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Pet Food Insights

Pet food innovations: Is my product regulated?

The category your product falls into determines the applicable regulations, and one size does not fit all.

Careful consideration is required to ensure your pet product is meeting the appropriate regulations for its category.

Brand Insights

Buy Better, Buy Smarter

Supply Tigers Inc

Tailored solutions to curb indirect spending and improve cost and operating efficiencies for your pet food production.

Buy Better, Buy Smarter

Adventures in Pet Food

‘Secret recipe’: 3 steps to uncover pet food safety issues

Listen, ask and look: A recipe any pet food plant operator, safety or quality manager can use to determine the root cause of a safety problem.

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Pet Food Recalls

Mid American Pet Food recalls one lot for Salmonella

Mid America Pet Food voluntarily recalled one lot of Victor Super Premium Dog Food, Hi-Pro Plus produced at its Mount Pleasant, Texas, USA production facility because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella

Pet Food Ingredients

The quantitative use of dehydrated garlic powder in dog treats

Learn about the research that exists for garlic as an ingredient in pet food and treats.

Garlic is a widely used human food ingredient, but its use in pet food and treats is more complicated.

Ingredient Issues

Pet food science — Leading the way to healthier pets

Dr. George Collings discusses the very real pitfalls of putting scientific research and reactive opinions on the same level of validity in pet food.

Loss of confidence in the scientific process can be damaging to brands and to the pet food industry as a whole.

Pet Food Recalls

Darwin’s Natural responds to FDA advisory about Salmonella

Darwin’s Natural responded to an FDA advisory cautioning pet owners not to feed their pets certain lots of raw dog food.

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Safety & Quality

FDA warns of Salmonella in Darwin’s Natural raw dog food

The FDA recommended that Arrow Reliance Inc. voluntarily recall these products and notify the public, but the company has not yet done so.

Adventures in Pet Food

How pet food can aid vets in pet owner nutrition education

Most pet owners trust their vets most for pet nutrition advice, but only 20% of vets proactively offer that. How can pet food companies better support them?

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Prestige Ltda suffers pet food product recall in Brazil

Pet food manufacturer rejects claims of illegal activity or that its products may be unsafe.

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Pet food’s legal status in South Africa favors exporting

Regulations require all pet food products and companies to be registered individually, lengthening registration times.

Pet Food Industry Southern Africa

AAFCO provides view on proposed pet food regulatory system

The organization believes a federally regulated approach is not in the best interest of pets or pet owners.

Regulatory Concept

Pet Food Market

Do politics and government policies affect pet food?

Authorization for a new pet food product in Mexico now takes more than a year, compared to three months before budget cuts hit the permitting agency.

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