Pet Food Regulations

Adventures in Pet Food

What is the fate of self-GRAS for new pet food ingredients?

The self-GRAS process for affirming new pet food ingredients has always caused criticism and concerns; now new challenges threaten its existence.

Pet Food Ingredients Andrea Gantz

Pet Food Regulations

AAFCO and KSU seek experts to review new animal food ingredients

New SRIS program aims to accelerate scientific evaluations of feed ingredients for AAFCO approval.

The SRIS program will assemble independent scientific panels to evaluate animal food ingredients for safety under the GRAS framework.

Pet Food Insights

The legal landscape of pet food packaging

The key issues and developments in an evolving segment of the pet space.

Generic Pet Food Packaging

Pet Food Regulations

USDA moves to rescind Organic Pet Food Standards

Pet Sustainability Coalition warns rescission would reverse decades of progress and harm businesses developing organic products.

PSC notes the proposed rescission could 'reverse more than 15 years of stakeholder engagement, National Organic Standards Board recommendations and industry' development.

Safety & Quality

Innovative FEED Act introduced in US Senate

Companion bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in March with broad bipartisan support.

Congress House Senate

SAFE Act aims to protect ag exports during animal disease outbreaks

Legislation would codify USDA’s role in regionalization agreements and improve export transparency.

The SAFE Act would formally codify the U.S. Department of Agriculture's role in negotiating 'regionalization agreements' with trading partners.

Pet Food Regulations

AAFCO, KSU launch regulatory pathway for animal food ingredients

New Scientific Review of Ingredient Submissions (SRIS) program is designed to speed up approval of animal food ingredients while maintaining rigorous scientific standards.

The SRIS program will offer a fast and accurate scientific assessment of new animal food ingredients that will be accepted by state regulators across the U.S.

Senate confirms Marty Makary to lead FDA

Pet food associations commend the confirmation, pledge to work with the new commissioner.

A former Johns Hopkins surgeon, Makary has been viewed as a moderate pick and will report to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Petfood Forum News

What is the state of US pet food ingredient approvals?

A closing panel discussion at Petfood Forum 2025 will tackle this issue with key industry players answering your questions.

The expiration of a key AAFCO-FDA agreement on Oct. 1, 2024, eliminated a major regulatory pathway for pet food ingredient approvals, which could impact innovation in the industry.

Ingredient Issues

Quality is…?

Various business strategies may give ‘quality’ different meanings, but it should be a bedrock of every company.

Quality should be part of every business strategy and is, in fact, core to a company’s success, no matter what form it takes.

Pet Food Safety

CDC studied mysterious bird flu cases in dairy workers’ cats

Despite a connection to dairies, the exact transmission route of the virus to these indoor cats remained undetermined. The virus may have been spread from livestock to humans to cats.

Dall·e 2025 02 24 12 28 42 A Dairy Farm With Cows In A Barn And Open Pastures, Featuring Large, Ominous Virus Particles Floating In The Air The Virus Particles Are Semi Transpa

Pet Food Regulations

PURR Act of 2025 sparks concerns for AAFCO

AAFCO warns proposed legislation may impact label transparency and consumer protection in the pet food industry.

AAFCO is concerned the PURR Act of 2025, as it is currently presented, could negatively impact consumer protection, reduce transparency in pet food labeling and jeopardize the safety of pet food products.

Page 1 of 62