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Safety & Quality

Dave’s Pet Food recalls dog food for thyroid hormone

The products potentially contain elevated levels of beef thyroid hormone, according to the United States Food and Drug Administration.

image courtesy United States Food and Drug Administration

Market Trends and Reports

Experts address Chinese pet food market, new regulations

Pet food experts will cover the growing Chinese pet food market, new regulations, safety, key ingredients and ingredient claims at Petfood Forum China 2018.

Pet Fair Asia is a large pet trade show for the Chinese pet industry as well as pet owners. | Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

Pet Food Market

Human vs. pet food labeling: How do they differ?

Several key differences in pet food labeling requirements may prove challenging for human food manufacturers looking to enter the pet food arena.

Pet food trends may follow human food trends, but ingredient labeling requirements can be quite different between the two markets. | Photo by Andrea Gantz

Aller Petfood receives food safety certification

Aller Petfood, a Danish pet food producer, has upgraded its certification for food safety.

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7 Petfood Industry exclusives May 2018: Amazon, protein

Columnists wrote about lamb meal, insects and the popularity of natural pet foods.

photo by Andrea Gantz

Call for Australian dog food laws after 100 sick dogs

Mars Petcare’s Advance Dermocare dog food is correlated to the megaesophagus cases.

image from Mars Petcare Australia website

4 ways filters can limit pet food plant contaminants

Contamination doesn’t originate only in raw or spoiled pet food ingredients; it can enter in the utilities used to operate a manufacturing process.

Placed at the top of a product storage tank, this vent houses a sterile-grade filter to screen out particulates and bacteria from inflowing air.

Supplier of mislabeled pet food ingredient pleads guilty

Those ingredients resulted in the 2014 false advertising lawsuit by Purina after testing revealed the presence of poultry by-product meal in some of Blue Buffalo’s top-selling pet foods.

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Merrick recalls beef dog treats for thyroid hormone

The recall was due to the potential that they contain elevated levels of a naturally-occurring beef thyroid hormone.

image courtesy US FDA

Mexican pet food industry may be ready for insect protein

Insects would require Mexican federal regulatory approval for use in pet foods.

photo courtesy EnviroFlight

Pet food company helps pet parents plan for emergencies

Hill’s Pet Nutrition is campaigning to educate pet families on the ways they can stay safe and be better prepared to survive a natural disaster.

photo by Andrea Gantz

Pet Food Regulations

Insects in pet food: US regulatory challenges continue

As the pet food industry begins to consider insects as possible protein sources, regulatory guidance continues to be inconsistent.

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