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Jerky treat pet deaths still under investigation

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is still investigating the illnesses and deaths of several hundred dogs that began in 2007 and are suspected to be the result of contaminated chicken jerky pet treats manufactured in China. The FDA continues to seek leads from veterinarians and pet owners-roughly 1,500 reports have some in since an appeal for information in the fall of 2013.

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Pet rescue film by Halo, Purely for Pets opens Sonoma film festival

"Who rescued who?" was the impetus of a short film that opened the Sonoma International Film Festival in Sonoma, Calif., on April 2. "Le Sauvetage" (The Rescue) is a six-minute film produced by Peter McEvilley, award-winning filmmaker and composer, and starring the Olate Dogs, winners of America's Got Talent.

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America's VetDogs working to change US military veterans' lives

Proper nutrition and feeding a quality petfood are especially important for dogs that act as service and guide dogs, said Wells Jones, CEO of the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind and America’s VetDogs, which train dogs to serve US military veterans and blind people. Speaking as the closing keynote for Petfood Forum 2014 on April 2, Jones discussed how his organization selects, breeds, trains and feeds its dogs that are matched with veterans like Joseph Worley, who served in Iraq as a Navy corpsman and also spoke.

Service dogs like Benjamin from America's VetDogs change the lives of US military veterans.

Petfood Forum 2014 session highlights pet industry distribution trends

At a Petfood Forum 2014 discussion session titled, "How distributor consolidation is affecting petfood retailing," held on April 2, Mark Kalaygian, editor in chief of Pet Business magazine, and Steve King, president of the Pet Industry Distributors Association, highlighted the top petfood industry distribution trends.

Petfood industry’s response to FSMA discussed at Petfood Forum 2014

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is a hot topic in the petfood industry these days. The US Food and Drug Administration is calling for a new, prevention-oriented food safety system, and several of the rules found in the Act are of particular interest and concern to petfood manufacturers.

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Sustainability a growing issue in the petfood industry

Sustainability is a growing force in the world at large, and the petfood industry is not immune, according to Caitlyn Bolton, executive director of the Pet Industry Sustainability Coalition, who spoke at Petfood Forum 2014 on April 2. Bolton’s presentation, “Sustainability Stories Shaping the Pet Industry,” focused on defining sustainability and introducing the ways in which the petfood industry can communicate with its customers to make sustainability an understandable issue.

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Argentina petfood market stable, aiming towards future growth

Pet ownership is on the rise in Argentina, according to Carlos Crosetti, DVM, PhD, who discussed the country’s petfood market in his Petfood Forum 2014 talk, “New product development and the Argentinean petfood market.” The discussion, held on April 1, covered statistics, trends and a future outlook on a market that’s been stable with little growth for the last several years, but is expected to pick up soon.

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Steve Dale encourages petfood industry to put a stop to consumer misconceptions with science, honesty

Petfood Forum 2014 opened with the presentation, "Pet food is a religion: Why people care more about their dog's food than their own," by pet journalist and certified animal behaviorist, Steve Dale. After having his life changed by a Brittany Spaniel named Chaser and a piano-playing Devon Rex cat named Ricky, Dale started his career in the pet industry with a desire to help people who have pets with behavioral problems and to save pets' lives.

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How to use primary research to drive product innovations

On April 1, Art Bucci of Coating Excellence International (CEI) discussed how petfood industry companies can use primary research to drive product innovations at Petfood Forum 2014. According to Bucci, companies should take an “outside-in approach” when it comes to developing and launching a new product or service.

Pet Food Institute comments on FSMA animal food rule

The Pet Food Institute has submitted comments to the US Food and Drug Administration on the proposed regulation for petfood and animal feed safety. Formally called "Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals," the proposed rule outlines requisite elements for food safety plans for implementation by manufacturers of food for animals.

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AFIA submits animal food rule comments to FDA

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) has submitted comments to the US Food and Drug Administration on what AFIA describes as the most massive overhaul of animal food industry regulations since 1958. The comments, which address the Food Safety Modernization Act "Current Good Manufacturing Practices and Hazard Analysis Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals" rule, are 100-plus pages in length and cover five major areas.

March Dog offers nutria dog treats

Pet treat company Marsh Dog offers Barataria Bites, a dog biscuit, and Bark, a meat jerky, made from nutria, a rodent found in Louisiana and native to South America. Nutria were initially brought over from South America to be farmed for their fur, and trappers kept the population down.

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