Pet Food News: Page 299

3 keys to novel pet food ingredient regulatory acceptance

If a novel pet food ingredient was used in foods prior to 1958 or is scientifically established as safe, FDA may accept that ingredient as GRAS.

photo by alkir, BigStockPhoto.com

Pet Food Market

German pet food company acquires Czech shareholder

The German pet food company ALLCO Heimtierbedarf has acquired a new shareholder—the Czech pet food producer VAFO.

photo by photopix | BigStockPhoto

PetDine expands premium pet food manufacturing plant

PetDine, LLC, is moving from a 20,000 square feet manufacturing plant to a building more than ten times that size.

PetDine's new manufacturing facility in Harvard, Illinois may be the largest pet treat manufacturing facility in North America.| Photo by PetDine LLC

Pet Food Market

Chinese company acquires Australia-based Real Pet Food Co.

Asia Times reported that the purchase price was AUS$1 billion (US$770 million).

(Monkle | Bigstock.com)

Pet Food Market

Navarch Petcare shares keys to grow online pet food sales

Learn more techniques for online pet food sales success at Petfood Forum Asia 2018.

Navarch’s ecommerce business, which accounts for 78 percent of its pet food sales, includes a staff of community support members. l Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

Pet food donation follows dog-hoarding discovery

Perfection Pet Foods is donating 400 cases of dog food to the Fulton County Animal Shelter after firefighters discovered over 90 dogs living in one home.

Photo by Perfection Pet Foods | Fulton County Animal Shelter employees and the donated product from Perfection Pet Foods.

Pet Food Ingredients

New survey shows contamination levels in wheat samples

The 2017 Nutriad Mycotoxin Survey measured contamination in wheat samples from across Great Britain and Ireland.

Photo by Nutriad International

Pet Food Market

Packaged Facts releases new ‘Pet Food in the US’ report

Pet Food in the U.S., 13th Edition from Packaged Facts explores trends in the US pet food industry.

Photo by Ivanko Brnjakovic | Dreamstime

Pet Food Market

PetSmart opens 28 new stores in US and Canada

Specialty pet retailer PetSmart, Inc. has opened 28 new stores in the US and Canada for the fiscal quarter ending November 1, 2017.

Photo by Michael Rivera | Wikimedia Commons

Pet Food Market

Canidae responds to LA shelters vegan dog food proposal

The proposal stated that the dog food currently being fed to the dogs, Canidae Life Stages Multi-Protein, and other meat-based dog foods include ingredients that can be harmful to dogs’ health.

image by Robert Neumann | BigStockPhoto

US patent covers pet food palatability testing system

Opertech Bio has received its second US patent encompassing its proprietary high-throughput sensory discrimination technologies.

Photo by Jennifer Leigh | Wikimedia Commons

Petland Charities event benefits local K9 unit

Petland Charities hosted a holiday charity event in support of the local sheriff department’s therapy dog program.

Photo by Petland Charities | From left to right, Franklin County Sergeant Jason Ratliff, Deputy Darrah Metz (Mattis handler), therapy dog Mattis and Petland Charities Director Ed Sayres.

Page 299 of 656