The next AAFCO meeting begins this week. Pet owners can listen live to the meetings for free, or pay $575.00 to attend virtually.
To listen live, here is a link to a list of available phone numbers: Click Here.
Should you wish to attend virtually, you can register Here.
The date and time of each meeting (the full agenda) is available Here.
The Pet Food Committee Meeting will take place on Thursday August 8, 2024 from 1:15 to 3:15 PM Central Time. The agenda of this session includes a discussion on the voluntary copper maximum claim. This item was previously voted against by AAFCO, however it is being discussed again due to a Hill’s veterinarian’s paper on the topic being retracted. The veterinarian author of this paper was part of the AAFCO working group, which could have influenced the vote based on flawed science. Considering the arguments that Hill’s veterinarians put up against this at previous meetings, this particular discussion should be ‘interesting’.
The Pet Food Committee Meeting will also discuss the implementation of pet food label updates.
The Ingredient Definitions Committee Meeting will take place on Wednesday August 7, 2024 from 1:15 – 3:45 PM Central Time. This session agenda includes a discussion regarding the soon to be ended agreement between AAFCO and FDA regarding pet food/animal food ingredients. We hope to learn more in this discussion about what will happen in the future with pet food ingredients; who will define new ingredients, AAFCO, FDA, or both?
We will be providing pet owners an update on details of the meeting as soon as we can.
Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,
Susan Thixton
Pet Food Safety Advocate
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Cannoliamo
August 5, 2024 at 10:59 am
Have there been any changes that TAPF have been able to make in the AAFCO standards? I sometimes think AAFCO is as unwilling to listen to consumers as FDA.