The Partnership for Food Protection, FDA establish PETNet

The Partnership for Food Protection and the Food & Drug Administration announced Aug. 1 the launch of the Pet Event Tracking Network (PETNet), which is a secure, web-based information exchange system that will allow FDA and federal and state agencies to share initial information about pet-food related incidents, such as illness associated with the consumption of pet food or pet food product defects. PETNet’s voluntary information exchange, surveillance and alert system is designed to provide a real-time mechanism for sharing information about emerging pet food related illnesses and product defects among FDA, other federal agencies and the states, FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) said in a CVM Update. Read more…