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Purchase plans to buy three petfood manufacturing plants
Colgate-Palmolive is planning on purchasing three dry petfood manufacturing plants in the US from Red Collar Pet Foods. The move, which will cost the company a total of US$700 million, is aimed to support...
$70 million expansion into food safety facility
Neogen Corporation recently held a ground breaking ceremony in anticipation of the approval of the expansion of their Lansing food safety facility. The expansion cost the company US$70 million and is expected to take...
Working safely at height: How to avoid personal injury & financial loss when completing...
According to the latest Health and Safety Executive statistics, falls are the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury deaths worldwide. In 2019/20, falls from height accounted for 29 out of 111 workplace...
Simmons Pet Food announces new projects in the pipeline
As part of a strategic growth plan valuing US$500 million, Simmons Pet Food have announced plans for a fourth high-speed canning line at its Emporia, Kansas facility, a new petfood distribution facility in nearby...
Excellent SQF certification achieved for PetDine’s petfood facility
PetDine’s recently expanded petfood manufacturing facility has received an Excellent Safe Quality Food (SQF) certification, scoring 97 out of 100. The facility, measuring 210,000 square feet, reflects the company’s commitment to producing the safest...
Biomega appoints Chris Simmenes as new factory manager
Biomega, leading bioscience company that develops salmon peptides and proteins for human petfood and human nutrition applications, has appointed Chris Fredrik Simmenes as its new factory manager. Simmenes will be overseeing the company’s flagship...
Looking to reduce pollution and waste generated by the petfood industry
Pollution and preservation of the environment is a topic that concerns not only our industry: it is one of the issues to be addressed in the 2030 Agenda, a global action plan that includes...
Petfood industry – challenges
Although Covid-19 caused considerable disruption to the food supply chain, the petfood industry continued to grow exponentially. The challenges for this, lay in how to meet this continually growing demand.
Background information
The growing demand for...
Energy efficiency and sustainability in petfood production
In recent times, sustainability has been the subject of the agenda for many countries and organizations, especially regarding what production processes imply. And it is that caring for the environment is increasingly important: we...
Scrap, waste and rework: how to minimise waste in food processing
Waste, defects and rework: It is usually a 'nightmare' in food processing, here we suggest how to minimise and control it.
When we talk to our customers about their most important problems in the production...