Pet Food Safety A Shared Concern

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2011

OSTI ID:1028160

Buchanan, Robert L ^[1]; Baker, Robert C ^[2]; Charlton, Adrian J ^[3]; Riviere, Jim E ^[4]; Standaert, Robert F ^[5]

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1. University of Maryland
2. Mars, Inc.
3. UK Food and Environmental Research Agency, Sand Hutton, York, UK
4. North Carolina State University
5. ORNL

The safety of the food supply is a subject of intense interest to consumers, particularly as a result of large scale outbreaks that involve hundreds and sometimes thousands of consumers. During the last decade this concern about food safety has expanded to include the diets of companion animals as a result of several incidences of chemical toxicities and infectious disease transmission. This has led to increased research into the causes and controls for these hazards for both companion animals and their owners. The following summary provides an introduction to the issues, challenges, and new tools being developed to ensure that commercial pet foods are both nutritious and safe.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Work for Others (WFO)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1028160
• Resource Relation: Conference: Waltham International Nutritional Sciences Symposium, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 20100915, 20100918
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
ANIMAL FEEDS
FOOD
FOOD INDUSTRY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
SAFETY
TOXICITY
food safety
Salmonella enterica
melamine
mycotoxins
microbiological safety
chemical safety
toxicology
analytical methods
supply chain
geospatial information systems
sensors