| 摘要 |
<p>An animal treat (10) for animals having the appearance of a greeting card comprises a generally flat sheet (12) of bleached rawhide and a literary message (14) and/or decorative picture (16) printed on at least one side of the sheet. The message and/or picture is printed using one or more edible inks. In one preferred embodiment, there is a decorative picture (16) printed with edible inks of at least two colours. The sheet of rawhide can be generally rectangular with rounded corners (44) although other shapes are also possible. The method of producing this animal treat is also described. This method including drying bleached rawhide in a stretched, flat state, cutting rectangular sheets from the dried material, supporting each dried flat sheet in a suitable support structure for printing and then printing the message and/or decorative design on the flat sheet using a printer, such as a pad printer.</p> |
