the last thing that you would want to happen. However, contamination is still possible even if you are feeding your pets some homemade food. This is especially true if the food has been prepared poorly. Many dogs and cats have suffered from foodborne diseases due to food infested with chemicals, metals, toxins such as mycotoxin, bacteria, and a host of other contaminants, which may be deadly if left unchecked.

Fungus has been known to produce toxins such as mycotoxin, and according to research results, about ¼ of the annual food crop all over the world has been known to be infested with (more…)