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.
