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Who’s who at AAFCO – August 2018
The 2018 annual AAFCO meeting just finished August 1 in Fort Lauderdale. Representatives from 44 of the 50 United States, as well as Canada and seven other countries were present. It’s interesting to note that not all states send representatives to AAFCO. That does...
Recovered retail food approved as a feed ingredient
At first impression, one wouldn’t expect “recovered retail food” to affect our members as Next Gen PFMA members do not source “feed grade” ingredients. With strict controls, manufacturers can prevent use of inferior ingredients in their foods – but do you...
It’s like a march on Washington DC – timing is everything.
And like a march on Washington DC, if the event is scheduled after decisions are made, it’s not even worth being there. In two weeks the semi annual AAFCO meeting is underway. Rarely do manufacturers of real pet food, members of NexGen PFMA, participate in these...What is the problem?
The short story: the problem is that we are fighting 50 years of training. The competition is way ahead of us. They have inundated the marketplace with the concept that “people food is not healthy”, that “responsible pet owners feed pet food”. We now have three...
