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Plant toxin caused Australian dog deaths, illness

Australian investigators identified a plant toxin, indospicine, as the cause of numerous dog deaths and illnesses clustered near Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.

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Brand Insights

Pet food ingredient insights for new product development

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Pet food ingredient insights for new product development

Wet dog food sold in Hong Kong fails to meet guidelines

Learn about a recent analysis of wet pet foods in Hong Kong and how they stacked up against international nutritional requirements for pet food.

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Sick dogs, deaths correlated to raw pet food in Australia

Australian authorities are investigating a cluster of dogs affected with severe liver disease. The dogs all ate fresh or frozen meat from a specific source.

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Manna Pro recalls Flock Party Quack Snack poultry treat

Manna Pro Products of St. Louis, Missouri voluntarily recalled a single lot of Flock Party Quack Snacks poultry treat with a Best By date of 12/2023, packaged in 1.68 pound bags because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

courtesy U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Pet Food Product Database

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Unity Scientific

Unity Scientific SpectraStar XT Food Analyzer

130 blood disease cases in UK cats correlated to food

In the United Kingdom, officials advised cat owners not to feed their pets specific foods after finding correlations to a rare disease.

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Freshpet recalls one lot of dog food for Salmonella

Freshpet had designated this single lot for destruction. However, it was inadvertently shipped to retailers in limited geographic markets between June 7 to June 10, 2021.

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Pet Food Market

CBD popularity continues to grow in pet products

Learn about the latest in the popular trend of CBD as a pet product ingredient, in spite of its murky legality.

CBD products in the pet space may be controversial, but they are popular — and they appear to be here to stay as a growing trend.

Pet Food Market

WSAVA, part 2: Pet food recommendations are now guidelines

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association made some useful revisions to its tool for selecting pet foods, yet in some cases failed to set a proper bar.

WSAVA's Global Nutrition Committee, which revised the guidelines for selecting a pet food, is supported by the Purina Institute, Hill's Pet Nutrition and Royal Canin.

Sharing pet food analysis data key to avoid another DCM

Providing empirical data to back up nutrition claims could help pet food companies avoid another situation like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation into canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).

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Sunshine Mills issues voluntary dog food recall

Learn about the latest Sunshine Mills voluntary dog food recall due to possible Salmonella contamination in select dog food products.

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Market Trends and Reports

Petfood Forum returns in person to Kansas City

The premiere conference for the global pet food industry returns in person to Kansas City, with an on-demand version for people unable to travel.

Photo by Andrea Gantz

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