SEPTEMBER2007 News
Study Predicts High Double-Digit Sales Growth for Alternative Foods
Rocked by a deluge of recalls related to contaminants found in traditional mass-produced pet foods, many consumers are assuaging their food-safety fears by switching to alternative dog and cat diets—a market shift that guarantees high double-digit growth rates for this category over the next two years, according to a report by Packaged Facts, a division of MarketResearch.com (New York)...  Pet Care Trust Launches Fish in the Classroom Program
Grade school students across the country will get the chance to learn about aquarium fish and fish-keeping as part of a new program created and supported by the Pet Care Trust (Washington)... PIJAC Canada Debuts Educational Programs for Canadian Retailers
Two industry-specific educational programs being introduced this fall by the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council Canada (Ottawa, Ontario) are designed to help Canadian pet retailers raise animal care standards and compete more effectively... HSUS Sues Florida Puppy Dealer
Already in the midst of a lawsuit brought by Florida’s attorney general, a Broward County pet store is facing a new complaint brought by The Humane Society of the United States (Washington) on behalf of its members and more than 100 consumers who bought puppies from the dealer... Chinese Officials Plan Food Recall Rules
Spurred by international criticism over the safety of its food—including pet food tainted with the banned chemical melamine—the China State Food and Drug Administration in June said it would propose a set of draft rules and procedures requiring companies to track and recall food products that pose health risks... Americans’ Concern Over Avian Flu Is Fading
Levels of concern about avian flu are diminishing in the United States, with only one in four survey respondents (27 percent) showing more than a moderate level of concern about the disease versus more than one in three respondents (35 percent) last year, according to Ipsos Public Affairs (New York)... Super-Dog Open House Holds First Open House
A total of 225 buyers from 145 retail stores perused product lines offered by more than 90 manufacturers during Super-Dog Pet Food Co.’s first open house, June 19-21 at the Hyatt Regency Golf and Spa Resort in Cambridge, Md... PIJAC Canada Hosts Gala to Celebrate Its 20th Anniversary
More than 9,000 pet store owners and managers, distributors, boarding kennel operators, grooming professionals and buyers for mail-order catalogs and specialty gift stores are expected to attend H.H. Backer’s 41st Annual Pet Industry Christmas Trade Show and Educational Conference, Oct. 12-14 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont (Chicago), Ill... H.H. Backer Hosts Aquatic Answers Pavilion at Chicago Show
Pet retailers who carry aquatics merchandise and provide related services can easily shop for a wide variety of targeted products, get expert advice and win valuable prizes at the Aquatic Answers pavilion—an exciting new feature at H.H. Backer’s 41st Annual Pet Industry Christmas Trade Show and Educational Conference, Oct. 12-14 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill... UK Exhibitors Will Display Wares at Backer’s Chicago Show
For the first time, a contingency of British pet product manufacturers will exhibit at H.H. Backer’s Pet Industry Christmas Trade Show and Educational Conference, Oct. 12-14 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill... Reptile Breeders Conference Set for Chicago in October
Reptile enthusiasts from across the country are expected to attend the seventh annual North American Reptile Breeders Conference and Trade Show, Oct. 13-14 at the Tinley Park Holiday Inn Select in Tinley Park, Ill...
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