Pet Food Safety: Page 35

Champion Petfoods’ facility won pet food safety award

Champion Petfoods’ facility in Kentucky, USA, DogStar Kitchens, won the Global Markets Programme award at the Global Food Safety Conference in Texas, USA.

photo by Andrea Gantz

Brand Insights

Rethink minerals to boost pet health and build lasting loyalty

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Rethink minerals to boost pet health and build lasting loyalty

Low thiamine cat food maybe caused Australian cat deaths

Weruva released a list of the batches that may contain insufficient thiamine. All other Weruva products have been tested and are not of concern, according to the company.

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Pet food facility safety-analysis tool addresses FSMA

The Scientific Literature Database Tool summarizes published information regarding the occurrence of hazards in animal food.

photo by Andrea Gantz

Pet Food Market

Clean label rating site misleading to pet food consumers

Consumers are interested in clean pet food labels, but the deceptively named Clean Label Project doesn’t help them find or compare clean labels at all.

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Smallbatch Pets recalls frozen dog, cat food for Salmonella

Smallbatch Pets Inc. of Portland, Oregon is voluntarily recalling two lots of frozen 2 pound chicken blend for dogs and cats.

photo courtesy FDA

Pet Food Market

What ‘Pet Fooled’ gets right about consumer confusion

Though the new documentary claiming to “expose” the pet food industry’s unwillingness to communicate the truth gets a lot wrong, it does pin down one facet of consumers the industry has been aware of for some time.

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Pet Food Market

#tbt Raw pet food growth continues despite concerns

Raw pet food sales have already grown from US$117 million to US$393 million between 2012 and 2016 in the United States.

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Pentobarbital led to recall of Party Animal wet dog food

Euthanasia drug pentobarbital was found in two varieties of its Party Animal, Inc. Cocolicious canned dog foods.

Party Animal Cocolicious Recall

FDA will approve GLA safflower oil for dry adult dog food

The FDA concluded that the data provided by Arcadia supports the safety and functionality of GLA safflower oil as a source of omega-6 fatty acids in dry food for adult dogs.

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Pet food toxin levels ranked for 71 dog, cat food brands

The lab tested for 130 potentially toxic industrial and environmental chemicals, including the dangerous heavy metals arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury.

Free pet food safety, nutrition educational video offered

A Pet Food Institute’s (PFI) video helps address consumer demand for nutritional information and ingredient transparency.

screenshot from Pet Food Institute's website taken April 13, 2017

Pet Food Market

The value of customer service in the pet food industry

In an age where people consider their pets to be on near-equal footing as human relatives, pet food companies must be especially careful when dealing with disgruntled customers.

Dr. Melissa Brookshire, North River Enterprises | photo by Austin Alonzo

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