What is your goal for attending SuperZoo 2017?

by Cathy Alinovi | Jul 13, 2017 | Latest News

Many of our present and future members will be in attendance in Las Vegas the last week of July 2017. It almost seems like a rite of passage when your pet business has grown enough to support a booth at SuperZoo, which will take place at the Mandalay Bay in Las...

Will you attend the AAFCO meeting in August 2017?

by Cathy Alinovi | Jul 6, 2017 | AAFCO Meetings, Latest News

The August 2017 AAFCO annual meeting will be held in Bellevue (Seattle area) Washington. More than 60% of our members are from the West Coast – will you be there? Among topics to be discussed are updates to pet food labeling. Additionally, after the regular...

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by Cathy Alinovi | Jun 22, 2017 | AAFCO, FSMA, Latest News, Members-Only Content

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Next Gen PFMA Turns One

by Cathy Alinovi | Jun 18, 2017 | AAFCO, FSMA, Latest News

Inaugural Presidents are marked by the first hundred days of their presidency. At Next Gen PFMA, we are proud to be marked by our first year in existence. Through a bittersweet chain of events, Executive Director Cathy Alinovi became available full-time to pursue her...

The five reasons to manufacture pet food

by Cathy Alinovi | Jun 15, 2017 | Latest News

There are five reasons to manufacture pet food that are directly related to how people feed their pets. How each different pet food manufacturer handles these five reasons is what creates the diversity present within the marketplace. The five reasons pet owners feed...

Defining Your Own Recall Philosophy

by Cathy Alinovi | May 19, 2017 | Latest News

Certainly, this is not a topic ANY pet food manufacturer wants to consider (…but would be wise to do so). Because they manufacture the top 2% of pet foods, our members are constantly under scrutiny, including by the FDA and state departments of agriculture. This...