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Pet Food Safety

Study conducted on prevalence of Listeria, Salmonella, E. coli in petfood

The Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network (Vet-LIRN), the Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) and its Microbiology Cooperative Agreement Program (MCAP) labs have conducted a study to look at the prevalence of selected bacteria in petfoods.

Pet Food Market

Should raw petfood be better defined?

Raw petfood is vague and ill-defined as a market category and from a petfood safety standpoint

Cargill vegetarian glucosamine determined safe for petfood

Cargill’s Regenasure glucosamine HCl is now generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for use in petfood and/or animal feed for dogs, cats and horses.

Mars Petcare US recalls Pedigree adult complete nutrition for dogs

Mars Petcare US has announced a voluntary recall of 22 bags of Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition dry dog food products due to the possible presence of a foreign material.

AFIA comments on proposed FSMA sanitary transportation rule

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) has submitted comments to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the proposed Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food rule.

AFIA hosts successful FSMA regional training

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) hosted its first of three Phase I Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regional seminars July 27–28, 2014, in Sacramento, California.

US toddler remains ill two years after petfood Salmonella contamination

Two years after a 2012 petfood recall by Diamond Pet Foods due to Salmonella contamination, two-year-old Amy Hall is still suffering the effects of a debilitating and recurring form of Salmonella that doctors say she may not grow out of until she's five or six years old, according to a Charlotte Observer report.

AIB International to conduct HACCP online course

AIB International has announced the rollout of its HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) online course.

Pet Food Market

Raw petfood warnings define growing market too broadly, poorly

Warnings about raw petfood tend to lump all raw pet diets under one very vague, uninformed definition

Petfood Forum Europe 2015 call for papers announced

Petfood-related abstracts should be noncommercial and focus on the latest information on pet nutrition, the petfood market, petfood safety and other topics.

FDA warns against feeding pets raw diets

Food poisoning isn’t only a human problem, according to the US Food and Drug Administration, which says that pets are also at risk if they eat foods that are contaminated with disease-causing bacteria. Two of these bacteria—Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes—are particularly dangerous to both pets and humans, says the FDA.

AFIA applauds FDA on FSMA animal food exemption proposal

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) has submitted comments to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) applauding the agency's proposal to exempt animal food from the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)'s intentional adulteration rule. The "Focused Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration" would require registered domestic and foreign food facilities to address hazards that may be intentionally introduced by acts of terrorism.

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