Aafco Dog Food Trials

The aafco pet food committee is pleased to announce that the newly revised aafco pet and specialty pet labeling guide is now available for purchase.

Aafco dog food trials.

Aafco is made up of veterinary nutritionists veterinarians state and federal officials and pet food industry professionals all interested in creating the best. Aafco is an acronym for the association of american feed control officials. The following items represent some of the dog food advisor s most frequently asked questions about aafco dog food nutrient profiles. If it does the dog food label will read product name is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the aafco dog food nutrient profiles aafco compliant feeding trial.

Unfortunately due to the us federal government shutdown in january the. In addition to the laboratory analysis this method includes feeding trials with real dogs to demonstrate the food s nutritional values. This guide was originally developed to help control officials industry and other interested parties to better understand and interpret the aafco model regulations for pet food and specialty pet food. Aafco states that a minimum of eight healthy dogs are required for one trial and that the trial must last a minimum of 26 weeks where only one formulation of food is tested and is the sole source of nutrition except for water.