by ngp2021 | Jan 21, 2020 | AAFCO, AAFCO Meetings, Latest News
Interesting mix of topics at day one of the midyear AAFCO meeting. To start the meeting off, we had a guest speaker whose moniker is “farm babe.“ While I disparage her nickname, because I think it belittles her personal image, she does have a great perspective in that...
by ngp2021 | Jan 21, 2020 | AAFCO, AAFCO Meetings, Latest News, Regulatory Updates
Regulations are now fully updated to include specifics for large size dogs and puppies. Because these dogs have different calcium/phosphorus needs than the average size dog, regulations have had to change to reflect current knowledge (now a decade old). This has been...
by ngp2021 | Dec 27, 2019 | FSMA, Latest News, Regulatory Updates
Anyone like romaine lettuce? Caesar salad perhaps? Personally, I eat a lot of romaine lettuce and Caesar salad. I’m one of the sensitive people that if the lettuce isn’t washed about 8 times I’ll get an intestinal “thing” after eating some of the lettuce....
by ngp2021 | Nov 21, 2019 | FSMA, Latest News, Our Stories
The administrative law judge in Colorado filed his report on Friday November 8, 2019. His decision was immediately picked up for review by the commissioner before the ink even had time to dry. What does this mean? This is like when the FDA takes sample of pet food and...
by ngp2021 | Nov 12, 2019 | AAFCO, Latest News, Our Stories, Regulatory Updates
In one of the last posts, I presented a timeline related to the court cases. At the writing of that post, all parties in the Lystn LLC vs FDA, AAFCO, and the Colorado Department of Agriculture lawsuits, as well as the interveners, were to meet with the magistrate...
by ngp2021 | Oct 24, 2019 | AAFCO, Labeling Updates, Latest News, Our Stories, Regulatory Updates
As you hopefully know, I represent our manufacturers on numerous AAFCO work groups and volunteer to help with more workgroups all the time. In fact, earlier this year, I successfully chaired a workgroup to clean up one section of the AAFCO Official Publication (the...
