by Cathy Alinovi | Sep 19, 2016 | Latest News
First, and most importantly, our member list is confidential and will remain that way until until all of the members feel the time is right to disclose the member list. In fact, recently, I was asked by a few fellow pet food manufacturers, as well as some regulatory...
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...
