by Cathy Alinovi | Mar 10, 2017 | Latest News
Making up less than 10% of the pet food marketplace, Next Gen PFMA members (and those nutritionally defensible small pet food manufacturers who aren’t YET members) are growing at 40% per year! We’re growing, while large conglomerate “crappy kibble’ players are losing...
by Cathy Alinovi | Mar 9, 2017 | AAFCO, Latest News
Currently, there is no ingredient definition for hemp and/or hemp products in pet food. The Ingredient Definitions Committee welcomes a manufacturer who will propose a definition. Methodology to request an ingredient be defined is well-detailed in the AAFCO OP...
by Cathy Alinovi | Mar 8, 2017 | Latest News
We’re excited to let our current and future members know that we have finally achieved 501(c)(3) status for our association! This means your membership fees are now tax deductible, giving you yet another reason to value your Next Generation Pet Food Manufacturers...
by Cathy Alinovi | Feb 23, 2017 | AAFCO, FSMA, Latest News
Warning: The Pet Food Label Modernization Working Group is planning on polling your customers! In response to mandatory changes legislated by FSMA, the Pet Food Label Modernization Working Groups are working to update pet food labels, much as human food labels have...
by Cathy Alinovi | Feb 15, 2017 | Labeling Updates
Since forming Next Gen PFMA, it has been very encouraging to realize that state regulators consider our members to be the innovators, at the cutting-edge of the pet food industry. With that innovation, of course, come new combinations of ingredients designed to...
