by Cathy Alinovi | Nov 27, 2018 | FSMA, Labeling Updates, Latest News, Our Stories
Early in my United States Air Force career, I was introduced to the adage “perception is reality.” In our current environment, food safety is very important, as it should be. Mis-information exists on the internet that might convey the perception that real food pet...
by Cathy Alinovi | Aug 10, 2018 | AAFCO, AAFCO Meetings, FSMA, Labeling Updates, Latest News, Our Stories
One of the benefits of attending AAFCO meetings is to engage in discussion as the committees work through future regulatory issues. Once items are presented at the semi-annual and annual meetings, they are public record and open for discussion. Below is a short...
by Cathy Alinovi | Jul 4, 2018 | AAFCO, AAFCO Meetings, FSMA, Labeling Updates, Latest News
The 2018 Annual AAFCO meeting is fast approaching – July 30-August 1 in Ft Lauderdale. Not planning on attending? No worries, Next Gen PFMA will be there representing its members. Here are some of the issues, some more impactful than others, on the docket: Model...
by Cathy Alinovi | May 24, 2018 | AAFCO, Labeling Updates, Latest News
Next Gen PFMA members, today, received notification of proposed changes to carbohydrate reporting in the guaranteed analysis of the pet food label. This information is confidential thus is not available for public dissemination. As your AAFCO representative, we...
by Cathy Alinovi | Apr 11, 2018 | AAFCO, Labeling Updates, Latest News
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...
by Cathy Alinovi | Jan 23, 2018 | AAFCO, AAFCO Meetings, Labeling Updates, Latest News
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)...
