FDA's plan for protecting the nation's food supply was released in November of 2007. Briefly, it is described as a comprehensive strategy to help protect the food supply from both unintentional contamination and deliberate attack.
This headline is an easy way to get the attention of most business people. But it's also relevant because it relates to a paradigm shift that will change what and how much petfood you sell. This shift is called predictive medicine.
Petfood manufacturers worldwide have been dealing with soaring prices for ingredients - especially grain-based ones - for a couple of years. Is the situation likely to improve at all this year?
In the petfood industry, inorganic forms of essential trace minerals such as iron, zinc, copper, manganese, iodine and selenium have been the staple. In recent years, though, chelated forms of these minerals have found their way into a number of pet...