Cross posted from another thread:

"All of the raw material that we use to make Chicken Jerky Tenders is fresh, 100% premium chicken breast tenderloins"

This is so much BS.  There's no such thing as a "chicken breast tenderloin". 

Chickens do have a breast, but a "tenderloin" is cut from a steer.


Just to clarify, the above post refers to anatomy, and not to glitzy marketing terms which were invented so that meat producers can get more $'s for certain parts.

"Chicken tenderloin" is the inner pectoral muscle (I believe) of 'Gallus gallus'. 

"Chicken tenderloin", "chicken breast tenderloin", and "chicken tenders", are marketing terms.  Similar to "chicken nuggets".  Do chickens have "nuggets"?

The USDA has tried to standardize the terms for labeling and advertising purposes, but confusion remains.

Lots of creative terminology in the food industry.  For example, "USDA Certified", is a term used in local grocery stores.  It's used in lieu of USDA standard terms for grades of beef.  To find out the grade (Prime, Choice, Select, Standard, etc.), ask the butcher.

When you buy a cut up whole chicken (around here), you get:  The "whole" bird, cut into 2 breast halves with ribs and back portion, 2 wings, 2 thighs with back portion and 2 drumsticks.  Sometimes you get the giblets, and sometimes not.  Depends on the brand.  There are no "tenders".

You can cut out the "tenders", if they haven't already been removed.

Don't be fooled by creative marketing.

http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/chickentenders

5CatMom
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Edit:  Added link

cato please make sure the chicken didn't come from melaland as there is a thread on here about their 'chickens' ewwwwwwwwwww. Went to Trader Joe's after my family gave me a gift card. Still lots of things from melaland in the store.

petslave,
     Chicken tenderloins are part of the breast of the chicken.  It is not a new term.  Here is a link that shows how to debone a chicken breast and you can scroll down the page and see where the tenderloin is located.

        http://www.cookingforengineers.com/article/123/Boning-Chicken-Breast 

Could another factor, for cats at least, be fake taurine from China in their food?  Cross-posting:

http://itchmoforums.com/feline-heart-disease/could-fake-taurine-be-responsible-for-an-increase-in-feline-heart-disease-t10353.0.html;msg153554;topicseen#msg153554

What a great find 5catmom. I always asked where, when and how was the food destroyed from the 2007 disaster. Apparently it never was because from your link if Nutro is being sold by the pallet is this the reason so many pets get sick because the pet parent might have bought a tainted bag (laced with melamine from 2007) and not known it? Also this person states the contacted Mars about it and received no response. Why should that surprise anyone? The whole article talks about counterfeit food and a conspiracy going on that will topple the pet food industry. If they are complicit in this - OMG no wonder pets continue to get sick. And pet parents never thinking it might very well be the food.

The fact that some is being sold in barrels ,with no dates or codes does seem to support that it is the recalled food being resold. I burnt most of what I had. But we all know the pfc's involved would probably try to make a profit from it somehow.

Yeah, don't believe we need a "conspiracy" to explain what goes on with the pet food industry.

The article sounds like business as usual, to me.  We know that salvaging and recycling cwrap is very much "business as usual" for PFC's.  

Melamine scrap from Menu went to rendering giant, Darling Int'l.  So why wouldn't Mars get rid of their tainted products?    

Turning garbage into gold - it's what they do!