These 10 stories received the most attention on Petfood Industry’s website.
In 2016, news about pet food contamination, top dog and cat food companies and market trends topped the list of most popular stories published during the year by Petfood Industry. The rankings were determined by the number of page views recorded by Google Analytics.
Diamond Pet Food and Costco have begun paying settlements to Canadian pet owners who say their pets required screening and/or treatment, or the pets died, after they were exposed to Salmonella in 2011 and 2012, according to a report from Food Safety News.
Hill’s Science Diet and Ideal Balance pet foods were pulled from the shelves of PetCo and PetSmart stores in Topeka and Lawrence, Kansas as a result of an unspecified business dispute, reported local news outlet WIBW.
More than 1,140 dogs have died after eating jerky pet treats, out of 6,200 cases of jerky-related canine illness reported to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from 2007 to December 31, 2015.
In the last several years, as the global pet food market has continued to recover alongside the economy, the majority of the industry has seen slow but steady growth.
Petfood Industry’s annual Top Pet Food Companies magazine issue is now available, featuring exclusive data on the top pet food producers around the world in 2015.
The global pet food market was profitable in 2015, with many pet food companies holding their spots as top earners and mergers and acquisitions boosting profitability for others.
These protein sources have grown in popularity for both pet and human meals.
Tim Wall covers the dog, cat and other pet food industries as senior reporter for WATT Global Media. His work has appeared inLive Science, Discovery News, Scientific American, Honduras Weekly, Global Journalist and other outlets. He holds a journalism master's degree
from the University of Missouri - Columbia and a bachelor's degree in biology.
Wall served in the Peace Corps in Honduras from 2005 to 2007, where he coordinated with the town government of Moroceli to organize a municipal trash collection system, taught environmental science, translated for medical brigades and facilitated sustainable agriculture, along with other projects.
