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Columbia River Natural expands raw pet food recall

No illnesses have been reported to date.

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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

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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Pet Food Market

Pet food recalls, alerts still offer lessons for industry

The pet food industry has implemented many new safety protocols and measures since the tragic recalls of 2007, but what else has changed — and what hasn’t?

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Pet Food Regulations

FDA provides guidance for pet food industry

Guidance For Industry documents provide additional insight on how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration views various pet food matters.

When regulations become a little dense to navigate, it can help to examine other guidance documents for insight into a governing body’s thought processes on a certain topic. | D3Damon, iStockPhoto.com

Pet Food Press Releases

Petco products not affected by vitamin D pet food recall

In light of the FDA's Dec. 3 alert on multiple dry dog food recalls due to elevated and potentially toxic levels of vitamin D, Petco has confirmed that it does not carry any of the brands listed in the current recall; no Petco products are affected.

J.M. Smucker recalls 9Lives cat food for low thiamine

No illnesses related to this issue have been reported to date from this pet food recall.

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Kroger Louisville recalls dog foods made by Sunshine Mills

The recall was initiated because the product had the potential to contain an elevated level of Vitamin D, which may cause renal failure.

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