We prepare the regulatory route, documents and submissions your pet food, treat or supplement needs to be placed on the market in India, the US, the EU, the UK, Australia and Asia.
Regulatory work is planned with formulation from the start, so the product, the label and the claims are cleared together.
Complete food, complementary food, treat, supplement or veterinary product — decided per market.
Registrations, notifications, permits and licences each market requires.
Formula, specifications, analysis, process and labelling data compiled for submission.
Product labels and data prepared for state feed registration.
Support for notifications and import permits in Asian and other markets.
Technical responses prepared when authorities ask for more information.
The same product can be a feed in one market and a veterinary product in another.
AAFCO, FEDIAF, IS 11968 and AS 5812 set different nutritional and labelling expectations.
Novel and functional ingredients may need checking in every market.
Label modernisation and food-safety requirements continue to change.
Product category per market.
Route and documents listed.
Technical file prepared.
Formula and label checked.
Submission supported.
Authority queries answered.
Peer-reviewed findings that shape how we design and interpret this work.
Excess matters as much as deficiency. In 2018–19, formulation errors led to US dog food recalls with vitamin D at up to about 70 times the intended level.
Every formula is checked against FEDIAF nutritional maximums and EU/UK legal additive limits (e.g. vitamin D 2,000 IU/kg, zinc 200 mg/kg), and premix inclusion is double-checked.
Eight farmed insect species are authorised in the EU for processed insect protein, and the UK cleared the first cultivated-meat pet food in July 2024.
We assess digestibility, palatability, safety and regulatory fit for insect, cultivated, plant-based and upcycled ingredients.
Of 3,691 US pet food recalls from 2003 to 2022, Salmonella caused 23% and chemical causes 32%.
Pilot trials generate the validation data your food safety plan needs before launch.
Each application has its own page with the evidence, the actives and the claim boundaries we work within.
The right start for puppies and kittens, and the extra nutrition mothers need.
Firm stools, comfortable digestion and a balanced gut microbiome.
Diets that support a healthy urinary tract.
Keeping active and ageing pets moving comfortably.
Every ingredient we choose for registration & market clearance is assessed for nutrient contribution, digestibility, processing behaviour, palatability and the rules in your market — and sourced to your specification.
Regulation updates, the latest research, recalls and market trends that shape regulatory clearance — written by our formulation, testing and regulatory teams.
Through a correctly worded nutritional adequacy statement, backed by formulation to the AAFCO Nutrient Profiles or by AAFCO feeding trials, with the supporting documents prepared to each market’s rules.
India, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan and ASEAN markets.
The brand owner placing the product on the market. We provide the technical work and documentation.
Tell us your product, your question and your market — our scientists will come back with a study design and next steps.
Every Guires PNL product is formulated to comply with the FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines and the AAFCO Dog and Cat Food Nutrient Profiles. Neither body issues certificates to manufacturers, so compliance is verified independently against their published standards — and every product comes with a complete documentation package for regulatory submissions in the EU, US, Australia and Asian markets.
How we verify compliance →