Animal Care
Guidelines Available Online
Voluntary guidelines designed to help pet retailers provide
better care for in-store animals now are available at no cost
to retailers, breeders, pet handlers and caregivers from the
Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (Washington). To download
a free copy of the “Animal Care Guidelines for the Retail
Pet Industry” manual and the accompanying employee handbook,
go to www.pijac.org, and click on “Retail Guidelines and
Staff Handbook.”
The guidelines address all aspects of pet handling, including
standards for facility operations, feeding and nutrition,
safety and sanitation, disease prevention, animal welfare
and husbandry, quality assurance, veterinarian consultations,
inspections, compliance with laws, written standard operating
procedures, and employee and consumer education.
The manual and employee handbook are products of a two-year
collaboration among representatives of PIJAC, the American
Pet Products Manufacturers Association (Greenwich, Conn.),
the Pet Industry Distributors Association (Bel Air, Md.),
the World Wide Pet Industry Association (Arcadia, Calif.),
the Pet Food Institute (Washington), H.H. Backer Associates
Inc. (Chicago) and veterinarians from the American Veterinary
Medical Association (Schaumburg, Ill.).
For more information, visit www.pijac.org. [January 2007
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