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Pet Food Safety

Consumer pet food safety views shaped by brands, regulators

Pet owners develop an impression of the pet food industry based partially on perceptions of its safety, and companies and regulators both play a key role.

Consumer Pet Food Safety

Brand Insights

Pet food ingredient insights for new product development

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Explore sustainable and healthy ingredients that keep your formulations profitable. Brand Insights from Petfood Industry.

Pet food ingredient insights for new product development

Pet Food Safety

Pet food safety measures, technologies expand

Learn about the various food safety aspects of pet food production, including various ways to increase that safety.

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Pet Food Market

More litigation trends in the pet food and treat industries

Learn about the potential pitfalls and careful considerations needed in dealing with words like “sustainability” which has no concrete legal definition.

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RECALL: Purina recalls Pro Plan Veterinary dog food due to vitamin D issue

Learn about the Purina Pro Plan pet food recall for a vitamin D issue in dog food.

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PFAS pet food packaging alternative is biodegradable

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances garnered attention in November 2022 after the Environmental Working Group published a report documenting the chemicals’ presence on pet food packages.

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Evaluating pet food hazards in an evolving world

Learn about the various considerations in evaluating potential hazard in both imported and domestic pet food ingredients.

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Certain acid may explain raisin, grape toxicity to dogs

The deadly toxic effects of other foods may have pointed out the reason dogs may be harmed by grapes.

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FDA reports on pet food inspections in 2022

The top three pet food safety observations from the Food and Drug Administration in 2022 fell under hazard analysis, prevent controls and sanitation controls.

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Mexican consumer protection agency reviews cat food products

Profeco performed a quality analysis of 33 brands of commercial dry cat food in 2022, finding all comply with Mexican regulations as well as AAFCO guidelines.

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Mycotoxin in pet food likely caused 2021 UK cat diseases

“The diets associated with the pancytopenia outbreak in cats in the United Kingdom all contained potatoes flakes which, in this scenario, are thought to have been the likely source of mycotoxin,” Royal Veterinary College researchers wrote.

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Pet Food Safety

FDA’s DCM probe starts with a roar, ends with a whimper

The investigation into any role grain-free pet food might play in cases of dilated cardiomyopathy seems to be ending in a rather quiet, inauspicious way.

Performing an analysis of dry pet food recipes using the Dog and Cat Food Ingredient Center shows that 44 percent of dry dog food recipes and 47 percent of dry cat food recipes in the database do not contain grains. | Elena Schweitzer, Dreamstime

Pet Food Market

Sense of optimism for US animal food regulations in 2023

Learn about the regulatory landscape of 2023, and the policy goals AFIA has honed in on for advancement in the new year.

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