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New food safety alliance to aid petfood manufacturers in FSMA compliance

The US Food and Drug Administration in cooperation with the Illinois, USA, Institute of Technology’s Institute for Food Safety and Health created the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance to develop training courses and materials on preventing contamination for both human and animal food during production. The alliance was created to prepare for new rules, expected to be proposed by the administration in early 2012, which would require petfood manufacturing facilities to implement measures to help prevent foodborne illness.

AIB plans March food safety webinars for petfood manufacturers

AIB International offers a number of food safety webinar training courses for petfood manufacturers, including two taking place in March. AIB's SQF 2000 Systems Overview webinar training will be held March 16, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CDT.

Wenger Extrusion Group acquires petfood analysis systems provider

The Wenger Extrusion Group acquired Source Technology A/S, a provider of inline analysis systems used to ensure food safety in petfood production. Headquartered in Kolding, Denmark, Source Technology supplies inline sampling and analysis systems to petfood manufacturers for enhancing food safety in applications involving powders and pellets.

FDA urged to issue recall for chicken jerky pet treats from China

Pet owners and government representatives are urging the Food and Drug Administration to take action to ensure chicken jerky treats from China are removed from US store shelves, after reports of pets being sickened or killed after consuming the dog chews. "The FDA must not wait to issue a voluntary recall until it is able to definitively identify a causal agent," said Ohio, USA, Rep. Dennis Kucinich.

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Safe packaging: materials and technologies to keep petfood contaminant-free

A compromised package of petfood is not only a worry to the manufacturer, but also one that can make or break your relationship with a pet parent. Ensuring that petfood and treats arrive untampered, contaminant-free and fresh and full of flavor is one of the most important and basic functions of our industry.

Ensuring that your petfood and treats arrive untampered with, contaminant-free and fresh and full of flavor is one of the most important and basic functions of our industry.

Webinar on FDA petfood regulation to be held February 23

On Febrary 23, a 90-minute webinar training event will provide an introduction to the US Food and Drug Administration's rules governing petfood product development; formulation, manufacturing and labeling; and marketing and promotion. The webinar will by instructed by Karl Nobert, a food and drug regulatory attorney with Squire Sanders law firm in Washington, D.C., USA. Specific topics covered include: FDA's regulation of petfood products; various components of a petfood label; the process for introducing a new ingredient or feed additive to the market; differences between the Pre-Market Clearance Process, the Food Additive Petition Process and the process for having an ingredient deemed Generally Recognized As Safe; update on the status of the Proposed GRAS Self-Affirmation Notification Program; a summary of FDA's recent enforcement activity, and recent trends and areas of particular enforcement risks; FDA's regulation of those veterinary products marketed and sold as dietary supplement and nutraceutical in the US; and a brief introduction to the animal drug approval process.

Perfection Pet Foods to open human-grade testing, manufacturing plant

Perfection Pet Foods recently opened a new manufacturing facility in Visalia, California, USA, which according to the company's vice president of operations, Ed Cooper, far exceeds the food safety requirements currently in place for petfood manufacturers. The new plant has an on-site independent certified lab, which is also certified to test food for human consumption, that tests the petfood ingredients arriving at the plant through to the end product.

American Feed Industry Association hosts Pet Food Conference

At the 2012 International Feed Expo/International Poultry Expo, recently held in Atlanta, Georigia, USA, the American Feed Industry Association hosted the annual Pet Food Conference. The Pet Food Conference covered topics ranging from regulatory issues to the technical aspects of production, food safety, marketing and use of ingredients.

Release of regulations for Food Safety Modernization Act delayed

The US Food and Drug Administration’s release of proposed regulations to implement the cornerstone of the Food Safety Modernization Act has been delayed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, which is still in the review stage. The Food and Drug Administration had hoped to release four separate sets of proposed regulations on January 4, the one-year anniversary of the Food Safety Modernization Act's signing into law.

AFIA creates petfood manufacturing facility certification program

The American Feed Industry Association recently announced new third-party facility certification programs designed specifically for manufacturing petfood and petfood ingredients. The Pet Food Manufacturing Facility Certification Program and the Pet Food Ingredient Facility Certification Program were developed by the association's petfood and quality committees with input from third-party food safety experts.

Wenger to hold petfood industry food safety seminar in March

Wenger Manufacturing Inc. will hold a Food Safety Seminar for the petfood industry from March 27-29, at its Sabetha, Kansas, USA, petfood extrusion facility. The petfood safety seminar will be hosted by the company's Corporate Project Services division, made up of industry professionals.

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No surprise: FDA misses important FSMA deadlines

January 4 -- a year after the Food Safety Modernization Act was signed into legislation -- was the date several of its key provisions were to take effect. According to FDAImports.com, the Food and Drug Administration has failed to finalize these provisions by the deadline.

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