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Purina’s Better with Pets Prize

With its Better with Pets Prize, Pu- the opportunity to increase their
rina hopes to achieve an important knowledge at conferences and
goal of its societal commitment, webinars, and to collaborate and
which is to improve the health and share their experience with other
wellbeing of 1 000 000 people in social organisations. Application
vulnerable situations by 2030. The is open to non-governmental or-
company is looking for organisa- ganisations (NGOs) and social
tions dedicated to helping people enterprises whose primary mis-
in such difficult situations. sion is to achieve a social impact
It is now inviting organisations and whose profits are used to re-
and associations from across alise goals in society.
Europe to apply for the Better Applications for the Better with
with Pets Prize. The winners Pets Prize are now open and can
can expect to receive a grant of be submitted here up to 3 March.
up to 200 000 euros over two The winners will be announced The pet-human bond is at the heart of the new edition of Purina’s Better with
years. They will also be offered on 19 April. Pets Prize.

Pet Maxi renews IFS Food Eric Schweizer acquires grooming
certification brush business

The Portuguese pet food manu- cellence, providing our partners The family-owned firm Swiss- Swisscomed has been run
facturer Pet Maxi has renewed its and customers with increas- comed has sold its pet+me for around ten years by Andreas
IFS Food certification, maintain- ingly better products,” says Luís grooming brush business to Dornbierer. He has now decided
ing the highest existing rating of Guilherme, CEO of Pet Maxi. IFS Eric Schweizer AG with retroac- to give the business up on account
Higher Level for the 6th consecu- Food is a quality and food safety tive effect to 1 October 2022. of his age. “Eric Schweizer AG
tive year. This time the company standard recognised worldwide The range comprises four sili- has taken over the entire prod-
has increased the success rate for auditing food manufacturers. cone grooming brushes for pets uct portfolio, design and brand
to 98.60 per cent, which demon- Pet Maxi has held this certifica- and horses, which are manufac- rights, and domestic and interna-
strates an improvement in com- tion since 2017 and renewed it tured in Switzerland and mar- tional customer and supplier re-
pliance with the numerous re- annually, reinforcing the con- keted worldwide. lationships,” states the company.
quirements of the standard. tinuous commitment to quality
“We thus reinforce our com- throughout the entire produc-
mitment to quality, and our de- tion process and working daily
sire to be increasingly demand- under rigorous internationally
ing in order to reach levels of ex- recognised standards.

Pet Maxi is a pet food manufacturer in Portugal. The company currently Eric Schweizer is now marketing the pet+me grooming brushes from
aexports to 34 countries and has 67 employees. Steffisburg in the canton of Bern.

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