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Dog Gone Jerky announces USDA-approved treat line made in non-petfood facility

Dog Gone Jerky Inc. announced it launched one of the first lines of dog treats made in a non-petfood manufacturing facility in California,USA that is safe for human consumption. The treats are manufactured in a US Department of Agriculture-regulated human manufacturing facility in Newport Beach, California, USA.

Sunshine Mills renews 'Lassie' petfood deal with Classic Media

Sunshine Mills Inc. renewed its partnership with Classic Media to expand the current line of Lassie-branded pet products. Since 2007, Classic Media and Sunshine Mills have worked together on the Lassie Natural Way product line, which includes dry dog food formulated for puppies, adult dogs or senior dogs, as well as biscuits and treats.

Market Trends and Reports

Mars Petcare launches Marine Stewardship Council certified products in UK

Mars Petcare launched Marine Stewardship Council certified products in UK stores as part of the company's commitment to use only sustainably-sourced fish in all products by 2020. Select packs of Mars Petcare’s Sheba and Whiskas petfood lines for cats are MSC-certified and available in UK stores.

International Grains Program to hold extrusion processing course in August

The International Grains Program at Kansas State University will hold an extrusion processing short course from Aug. 9-12, at the IGP Conference Center. The course is geared toward technical and managerial personnel in the petfood, feed and ingredient industries.

Over 620 attend AFIA 2011 Purchasing and Ingredient Suppliers Conference

Over 620 members of the livestock feed and pet food industries attended the 2011 Purchasing and Ingredient Suppliers Conference, an annual three-day event of the American Feed Industry Association held in Las Vegas, Nev., from March 2 through 4. Tanya Dowda with Land O’Lakes Purina Feed provided the event's opening remarks and was followed by Al Gunderson, chairman of the IFEEDER board of trustees.

Pet Food Ingredients

What’s in a name? New and proposed petfood ingredients

Despite the expectation that the Food and Drug Administration will phase out its participation in the Association of American Feed Control Officials feed ingredient definition process by 2012, there are still many ingredients in the definition pipeline. During its “mid-year” meeting in January, AAFCO took action on a number of new and proposed ingredients, at least a few of which have impact on petfoods.

Pet Food Ingredients

Nestlé Purina: building on a tradition of trust

When a company has been making petfood for 90 years and has an iconic name and unprecedented trust in the marketplace, you might think it has no new heights to scale. Yet Nestlé Purina PetCare is not content to rest on history or reputation. In November 2010, the company reached a new milestone by earning the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

After 33 years in the petfood industry and with NestlÃ© Purina, president Terry Block, shown here with Bosco, will retire at the end of 2011.

Pet Food Product Database

Fenchem S-Adenosyl methionine

Pet Food Product Database

Perten Instruments AB Syrup Module for DA 7200

Pet Food Product Database

Van Drunen Farms freeze-dried cheese

Van Drunen Farms

Eco-dogs.com launches web-based storefront for pet owners interested in natural, organic, eco-friendly products

Eco-dogs.com has officially opened its web-based storefront, according to co-founder Marion Elledge, who said that "the goals of eco-dogs.com are to introduce pet owners to natural, organic, eco-friendly products available on the market today, provide insight into how they can support a more sustainable environment by using these products and offer holistic, grain-free, gluten-free food and treats that are a much healthier choice than those carried in your local grocer." Initial items listed in the web store include pet products like Cycle Dog, Ecollargy, Wagging Green, and Earth Dog collars and leashes, which are made of organic materials such as soy, hemp, 100% cotton, 100% wool and bamboo.

Pet Food Ingredients

Use of scFOS and GOS in healthy adult cats

Short-chain fructooligosaccharides (scFOS) and galactooligosaccharides (GOS) are non-digestible oligosaccharides that result in a prebiotic effect in some animal species; however, the cat has not been well studied in this regard. This experiment evaluated scFOS and GOS supplementation on nutrient digestibility, fermentative end-product production and fecal microbial ecology of cats.

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