Pet food manufacturing sits in a unique regulatory and commercial space. You may be running human-grade ingredients through your facility, managing allergen risks under clause 2.8 that mirror what a human food manufacturer would face, and operating under growing retailer and consumer expectations around ingredient transparency and safety.

Generic food safety templates do not capture that. This transition package intend for you to change that and to meet with the requirements of SQF edition 10 for pet food manufacturing.

What Is Included for the SQF 10 Transition Template?

1. Food Safety Culture Assessment Plan Template
   1. Written for pet food manufacturing operations where teams may move between human grade and standard production lines. Covers cross-line communication protocols, grade-specific handling awareness, and personnel engagement strategies relevant to facilities producing to human grade standards.
2. Management Review and Monthly Management Updates Template
   1. For pet food manufacturers producing human-grade product, your review must reflect an elevated risk profile including allergen incident trends, human-grade ingredient supplier performance, and cross-contamination monitoring results. This template gives you record formats built for that level of scrutiny under clauses 2.1.2.1 and 2.1.2.2.
3. Change Management Procedure Template
   1. In pet food manufacturing, a formulation change affects allergen declarations, species suitability claims, limited ingredient labels, and your HACCP-based food safety plan simultaneously.
   2. This template addresses those interconnected risks under clause 2.3.5, including human-grade ingredient substitutions and packaging claim updates.
4. Environmental Monitoring Risk Assessment Template
   1. Covers production zone risk differentiation between human grade and standard pet food lines, pathogen monitoring for facilities handling raw meat and fish at human grade standards, allergen residue risk in shared equipment environments, and sanitation verification requirements where human grade claims raise auditor expectations.
5. Allergen Program Template for Human Grade Pet Food (Clause 2.8)
   1. Common allergens including chicken, beef, fish, egg, and dairy appear in pet food formulations as intentional ingredients while posing cross-contact risk to other products on the same line. This template covers allergen risk assessment, cross-contact controls, label review requirements, verification and validation procedures, and allergen incident response documentation.
6. SQF Pet Food Edition 10 Change Document
   1. The official SQFI clause-by-clause reference showing every change between Edition 9 and Edition 10 for pet food manufacturing operations. Included in your package download.

Who This Is For? 

• SQF Practitioners and quality managers at pet food facilities producing human-grade or premium ingredient products across Canada.
• Developed by Felicia Loo, a registered SQF Consultant and SQF Trainer with 14 years of food safety consulting experience.