The Fall 2020 Pet Food Alliance Meeting is going VIRTUAL!

The foundation of the Pet Food Alliance is built upon bringing members to the table to discuss opportunities, innovation, and solutions for challenges impacting our industries. While the CoVID-19 pandemic prevents us from meeting together, we can still collaboratively work together to advance our industries.

Join us in September for a no-cost webinar series in which will discuss ongoing and industry relevant research and innovative solutions for industry challenges.

Webinar Details and Registration Links

Monday, September 14th at 10am MST: Environmental Monitoring Webinar with Dr. Douglas Marshall (Chief Scientific Officer, Eurofins)

Monday, September 21st at 10am MST: Smarter Food Safety in Rendering & Pet Food Webinar with Joe Heinzelmann, Neogen

Innovation in Foreign Material Detection Webinar (details coming soon)

The Role of Trucking and Transportation in Rendering & Pet Food Webinar with T-Haul Tanklines (details coming soon)

Email cas_pfa@colostastate.edu to join our mailing list.

Recap from the Summer 2019 Meeting of the Pet Food Alliance

In June 2019, 120 attendees representing various sectors of the pet food and rendering industries joined in Northern Colorado for a successful meeting of the Pet Food Alliance! The Summer 2019 meeting took on a new format, highlighting scientific presentations and discussions, but maintained the foundation of the PFA by incorporating networking opportunities and working group discussions.

The meeting program, presentations, and working group summaries can be found below.

Summary, Program, and Presentations

Summer 2019 PFA Meeting Summary

Summer 2019 PFA Meeting Program

Bailey_New Opportunities in Pathogen Mitigation PFA 2019

Clayton_ USMEF PFA 2019

Murphy_FDA Perspective PFA 2019

Heinzelmann_Pet Food Alliance (June 2019)

Working Group Summaries

Oxidation & Product Qualty Working Group Summary PFA Summer 2019

Product Safety Working Group Summary Summer 2019

Consumer Perception & Sustainability Working Group Summary Summer 2019

Want more information about future meetings of the Pet Food Alliance? Want to receive announcements and speaker updates? Interested in promoting your company at future meetings?

Send an email to cas_pfa@colostate.edu for any questions and to sign up for the meeting mailing list.

Summer 2018 Meeting of the Pet Food Alliance

The Pet Food Alliance held their Summer 2018 Meeting in Kansas City on June 27th-28th, 2018. A summary of the meeting and copies of meeting presentations can be found below.

Meeting Summary
Martin- Opening Presentation
Dinh Presentation-Oxidation 101
Bench Presentation- Industry Perspectives on Oxidation (large file-email request)
Prenni Presentation- Microbial Characterization

Please email questions/comments to cas_pfa@mail.colostate.edu.

Meetings of the Alliance for Research and Innovation in the Rendering and Pet Food Industries

The second meeting of the Alliance for Research and Innovation in the Rendering and Pet Food Industries (PFA) was held in December of 2017. This meeting brought members of the pet food, rendering, and meat industries together with academic partners to discuss opportunities and challenges in the pet food and rendering industries. In this meeting (summary CSU FPRF Alliance-December Meeting Summary), Alliance members organized working groups to work on targeted issues and will work on those issues within their working groups in the first quarter of 2018.

A summary of the inaugural alliance meeting can be found here.

If you have any questions about the Pet Food Alliance, or wish to contribute to one of the working groups, please contact the Pet Food Alliance at cas_pfa@mail.colostate.edu or Dr. Jennifer Martin at jennifer.martin@colostate.edu

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