Thursday, April 9, 2015

Why is the Emu Oil Refining Method Important?



     Animal fats, fish fats and vegetable-derived oils are very common sources of nutrition and tissue inflammation relief for people and their pets.  Emu oil is created by rendering and refining the fat of Emus.
    Due to constant bombardment of acid rain, herbicides and pesticides, coupled with genetic altering of food sources, animals, fish and plants are retaining ever-increasing levels of heavy metals, carcinogens and many other undesirable contaminants, all of which present consumer safety issues and add no value to the finished products.  Although the benefits of using Emu oil are great, failure to remove undesirable contaminants during the refining method can create serious issues.  Issues such as these are referred to as “negative side effects”.
    The FDA, USDA and US Health and Human Services are charged with ensuring consumer safety.  Because some contaminants have been linked to cancers, starting in the 1970’s, special refining methods of animal, fish and plant oils have been mandated by these agencies. Traditional methods of refining, developed in the 1920’s, involve using bentonite (powdered clay) or charcoal and vacuum to remove moisture and, adding caustic chemicals such as sodium hydroxide (lye and caustic soda), followed by high-pressure and high-heat steam bleaching. These ineffective traditional methods of refining cannot, and will not, remove many of the contaminants found in Emu oil.  Further, there is substantial evidence that the bleaching process actually diminishes the values of Essential Fatty Acids. Although prohibited, beginning in the early 1970’s, due to financial constraints, many processors of Emu oil still limit their abilities to these ineffective and potentially dangerous traditional refining methods.  In an effort to deflect criticism (away from themselves) by continuing to ignore consumer safety concerns, these processors have launched a campaign against modern refining methods, such as molecular distillation.  Their campaign involves printing unsubstantiated claims and stating outright lies.  To further understand everyday consumer products that are refined with molecular distillation, please click on: http://www.myers-vacuum.com/stillaps.shtml     Sadly, at this time, for the sake of consumer safety, the Emu oil industry is not large enough to attract Federal prosecution by the under-funded and under-staffed above-listed agencies.
    As a result of Federal and State agency regulations in the late 1970’s, large scale producers of animal fats, fish fats and vegetable oils, who desired to be in compliance with regulations, added one final phase to their refining processes:  this final stage involves heating the oils into a vapor, thereby sterilizing the oil, separating out all possible contaminants and then reconstituting the vapor to a liquid finished product.  This process is commonly called Molecular Distillation Refining (MDR).  This MDR process absolutely removes all possible contaminants from Emu oil and maintains all beneficial factors within the Essential Fatty Acids, thereby creating the purest and most effective Emu oil possible.
    All Longview Farms Emu oil is fully refined and molecular distilled with the MDR process.  All Longview Farms Emu oil carries the MDR logo that designates it as the purest and most effective Emu oil available on the market (please see the MDR logo below).
While some Emu oil processors make claims of “Pharmaceutical Grade” Emu oil, no such classification exists.  While some processors claim to produce a “special” or “ultra” grade Emu oil, it amounts to nothing more than having been run through a centrifuge to take out heavier fatty acids. The removal of these heavier fatty acids actually diminishes the effectiveness of the Emu oil when used both topically and/or internally.  While some claim “FDA Approved Emu oil”, no such agency approval of their Emu oil exists.  While some processors claim that molecular distillation cannot remove contaminants and does not sterilize Emu oil, nothing could be further from the truth. While some claim a great value for “Certified” Emu oil, their limited analysis criteria offers no consumer safety assurances and may expose uneducated consumers to “negative side effects”.
    Please visit: http://www.emu-oil.com/EmuOilTesting.pdf to view impurities found in “AEA Certified” Emu oils and an Australian import.  Further, please click on Recent Analysis Comparison of MDR and AEA Certified Oils.   Additionally, for a factual history of the American Emu Association (AEA), some of its members, programs and standards, please click on: The AEA behind the facade
   The importance of consumer safety and MDR creation of Emu oil:                                                      
     No hype, no marketing gimmicks or certification schemes are needed. The MDR Emu oil used in all Longview Farms products provide the purest and most effective Emu oil available. Unlike others, our products provide enhanced health and continued wellness through “positive side benefits”, through transparency, truthfulness and consumer education.   


         
 











                                        


 Actual Molecular Distillation equipment at one of Longview Farms “state of the art” refineries Also as depicted on http://www.myers-vacuum.com/pilot15.shtml 

                                                               







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