In an effort to mitigate the financial impact of COVID-19, the pet retail giant has temporarily reduced pay for executive, salaried and hourly employees, among other measures.

Veterinary professionals believe two pet cats who tested positive for the virus contracted the virus through exposure to COVID-19 positive humans.

The equipment supplier opened the 15,000-square-foot facility to test and demonstrate its ingredient automation, dough technology and process management solutions.

Packaged Facts discusses impacts to pet food and treat products, non-food products, non-medical and veterinary services and e-commerce expected during and after COVID-19.

The company has updated and improved its fiscal 2020 guidance after seeing increased demand from COVID-19.

Butcher’s Pet Care has added retort cooking capabilities for pouch formats to its existing product line.

The company is also hosting a webinar with Ecolab to recommend virus environmental monitoring program tips and solutions to remediate the workplace when contamination events occur.

AMF Bakery Systems has added Terry Bartsch as executive product manager of its dough systems division as it looks to improve and expand into new segments.

Though there is still no evidence that companion animals are spreading COVID-19, the company said there have been rare cases in which pets became infected after being exposed to the virus by a human.

Across the United States, manufacturers of pet food and pet food ingredients have shared operations precautions and supply chain expectations as the COVID-19 situation develops.