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Walmart wants your products to be 'green'

Did you hear the news a couple weeks ago that Walmart is launching a new sustainability index with the aim to eventually require all its suppliers to prove their products and practices are green and sustainable?



According to this article on FoodProductionDaily.com, "The goal… Continue

Added by Debbie Phillips-Donaldson on July 31, 2009 at 10:41am — 1 Comment

GRAS ingredients should be listed in AAFCO Official Publication

As you may be aware, AFIA’s Ingredient Approval & Definition Committee (IADC) recently sent a letter to AAFCO urging the organization to consider “recognizing” FDA’s GRAS process by listing the ingredients in which FDA issues a “no questions asked letter” in the AAFCO Official Publication.

Keep in mind the FDA has only noted verbally they will promulgate the rules… Continue

Added by Jarrod Kersey on July 27, 2009 at 4:01pm — 1 Comment

substitute to ammonium chloride

Hello every one !

Can anyone give a substitution of ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) in cat-petfood ?

This authorised additive in Europe is incorporated at very low rate (round 0,5 %) to acidify urine, and so to avoid struvites.

I have written the same request in the Ingredients and Nutrition Group, but do not have any answer yet ... Maybe they are all on holidays !

Thanks for your ideas.

regis

Added by Regis LESAFFRE on July 23, 2009 at 2:06am — No Comments

Pet food Activism: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

To respond to Debbie Phillips comments on consumer activism: I too think there are various reasons people become activist, and that is reason for my title.



The Good, entails consumers that want to find out the truth about what is going on when some issue comes up. Most of us have unfortunately, become accustom to not believing what we hear, read, are told, nor most of what we see. We assume that we are being lied to or at best, not being told the whole truth. Part of this comes from… Continue

Added by Tommy R. Willard on July 20, 2009 at 1:13pm — 1 Comment

Pet Food Investment

Is there anybody help me that i want to build a pet food production line in Turkey.I want to work with a specialist or a company who advise me entering to market ?

Added by Halim Tekkesin on July 15, 2009 at 4:14am — 7 Comments

Should the US government raise ethanol levels?

Growth Energy, a group of ethanol distillers, has petitioned the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow blends of up to 15% ethanol in gas for cars. The National Chicken Council is encouraging the EPA to oppose the petition, citing potential damage to the engines and other parts of… Continue

Added by Debbie Phillips-Donaldson on July 13, 2009 at 5:57pm — 1 Comment

Take our survey!

Did you notice the "Quick Poll" on the main page? From time to time, you'll be seeing a poll in that space. This time, we're trying to learn how many of you need formal "continuing education units" for your job. We've kept the poll brief, but we're interested in hearing more. If you have further comments, please add them to this blog post.



At Petfood Forum this year, we at Petfood Industry heard industry professionals asking our speakers about continuing education opportunities,… Continue

Added by Joyce Neth on July 7, 2009 at 3:07pm — No Comments

Consumer activism and petfood

It seems as though nearly every day brings a new report, article or blog post from a consumer group or even an individual consumer questioning the safety, ethics or motives of the pet industry and/or leveling an accusation of bad products or practices. Often these are aimed at petfood; in fact, since the 2007 petfood recalls in the US, consumer activism among pet owners has climbed to an entirely new level, and more and more petfood manufacturers and marketers are landing in the cross… Continue

Added by Debbie Phillips-Donaldson on July 2, 2009 at 3:46pm — 3 Comments

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