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Pet Food Ingredients

Pet food companies scrutinize suppliers to avoid slavery

One of Purina’s dog and cat food ingredient suppliers helps local indigenous communities, safeguards Alaskan cod fisheries and minds worker’s well-being on arduous sea voyages.

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Pet Food Market

Q&A: Can feeding trials prevent pet food health crises?

Maybe not, since feeding trials might overlook breed-specific dietary needs, according to veterinary nutrition scientists at the University of California – Davis.

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Aluminum, other minerals found in commercial US dog foods

Scientists at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine analyzed the levels of nickel, silica, aluminum, chromium and molybdenum in dog food.

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Pet Food Market

4 pet food developments to watch as 2019 begins

What can we expect with pet food M&A, novel ingredients, recalls and other ingredient situations and e-commerce wars in the new year?

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Avondale Pet Foods recalls raw pet food for Salmonella

This product has been sold in Scotland and England only.

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Columbia River Natural expands raw pet food recall

No illnesses have been reported to date.

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DCM, megaesophagus: diseases linked to dog food in 2018

In Australia, more than 100 dogs developed megaesophagus after eating Mars Petcare Australia Advance Dermocare dry dog food.

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Pet Food Press Releases

Purina applauds law to help domestic violence victims and their pets

The Dec. 20 signing into law of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Bill) marks an important milestone in efforts made by Purina and others to reshape the way domestic violence victims and their pets are cared for in the United States.

Pet Food Press Releases

American Humane CEO to discuss military dogs at AFIA conference

Research has shown that owning a dog can have many physical and emotional benefits for humans, especially military veterans. American Humane's CEO Robin Ganzert, Ph.D., will discuss the healing power of man's best friend at the American Feed Industry Association's upcoming Pet Food Conference, happening on Feb. 12, 2019, in conjunction with the International Production and Processing Expo.

Stopping grain-free diet, adding taurine helped dogs’ DCM

The scientists published the results of their research, “Taurine deficiency and dilated cardiomyopathy in golden retrievers fed commercial diets,” in the journal PLOS ONE.

Pet Food Press Releases

Dr. Tim's supports Butte Humane Society after Camp Fire

Dr. Tim's Pet Foods donated over 20,000 lbs of dog and cat food to the Butte Humane Society in Chico, California.

#tbt Pet food recall trends: melamine to vitamin D

While large numbers of deaths were associated with some of the recalls, many were precautionary measures especially following implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Acts.

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