Is it worthwhile to 'counterfeit' cat food?
The only problem I had is in one Amazon shipment a few cans got smashed in. Chewy does packaging better!
Let me direct you to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal.
If people are willing to poison milk with melanine to make a dollar, why wouldn't someone do the same to cat food? In fact, it's already happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_pet_food_recalls
Could be. You could get away with a lot lower product safety and quality for cat food than you could for human food. That means you could make it for a lot cheaper and sell it as a higher quality brand. It's easier to get away with killing or sickening a few cats than it is people.