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Market Trends and Reports

16th Annual Wenger Pet Food Processing Seminar coming in September

The seminar will provide a blend of classroom and hands-on demonstrations of extrusion and drying systems, while introducing new technologies for product quality and process improvement.

Brand Insights

Pet Food Manufacturer Thinks Outside the Box with EDL’s Double Tight Wrap Machine

EDL, as Massman Company

EDL Double Tight Wrap shrink wrapping machines use two perpendicular bands of LDPE film to tightly unitize and totally enclose a product or collation.

Pet Food Manufacturer Thinks Outside the Box with EDL’s Double Tight Wrap Machine

Conference discussed Listeria, rancidity and food safety

On May 17, Marshfield Food Safety presented the second annual Food Safety Science Conference in Marshfield, Wisconsin. The conference included presentations on recent activity at the Marshfield lab and sessions by academic institutions.

Photo courtesy of Marshfield Food Safety

Purina helps bring pets to long-term care facilities

Madison Taliaferro spent weeks in the hospital in 2012. After a decade of suffering from cystic fibrosis, she underwent a double lung transplant. She powered through the difficult surgery and the recovery that followed–long days of physical therapy and rehabilitation. Her parents were there. Her best friend visited from Kansas. Grandparents rotated shifts so she was never alone. But one request still lingered.

The Purina Family Pet Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital officially opened Wednesday with a ribbon tugging, led by a Golden Retriever-Labrador mix named “Happy Jack.” | Courtesy Purina

Pet Food Market

The Farmer’s Dog to use US$2 million in funding to expand

Subscription-based pet food provider The Farmer’s Dog has raised US$2 million in seed funding to support its full, nationwide expansion planned for this summer.

freeimages.com | Dan Mitchell

Pet Food Market

Blue Buffalo establishes veterinary clinical trials office

Blue Buffalo Co. will award a US$6 million gift to establish the Blue Buffalo Veterinary Clinical Trials Office at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Pet Food Market

Blue Buffalo proposes secondary offering of stock

Blue Buffalo Pet Products Inc. has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed secondary offering of 25,000,000 shares of its common stock by certain selling stockholders named in the registration statement.

Pet Food Market

Major pet food brands to exhibit at P3 trade show

Making its debut August 24-25, 2016, at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois, USA, the new P3|Progressive Pet Products trade show exhibitor ranks are filling up with top-quality pet food brands. Headlining the list of new exhibitor commitments are Blue Buffalo, Mars Petcare, and Nestle Purina.

Pet Food Market

Report: Online dog food sales increasing

The new “Amazon FastMovers Dog Food” report from Profitero says online dog food sales are increasing, with more pet owners buying their pet food from Amazon.com and other websites like Chewy.com.

Foter | derekGavey

Pet Food Market

Top 40 pet global food companies: 2015 data now available

Petfood Industry’s Top Pet Food Companies issue profiles the world’s leading pet food manufacturers with exclusive revenue data and analysis.

40 Pet Food Companies

FDA update: Jerky treats sickened 6,200 dogs, killed 1,140

More than 1,140 dogs have died after eating jerky pet treats, out of 6,200 cases of jerky-related canine illness reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from 2007 to December 31, 2015. The FDA recently released those figures in an update on its continuing investigation into animal illnesses and deaths related to jerky pet treats.

jirkaejc, Bigstockphoto.com

Hill’s recalls cat food in UK due to high levels of iron

Hill’s Pet Nutrition is voluntarily recalling specific manufacturing batches of the single-serving cat food pouches identified by date codes listed below. Due to an error by an ingredient supplier, the products contain high levels of iron.

Pet Food Market

Agrolimen acquires Nature’s Variety

Agrolimen has acquired the remaining interest in Nature’s Variety, makers of Instinct Pet Food, by purchasing shares held by L Catterton and other shareholders.

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