This EAG includes organisations representing direct recipients of any action proposed by CALLISTO; it includes leading experts of international organisations representing medical associations, veterinary
associations pet food industry associations and companion animal owners.
Not exact matches
Peter Rossman, a spokesman for the IUF, an international
association of unions in the
food industry, says Heinz workers are nervous, though its factory jobs have so far gone untouched.
Feline Biochemistry While the FDA and
Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) regulate animal
food safety, the National Animal Supplement Council (NASC) was created to provide particular focus on the supplements segment of the
pet - goods
industry, which was often overlooked in the past.
I just got back from a great experience at
Pet Food Forum in Chicago, where I — along with Steve King, president of the
Pet Industry Distributors
Association (PIDA)-- gave a presentation on distributor consolidation and its impact on the
pet specialty channel.
The
pet food industry has convinced many veterinarians, and veterinary
associations, that
pet foods are not a cause of animals becoming ill, and that cereal - based dry
foods are fine for cats.
About APOP and Dr. Ward The
Association for
Pet Obesity Prevention is an independent organization not associated with any veterinary pharmaceutical,
pet food, or other veterinary
industry organization.
The duty of policing the
pet food industry falls instead to the
Association Of American Feed Control Officials.
The standards for nutritional content as dictated by
Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) create a challenge for
pet owners who are interested in feeding home prepared
foods, as society has been misled to believe that our
pets will suffer detrimental health effects if protein, fat, carbohydrate, fiber, vitamin, and mineral ratios are not specifically commensurate with
industry standards.
In organic
food industry, there is difference in
pets and humans as per the US
Association of American Feed Control Officials.
The
Association of American Feed Control Officials (or AAFCO) defines what goes on dog
food labels but some feel this is inadequate considering that the AAFCO is not governed and includes people in the
pet food industry who benefit from certain guidelines.
The
pet food industry isn't as strictly regulated and much of the regulation comes from the
Association of American Feed Control Officials.
The
pet food industry is regulated by the
Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO), but organic labels are not as strictly regulated as human organic labels are, so companies can break the rules without getting caught.
-- The American
Pet Products
Association (APPA) is pleased to announce it has secured a partnership with Packaged Facts ®, a premier source of market intelligence on the
pet care,
food, and services
industry.
Founded in 1909 as the American Feed Manufacturers
Association, the name changed to AFIA in 1985 to recognize the importance of all types of companies involved in the feed manufacturing
industry — from commercial and integrated feed manufacturers, to ingredient suppliers,
pet food manufacturers and equipment manufacturers.
Consumers have been trained to believe that
foods that are approved by the
pet food industry watch dog, the American
Association of Feed Control Operators (AAFCO) are safe and balanced.
Pet store owners can utilize the
Pet Industry Distributors
Association's
Pet Store Pro, a free online training program, to teach their employees the ABCs of
pet food.
Norbert Holthenrich, president of the German
Pet Trade &
Industry Association (ZZF), notes several trends in the
pet food segment that can be seen at the 2014 show.