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GA awarded for recycling in 2010 Lancashire Business Environment Awards

GA Pet Food Partners won "Environmental Best Practice" in the Lancashire Business Environment Awards 2010. This "green Oscar" was awarded to GA for investing in and installing a recycling station for its hard waste.

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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

Canidae Pet Food to redesign grain-free product packaging

Canidae Pet Foods will redesign the packaging for its grain-free line of petfood in the first quarter of 2011 to better reflect the quality of the company's products and its position in the marketplace, according to Canidae. As part of the new packaging, Canidae will change the name of two of its dog food products: the Grain Free All Life Stages formula will become Grain Free Pure Elements and the Grain Free Salmon formula will become Grain Free Pure Sea.

Del Monte Foods agrees to acquisition deal with three investor groups

Del Monte Foods Co. agreed to acquisition by investor groups Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP, Vestar Capital Partners and Centerview Partners. The three groups of investors agreed to purchase Del Monte for US$19 per share, or US$5.3 billion, which includes the assumption of US$1.3 billion in debt.

Aller Petfood to donate cat food to Estonia animal shelters

Aller Petfood will donate 4,000 kg of cat food to charities in Estonia for the Christmas holiday. Caramira, Aller's partner in Estonia, and the Estonian Animal Care Society will work with Aller to distribute the food between animal shelters and volunteer organizations that help cats in Estonia.

AFIA applauds Senate for passage of Food Safety Modernization Act

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) applauded the US Senate for passage of the US$1.4 billion, S. 510 Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010, enforcing tougher regulations mandated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). More than a dozen companies lobbied Congress to pass the legislation, which would require FDA inspections of facilities with the highest risk of contaminating food once every three years.

Dynamite reports 112% increase in Ultimate Dog Food sales in 2010

Sales of Dynamite Ultimate Dog Food have increased 112% in 2010 compared to the first three quarters of 2009, claims Dynamite, the parent company. Dynamite, based in Meridian, Idaho, USA, says it has also seen a 43% increase in the number of customers ordering the raw dog food. Ultimate Dog Food was introduced in 2007 as part of Dynamite’s efforts to find a natural dog food that does not trigger allergies and is suitable for dogs with diabetes, according to the company.

Callie Novak watches the dog enjoy Dynamite's Ultimate Dog Food

Stella & Chewy's to sponsor 'My Dog Tulip' film screenings in Los Angeles, New York, USA

Stella & Chewy’s will sponsor a series of movie screenings in Los Angeles, USA, and New York, USA, to promote the animated feature length film, "My Dog Tulip." This series of private screenings will be held during the first two weeks of December for members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to help the film get nominated for both a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar.

'My Dog Tulip' film

Animal obesity on the rise

The rise of obesity is no longer confined to humans, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report. Data gathered from over 20,000 animals of eight different species indicated that increasing body weight is a unanimous problem.

Nature's Variety begins Facebook initiative to donate to North American shelters

Nature’s Variety began a Facebook photo initiative to donate boxes of Instinct Grain-Free Biscuits to shelters throughout North America, now through December 31. For every photo posted to the Nature’s Variety Facebook page of pets enjoying Instinct Biscuits or other Nature’s Variety treats, the company will donate a box of its Instinct Grain-Free Biscuits to four shelters across North America, as well as a randomly chosen shelter submitted by Nature's Variety's Facebook friends.

Nestle Purina named as 2010 Baldrige Award recipient

Nestle Purina was named a recipient of the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award by the US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology. Nestle was given the award in the category of manufacturing.

Halo, Purely for Pets wins Tails Magazine's 2010 Readers' Choice Awards

Halo, Purely for Pets won a total of 22 awards in Tails Magazine's 2010 Readers' Choice Awards. Readers voted for their favorite animal-related services and products in 15 cities, nominating Halo for more awards than any other petfood brand.

Stella & Chewy's donates petfood to New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, USA, animal shelters

Stella & Chewy’s donated six, 50-pound boxes of freeze-dried chicken to animal shelters in New York, Illinois and Wisconsin, USA. “It’s wonderful to get a donation from Stella & Chewy’s, helping us reduce costs in the foster program.

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