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Pet Food Market

FSMA means ‘seismic shift’ in food and petfood safety

Ever since the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in January 2011, we have heard that it represents the most significant change to US food safety law for decades, or variations on that theme. I’ve seen descriptions ranging from “fundamental overhaul” to “historic revolution.” For the petfood industry, one reason FSMA signals such a substantial change is that for the first time, many food safety regulations and practices that have been required of human food will now also apply to animal feed (including petfood).

Guide to Petfood Forum China 2013

Pets are big business in China and getting bigger every year. Case in point: The 15th annual Pet Fair Asia, held October 2012 in Shangahi, broke all show records with almost 50,000 visitors over four days, plus more than 500 exhibitors from 25 countries.

The second annual Petfood Forum China will take place August 23 in Shanghai and again be co-located with Pet Fair Asia.

Petfood Forum 2014 call for papers announced

The Petfood Forum 2014 content advisory board is seeking abstracts for noncommercial oral and poster presentations, due by September 16, 2013. Potential speakers are invited to submit abstracts on petfood/pet treat topics.

Market Trends and Reports

Washington, USA, church breaks world record for petfood collected in seven days

Living Hope Church in Vancouver, Washington, USA, recently collected 19,600 pounds of petfood in seven days to break a Guinness world record held for seven years by a South African supermarket. The collection of petfood by the church sets a new world record for "Largest donation of pet food in seven days," according to the World Record Academy.

Pet Food Product Database

Natural Planet Organics organic grain-free turkey formula dog food

Pet Food Market

What does latest big petfood company merger mean for the industry?

It's become almost a cliche to characterize the petfood and pet care markets as "recession resilient," but the fact is, these industries have weathered the strong economic headwinds of the past five years better than most consumer goods industries, with continued global annual growth of about 4%. That fact has not gone unnoticed by investment funds and the overall private equity community, as noted by Pets International magazine and Cascadia Capital, an independent investment bank that includes petfood and other pet product companies among its investments and transactions.

Market Trends and Reports

Evanger’s to open new petfood facility near Chicago, Illinois, USA

Evanger’s Dog and Cat Food Company is planning to open a new facility in the Chicago suburb of Markham, Illinois, USA. With the goal of achieving LEED certification, the petfood facility incorporates a number of sustainable practices.

Market Trends and Reports

SavvyBeast Treats LLC Dogstars organic dog treats

Wet/canned dog food

Merrick Pet Care Grain Free Merrick'an Pie canned recipe

Merrick Pet Care

Market Trends and Reports

Merrick Pet Care Purrfect Bistro cat food formulas

Merrick Pet Care

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Merrick introduces 21 new cat food recipes as part of ‘Real Food Revolution’

Merrick Pet Care is continuing its “Real Food Revolution” with the introduction of its new Purrfect Bistro menu of 21 recipes offering a variety of high-protein, canned and dry cat foods. Purrfect Bistro recipes are formulated to nourish kittens, adult and senior cats, featuring deboned meat as the number one ingredient, in flavors such as chicken, salmon, tuna, duck, turkey and beef.

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Meow Mix contest to award free cat food to grand-prize winner

Meow Mix cat food brand is looking for cat owners to enter the “Meow for Mealtime” contest, in which pet owners can create their own version of the Meow Mix jingle with their cat for the chance to win US$10,000 plus a lifetime supply of Meow Mix cat food. Cat owners can enter the contest on the company’s Facebook page or website through June 9.

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