Pet Food Wet and Dry Processing Articles: PetfoodIndustry

Plant-based ingredient R&D center open to pet food makers

Buhler’s newly opened Food Application Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, currently focuses on human food, but the Center’s director is open to working with pet food makers too.

July 9, 2020

Tim Wall

The Center could be particularly useful in the development of sustainable plant-based ingredients for dog, cat and other pet foods.

Infrastructure allows pet food ingredient supply mission

Inspiring employees to a higher purpose may have motivated them, but a pet food industry supplier needs to have the infrastructure behind that mission too.

May 27, 2020

Tim Wall

Along with the crucial mission of providing food, many pet food industry suppliers had the infrastructure in place to make good on that goal.

March signaled peak in Mexico’s dog food production

Dog food production rose in March despite Mexico’s decelerating economy, but growth is not likely to last.

May 26, 2020

Iván Franco

Dog food production increased in March despite Mexico’s decelerating economy, but the COVID-19 lockdown will likely impact pet food consumption, too.

Pet food maker nutrition, quality by ingredient studied

Knight leads an ongoing survey to examine pet food manufacturers’ approaches to ensuring balanced nutrition and quality control, depending on the main ingredient type.

May 26, 2020

Tim Wall

However, pet owners may have trepidations about novel pet food ingredients or varieties, including raw, plant protein, cell-cultured, insect, fungal or algal-based pet foods.

Video: COVID-19 lessons for pet food manufacturers

Crisis management expert Dr. Paola Cane shares the experiences of the Italian pet food industry.

May 5, 2020

Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

Dr. Paola Cane, a crisis management expert who works with many pet food companies, shares experiences and lessons from Italy’s COVID-19 outbreak.

Pet food safety protocols aid plants’ pandemic protection

The measures used in pet food and animal feed facilities were for food safety, but may have ended up helping slow human disease transmission.

May 4, 2020

Tim Wall

Federal scrutiny of Salmonella and similar microbes in pet food facilities unintentionally may have helped dog, cat and other pet food makers in the pandemic.

Co-product supply for pet foods not stopped by pandemic

While the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted some aspects of the pet food industry, shifting retail channels, slowing transport and postponing business events, the supply of many vital ingredients seems secure at the moment..

April 22, 2020

Tim Wall

Sanitary procedures need to be learned and equipment to be installed, but one industry expert doesn’t see any serious disruption to rendered co-product production for pet food ingredients.

Sanitizing better than COVID testing in pet food plants

Dog, cat and other pet foods won’t be recalled in the United States if a worker tests positive for SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

April 13, 2020

Tim Wall

FDA officials also discussed how pet food industry facility staff should prove essential worker status during the COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions.