by Cathy Alinovi | Sep 15, 2016 | Latest News
Several consumers have approached the association wanting to know how to reconcile their veterinarians’ recommendations to feed low protein pet food to dogs and cats in kidney failure while the owners’ desire to feed more species appropriate diets. As leaders in the...
by Cathy Alinovi | Sep 6, 2016 | Latest News
WARNING: This post will include alarming information regarding federal regulations — increasing and already created at the rate of 520 EVERY DAY including Christmas in 2015. This of course, doesn’t take any state regulations into account. That’s why I urge you —...
by Cathy Alinovi | Aug 17, 2016 | FSMA
Drop-dead dates to comply with FSMA depend on the size of your business. ALL pet food manufacturers will be held accountable and will be inspected under the new rules. The “big boys” must comply now, in 2016. Small manufacturers will be expected to be in compliance in...
by Cathy Alinovi | Aug 9, 2016 | AAFCO Meetings
For the first time, small manufacturers of high-quality pet food were represented at an AAFCO meeting. Pittsburgh, August 1-3, 20176 marked the first official forum attended by Next Gen PFMA. In pre-conference conversations, we were told the AAFCO policy is to wait a...
by Cathy Alinovi | Jul 21, 2016 | Latest News
More than 50% of pet food and treat purchases in the US contain functional food ingredients. It’s more important than ever to communicate healthy pet food/treat content. More than half the time, pet food consumers are searching for functional ingredients listed...
