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Tonisity obtains registration licences PetSmart opens first veterinary
hospital
The Irish company Tonisity Inter- ducts legally to the Chinese com-
national Ltd has announced that panion animal market. Tonisity is PetSmart Veterinary Services over the next few months in Flor-
the Ministry of Agriculture and now working to obtain an import (PVS) has announced the open- ida, Pennsylvania and Texas.
Rural Affairs of China (Mara) has permit from the General Adminis- ing of its first veterinary hospital
issued registration licences in re- tration of Customs in order to im- in Arizona following the recent Through PVS, veterinarians
spect of Tonisity’s DoggyRade, port these products into China. launch of a new, independent open their own franchised prac-
KittyRade and DoggyRade Pro Tonisity intends to begin selling franchise business ownership tice, making it possible to oper-
companion animal products. these products on the Chinese model. PVS anticipates the open- ate an independent business at
market in Q1 of 2023. ing of several veterinary hospitals a fraction of the cost of starting
The registration licences en- a new practice alone.
able Tonisity to sell these pro-
IVH board remains in office
Voting for the committees of department. IVH board members Photo: Mirko Sajkov, Pixabay
the Industrial Association of Pet Roland Böhme (JBL), Thomas
Care Producers (Industriever- Neumann (Saturn Petcare), Dirk the new hospital is the first to launch with petsmart’s recent independent
band Heimtierbedarf; IVH) at the Wellen (Rondo Food) and Hubert business ownership model for veterinarians.
general meeting in Berlin con- Wieser (Nestlé Purina Petcare)
firmed the existing members of were also reappointed. US pet supplies market grows
the executive board. New offic- by 15 per cent
ers were only elected to the ad- Re-elected as members of the
visory board IVH advisory board were Alexan- According to the study “Pet Food Advertisement
der Gerards (Dr.Clauder), Jannis in the US (September 2022)” by
Georg Müller (Interquell) was Seemann (Juwel Aquarium), Felix the Packaged Facts market re- AYoguorodanteimamal-afnordaulsi!fetime.
again appointed IVH board chair- Vos (Mera) and Dr Jürgen Wigger search company, retail sales of
man. Others re-elected to their (Bewital). New additions to the dog and cat food in the USA at- by continuous premiumisation
positions were Dr Nicole Rabehl advisory board were Christoph tained a value of 40 bn dollars of the products. Sales of pet food
(Vitakraft) as deputy IVH chair Hubo (Beaphar) and Céline in 2021. This equates to an in- are also benefiting from a greater
and also chairperson of the pet Levointurier (Mars). Stephan Hoose crease of 15 per cent compared focus on scientifically backed su-
food specialist department and (Josera) and Martin Sprenger with 2020. In the period from per-premium foods and treats
Dr Gerd Großheider (Gimborn) (Herm. Sprenger Metallwarenfab- 2017 to 2021, dog and cat food with added health advantages.
as deputy chair and chairperson rik) were appointed IVH auditors recorded an annual growth rate Packaged Facts reports that 38
of the pet accessories specialist once again. of 11 per cent. per cent of dog owners and 36
per cent of cat owners welcome
the current Ivh board at a glance. The study states that re- the idea of pet food based on sci-
cent inflation in the price of pet entific research.
food has only aided this growth
to some extent, however, with
sales growth being driven more
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