title: Pet food safety: a shared concern.
abstract: The safety of the food supply is a subject of intense interest to consumers, particularly as a result of large-scale outbreaks that involve hundreds and sometimes thousands of consumers. During the last decade, this concern about food safety has expanded to include the diets of companion animals as a result of several incidences of chemical toxicities and infectious disease transmission. This has led to increased research into the causes and controls for these hazards for both companion animals and their owners. The following summary provides an introduction to the issues, challenges and new tools being developed to ensure that commercial pet foods are both nutritious and safe.
authors: Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, University of Maryland, 0119 Symons Hall, College Park, MD 20742, USA. rbuchana@umd.edu
authors: Robert L
authors: RL
authors: Buchanan
authors: Robert C
authors: RC
authors: Baker
authors: Adrian J
authors: AJ
authors: Charlton
authors: Jim E
authors: JE
authors: Riviere
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Standaert
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005504:Food Analysis; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005516:Food Microbiology / Q000592:standards*; D057805:Pets; D012449:Safety; D018675:Toxicity Tests / Q000191:economics