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Petfood Forum announces 2021 dates, call for papers

Petfood Forum, the premier conference for the global pet food industry, will take place September 22-24 in Kansas City. Abstract submissions are due January 15.

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Brand Insights

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Pet adoptions down in pandemic, masked by fosters

Despite feel-good stories about new pandemic pets and empty shelters, pet adoptions may be declining during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

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Grains rise in pet food as amino acids insure against DCM

To avoid DCM and future problems, pet food formulators may need to reevaluate what humanization means in terms of ingredient diversity.

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Pet Food Press Releases

Pet Food Institute urges factual DCM messages from FDA

PFI member nutritionists, veterinarians and product safety specialists have been studying dilated cardiomyopathy to better understand whether there is a relationship between DCM and diet in dogs not genetically predisposed to the disease.

Pet Food Ingredients

Ingredient substitution adapts pet food to disruption

Whether because of a global health crisis, or simply a stalled delivery truck, pet food formulators may need to find ways to replace a missing ingredient while staying within labeling regulations and ensuring pet nutrition.

Pet Food Ingredients And Kibble

Market Trends and Reports

14 blogs on AAFCO, apples in pet food, DCM in Oct. 2020

In October 2020, Petfood Industry’s editors and columnists wrote 14 blogs or feature articles, which covered AAFCO, apples, ownership trends and dilated cardiomyopathy.

AAFCO doesn’t provide definitions for “common foods,” but the term itself now has a formal definition. | (Jacob Sjoman | iStock.com)

Key points of FDA meeting on DCM correlation to dog food

Officials with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine released several documents and statements about the agency’s investigation into correlations between specific dog foods and cases of canine dilated cardiomyopathy.

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Sustainability expands scope with pandemic, protests

The pandemic and other events of 2020 may have influenced business professionals’ attitudes toward sustainability, which means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Uncertainty is the only certain thing right now as the pet food industry continues to adjust in the midst of an ongoing pandemic. | (MCCAIG | iStock.com)

Pet Food Market

Purina PetCare appoints first female CEO for Americas

Effective January 1, 2021, Nina Leigh Krueger will become the CEO and president of Nestlé Purina PetCare for the Americas.

The Nestle Purina PetCare headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. | Courtesy of Nestle Purina PetCare

Pet Food Market

More than 100k employed by top 5 US pet companies 2019

Just by themselves, the top two pet food companies of 2019, Mars Petcare and Nestle Purina PetCare, accounted for nearly 100,000 jobs.

Pet love, industry growth may attract new pet food pros

Overall, pet food industry employees may feel loyal to their sector and be among the least dissatisfied in their roles compared to others in the human or animal feed businesses.

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Pet Food Market

Spectrum Brands acquires Armitage Pet Care in UK

Missouri, USA-based Spectrum Brands acquired Armitage Pet Care based in Nottingham, Great Britain, producer of brands Good Boy, Meowee!, Wildbird and Wafcol.

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