Pet Food Safety: Page 28

Do peas and potatoes really cause heart disease in dogs?

Potatoes and legume seeds can serve as nutritious pet food ingredients, but formulators must balance them with grains or other sources of specific amino acids.

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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

Potatoes, peas, lentils correlated to dog heart disease

The United States Food and Drug Administration warned of a potential connection between canine dilated cardiomyopathy in dogs eating pet foods containing peas, lentils, other legume seeds, or potatoes as main ingredients.

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Petfood Forum China 2018 announces speakers

Petfood Industry representatives have released the agenda details for the 2018 edition of Petfood Forum China. The exclusive conference will be held on August 21, 2018 at the Kerry Hotel in Shanghai, China. Registration is now open with early bird savings available.

Mars Petcare supports regulation of Australian pet food

The dog and cat food company recalled ADVANCE Dermocare dry dog food products after numerous dogs were affected by megaesophagus.

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Safety & Quality

Dave’s Pet Food recalls dog food for thyroid hormone

The products potentially contain elevated levels of beef thyroid hormone, according to the United States Food and Drug Administration.

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Aller Petfood receives food safety certification

Aller Petfood, a Danish pet food producer, has upgraded its certification for food safety.

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Call for Australian dog food laws after 100 sick dogs

Mars Petcare’s Advance Dermocare dog food is correlated to the megaesophagus cases.

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4 ways filters can limit pet food plant contaminants

Contamination doesn’t originate only in raw or spoiled pet food ingredients; it can enter in the utilities used to operate a manufacturing process.

Placed at the top of a product storage tank, this vent houses a sterile-grade filter to screen out particulates and bacteria from inflowing air.

5 pet food recalls in April 2018: toppers, raw pet food

The recalls involved sugar glider food, toppers and raw pet food.

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Man crushed to death at American Nutrition pet food plant

A 33-year-old man was crushed to death at an Ogden, Utah, USA, pet food manufacturing plant operated by American Nutrition.

74 megaesophagus cases linked to Australian dry dog food

Mars Petcare Australia manufacturers Advance Dermocare dry dog food. The company voluntarily recalled the dog food in late March.

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Dogs likely evolved to eat cooked meat and carbohydrates

During their evolution, dogs took advantage of a rich new food source, human garbage, including cooked meat and plant matter, said one scientist.

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