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Market Trends and Reports

CBD in pet foods: Has anything changed with legal status?

Despite media focus and many CBD pet products on the market, CBD does not meet any regulatory criteria for use as an ingredient in pet foods or treats.

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Brand Insights

Plasma: A Multi-Faceted Ingredient Supporting Health, Formula Functionality, and Nutrition in Pet Food

APC Inc

Discover how plasma protein supports pet health, boosts palatability, and improves pet food functionality and processing performance in modern formulations.

Plasma: A Multi-Faceted Ingredient Supporting Health, Formula Functionality, and Nutrition in Pet Food

Pet Food Market

CBD ‘boom’ brings pet product regulatory issues to light

Established and new pet food companies alike do their best to navigate nebulous legality and regulatory compliance issues, as more players enter the CBD pet products game.

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J.M. Smucker recalls cat food over unspecified ingredient

Ingesting affected product may cause nausea with excessive salivation, diarrhea or vomiting to more severe symptoms including difficulty walking, seizures and, in extreme situations, death.

(courtesy J.M. Smucker)

Pet Food Market

Marketing pet foods with CBD: A regulatory perspective

Even though there may be uncertainty on the regulatory status of CBD products, responsible companies that are selling CBD-containing products should know where FDA has been focusing its enforcement.

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13 CBD pet product companies warned by FDA

Thirteen companies making cannabidiol (CBD) products for pets were among the 15 warned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that their sales of pet and human products containing CBD violated the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).

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CBD not Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) for pet foods

U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned 15 companies, 13 of which produce pet products, that they illegally sold products containing cannabidiol (CBD).

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Atypically, mainstream media covered raw pet food recall

Numerous news outlets, including CNN, USAToday, the International Business Times and at least 60 others posted the related FDA recall press release or articles based on it.

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Tips to minimize damage during pet food recalls

During recalls, pet food and treat companies can minimize health risks to dogs, cats and other animals, along with damage done to brands’ reputations.

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Dog, cat food recalls low so far in 2019, but could rise

Despite the relative lull post-FSMA, pet food safety consultants warn that conditions may be ripe for more recalls since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may pay special attention to pet food, as it does with baby food.

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Pet Food Market

Champion Transparency Council aims for pet owner trust

Transparency is one of the latest hot topics in the pet food industry, and Champion Petfoods has gone all in with the formation of a new council called the Champion Transparency Council.

Dr. Clayton Greenway, DVM, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Andrea Coffman from Oklahoma; April Scott of the greater Toronto area; and Dr. Shawn Messonnier, DVM, from Plano, Texas are the four inaugural members of the Champion Transparency Council. (Courtesy Champion Petfoods)

Pet Food Market

AAFCO holds annual meeting, part 2: Pet food activities

Other sessions during AAFCO's annual meeting made decisions impacting the pet food industry.

Various sessions during AAFCO’s 2019 Annual Meeting handled items with repercussions in the pet food industry. (loralorik | AdobePhoto.com)

Go Raw recalls Quest raw beef cat food over Salmonella

No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem.

courtesy U.S. FDA

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