Ensuring Responsible Sourcing for a Safe, Quality and Sustainable Supply of Ingredients for Pet Diets
Binder, S.
2013
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This review will focus on the procurement of quality ingredients and the guidelines needed to ensure responsible sourcing for the long term. In today’s dynamic ingredient climate, pet food ingredients require constant monitoring regarding preferred suppliers, detailed ingredient specifications and quality testing programs. The monitoring is not only limited to quality parameters but also availability, traceability and, of course, sustainability. These and other ingredient sourcing considerations will be discussed.