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Support for the pet
food industry
Food fraud mitigation strategies
combine risk assessment and
risk-based controls. For effective-
ness, this requires the manage-
ment and continuous improve-
ment of systems for vulnerability
assessment, control measures,
testing and horizon scanning to
identify emerging risks. For many
pet food manufacturers, this is
challenging with regard to re-
sources including time, trained
people, and money.
To help pet food manufactur- Photo: Pixabay, sipa
ers overcome these challenges,
Food Forensics and Synergy Pet-
food have announced their col- Due to the nature of pet food, its raw materials and complex supply chains, food fraud might have occurred
laboration to offer support for in the pet food industry.
pet food fraud mitigation. Food
Forensics, established in the UK cal consultancy dedicated to the fulfil requirements in respect of
in 2011, offers a wide portfolio pet food industry. SFI founder Da- raw materials food fraud mitiga-
of services enabling companies vid Primrose has over 40 years tion. This enables them to main-
to identify current and emerging of global experience in the pet tain pet owner trust, protect pets
food fraud vulnerabilities and food industry, specialising in raw and their businesses and fulfil
implement targeted risk-based materials risk management with the food fraud raw material and
testing to confirm authenticity. the focus on quality, authenticity, supply chain vulnerability re-
Synergy Petfood is the trading and safety. quirements of GFSI food safety
name for Synergy Food Ingredi- This new collaboration ena- standards. n
ents (SFI). SFI was established in bles pet food manufacturers, es- www.foodforensics.co.uk
2006 as an independent techni- pecially those based in the UK, to www.synergy-petfood.com

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