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𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥.

17 pet food recalls in 2025. Not all of them started with a failed test.

Some started right after: when a rejected batch slipped through the cracks in what came next.
So ask yourself:

𝐈𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐐𝐂 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?

𝐎𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡?

👇 We unpack the difference. 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 to learn more.

https://hubs.la/Q04p0rFf0

#𝑷𝒆𝒕𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅 #𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 #𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚 #𝑩𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑴𝑰𝑿𝑺𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆

𝟗𝟑% 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝. 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭. 🐾

At BEPEFA 2026, we picked up six signals from a Belgian pet owner survey. Then cross-checked everyone against European and US market data to see what actually travels.

Palatability is the #1 purchase driver. Sustainability shifting from preference to expectation. Online channels accelerating. Breed and life-stage complexity going mainstream. Five out of six signals hold up everywhere we checked, not just in Belgium.

Only one turned out to be genuinely local. Knowing which is which matters more than the headline numbers.

Here's the pattern underneath all of it: complexity isn't adding up variant by variant anymore. It's compounding. palatability, cost, sustainability, and nutrition all have to be satisfied at the same time, not traded off against each other.

So the real question for formulation teams isn't whether things get harder. They will.

It's whether your process can keep up, without sacrificing precision on any single front.
𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 https://hubs.la/Q04mCJ6n0

#𝑩𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑴𝑰𝑿𝑺𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆 #𝑷𝒆𝒕𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅 #𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 #𝑩𝑬𝑷𝑬𝑭𝑨2026 #𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝑵𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭. 🤔

And right now, most feed and pet food manufacturers have a data problem they haven't named yet.

At Petfood Forum, one message kept resonating with engineers, QA leads, and operations managers alike: stop hyping AI. Fix the fundamentals first.

Your formulator built the recipe this morning based on certain ingredient assumptions. Does your operator know what those assumptions were? Does quality control have that context before the batch runs?

Probably not. Not because your teams aren't skilled. They are. But because formulation data, production data, and quality data live in silos. Three expert teams working in parallel, each with only part of the picture.

The result?
🔺 Safety buffers that are bigger than they need to be
🔺 Deviations nobody fully understands
🔺 Process knowledge that walks out the door when experienced operators leave

The real competitive edge isn't better AI. It's connected data that gives every team the full picture. In real time. 💡

𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 https://hubs.la/Q04lQRxw0

#𝘽𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙈𝙄𝙓𝙎𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 #𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 #𝙋𝙚𝙩𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙙
#𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙖𝘿𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 #𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣