Fediaf Guide to Good Practice for the Manufacture of Safe Pet Foods

This Guide to Good Practice for the Manufacture of Safe Pet Food developed by FEDIAF lays down good practices on the safety and hygiene of pet food processes and products. This document is meant to be a practical and useful tool for pet food manufacturers to help them in developing a robust pet food safety management system and complying with safety and hygiene legal requirements.

The scope of the Guide covers the production, storage and distribution of wet pet food (e.g. cans, trays and pouches), dry or semi-moist pet food and dog chews in Europe as well as third country imports into the EU. The target species covered by this Guide are as follows: cats, dogs, ornamental fishes and birds as well as small animals (e.g. rodents, reptiles, rabbits, etc.). Products destined to horses are excluded from the scope of this Guide.

Read more on the FEDIAF website here.