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Mexico Pet Expo launches online registration

Organizers of Mexico Pet Expo Show & Conference launched a new website for exhibitors and visitors that allows those interested in attending the pet products tradeshow to register online. Mexico Pet Expo, taking place June 27-29, in Guadalajara, Mexico, will co-locate for 2012 with the Mexico Forum on Pet Food, hosted by La Asociacion Mexicana de Productores de Alimentos, AC.

Freshpet introduces new ready-to-bake cookies for dogs

Fresh, refrigerated petfood company Freshpet introduced a new line of ready-to-bake cookies for dogs, available in the petfood aisle refrigerator at grocery stores and pet specialty retailers. Freshpet says Ready to Bake Cookies are made from scratch, are 100 percent natural, and are made of ingredients such as crunchy peanut butter, whole oats and dried cranberries.

LM Farms introduces new dog, cat treats line, petfood sprinkle

LM Farms, a maker of bird food and small animal food, introduced a new nutritional supplement sprinkle for petfood as well as a line of pet biscuits and treats for dogs and cats. LM Farms Nutrition Boosters is a sprinkle for dog and cat food, which the company says provides an essential balance of nutrients, including omega fatty acids, probiotics and prebiotics, and contains farm-sourced natural ingredients like flaxseed and sunflower seed.

Royal Canin expands petfood offerings with X-SMALL dog food line

Petfood company Royal Canin is launching a new Royal Canin X-SMALL canine nutrition line, formulated for the needs of very small dogs. The new line, introduced at the recently held Global Pet Expo, includes four formulas: Puppy, Adult, Mature +8 and Aging +12.

PetSmart reports higher earnings for fourth quarter, fiscal year 2011

Pet product retailer PetSmart Inc. reported its earnings per share rose 18 percent to US$0.91 in the fourth quarter of 2011, while earnings per share rose 27 percent over 2010 to US$2.55 for full-year 2011. For the fourth quarter of 2011, PetSmart reported comparable store sales, or sales in stores open for at least one year, grew by 5.5 percent, benefitting by comparable transactions growth of 2.9 percent.

Canadian petfood company files to market MOJO petfood brand in US

Canadian petfood manufacturer Paw4mance Pet Products International Inc. announced that it plans to submit filings for its MOJO brand petfood label registration in Nevada, California and Utah, USA. The petfood company anticipates that it will file for approval during the first quarter of 2012, and it will begin distribution and sales of MOJO petfood in the three states as soon as it receives clearance.

Online human-animal bond resource launched at Global Pet Expo

The Human-Animal Bond Research Initiative recently launched HABRI Central at Global Pet Expo to serve as an online resource for data collection, research and collaboration for human-animal bond studies. Sponsored by the Human-Animal Bond Research Initiative Foundation in collaboration with the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine and Purdue Libraries, the HABRI Central resource provides researchers, pet industry professionals and pet owners with access to scholarly material, an online publishing platform for peer-reviewed content and a virtual collaborative community for those involved in studies of the human-animal bond.

Pet insurance company lists top pet poisoning causes of 2011

According to the North American Pet Health Association, more than 100,000 cases of pet poisoning were reported in the US in 2011. Embrace Pet Insurance looked into its claims database to find the top causes of pet poisoning in dogs and cats in 2011: chocolate, raisins, mushrooms, xylitol sweetener and grapes.

Animal food production and petfood market report updated by IBISWorld

IBISWorld recently updated its "Animal Food Production in the US: Market Research Report" to include the latest animal food production industry statistics and trends, including in the fast-growing petfood industry, which has some animal feed producers changing products from livestock feed to food for companion animals. According to the report, steady growth in pet ownership, spikes in feed prices and increasing demand from farm supplies wholesalers have contributed to industry revenue gains at an annualized rate of 3.8 percent since 2007.

Preventive cat food diets become more available over the counter

In recent years, petfood manufacturers have began creating more over-the-counter preventive petfood diets that help cat owners manage their cat's special health condition, says a recent article in Pet Product News International. Previously, petfoods to manage cat health issues, such as allergies, urinary problems, hairballs and diabetes, were only available from a veterinarian, but petfood retailers are now offering special cat diets from grain-free to novel protein-sourced formulas, all without a prescription.

Pet industry spending at record US$50 billion in 2011, report finds

The American Pet Products Association's annual pet industry spending and data report found that pet industry spending grew by 5.3 percent to an all-time high of US$50.96 billion in 2011. The American Pet Products Association projects a 3.8 percent growth rate through 2012 and US$53 billion in overall pet spending, driven by new, innovative products including petfood, pet supplies and over-the-counter medications, veterinary care, live animal purchases and other pet services.

Food safety company to hold mycotoxin webinar March 8

Food safety certification and testing company SGS will hold a webinar about mycotoxins on Thursday, March 8, at 10 a.m. CT. The 90-minute webinar will review the impact that field and storage fungi has on seed quality and the fungi-germination interaction model, as well as common detection methods and quantification of mycotoxins.

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