Pet Food Safety

Global Commerce

Asia's drug smugglers exploiting pet food as their Trojan Horse

Pet food seen as an innocuous vehicle for those looking to transport drugs over borders

Pet food products are being used during shipping as vehicles for drug smuggling, as several cases at Asian ports in the last year have shown.

Pet food industry needs consumer-friendly preservation techniques

Jasmine Kataria, senior R&D scientist at Kerry, tells Petfood Forum attendees how to combat the risks of high-moisture pet food while maintaining customer satisfaction.

Raw Canned Pet Food

Raw Cat and Dog Food

Science-backed shelf-life extension for refrigerated pet food

Microbiology enables manufacturers to anticipate risks and optimize formulations before production, reducing reliance on trial-and-error testing.

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Safety & Quality

Keep semi-moist pet food products safe with antimicrobial strategies

Charlie Connolly of Symrise explains how antimicrobials are used to manage yeasts and mold in semi-moist products at Petfood Forum.

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Ingredient Issues

The importance of microbial control

Irradiation is an option that should be investigated more thoroughly when it comes to pathogens and pet food safety.

There are options that may currently be underused or overlooked when it comes to maximizing pet food safety.

Pet Food Safety

Pathogens continue to drive pet food safety technologies

The growing raw pet food space in particular continues to evolve its approach to ensuring final product safety.

Pet food safety technologies are becoming more nuanced in the wake of growing categories like raw, which require special efforts to ensure pathogens don’t make their way into pets’ bowls.

Pet Food Recalls

FDA warns of thiamine deficiency in Steve's Real Food Quest cat food

Federal testing found eight product lots with critically low or absent levels of the essential B vitamin.

Go Raw Cat Food Recall

Ingredient Issues

Managing worldwide ingredient inventories

Supplies, procedures and risks must all be considered these days when it comes to ingredient sourcing and management.

Managing ingredient supplies requires knowledge, skill and trust to ensure the final product remains safe for pets.

Adventures in Pet Food

Clean Label Project redux: We’ve seen this playbook before

The Clean Label Project’s recent report about supposedly high levels of heavy metals in dry dog food revives memories of a similar pet food report in 2017.

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Ingredient Issues

Clean Label Project — science or marketing?

Clean Label Project has released a report that misses the mark in terms of thorough scientific inquiry.

Amid growing concerns about misinformation, industry leaders need to ensure consumer communication is grounded in facts and scientific rigor.

Pet Food Recalls

RCL Foods recalls pet food over Salmonella contamination risk

Potentially contaminated product that had been designated for destruction has been confirmed to have entered the formal trade.

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Pet Food Safety

RCL Foods warns of stolen, condemned pet food in South Africa

Salmonella-contaminated dry pet food stolen from a waste facility is being sold through informal channels in Gauteng.

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