Petfood Industry - September 2009

Canada imposes new rules on petfood industry

The Canadian government has imposed new rules to prevent a rerun of the 2007 petfood recalls.

The new rules require import permits for all petfood and indi-

vidual ingredients entering the country. Also, petfood containing ingredients from US cattle requires

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The consequences of violations of any law now include plant closings or criminal prosecution.

CFIA inspectors have also been given the authority to run surprise checks at any Canadian petfood manufacturing unit. They also now need to inspect, at least once every year, plants that manufacture petfood items for export.

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Castor & Pollux Pet Works donated more than a half million meals to animal shelters in 2008, catchannel.com reported. The donations were made through the company’s partnership with Freekibble.com.

The Clackamas, Oregon, USA-based manufacturer of natural petfood and treats has reportedly donated more than 538,000 meals for dogs and cats to date.

Freekibble.com was founded in 2008 to provide food to dogs and cats in shelters, pledging to raise 10 pieces of kibble for affiliated shelters from Oregon to Florida, USA, for every trivia question answered online.