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Pet Food Market

Russia tightens restrictions on European pet food while import replacement challenges arise

Russia bans more pet food from Europe, shrinking pet food imports down 31% compared with the previous year.

A lack of raw materials and vital ingredients are factors hindering a Russian import-replacement push, especially in the specialized pet food segment.

Kemin Nutrisurance opens largest pet food manufacturing plant in South America

Located in Vargeão, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Kemin's newest additions to its regional headquarters make it the largest pet food manufacturing plant by volume capacity for producing dry and liquid palatants.

The Innovation Center and spray drying facility were recently inaugurated during a ribbon cutting with Kemin Nutrisurance president Kimberly Nelson and Kemin Industries Worldwide group president David Raveyre.

Market Trends and Reports

J.M. Smucker pet food sales down 40% in Q1 FY24

If one excludes net sales in the prior year related to the pet food brands the company sold, net sales actually increased.

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Elanco Animal Health to cut 420 jobs in restructuring

Company will shift resources from its farm animal to pet health units to drive adoption of its products.

Meal delivery service launches ButcherBox For Pets

ButcherBox, a direct-to-consumer meat and seafood brand, will now offer dry food, treats and supplements for dogs.

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Market Trends and Reports

New facility boosting Hill’s Pet Nutrition wet pet food innovation

The Tonganoxie plant opened in 2023. The facility increased the company's production capacity and provided a runway for the expansion of Hill's Science Diet and Prescription Diet brands.

Control room in Hill's Pet Nutrition's newest manufacturing plant in Tonganoxie, Kansas

Pet Food Market

Blue Buffalo to build warehouse in Kansas, create 103 jobs

General Mills’ pet division had an annual revenue of US$2,300,000,000 in 2022.

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Market Trends and Reports

Blue Buffalo volume sales resumed growth in early 2024

This growth in Blue Buffalo’s Life Protection recipe may be part of a larger wave of growth for General Mills’ pet foods, now that some supply chain challenges have receded.

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ProMach acquires Italian filling, closing and processing equipment supplier

Zacmi is a Parma, Italy-based manufacturer of filling, seaming and pasteurization technology for pet food industry.

Pet Food Regulations

New federal PURR Act to modernize pet food regulations

The bipartisan legislation, which was introduced last week, will streamline the pet food regulation process as well as place ingredient review and approval oversight under the FDA.

The newly introduced PURR Act would provide for centralized federal regulatory oversight by the FDA and eliminate inconsistent state interpretations and decisions impacting ingredient and pet food label approvals.

Yummy Combs named dog treat of the year

Pet’s Best Life, maker of Yummy Combs, said it's the first dog treat to be clinically proven to remove hardened tartar from teeth.

Yummy Combs Dog Treat Of The Year 2024

Nestlé Hungária invests Є141M in Hungarian pet food facility

Company said the huge investment will help the factory in Bük produce 500,000 tons of pet food a year, with 85% of these products being exported.

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