Pet Food Quality Assurance and Safety and Quality Assurance Survey within the Costa Rican Pet Food Industry

摘要

The health status of pets may be affected by infectious agents transmitted through the feed. The close coexistence between humans and animals makes the safety assurance of pet food paramount. Different unit operations are applied at the industry level to prevent and reduce the presence of physical, chemical, and biological hazards in pet food; through these operations and adequate implementation of good manufacturing practices, the safety of the finished product can be preserved.