Safety & Quality

Pet Food Insights
How to approach regulatory uncertainty
Even policies that are broadly deregulatory can create challenges for highly regulated industries like pet food manufacturing when implemented in disruptive ways.
Although pet food companies may find themselves wondering what the next regulatory update may bring, it will still pay dividends to maintain strong compliance programs.
Brand Insights
Pet Food Manufacturer Thinks Outside the Box with EDL’s Double Tight Wrap Machine
EDL, as Massman Company
EDL Double Tight Wrap shrink wrapping machines use two perpendicular bands of LDPE film to tightly unitize and totally enclose a product or collation. 
Pet Food Manufacturer Thinks Outside the Box with EDL’s Double Tight Wrap Machine
Raw Cat and Dog Food
Raw pet food gains ground as consumers gain safety knowledge
As high-pressure processing is better understood by interested pet owners, industry safety standards are becoming established for raw pet food.
We Feed Raw offers customized, complete and balanced raw meals frozen and cold-shipped to customers, including beef, chicken, lamb, turkey and duck.
Pet Food Insights
Legislative sessions across US kick off with focus on pet food
There are multiple pet food-related legislative efforts going on at the state level.
U.S. state legislators are busy with 2025 actions related to the pet food industry.
Pet Food Regulations
31 laws and rules for pet food production in Europe
The European Union's legal framework for pet food helps safeguard animal health, support consumer trust and facilitate trade across member states.
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Adventures in Pet Food
What is the fate of self-GRAS for new pet food ingredients?
The self-GRAS process for affirming new pet food ingredients has always caused criticism and concerns; now new challenges threaten its existence.
Pet Food Ingredients Andrea Gantz
Pet Food Regulations
AAFCO and KSU seek experts to review new animal food ingredients
New SRIS program aims to accelerate scientific evaluations of feed ingredients for AAFCO approval.
The SRIS program will assemble independent scientific panels to evaluate animal food ingredients for safety under the GRAS framework.
Pet Food Insights
The legal landscape of pet food packaging
The key issues and developments in an evolving segment of the pet space.
Generic Pet Food Packaging
Pet Food Regulations
USDA moves to rescind Organic Pet Food Standards
Pet Sustainability Coalition warns rescission would reverse decades of progress and harm businesses developing organic products.
PSC notes the proposed rescission could 'reverse more than 15 years of stakeholder engagement, National Organic Standards Board recommendations and industry' development.
Pet Food Recalls
Spectrum Brands Pet recalls turtle food over Salmonella concerns
One lot of Tetra ReptoMin 3-in-1 food for aquatic turtles is being recalled due to Salmonella risk to pets and people.
While no illnesses have been reported in pets or humans, Spectrum Brands Pet is recalling the affected lot out of an abundance of caution and in coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Safety & Quality
Innovative FEED Act introduced in US Senate
Companion bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in March with broad bipartisan support.
Congress House Senate
CBD Treats for Dogs and Cats
FDA issues warning letters to CBD, mushroom pet supplement makers
Three companies received warnings for marketing CBD and mushroom products as unapproved animal drugs with therapeutic claims, according to NASC.
Cat Sniffing Cbd Dropper Erin Hinterland Pixabay
Pet Food Processing
High-pressure thermal processing creates safe, minimally cooked pet food
HPTP aims to create microbially safe products that can be shelf stable, fresh or minimally cooked.
Raw Pet Food
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