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Pet Foods Safety

A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Nutrition".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 22 December 2024 | Viewed by 2316

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Janak Dhakal

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Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD 21853, USA
Interests: food safety; feed safety; pet food safety; characterization of foodborne pathogens; detection and control of foodborne pathogens; post-harvest foodborne pathogen control in food and feeds; use of rendered by-products and natural antimicrobials to control post-harvest pathogen control in pet foods

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Pet food safety is a topic of significant concern for pet owners, veterinarians, and regulatory agencies. The main goal of this Special Issue, entitled “Pet Foods Safety”, is to consolidate and highlight the latest research findings, advancements, and trends in the area of pet food safety research. We aim to create a hub for researchers to present their work in a focused manner and contribute to the overall understanding of pet food safety.

Dr. Janak Dhakal
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • pet foods
  • foodborne pathogens
  • human health
  • raw pet foods
  • raw meat-based diets
  • dry pet foods
  • semi-moist pet foods
  • pet treats
  • Salmonella
  • Listeria
  • Escherichia coli
  • cross-contamination

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Efficacy of Liquid Smoke to Mitigate Infestations of the Storage Mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae, in a Model Semi-Moist Pet Food
by Aiswariya Deliephan, Thomas W. Phillips, Bhadriraju Subramanyam, Charles G. Aldrich, Jacqueline Maille and Naomi Manu
Animals 2023, 13(20), 3188; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13203188 - 12 Oct 2023
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The storage mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae infests a wide range of food products including pet food. Control of this mite depends on chemical methods such as fumigation and spraying with insecticides. Methyl bromide was used as a fumigant for high-value stored products, especially to [...] Read more.
The storage mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae infests a wide range of food products including pet food. Control of this mite depends on chemical methods such as fumigation and spraying with insecticides. Methyl bromide was used as a fumigant for high-value stored products, especially to control mite infestation in dry-cured hams and cheeses, but it is now banned for most uses in many countries because of its atmospheric ozone-depleting effects. Effective alternatives to methyl bromide are needed to develop integrated pest management programs for this pest. Liquid smoke is a naturally derived flavoring and preservative with known antimicrobial properties. The objective of this study was to investigate the efficacy of liquid smoke preparations, with varying phenol and carbonyl concentrations and pH, on the survivability and orientation behavior of T. putrescentiae in a model semi-moist pet food. The mite survivability assays using liquid smoke-treated and untreated semi-moist pet food samples indicated that there was no difference among treatments (p > 0.05) for mite infestation and survival. Two-choice behavioral assays using semi-moist pet food cubes dipped in varying concentrations (0%, 0.3%, 1%, 5%, 10%, 25%, 50%, or 100% v/v) of liquid smoke preparations found that some of the liquid smoke preparations containing medium to high carbonyl content repelled the mites. In conclusion, liquid smoke did not kill or inhibit the mite population growth in semi-moist pet food. However, some liquid smoke fractions containing medium to high carbonyl content were repellent to mites and may retard mite infestation in stored semi-moist foods. Full article
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