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OPERATIONS
CONTROL
issues
Science, technology and clear communications
help processors address contamination control.
By Keith Loria | petfoodprocessing@sosland.com
A
Animal food safety standards are now on par with
human food processing operations and pet food producers are embracing human-food safety best practices
to keep facilities free from bacteria.
Frank Monteleone, president of FoodSafe
Technologies LLC, headquartered in Deer Park, New
York, says while the process for producing pet foods has
improved in the past five years, covering extrusion and
better human-food quality control of ingredients and
corresponding treatments, there are some problems that
still arise.
"The raw diet craze has been the outlier, as raw proteins from processing plants continue to have low level
colony-forming-unit (CFU) counts of pathogens that are
allowable under USDA Food Safety Inspection Service
(FSIS) guidelines," he says. "We take the same approach
with these proteins with treatments that are used for
human consumption. The stability in treats contamination varies by treat to treat and process to process."
Extruded pet foods have improved somewhat in reducing pathogenic loads. More recent discoveries and
recalls have been related to high vitamin D, unknown
contaminants and raw diets but there will always be
challenges ahead for any pet food process.
Ansen Pond, director of quality assurance at Pilgrim's
Pride Corp., a Greeley, Colorado-based supplier of raw
materials to the pet food industry, notes contamination
control has improved greatly over the last decade in
many animal food sectors.
"The pet food industry and their raw material suppliers in particular have made major strides in improving
food safety," he says. "For example, the pet food industry
is becoming more aware of hazards associated with raw
materials and is better at screening raw materials for
potential risk. I can see this by an increase in pet food
audits and the value placed on developing partnerships
with raw material suppliers."
Pond, who is also part of the Pet Food Alliance,
which addresses food safety issues affecting the industry, feels the current contamination state is comparable
with human food in 2019. "I think pet food products
produced in the United States are the safest in the
world," he says. "Having Current Good Manufacturing
Practices (CGMP) and a well-developed food safety
Pet food processors
are rapidly improving
contamination control
by embracing novel
interventions and new
technologies to
fight pathogens.
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PET Food Processing - June 2019
CONTENTS
OFF THE LEASH - FEAR FREE
TRENDS - IN THE HOUSE
PLANT PROFILE - THE MEAT OF THE METRICS
FOOD SAFETY - VERIFIED ACCOUNTABILITY
INGREDIENTS - DEFINING CHELATION AND ENCAPSULATION
FORMULATION - FULL DISCLOSURE
EQUIPMENT - EXTRUSION INNOVATION
ON THE MOVE
OPERATIONS - CONTROL ISSUES
PACKAGING - MEDLEY OF MEALS
BEST IN SHOW
PATENTS TO PONDER
EVENTS
SIT, STAY, READ
AD INDEX
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - CONTENTS
PET Food Processing - June 2019 - OFF THE LEASH - FEAR FREE
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - TRENDS - IN THE HOUSE
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - PLANT PROFILE - THE MEAT OF THE METRICS
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - FOOD SAFETY - VERIFIED ACCOUNTABILITY
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - INGREDIENTS - DEFINING CHELATION AND ENCAPSULATION
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - FORMULATION - FULL DISCLOSURE
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - 40
PET Food Processing - June 2019 - EQUIPMENT - EXTRUSION INNOVATION
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - ON THE MOVE
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - OPERATIONS - CONTROL ISSUES
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - PACKAGING - MEDLEY OF MEALS
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - BEST IN SHOW
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - PATENTS TO PONDER
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - EVENTS
PET Food Processing - June 2019 - SIT, STAY, READ
PET Food Processing - June 2019 - AD INDEX
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