New study in the Netherlands

PET OWNERS LIVE HEALTHIER LIFES!

The Dutch study reveals that pet owners feel happier than people without pets; this is seen as one of the reasons why pet owners resort far less to the services of psychologists or their general practitioner.

The latest study confirms previous research in other countries, which showed that pets have a positive influence on the mental and physical health of their owners. The benefits include also: lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol levels, less medicinal drugs, fewer sick leaves and spending shorter time in hospitals. The results also show that the higher the level of attachment to the pet the lesser the need for medication.

Public health expenditure, such studies have shown, is significantly reduced. Thus, keeping pet animals can  reduce health expenditure which is an important finding in the times of increasing costs for public health.

Source: FEDIAF


EU
Pet Food
Labelling Code ...

... has finally arrived!

Also in Slovenian!

The reference to the European Code of good labelling practice for pet food in the 'C' series of the Official Journal of the EU has been published on 8.12.2011 here! To access the original English language version Code, go here!

Kodeks označevanja hrane za hišne živali 2011
To get
the Slovenian
translation version,
please ask here!




For professionals only: Unfortunately, you may have just missed our seminar led by Mr Thomas Meyer, Secretary General of FEDIAF (European Pet Food Industry Federation). Pet food labelling seminar for professionals based on the new EU Regulation 767/2009 has been completed on Friday, 2nd December 2011 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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NEW! - 2012 update of Nutritional Guidelines Cats and Dogs

In collaboration with European nutritionists, FEDIAF publishes new 2012 updated version of Nutritional Guidelines for Cats and Dogs.

13 July 2012


Nutritional requirements for cats and dogs are different to human requirements and between cats and dogs there are significant differences - a cat is not a "small dog"...

Since the 1980s, FEDIAF has been working on establishing levels of nutrients to satisfy the requirements of cats and dogs; these Guidelines are used by companies to formulate their recipes. Science evolves, new data is constantly available and several updates have been published over the years.

Also for the 2012 revision, FEDIAF collaborated with eminent scientists from academia forming the Scientific Advisory Board. The Scientific Advisory Board will continue advising on how further improvements can be done to ensure that the FEDIAF Guidelines are continuously updated and reflect the state of the art of science.

For access to "The Reference Document on Cat and Dog Nutrition" please click here. 

FOR PET OWNERS

  • Petownership educational material for children Content Download Agreement for FEDIAF educational materials Under the following link you can download the classroom materials Fascinating Cats and the Kindergarten Programme “Dogs and young children - Living together in ...
    Posted Jul 1, 2011, 7:06 AM by SEEPFA .
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