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=== Complete Pet Food ===
=== Complete Pet Food ===
Pet foods providing all the nutrients in the amounts and proportions pets need are considered complete. Only complete pet foods are suitable for daily feeding without adding further food products except water.
Pet foods providing all the nutrients in the amounts and proportions animals need are considered complete. Only complete pet foods are suitable for daily feeding without adding further food products except water.
Nutritional standards for pet foods are provided by [[Regulation of the Pet Food Industry - Nutrition#USA|AAFCO in the United States]] and by FEDIAF<ref name="FEDIAF">'''FEDIAF (2014)''' Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs. Brussels: FEDIAF - European Pet Food Industry Federation </ref> [[Regulation of the Pet Food Industry - Nutrition#Europe|in Europe]]. Nutritional standards for pet foods already established or under development in countries outside the USA and Europe are largely based on AAFCO or FEDIAF recommendations.
Nutritional standards for pet foods are provided by [[Regulation of the Pet Food Industry - Nutrition#USA|AAFCO in the United States]] and by FEDIAF<ref name="FEDIAF">'''FEDIAF (2014)''' Nutritional Guidelines for Complete and Complementary Pet Food for Cats and Dogs. Brussels: FEDIAF - European Pet Food Industry Federation </ref> [[Regulation of the Pet Food Industry - Nutrition#Europe|in Europe]]. Nutritional standards for pet foods already established or under development in countries outside the USA and Europe are largely based on AAFCO or FEDIAF recommendations.