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Pet Food Safety

Producing top quality, safe pet food requires attention to detail

Achieving consistent top quality in pet food formulations requires constant attention to both the ingredients and formulations. Sponsored by Adifo

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

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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

For safe pet jerky treats, follow human food guidelines

Guidelines for human jerky products can help makers of pet jerky treats build safety into their products, said Liz Boyle, PhD, professor at Kansas State.

During the KSU Pet Food Experience and Petfood Innovation Workshop, participants learned about producing safe pet jerky treats, including a hands-on demonstration making jerky treats with kangaroo meat. l Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

Viruses attack Salmonella in raw pet food, improve safety

Since these viruses live nearly everywhere on Earth, they can meet consumers’ demands for pet foods made using natural ingredients without synthetic chemicals.

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Pet Food Safety

Pet food’s safety journey from 2007 recalls to FSMA

The 2007 pet food recalls marked a watershed moment in how consumers viewed and interacted with pet food companies and contributed to new laws like FSMA.

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Pet Food Regulations

FDA finalizes GRAS rules for pet food ingredients

New regulations may provide those wishing to gain acceptance of new pet food ingredients a viable option with the GRAS notification process

Recall of 355 cases of Addiction Foods canned dog food

There have been no reports of animal illness. The food was manufactured in New Zealand and shipped between February 11 and March 19.

Ensuring pet food safety using extruder technology

A focus on pet food safety within extrusion-based manufacturing and running high meat diets with this equipment. Sponsored by Extru-Tech.

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Mérieux NutriSciences aseptic swabbing techniques classes

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AFIA scolds FDA for tardy guidance on pet food safety

An American Feed Industry Association official chided FDA for releasing a Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) guidance document on August 24 with little time to ensure pet food industry compliance by September 19.

Pet food groups hosted FSMA training for 75 people

Individuals from 60 animal feed companies participated in the Food Safety Preventive Control Alliance (FSPCA) lead instructor training for animal food preventive controls.

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FDA finalizes generally recognized as safe rule

The Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule that amended and clarified the criteria in FDA regulations for when a substance is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) under the conditions of its intended use.

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Market Trends and Reports

#tbt Health concerns about nutrient levels in dog food

Excessive quantities of minerals in dogs’ diets have become more of an issue over the years, as high meat diets and nutrient supplements have become more common. Copper is one nutrient that can be a double-edged sword.

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