Generic unnamed animal source

The problem here isn’t “by-product” — it’s the missing name. “Meat meal,” “meat and bone meal,” “animal fat” or “animal digest” don’t tell you which animal, so the source can change from batch to batch and quality is harder to trust. For halal-conscious owners there’s an added concern: “meat” can legally include pork. A clearly named source (“chicken,” “lamb”) is always the more transparent — and more halal-checkable — choice.