Pet Food Manufacturing Pain Points Partnership

Pet Food Manufacturing Pain Points: A Digital Event

Dive in to a comprehensive analysis of common manufacturing challenges in the $94 billion pet food industry. We interviewed pet food manufacturers across the nation to compile your greatest pain points and have assembled a team of industry experts to address these concerns during a live digital event on June 19, 2018.

Attendees will have access to:

Multiple live Q&A sessions with presenters
Presentation slides
Personal follow-up from conference presenters

Tune in as industry experts analyze and make recommendations about your pressing concerns, including:

Contaminants
FSMA and GFSI scheme requirements
Ingredient and final product quality
Stability and shelf-life
Special diet risks
Pathogen compliance
Exporting requirements

Who should attend? Quality managers, manufacturers, suppliers, and individuals involved in implementing quality and safety procedures in the pet food industry.

What is a digital conference? All of the benefits of a training course or symposium, with no travel or cost! Simply use one registration and call in information to join the live conference. Come and go as needed, ask questions, take notes and receive expert information in real-time!

Agenda and Presenters

Welcome & Introduction | 11:00 - 11:15 AM

Lars Reimann, Eurofins Scientific, Inc.

Session 1: Pre-production Considerations | 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

FSMA and GFSI requirements
Pre-productions best practices

Gary Smith, Eurofins Food Safety Services

Product label claims

Kari Konrad, Eurofins Nutrition Analysis Center

Q & A

Session 2: Ingredient Considerations | 12:00 - 1:30 PM

Novel nutrients & risks

Ray Matulka, The Burdock Group

Contaminants of all kinds

John Reuther, Eurofins Central Analytical Laboratory

Allergens and GMOs

Pearce Smith, Eurofins GeneScan

Q & A

Session 3: Final Product Considerations | 1:30 - 2:30 PM

Foreign material monitoring

Gary Smith, Eurofins Food Safety Services

Pathogens and indicator organisms

Chris Ekuban, Eurofins Microbiology Laboratories, Inc.

Product shelf-life

Kari Konrad, Eurofins Nutrition Analysis Center

Infrared and real-time monitoring

Karen Gerwitz, Quality Trait Analysis, Inc.

Exporting your product

Todd Johnson, Eurofins Technology Service (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

Q & A