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Your Manufacturing Process — January 2018
It’s January – what does that mean to your manufacturing process? For some of our members, it’s the start of a new fiscal year which means business planning and annual budgets. Our manufacturers are planning for 40% annual growth!! This planning means renewing...Human-grade and AAFCO
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...
The New Pet Food Label is Here (For Members at Least)
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...Your Consumer Advocate is Gone, But We Are Still Here
You may or may not have heard that the well-known and respected Susan Thixton, a consumer advocate in the pet food industry has been stripped of her role and title as an Advisor for AAFCO. I was actually privileged to be included in a recent article featuring her work...