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Pet Food Market

Chinese trade barriers to U.S. pet food ‘unscientific’

One major barrier to U.S. pet food sales in China preceded the trade war and remains in effect.

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Fungi and toxins found in veterinary dog, cat foods

Veterinary dog and cat foods may contain toxins left by fungi that infected the grain used to make the products, as well as the fungi itself.

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Pet Food Safety

Hagen Dogit Pet Safety Gate

Hagen Dogit Pet Safety Gate

Thorgersen Family Farm recalls raw llama meat pet foods

The following varieties, packaged in two pound packs, are included in this recall: course ground rabbit, course ground mallard duck, ground llama, and ground pork frozen raw pet food.

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Market Trends and Reports

Lab-grown mouse-meat cat treat aided by DNA research

Because Animals put scientific knowledge to use making cell-cultured mouse-meat as a novel ingredient in cat treats.

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Pet Food Recalls

Nestle Purina recalls Muse wet cat food for rubber pieces

The product could contain rubber pieces that are translucent yellow with a blue backing, which may present a potential choking hazard.

courtesy U.S. FDA

Pet Food Ingredients

Practical tips on pet food palatability

Improving pet's well-being and owners' satisfaction through market insights on palatability, performance, and pet nutrition. Sponsored by Diana Pet Food.

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FDA alert: Darwin’s Natural raw dog food for Salmonella

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert cautioning pet owners not to feed their dogs three lots of Darwin’s Natural Pet Products raw dog food.

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Pet Food Market

Petfood Industry launches Chinese-language newsletter

Each newsletter will contain articles in Chinese.

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Hill’s Pet Nutrition expands dog food vitamin D recall

Hill's Pet Nutrition expanded its voluntary recall of canned dog food products to include more varieties and additional SKUs.

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Infographic: Official data on grain-free dog food and DCM

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has compiled statistics about cases of canine dilated cardiomyopathy correlated to certain grain-free dog diets.

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Diamond Pet Foods sued over alleged heavy metals, BPA

The plaintiffs claimed that they spent more because they expected that premium pet foods “do not contain chemicals, toxins contaminants chemicals and other unnatural ingredients.”

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