Pets First Aid Relief Gel

Many people believe this is an unregulated industry, which is absolutely not true. In some ways, pet supplements are more rigorously regulated than human dietary supplements. They’re regulated at the federal level by the Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine and also potentially at the state level by state agriculture departments or another state regulatory agency tasked with overseeing these products. In addition, the National Animal Supplement Council (NASC) has been a model for successful self-regulation for 20 years and counting. The NASC has a thorough, robust, and comprehensive compliance program, including raw material verification, good manufacturing practice standards, claims and labeling requirements, adverse event reporting, and post-market surveillance. This oversight provides a responsible foundation that a lot of people don’t realize the animal industry participates in. Pet supplements are very much a regulated industry.

No. This product falls under the National Animal Supplement Council (NASC) rules. The liquid silver hydrosol health supplement dosage form product intended for ingestion by pets is manufactured, packaged, warehoused, and distributed in full compliance with the good manufacturing practices and quality systems established by the NASC and modeled after 21 CFR 111 and 21 CFR 507 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act for feed supplements and dosage form animal health products.

Yes. In fact, a certain amount of copper is required in dog food. According to the official 2015 Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) publication, dog food must contain no less than 7.3 mg of copper per each kilogram of dog food.

The NASC audit is pet specific, as opposed to other independent audits. Their auditing standards are specific for the animal supplement industry. The NASC audit provides independent verification that we act responsibly by having quality systems in place that will result in consistency and repeatability. This is important for the retailers selling the products. The first question retailers should be asking is about quality. They want suppliers who will have the same product with the same consistency week to week, month to month, year to year because the systems they follow are in writing and process controls are in place, which NASC verifies.