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Safety & Quality
5 questions to help prevent, detect and recover from FMC in pet food
Experts from FlexXray and Brightpet walk through the full contamination lifecycle, from supplier controls to third-party inspection, during a recent Ask the Petfood Pro.
Foreign material contamination carries costs well beyond destroyed product — from production downtime and customer relationship damage to brand reputation harm and recalls that average $10 million.
Pet Food News
Champion Petfoods opens $32M innovation center in Canada
The new Global Innovation and Discovery Centre at the company's NorthStar Kitchen will support recipe development and research for its ORIJEN and ACANA brands.
Champion Petfoods inaugurated its Global Innovation & Discovery Centre in Acheson, Alberta. From left: Christine Pendlebury, global director, technical innovation and development; George Haritatos, chief supply chain officer; Jeff Johnston, senior vice president, research, innovation and product development; Stacey Osborn, president of Champion Petfoods; Elisabetta Pierangelo, vice president, R&D global, Mars Pet Nutrition; Emily Dowling, chief marketing officer; and Vincent Ezoua, plant director.
Production
When pet food capacity outpaces demand, what's a manufacturer to do?
As pandemic-era investment continues to come fully online, manufacturers face growing margin pressure — and must compete on distinctiveness, not just scale.
When the building boom ends, the real competition begins.
Industry Voices
Integrated audits reduce redundancy, speed nonconformance closure
Unified oversight programs cut duplicate supplier audits by 30% and closed nonconformances 40% faster, according to SGS data presented at NASC's annual conference.
Beyond efficiency, audit integration strengthens trust by showing that supplier controls, certifications, deviations and corrective actions are connected and actively managed.
Adventures in Pet Food
Hype may be top challenge to cultivated protein in pet food
Can cultivated protein escape the fate of other over-hyped novel sources, like insect protein, which seems to have met reality in the current economic environment?
Cultivated Protein Plant
News Hound
Cultivated meat, Historic dog bans, Palatability: Petfood Industry News Quiz June 12-18
This week's questions explore new findings on ingredient preferences in dog biscuits, the hurdles facing cultivated meat products and growing investor interest in the expanding pet wellness sector.
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Industry Voices
Pet wellness market tops $5 billion, attracts investors
The U.S. pet wellness category is larger and growing faster than many industry estimates suggest, drawing strong investor interest, L.E.K. Consulting's Lauren DeVestern told attendees at the 2026 NASC Annual Conference.
L.E.K. Consulting's Lauren DeVestern said long-term demand, channel success, high customer retention and clear brand differentiation support the pet wellness category's value.
Latin America/Carribean
CMI, Grupo Bios form Central American pet food alliance
The partnership unites two established regional players to build one of Latin America's most influential pet food platforms.
The agreement lays the foundation for what could become one of the most influential pet food platforms in Central America and the Caribbean.
Pet Food Insights
Regulatory complexity leads to challenges for cell-cultivated meat products
As public understanding of cell-cultivated meat products has expanded, regulatory efforts at both the federal and state levels have increasingly influenced how manufacturers interact with consumers.
Cell-based meat is a complicated idea, leading to regulatory hold-ups and a patchwork of responses from state and country legislators.
Pet Food Packaging
Refreshed pet food packaging wants to grab attention, communicate
Pet food and treat brands are revising their packaging to better catch the eye of consumers as well as communicate more fully once they have pet owners’ attention.
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Pet Food Market
'Petflation' slows in May as national CPI climbs
May data show pet price inflation cooling across most segments, though cumulative pet prices remain more than 30% above pre-pandemic levels.
Pet food consumers may trade down or shift to private label as cumulative inflation persists, Gibbons said in his latest petflation report.
Adventures in Pet Food
Pet owners overwhelmed by product choices? I get it now
Like many pet owners, I find myself relying on recommendations and personal purchasing philosophies in deciding what cat foods and other products to buy.
Klem (top) and Charlie
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