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ethoxyquin in dog food

How Sniff sees it

Synthetic preservative originally developed as a herbicide. Common in fish meal, sometimes not on the label because suppliers add it before delivery. Banned in human food.

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Where ethoxyquin sits in the Sniff System

ethoxyquin is a flagged ingredient in the Sniff Controversial Ingredient Penalty list. Products that include it incur a methodology-specified penalty. The penalty is documented, versioned, and challengeable through the corrections process.

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