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The major use of fish meal is as a high-protein supplement in Aquaculture feed. The main producing countries in 2004 were Peru , Chile , China , Thailand , USA , Japan and Denmark . World-wide production is about 6.3 million tons annually.
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In pet food, AAFCO specifies fish meal is "the clean, rendered, dried ground tissue of undecomposed whole fish or fish cuttings, either or both, with or without the extraction of part of the oil." Thus useable as Pet Food . However, if a type of fish is not specified, the type or quality of fish used is unknown. U.S. Coast Guard regulations state all fish meal not destined for human consumption must be conserved with Ethoxyquin unless the manufacturer has a special permit. Ethoxyquin is banned from use in foods for human consumption except for the use of very small quantities as a color preservative for Spice s. Fish meal - Woodshaven Labs


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