Nutritionists week 2013
(23.01.2013) Royal Canin organizes a unique event about pet food formulation and production dedicated to veterinarians residents in nutrition
From January 28th to January 31st 2013, Royal Canin invites 15 European and American residents specialized in nutrition at its Campus headquarter (Aimargues, France) to provide them a unique opportunity of training and cross-sharing experience. For the first time, the company opens the doors of its central R&D department, industrial plant and central & European laboratory, to future veterinarian specialists.
Royal Canin headquarter in Aimargues, France
With a way of working based on collective intelligence, the objective is to promote the dialogue with and between residents and facilitate exchanges between international veterinary students and boards, countries and passionate associates around the theme of pet nutrition.
A UNIQUE OPEN DOORS INITIATIVE
During 4 days, Royal Canin Campus will be visited by the last promotion of future graduated clinical nutritionists coming from European and American Colleges of Nutrition (ACVN and ECVCN). They will benefit from a specific program designed to offer some complementary knowledge regarding pet food formulation and production.
Today, unfortunately, specific education focused on ingredients, formulation, process and regulatory is not offered to veterinarians, including those that are specialized in Nutrition and clinical nutrition" points out Dr. Vincent Biourge, Health Nutrition Manager at Royal Canin, and graduate from both American and European Colleges.
The agenda will provide an overview of the pet food manufacturing process from start to finish including research principles and approach in collaboration with the Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition (WCPN), leading research organization owned by Mars, Inc. - topics of raw materials, processing, palatability, feeding trials, quality control and regulation.
Innovation and Operation teams will be committed to help the residents working on R&D and industrial process in real conditions: participants will have the unique opportunity to formulate and extrude diet in live. Dedicated associates will also present Royal Canin approach of sustainable health nutrition based on a continual innovation process. More globally, residents will discover through a concrete example, what requires being an expert of Health Nutrition for Royal Canin.
Our global objective is to give our guests access to our way of working based on collective intelligence and shared knowledge and offer a highlight for co-building and creation of added-value says Jean-Christophe Flatin, CEO of Royal Canin.
This project is a perfect example because it gathers Innovation and Operation teams, but also European and US Sales teams, and all associates that feel ambassadors of Royal Canin approach. Finally, this event will be also the opportunity for students to discover regulators and international trade associations (AAFCO and FEDIAF).