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Natural petfood company offers grants to enhance local dog parks

The Nutro Company, a manufacturer of natural petfood products, is teaming up with country singer Sara Evans to encourage dog owners nationwide to apply for grant support to help enhance their local dog parks during the third annual ROOM TO RUN dog park appreciation project. ROOM TO RUN, now in its third year, is a community program designed to support public, nonprofit dog parks and off-leash areas and encourage greater community engagement.

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The 2 AM Formula Crisis: Why Pet Food Professionals Are Burning Out

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What keeps pet food professionals up at 2 AM? It’s not just Salmonella, ingredient shortages, or missed deliveries. It’s the rising pressure from a new generation of pet owners who expect perfection and demand it fast.

The 2 AM Formula Crisis: Why Pet Food Professionals Are Burning Out

CDC confirms 22 people infected from dry dog food recalls

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has now confirmed that a total of 22 people were infected with a strain of Salmonella infantis from the recent recalls of dry dog food made at Diamond Pet Foods' Gaston, South Carolina, USA, manufacturing plant. According to CDC: • Of the 22 people reported ill, 20 are from 13 USA states and two are from Canada

Greenies brand hosts video contest for free pet treats

Petfood manufacturer The Nutro Company's Greenies brand is hosting its inaugural "The Greenies Awards," an online video contest where participants compete for a chance to win a lifetime supply of Greenies chews or treats for their pets.

Nonprofit urges pet owners to celebrate National Dog Day

The National Association of Professional Pet Sitters, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the welfare of animals, is encouraging pet owners to celebrate National Dog Day on August 26. In honor of National Dog Day, the organization offers the following tips to help pet owners celebrate their dogs:

Research and Markets adds new pet health care products report

Research and Markets added a "State of the Industry: Pet and Animal Health Care Products in the U.S. (6th Edition)" report to its offering of pet industry reports. This "State of the Industry" report includes data, forecasts and analysis on the pet health industry, including the petfood market.

Petfood industry members discuss petfood production, safety

A recent roundtable discussion by Natural Pet Product Merchandiser brought together a petfood retailer, two petfood manufacturers and a petfood industry representative to discuss the petfood production and safety, including the impact of a petfood recall and controls to prevent one. Although the US Food and Drug Administration’s website shows more than 1,000 petfood and treat recalls since March 2007, Nancy K. Cook, vice president of Pet Food Institute, says this should not be a cause for concern to consumers.

Market Trends and Reports

Purina Cat Chow brand launches cat story contest for cash prizes

Purina Cat Chow is hosting the "Purina Cat Chow Real Stories Project Contest," a nationwide search to find, showcase and celebrate cat stories that highlight the special relationship between cat people and their cats with a cash prize reward for the grand-prize winners.From now until July 31, pet owners can submit their cat relationship stories at www.yourcatstory.com, and five grand-prize winners will each receive a US$5,000 cash prize, a one year supply of Purina Cat Chow brand cat food for one cat, and have their cat relationship story told through a Purina Cat Chow brand online video, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

New Zealand eel exported to US for novel petfood protein

Researchers in New Zealand are calling for petfood companies to stop exporting eel to the United States to be used as a novel protein source in petfoods. One local petfood company, Addiction Foods, exports a range of gourmet petfoods to the US and other markets, marketing them as hypoallergenic or "earth-friendly."

Key ingredients to include in vegan petfood diets

A recent article from Living Green Magazine looks into key ingredients that should be included in a vegan petfood diet, as well as suggests some retailers of alternative vegan dog foods. The article says that many vegan dog food recipes can be found online, but key ingredients must be included for optimal pet nutrition and health.

Market Trends and Reports

Wellness natural petfood adds 49 new cat, dog food recipes

Wellness natural petfood brand is adding 49 new product SKUs to its petfood line, with many new grain-free petfood or limited ingredient diets. Among the new products are 9 new Wellness CORE grain-free recipes for dogs and 12 new Wellness CORE grain-free recipes for cats, 16 newly reformulated Wellness Simple: Limited Ingredient Diet for Dogs recipes, and 12 extensions to the line of grain-free Wellness Cubed, Sliced and Minced Canned Cat Cuts recipes.

Call for papers now open for Petfood Forum 2013

Petfood Forum 2013 is now accepting papers for this global petfood industry event, being held April 15-17 at the Renaissance Schaumburg, in Schaumburg, Illinois, USA. Petfood Forum offers multiple learning sessions from pet industry experts, networking opportunities and a large exhibit hall with pet industry suppliers.

Petfood Forum China 2012 online registration now open

Online registration is now open for China's first petfood conference, Petfood Forum China 2012, which will be held October 12 in Shanghai, co-located with Pet Fair Asia. Taking place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, Petfood Forum China offers pet industry professionals with the latest on pet nutrition, petfood ingredients, processing and packaging technologies, and new product development processes from leading petfood consultants, manufacturers, suppliers and academicians.

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