by Cathy Alinovi | Jan 18, 2018 | AAFCO Meetings, Labeling Updates, Latest News
As I look forward to representing our members at another AAFCO meeting in just under a week, there’s something of HUGE importance on the agenda. You can check out the official agenda here. To be honest, at first glance, when I heard the proposed changes in the...
by Cathy Alinovi | Dec 20, 2017 | AAFCO, AAFCO Meetings, FSMA, Labeling Updates, Latest News
One advantage for members of Next Gen PFMA is early notice of regulatory discussions. For the last 9 months, I have participated in several committees working to update pet food label regulations in accordance with FSMA requirements. Today, Next Gen PFMA members were...
by Cathy Alinovi | Apr 25, 2017 | Labeling Updates, Latest News
There is no doubt that changes in how we label our products are on the way. Once the FDA approves labeling updates, AAFCO will modify their model bill and every state in the country will have to update their pet food laws. For some states, radical changes will...
by Cathy Alinovi | Mar 31, 2017 | Labeling Updates, Latest News, Members-Only Content
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...
by Cathy Alinovi | Feb 14, 2017 | AAFCO, Labeling Updates
This is now public information, made so in the 2017 on-line version of the AAFCO OP (Official Publication), but for our members, it’s — of course — old news. As the Executive Director of Next Gen PFMA — representing the most nutritionally defensible pet food...