Webinar: Closing the Compliance Gap: Smarter Tools for Safer Pet Food

As pet food regulations tighten and transparency expectations rise, is your compliance strategy keeping up? Traditional methods and disconnected systems leave your pet food operations exposed. Join us Tuesday, December 9, 2025, at 10:00 AM CT for a live webinar with Ian Mealey from Datacor. He’ll explain how to take control of compliance with smarter formulation tools. You’ll get an exclusive look at Ara Comply™, a new module that embeds compliance directly into formulation workflows. It delivers real-time quality checks and full traceability, turning compliance into a proactive process. If you want to future-proof your compliance program, this session will give you the tools to close your most critical gaps.

This webinar will broadcast at 10:00 AM CST (Chicago) / 4:00 PM GMT (London) / 12:00 AM CST, Dec. 10th (Beijing).

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

1. Where compliance breaks down in typical pet food operations and how to fix it.
2. How to audit more efficiently, reduce manual errors, and increase traceability
3. Key features of Ara Comply™ that support real-time checks and audit readiness
4. How to embed compliance into daily operations without slowing production

This webinar is sponsored by Datacor and presented by Petfood Industry.

Speaker Information:

Ian Mealey, Product Marketing Director for Formulation at Datacor Animal Nutrition
Ian Mealey, Product Marketing Director for Formulation at Datacor Animal Nutrition, boasts over 30 years of experience with formulation software. His career began after earning a degree in Agriculture and joining a large UK cooperative’s graduate program, where he acquired extensive experience in feed business operations. Ian’s journey progressed from Formulator to Formulations Manager, where he gained crucial hands-on experience. After a decade as a formulator, Ian transitioned to Format International (now Format Solutions), starting as a Support Specialist. He has since excelled in various roles, including implementation, software product design, and consultation. With over 25 years at Format Solutions (now Datacor Animal Nutrition), Ian has collaborated with a global clientele across diverse sectors such as feed, pet food, aqua, premix, and food & beverage. He is passionate about helping customers to optimizing business processes, improve ingredient purchasing strategies, and enhance product quality.