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Picart Petcare opens new facility in Spain

The new facility in Can Prat, Llinars del Vallès will triple the company's production capacity.

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Pet Food Market

United Petfood acquires De Haan Petfood

De Haan Petfood, located in Nieuwkoop, the Netherlands, specializes in the production of wet dog and cat food.

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Raw Cat and Dog Food

Blue Ridge Beef recalls puppy, kitten raw foods for Salmonella, Listeria

On Dec. 15, 2023, the firm was notified by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that one lot of each of the products were sampled and tested positive for Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes.

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Market Trends and Reports

General Mills sales drop, but profits up in Q2 FY24

Net sales for General Mills’ pet segment, which includes Blue Buffalo, were down 4% to US$569 million, in the second quarter of fiscal year 2024. This decline was driven by lower pound volume.

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Ridley to acquire Oceania Meat Processors

Oceania Meat Processors (OMP) is a premium producer of mechanically deboned meat and other raw materials for global pet food customers.

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Taylor Lekin fills AFIA position

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Taylor Lekin will fulfill the role of marketing and program development coordinator at AFIA.

Portugal retailer eyes takeover of Musti Group

Plus a UK vegan pet food business unveils a partnership with Europe's largest pet food retailer, and a Polish poultry meat producer constructs a new pet food factory.

Portuguese retailer Sonae is eyeing Finland’s pet care specialist Musti Group.

Pet Food Recalls

Majority of 3,691 pet product recalls were dog, cat food

Contamination accounted for most pet food recalls during the past nearly two decades with one incident making up a quarter of all recalls.

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Market Trends and Reports

Ghost of pet food future warns 2024 may be a Scrooge

While no one can foretell what Christmas 2024 will be like for the pet food industry, it is unlike that there is more of Gravy Train than of grave in market analysts' observations.

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Pet Food Regulations

FDA warns Chewy, others about antimicrobials in pet drugs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to nine manufacturers and distributors of unapproved and misbranded antimicrobial animal drugs for violations of federal law.

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Pet Ownership Statistics

Cat exposure may increase schizophrenia risk in people

After researchers adjusted for other factors, they found that people exposed to cats had approximately twice the probability of developing schizophrenia.

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IFEEDER launches new website

The Institute for Feed Education and Research offers its new resource for its education and research work.

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