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1 PASSOVER - PESACH APRIL 2020 - NISAN 5780
PET FOOD 13
One of the many challenges of Pesach is finding
Halachically permissible pet food. There are two
separate Kashrus issues about which one should be
aware. One is related specifically to Pesach, and the
other related to the rest of the year as well. The
year round problem concerns the mixing of milk
and meat. It says three times in the Torah “Lo
Sevashel Gedee Bachalev Imo”. Literally, this is a
prohibition against cooking milk and meat
together. However, from the fact that the Torah
states this three times, and uses the term Gedee
(kid), the Gemorah
(Talmud) in Chulin (113A 115B) explains this to
mean that milk from any Kosher species and meat
from any Kosher species (i.e. beef mixed with cow’s
milk or goat’s milk etc.) are forbidden to: a) be
cooked together, b) be eaten together, c) derive
benefit or pleasure from them. These prohibitions
(from the Torah) do not apply to poultry or venison.
In order to avoid confusion, the Rabanan (Rabbis)
extended the prohibition of eating milk and meat
together to include poultry and venison. However,
deriving benefit from poultry mixed with milk was
not included in this decree. Therefore, chicken with
whey, milk or cheese is permissible in pet food.
Commonly, dog and cat foods contain milk and
meat mixtures, and therefore, are forbidden to
Jewish pet owners all year round. There is an
additional problem for a Jew who is a pet owner
during Pesach. The basis for this problem is that
Chometz carries with it three “Isurim” (prohibitions)
a) Hanaah (benefit), b) Ownership, c) Baal Yimatze
(it must be completely removed from a person’s
premises). A person who owns a pet is obligated to
feed It in a timely manner, and due to the
prohibition of deriving any pleasure or benefit
from Chometz, we are not permitted to use or
own pet food containing any type of Chometz on Kittens, Chicken for Cats, Fish, Flaked Chicken in
Pesach. Therefore, it is important to be aware of Tasty Gravy, Chicken for Mature Cats.
the prevalent use of the five grains: wheat (germ,
Evanger’s: When bearing cRc Passover approval.
cracked, flour, gluten, ground, grouts, middlings,
starch), rye, barley (cracked flour), oats (flour, Friskies (canned): Pate Chicken and Tuna Dinner,
grouts, hulled) & spelt in dog and cat foods today. Pate Classic Seafood Entrée, Pate Turkey and Giblets,
Other Chometz ingredients are Brewer’s Yeast, Pate Country Style Dinner, Pate Mariners Catch, Pate
Gluten, Malt, Pasta, Starch and Xanthan Gum. Salmon Dinner
Almost all dry pet foods list wheat or oats as their Kirkland: (Costco) (dry): Healthy Weight Indoor
first ingredient. This is true for fish food and bird Adult, Maintenance Chicken & Rice, Natures Domain
foods as well. Salmon Meal & Sweet Potato.
Note: Only clay or wood-based Kitty Litter may be Kosher Paws - Turkey & Chicken Cat Food (No
used on Pesach, as others may contain Chometz. Kitniyos or Gebrokts - O/UP)
Additional Animal-Related Concern: Often the Merrick Grain Free Limited Ingredient Diet
products that one may purchase at a local zoo to (canned): Real Chicken, Real Duck, Real Salmon, Real
feed the animals contain Chometz and should not Turkey, Real Tuna.
be purchased or fed to the animals on Pesach.
Merrick Purrfect Bistro Grain-Free (dry): Adult
CAT FOOD (Healthy Weight, Real Chicken and Sweet Potato),
Blue Freedom Grain Free (canned): Chicken for Healthy Senior, Healthy Kitten14
Merrick Purrfect Bistro Grain-Free BIRDS
(canned): Chicken Casserole Morsels,
(Parrots, Parakeets, Cocktiels, Canaries and Macaws)
Chicken Divan, Morsels Salmon Pate, Tuna Pate.
Millet, canary grass seed and sorghum as main diet.
Prescription Diet: a/d, d/d except duck, m/d
canned only, r/d, s/d, t/d, z/d. Peanuts, sunflower seeds and safflower seeds
Wellness Core Grain Free (dry): Adult, Indoor, Kitten, Larger birds such as parrots can eat pure alfalfa
Original pellets (make sure it is pure alfalfa since it is
common to add grains) or dry dog approved dog
Wellness Core Grain-Free Classic Pate (canned):
food.
Indoor, Kitten, Whitefish & Salmon & Herring.
Smaller birds can also have pure alfalfa pellets, crush
DOG FOOD
before feeding
Alpo Chop House (canned): Filet mignon and
Can supplement with cottage cheese, rice cakes
Bacon Flavors cooked in Savory Juices, Prime Rib
(birds like these), small pieces of lean meat, matzah,
Flavor cooked in Savory Juices, Roasted Chicken and
berries, eggs, canned baby fruits. All large food
Top Sirloin Flavors cooked in Savory Juices, T-Bone
should be shredded before serving. And these
Steak and Ribeye flavors cooked in Savory Juices.
items should be given sparingly.
Blue Freedom Grain Free (canned): Duck & Chicken
For minerals, can only have oyster shells (calcium) or
Grill, Salmon & Chicken Grill, Beef & Chicken Grill.
mineral block.
Blue Wilderness Grain Free (canned): Duck &
HAMSTERS, GUINEA PIGS, GERBILS &
chicken grill, salmon & chicken grill, turkey &
RABBITS
chicken grill.
It is best to feed pure alfalfa pellets to these animals.
Evangers: When bearing cRc Passover approval.
Make sure the pellets are pure alfalfa since it is
Kirkland (Costco) Nature’s Domain (dry): Salmon common to add grains. Dried alfalfa may also be
Meal and Sweet Potato, Turkey Meal and Sweet given.
Potato.
One can also supplement with mixture of cut-up
Kosher Paws - Turkey and Chicken Dog Food (No fruits and vegetables such as: carrots, broccoli,
Kitniyos or Gebrokts - O/UP) apples, melon, kale, parsley, oranges, celery, dry
corn, sunflower seeds and cabbage. One can also
Mighty Dog: (canned - no gravy): Chicken Egg &
give Matzah. If the animal is not used to eating any
Bacon Country Platter, Chicken & Smoked Bacon
of these Items, give sparingly.
Combo, Hearty Beef Dinner, with Lamb and Rice.
Guinea pigs, rabbits & chinchillas especially will
Wellness Core Grain Free (dry): Ocean, Original,
benefit from greens, oranges, Timothy hay, grapes,
Reduced Fat, Small Breed.
apples and melons. Guinea pigs will particularly
Wellness Core Grain Free (canned): Beef & Venison benefit from kale, parsley and oranges.
& Lamb, Puppy, Turkey & Chicken Liver & Turkey
Hamsters especially will benefit from apples.
Liver, Whitefish & Salmon & Herring
Guinea pigs will especially benefit from kale, parsley
Wellness Core Grain Free Ninety Five Percent
and oranges as well as vitamin C added to their diet.
(canned): Beef with Carrots, Chicken with Broccoli,
Turkey with Spinach. Mice and rats will eat sunflower seeds, greens,
vegetables and potatoes.
FISH FOOD
MORE PET FOOD INFORMATION
Fish food and vacation blocks often contain
chometz. The following are acceptable fish food for Mixes sold in stores often contain chometz. It is
Pesach: advisable for pet owners to slowly wean their pets
off their regular chometz pet food diet. This is best
Zoo Med Laboratories Giant Plankton Banquet
accomplished by mixing regular and Pesach food
Block Feeder and Tetra Tropical Slow Release Gel
between one and two weeks before Pesach before
Feeders (Tetra Weekend 5 days and Tetra Vacation
switching completely to Pesach food. The ratio of
14 days). Goldfish and tropical fish can be fed the
regular and Pesach food should be changed slowly
following (provided they do not contain fillers):
to get the animal used to the new diet. Check with
Tubular worms, frozen brine shrimp and freeze
your vet before changing your pet’s diet.Also, pure
dried worms.
Timothy Hay is NOT chometz and may be used.
GECKO
Note: One may shop at Petco and Petsmart stores
Repashy Crested Gecko Meal Replacement Powder. immediately after Pesach.36
THE FOLLOWING Life Brand Generation, Shake and Twocal)
PRODUCTS ARE Little Ones Fibersource HN
NOT CERTIFIED KOSHER Meijer Baby Member’s Mark Glucerna 1.0, 1.2 and 1.5
FOR PASSOVER BY THE O/U, Mom to Mom Isosource (plain and HN with
nonetheless, the O/U has Moo Moo Buckaroo Fiber)
Identified these products Mother’s Choice Jevity 1.0, 1.2, and 1.5
as halachically acceptable My Organic Baby Nepro (HP, LP, Vanilla, With Carb
for infants and the ill. these Nature’s Place Steady Flavored)
products must bear an O/U or Nestle Good Start Novasource Renal Nutren
O/UD symbol: Next Step (Product Line)
Nutraenfant Osmolite (1.0, 1.2, 1.5, HN
BABY FOOD:
O Organic Baby Unflavored)
Carrots, Squash, Green Beans
Parent’s Choice Perative
(Kitniyos), Peas (Kitniyos)
Premier Value Portagen
INFANT FORMULAS
President’s Choice Promote (except with Fiber)
365 Everyday Value
Price Chopper Pulmocare
Ameribella
Puramino Resource Diabetic (Nestle
America’s Choice for Baby
Publix Nutrition), Thicken up Nestle
Babies R Us
Rite Aid - Tugaboos Nutrition, Thickened Water and
Baby Basics
Shopko Juice Products Nestle Nutrition)
Baby’s Choice
Similac (Regular, Advance Thick & Easy - Food and
Bear Essentials
Plus, Comfort, Gold w/HMO, Beverage Thickener Hormel
Belacta (regular and premium)
Lemehadrin and thickened Water and Juice
Belactasure
Neosure, Spit Up/AR, RTF, Special Products Hormel
Berkeley & Jensen
Care RTF) Thick-It - Original Food &
Bright Beginnings
Simply Right Beverage Thickener and Clear
Cottontails
Stop & Shop Advantage Food & Beverage
CVS
Sunrise Thickener
Daily Source
Supervalu Vital
Discount Drug Mart
Target Vivonex Pediatric, Plus and Ten
Earth’s Best
Tippy Toes By Topcare MILK SUBSTITUTES (Only in
Elecare
Top Care Shelf Stable, Non-Refrigerated
Enfacare
Topco Containers)
Enfagrow
Up & Up Almond Breeze Original
Enfagrow Neuropro, Premium
Vermont Organics Rice Dream Classic Original
and Toddler Transitions
Walgreens Soy Dream Original Enriched
Gentlease
Wegmans PEDIATRIC SUPPLEMENTS:
Enfalac
Well Beginnings Boost Kid Essentials 1.0 and 1.5
Enfamil (A.R., Enspire, Neuropro
Western Family Boost Kid Essentials with Fiber
Enfacare, Premature High
MEDICAL NUTRITIONAL D-Vi-Sol
Protein 24 Cal Per f. ox.,
SUPPLEMENTS Enfamil 5% Glucose Water
Prosobee, Reguline)
Abound Fer-In- Sol Drops
Enfaport
Arginaid (plain and extra) Poly-Vi-Sol Drops
Enfapro
Benecalorie Tri-Vi-Sol Drops
Food Lion
Beneprotein Resource Just for Kids with Fiber
Full Circle
Boost (Plus, Glucose Control, Pediasure Complesure, RpB,
Fulton St. Market
High Protein and Nutritional Peptide, Vanilla Powder and
Gerber Good Start
Pudding) Shakes
Giant
Diabetishield PEDIATRIC ELECTROLYTES:
Giant
Diabetisource AC Bright Beginnings
Giant Eagle Baby
Enfamil Human Milk Fortifier Comforts For Baby
Hannaford
Powder Cottontails
H-E-B
Enlive Cvs Pharmacy
Heinz Nurture
Ensure (Compact, Complete Enfamil Enfalyte Oral Electrolyte
Home 360 Baby Hy-Vee
Nutrition Shake, Healthy Solution
Isomil
Mom Shake, High Calcium Goodness
Kirkland Signature
Shake, High Protein Shake, H-E-B Baby
Kuddles
HN, Homemade Shake, Plus, Home 360 Baby
Laura Lynn
Plus HN, Plus Advance, Next Meijer37 Mom To Mom Naturalyte Shoprite Parent’s Choice Pedialyte (all flavors) Top Care Vivonex Ten Walgreen’s Western Family PRENATAL VITAMINS Maxi Health (only with Chometz- free sticker)
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