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Pet Food Ingredients

Premix trends in the pet food industry

The trends of the human food industry have inarguably become solid indicators for coming trends in the pet food industry. As people turn their focus to the origins of the ingredients in their food, the quality, traceability and overall safety of those elements have become key indicators of product success.

Buriy.Fotolia.com | Premixes serve an important function in pet food formulas, and premix manufacturers must pay attention to the same trends and desires of consumers as the pet food manufacturers they, in turn, supply.

AFIA to host FSMA Phase III training

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) will host its second Food Safety Modernization Act Phase III training January 27, 2016, as part of the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Georgia. The one-day session will cover various components of the new law, published in the Federal Register on September 17, Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals.

Pet Food Market

Are you ready for FSMA?

The final rule from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for implementation of preventive controls for animal feed (including pet food) under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was published in the Federal Register in September 2015.

Pet Food Market

Enforcing pet food safety: a kinder, gentler FDA?

FDA is trying to change its culture from simply enforcing to nurturing industry compliance. The aim is to educate while they regulate, the agency says.

Pet Food Regulations

6 things you need to know about FSMA pet food safety rule

The countdown starts soon for pet food manufacturers to comply with the animal feed preventive control rule under FSMA. Here are the key requirements.

Michael Pettigrew; Fotolia.com | The animal feed preventive control rule under FSMA has six main elements with which pet food manufacturers must comply.

K-9 Kraving Dog Food recalls Chicken Patties

K-9 Kraving Dog Food has announced a voluntary recall of its Chicken Patties Dog Food shipped between July 13 and July 17, 2015, because these products may be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes.

Photo by Jelly Dude, FOTER

Pet food and feed meeting focuses on feed safety rule

Now that the pet food and feed preventive controls rule under FSMA is final, FDA wants to work with industry to implement and enforce it, FDA leaders said.

Salix Animal Health recalls Good ‘n’ Fun product

Salix Animal Health L.L.C. has initiated a voluntary recall of one lot of Good 'n' Fun - Beefhide Chicken Sticks because it may have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

OC Raw Dog voluntarily recalls dog food due to potential Salmonella risk

OC Raw Dog of Rancho Santa Margarita, California, USA, is voluntarily recalling 640 pounds of Chicken, Fish & Produce Raw Frozen Canine Formulation on Salmonella concerns.

NatPets recalls I and Love and You product

NatPets L.L.C., d/b/a I and Love and You, of Boulder, Coloado, USA, is expanding its voluntary recall of cow-boom! strips – beef gullet because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

FOTER | MarilynJane

Pet Food Safety

AFIA to host FSMA training session

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) will host a one-day Food Safety Modernization Act Phase III "The Future is Now" training on Dec. 8, 2015.

Pet Food Safety

More than 2,000 enslaved fishermen rescued in 2015

More than 2,000 enslaved fishermen have been rescued in 2015 as a result of an Associated Press investigation into forced labor on fishing boats in Asia.

FOTER | Omer Unlu

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