by ngp2021 | Oct 14, 2019 | AAFCO, Latest News, Our Stories, Regulatory Updates
There has been much discussion over the last several months pertaining to the Answers Pet Food lawsuit against the FDA, AAFCO and the Colorado Department of Agriculture. The attorneys representing Answers Pet Food requested, and were granted, motion for injunctive...
by Cathy Alinovi | May 8, 2019 | Latest News, Our Stories, Regulatory Updates
What happened: On April 20, 2019 dozens of retailers, manufacturers, citizens and concerned individuals joined together at the Pet Food Justice symposium supporting raw pet milk in Raritan, New Jersey. Results: evidence was presented documenting the health benefits of...
by Cathy Alinovi | May 2, 2019 | Latest News, Our Stories
HELP! Taurine Scare I need your help. I’m getting CRUSHED with panic about this Taurine Cardiomyopathy scare. CRUSHED. I have multiple people EACH DAY now coming into the store in complete PANIC. All anyone asks for is Eukanuba or Iams. (odd, don’t you think?)...
by Cathy Alinovi | Mar 25, 2019 | FSMA, Latest News, Our Stories, Regulatory Updates
Given Next Gen PFMA represents manufactures of real pet food, at first glance, it may seem illogical to talk about the produce industry; however, the produce industry is regulated by the same agency as the pet food industry: the FDA. Therefore, this should prove a...
by Cathy Alinovi | Feb 11, 2019 | Latest News, Our Stories
Next Gen PFMA has the wonderful opportunity to represent a wide array of pet food manufacturers, as well as the distributors and retailers who support these manufacturers by carrying their products.Our manufacturers often use unique methods of marketing to the...
by Cathy Alinovi | Jan 29, 2019 | Latest News, Our Stories, Regulatory Updates
As an industry playing nice doesn’t seem to be creating any advantage. Twenty raw food recalls occurred in 2018 – in only one case was illness associated with the product; the manufacturer in question was not using USDA sourced and passed meats. We could...