The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued another caution about tainted petfood from China, according to an article from The Eagle Tribune.

Bill Marler, food safety advocate and managing partner of food-borne illness law firm Marler Clark, asked the food safety community to weigh in on the most pressing food safety challenges for the coming year.

Surging petfood expenses are pinching the profit margins of pet store owners, who say the cost increases and the declining economy are driving customers to cheaper supermarket or price club brands, according to an article from The Record.

Global manufacturers Kraft Foods, Nestlé and Procter & Gamble, along with German-based retailer Metro Group have extended the use of the Global Data Synchronization Network to synchronize data in Russia. 

Formulating the right nutritional balance for your cat necessitates care, research and tremendous forethought, according to an article appearing in The Daily Cat.

Bruker Daltonics recently released a high-capacity ion trap solution for the detection and quantification of melamine and cyanuric acid in food safety laboratories.

Canidae All Natural Pet Foods announced that it will award four individual $2,500 veterinary medicine scholarships in its 2009 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Scholarship Program.

Ipack-Ima 2009, the exhibition for packaging and agro-food processing technology, will at be held in Milan March 24 to 28 and feature an area dedicated to technology and materials for the petfood industry.

According to a report from Independent Online, an Epol-petfood manufacturer-employee in South Africa died after he fell into a silo full of the food Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, police said.

The Pedigree petfood brand, owned by Mars, recently launched an advertising campaign featuring the Pedigree Adoption Drive.