AAFCO
USDA AMS to verify human grade pet food claims
Members who produce human grade pet food will receive an email from Next Gen PFMA, their representative in AAFCO, this week with details of a new proposal where USDA and FDA will work together to validate human grade pet food claims. Before now, manufacturers of foods...Calculating "sugars" in your products – new methods
AOAC (Association of Analytical Chemists) International has worked to develop new methods to determine/report sugars in animal, pet and human food and fructans in animal and pet food. The proposed new methodology is available for comment. Please see the links and...It’s January – what does that mean to your manufacturing process?
For some it’s the start of a new fiscal year thus business planning and annual budgets – our manufacturers plan for 40% annual growth. Thus planning means renewing contracts and ensuring sourcing of quality raw ingredients. For Next Gen PFMA it means another...WE DID NOT LOSE!!
The discussion over so-called minor edits to the definition of human-grade pet food had potential to end poorly. The risk existed the Pet Food Committee (PFC) would blindly accept the proposal to “simply” remove the word “edible” from the human grade pet food (HGPF)...
