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Pet Food Regulations

Be ready: FDA pet food inspection deferral ending (Part 3)

FDA has provided much flexibility to the animal food industry for implementing FSMA, but as deadlines approach pet food manufacturers must be ready to test their compliance and readiness.

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Brand Insights

The 2 AM Formula Crisis: Why Pet Food Professionals Are Burning Out

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What keeps pet food professionals up at 2 AM? It’s not just Salmonella, ingredient shortages, or missed deliveries. It’s the rising pressure from a new generation of pet owners who expect perfection and demand it fast.

The 2 AM Formula Crisis: Why Pet Food Professionals Are Burning Out

Pet Food Regulations

Be ready: FDA pet food inspection deferral ending (Part 2)

FDA has provided much flexibility to the animal food industry for implementing FSMA, but as deadlines approach pet food manufacturers must be ready to test their compliance and readiness.

(Sergey Dudyrev | shutterstock.com)

Pet Food Regulations

Be ready: FDA pet food inspection deferral ending (Part 1)

FDA has provided much flexibility to the animal food industry for implementing FSMA, but as deadlines approach pet food manufacturers must be ready to test their compliance and readiness.

(Sergey Dudyrev | shutterstock.com)

BPA-free cans could be marketing tool for wet pet food

The human foods industry abruptly shifted away from using the controversial chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) to line metal cans.

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Pet Food Safety

4 Petfood Industry blogs July 2018: FDA, local sourcing

These four blogs covered issues relevant to the pet food industry in July 2018.

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G & C Raw recalls raw dog and cat foods for Listeria

G & C Raw of Versailles, Ohio is recalling 30 one-pound containers of Pat's Cat Turkey Cat Food and 40 two-pound containers of Ground Lamb Dog Food.

photo courtesy US FDA

Pet Food Safety

6 studies related to dog food and canine heart disease

Empirical evidence is still being collected to correlate dogs’ diets with canine dilated cardiomyopathy.

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Mercury and cadmium at high levels in Brazilian pet food

The wet and dry pet foods contained sufficient nutrients to meet American Feed Control Official (AAFCO) guidelines.

The element mercury | photo by Andraz_Cerar, BigStock.com

Pet Food Product Database

Unity Scientific DLSA Disposable Liquid Sampling Accessory for XT analyzers

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Pet Food Market

FDA dog food warning hasty, too focused on ingredients

Like some pet owners and even pet food companies, FDA’s premature warning about canine DCM fixates on ingredients instead of nutrients or nutritional balance.

Beans could find a place in the next generation of pet food — if consumers are interested. | Darren Fisher, Dreamstime

Salmonella outbreak includes infection from raw pet food

Two children became sick after pets in their home ate raw ground turkey pet food from Raw for Paws.

Courtesy US Food and Drug Administration

Not all legumes implicated in FDA dog heart disease study

FDA suggests not taking intuitive leaps beyond what is explicitly stated in their public notice.

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