by Cathy Alinovi | Apr 7, 2022 | Labeling Updates, Latest News, Uncategorized
So you want to use a novel ingredient in your pet food – awesome! After all, you’ve done a ton of research. There is great evidence your novel ingredient does wonders for mammalian health. Certainly there’s a myriad of pet supplements using this ingredient on...
by ngp2021 | Aug 3, 2020 | AAFCO Meetings, Latest News
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, yet another national meeting has turned virtual. AAFCO will meet virtually August 5 through August 7, 2020. This virtual meeting meeting presents some interesting opportunities. There are definitely challenges as well. For those who...
by ngp2021 | Jan 28, 2020 | AAFCO, AAFCO Meetings, FSMA, Labeling Updates, Latest News
Most years, the second day of the AAFCO meeting is the meat and potatoes for manufacturers of real pet food. This is the day that the Pet Food and Ingredient Definitions Committees meet. While the trade association participates in other committees, the decisions which...
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 | 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...
