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US Congress schedules hearing on China pet treats

The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China has scheduled a hearing for June 17, “Pet Treats and Processed Chicken from China: Concerns for American Consumers and Pets,” to consider the issues of China's food safety regulation, US government regulation of imported Chinese foods and the overall safety of those foods.

Alltech to present webinar on mycotoxins in 2013 stored grain crops

Alltech's mycotoxin management team is offering a webinar update on the latest mycotoxins being detected in North America's 2013 stored crop. Dr. Max Hawkins will lead the June 20, 2014, webinar and will discuss the impact toxins can have on animal health and performance as well as tips for producers to minimize the risks to their animals and their profits.

Food Sentry: FDA should test jerky treat ingredients for contamination

Food Sentry, a global food monitoring service, said it may understand why the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has yet to figure out why dogs are becoming ill fromchicken jerky treats. While the FDA has posted more than 280 test results, that testing has all been conducted on the finished jerky treat products, rather than on any of the treats' ingredients.

Pet Food Product Database

red24assist Gap Analysis Tool

Colorado university vets: Do not feed pets raw diets

Adherents to the raw petfood diet trend claim that pets eating raw diets have shinier coats, healthier skin, cleaner teeth, improved immunity and easier weight management, but Colorado State University veterinarians say there is no evidence to support such claims. There are, however, real risks.

Pet Food Safety

Brookfield Engineering Laboratories PFT powder flow tester

AMETEK Brookfield

Perten Instruments Process Plus software

AFIA to host FSMA regional seminars

To enable the industry to better understand the largest set of rules to impact feed and petfood since the 1950s, the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is hosting Food Safety Modernization Act regional seminars across the US during the next 18 months. Registration for the "FSMA Regional Seminar, Phase 1: Building a Foundation for Compliance" is now open, and is the first of the multi-phased seminar schedule.

Pet Food Market

AFIA requests animal food exemption in FSMA Reportable Food Registry

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) filed comments on June 6, 2014, with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting an exemption of animal food from provisions made to the Reportable Food Registry (Sec. 417) of the Federal Food Drug & Cosmetic Act (FD&C) as amended by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

Pet Food Regulations

Petfood industry responds to FSMA proposed rule for animal food

Even before the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) was enacted back on January 4, 2011, the petfood industry was very well aware that sweeping reforms were coming about. The most important (to us) would be the proposed rule governing animal feed. We were also very well aware that we, as the petfood industry, would have an opportunity to respond to the proposed rules in an effort to help FDA create the most effective regulations possible to help our industry continue to make safe petfood.

PFI members formed teams of experts organized by subject matter in order to study and evaluate specific sections of the human food rule in anticipation of publication of the proposed rule for animal food.

Pet Food Market

Petfood Forum 2015 calls for papers and posters announced

Petfood Forum 2015 is seeking noncommercial abstracts on pet nutrition, the petfood market, petfood safety, processing, marketing, new product development

Pet Food Market

Foreign petfood brands likely to benefit from China jerky treat issue

Chinese pet owners spent RMB7.84 billion (US$1.25 billion) on pet care in 2012, according to Euromonitor, and this number is predicted to rise 64% by 2017, to RMB12.9 billion (US$2.06 billion). The majority of these sales take place in independent pet shops, though chain stores and e-commerce sites have made significant market inroads.

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