Pet Nutrition Alliance Announces an updated resource for North American veterinarians to aid informed decisions about pet foods
Our colleagues at the Pet Nutrition Alliance (PNA) recently announced the annual update on its resource to helps US veterinary healthcare teams to make more informed decisions when recommending pet food for their patients. Its new tool, Dare to Ask: We Did! was created by compiling information about pet food manufacturers and complements the resources offered in our Global Nutrition Toolkit.
“Most pet owners base food decisions on an ingredient list, and we want them to understand the decision should be more focused on quality control, nutritional expertise, and other important factors surrounding the pet food manufacturer,” says Julie Churchill, DVM, PhD, DACVN and PNA President.
“The WSAVA has developed recommendations for selecting the best food, but most of this information is not on the label and requires contacting each manufacturer to ask them for information. PNA ‘dared to ask’ by contacting more than 200 manufacturers selling pet food in the United States and Canada and asking them questions based on some of the WSAVA criteria. The results answer critical questions including details on the manufacturers’ nutritional expertise, where their foods are manufactured, and whether they can provide information on a requested nutrient (and if that nutrient meets the Association of American Feed Control Officials profiles)”.
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To find out more about the ‘Dare to ask!’ tool, visit the website here.
https://petnutritionalliance.org/site/pnatool/dare-to-ask-we-did/