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

Pet food inflation in the U.S. in 2022, outpaced the overall consumer price index and human food inflation, yet still wasn’t the highest in history.

Pet food inflation is the wild card; its continuing rise in 2022 has challenged many pet owners and may wipe out pet food spending gains seen in 2021 data.

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.

Consumers are seeking value, affordable nutrition and full honesty from human food brands, which likely will affect demands of pet food brands, too.

U.S. pet food inflation reached 15.7% year over year in November, and the possibility exists for even higher increases as producer costs for dry dog food rise.

The pet food ingredient supply, already disrupted by the pandemic, is under further challenge by the U.S. government’s biofuel mandates and incentives.

Pet food is ending 2022 with the bad news of ongoing rising inflation and other issues, but topped by the good news that the market is still growing.

From educating pet owners to making a business case to re-aligning labor and supply chains, achieving sustainability in pet food has its challenges.

Pet food in the U.S. reached a new inflation high of 15% in October 2022, but pet food producer prices were stable, and human food inflation may have peaked.