Fairview Mills, a division of J-Six, provides a full line of Milling services – Contract Extrusion, Contract Manufacturing, Contract Packaging, Pelleting, Blending, and Bagging.
J-Six and Fairview Mills offer a full line of Transloading Services, Storage, Bulk Storage & Distribution.
Our pet food treat manufacturing facilities offer contract services for the highest quality pet treats. Our main facility located in Kansas City, KS (Kansas City Treats), provides Contract Extrusion, Contract Manufacturing, and Contract Packaging.
J-Six has its own trucking fleet called Fairview Express and provides superior transportation and shipping services at a reasonable cost. Whether it’s our pneumatics, tankers, hoppers, flatbeds, van trailers, belt wagons or auger tanks–we have the equipment to handle your specialized needs.
J-Six Farms & Livestock is a family farm with a worldwide reach. Whether it’s milling, farming, livestock, or trucking, our family treats our employees and our customers like family—and that’s a big family!
Work with a great family-owned company with many opportunities to grow in your career. Our company offers a comprehensive benefits package, generous paid time off with many other benefits. We are constantly accepting resumes due to our growth in milling, livestock, farming, and transportation services.
PET FOOD INGREDIENT PACKAGING
Fairview Mills (a division of J-Six Enterprises) is the leader in pet food ingredient packaging. We offer packaging in sizes from small sacks to big super sacks weighing between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds. We will take your pet foods and pet ingredients bags, put them through our pet food ingredient packaging line and make you custom-made packages.
WHY YOU NEED CONTRACT PET FOOD INGREDIENT PACKAGING
For example, not all customers will require a truckload of pet food proteins. We have the tools and infrastructure to handle your pet food ingredient packaging materials. Fairview Mills can bag pet food ingredients in accordance with your requirements. Fairview Mills also runs your ingredients through the sifting process. You will be treated as a partner when you work with us for contract packaging. We will work closely with you to ensure your customer receives the highest quality product.
GAPFA brings together 13 national and regional pet food associations globally as well as corporate members with a focus on food for dogs and cats. GAPFA was officially established in November 2014 under Belgian law.
The GAPFA mission is to support the health and wellbeing of pets and to promote the benefits of living with them, by providing a forum for global industry consensus to address key mutual issues. Its vision is to be recognized as the global voice of the pet food industry. The focus of GAPFA is to harness the collective knowledge and experience of the global pet food industry with the objective to develop science-based global nutritional and safety standards which will provide reference and will facilitate trade of pet food.
Pet Food Institute (PFI) is the main Trade Association of dog and cat food manufacturers in the USA. Affiliate members of PFI include the leading suppliers of equipment, ingredients, packaging and services to the United States pet food industry.
The PFI was organized in 1958 as the national trade association of dog and cat food manufacturers in the United States of America. Active members of PFI produce 95% of the total dog and cat food tonnage in the United States. Affiliate members of PFI include the leading suppliers of equipment, ingredients, packaging and services to the United States pet food industry. PFI works closely with veterinarians, humane groups and local animal control officers to encourage responsible dog and cat ownership. It also represents the industry before legislative and regulatory bodies at the federal and state levels.
Established in 1970, the Fédération Européenne de l’Industrie des Aliments pour Aminaux Familiers (FEDIAF), the European Pet Food Industry Federation, represents the pet food industry in Europe and unites the national professional organizations of 26 European countries, whether or not belonging to the EU, via 18 national or regional pet food industry associations[1]. The FEDIAF represents around 650 companies[1] responsible for producing more than 90% of European pet food. The national organizations represent manufacturers, packers and importers of prepared pet food, including foods for dogs, cats, birds, and other pets.
The FEDIAF represents the European pet food industry in all external forums. Through its national Associations, the FEDIAF also collaborates with local and national authorities. As a competent partner, FEDIAF cooperates with the European authorities to implement pet food law designed to ensure the manufacture and distribution of safe, nutritionally balanced and palatable pet food products. This has led to a development of Self Regulation in a form of three industry Codes, which have been recognized by the EU authorities. The 3 self-regulating FEDIAF Codes are
Wherever possible, FEDIAF strongly encourages responsible dog and cat ownership.
Pet Food Blending J-Six Enterprises
Fairview Mills is also aware that it is more economical to transport and store pet food in bags rather than bulk products. Fairview Mills is one the many J-Six Enterprises divisions. We have the infrastructure to handle your bulk, loose pet food ingredients, and then bag them to your specifications. It is much easier to transport your products from raw product to ready to use pet food. For example, send us whole corn. We will unload it and mill it. Then, we'll package it in the way you want. The next step in pet food processing is now that your raw corn has been processed.
THE FAIRVIEW MILLS TREATMENT
If you plan to pack your pet food ingredients into bags and totes you need to make sure they are quality-controlled. The pet food ingredient packaging process involves running each pet food product through an analytics lab to verify its moisture levels and nutrient breakdown. After that, we vigorously sift the ingredients, to eliminate as much chaff or dust as possible. This process improves the quality of your pet foods ingredients. However, it also ensures that fifty-pound bags are filled with your product. Being able to trust that the fifty-pound bag containing corn gluten is full of corn gluten will allow you to better track your inventory.
TYPES OF BAGS AVAILABLE FOR PET FOOD INGREDIENT PACKAGING
Fairview Mills is committed to solving any problem that a supplier of pet food ingredients may face. We offer several bag options including paper or poly bags in small and large quantities and bags that can be sealed with multiple methods. Each bag comes with its own set of pros and cons. Fairview Mills is the perfect choice for contract packaging.
25 Kilogram Bag - Our Smallest Size For Pet Food Ingredient Packaging
The twenty-five kilogram bag is the smallest pet food ingredient packaging bag. Fairview Mills is a division J-Six Enterprises that supplies pet food ingredient packaging. This bag is meant for transport and storage. This is why many clients choose our super bags, totes and larger capacity bags. Fairview Mills will still find solutions for each customer. Therefore, we can handle smaller quantities of your contract packaging. These bags are available in many different configurations and seal methods. Multi-wall paper bags can be sealed using sewing or pinching. They are an eco-friendly option. There are many options for polyethylene bags, including heat sealing and sewn sealing.
50 Pound Bag - Perfect For Pallets
Clients seeking manageable and stackable bags up to fifty pounds are well served by fifty pound bags. These bags can be used in individual or palletized stacks. These bags come in a range of different construction materials and sealing methods. Multi-wall paper bags can be sealed using sewing or pinching. They are an eco-friendly option. Many polyethylene and polypropylene bags can be purchased with heat sealing or sewn sealing. Our 50-pound bags are not intended to be finished product packaging but ingredient packaging. For pet food ingredient packaging, it is convenient for storage and transport.
1000 Pound Tote - Poly Lining!
Totes that can store large amounts of pet food or pet food ingredients are helpful when handling them. These totes can hold up to 1,000 lbs of bulk pet food ingredients and are great for transporting them. These durable totes are reinforced with poly-lined. The exterior fabric is covered with a poly lining that will prevent any small particles from getting lost in the poly lining. These large totes have a large capacity and are intended for easy transportation and storage. Before we fill these large bags of one thousand pounds with your quality products, our sifting process will run your pet foods ingredients through.
2000 Pound Super Saack - Our largest size for pet food ingredient bulk storage
The super sack bulk bag is one of the most sought-after options for contract packaging. Super sacks are strong and durable, and can store a lot of pet food and ingredients. This helps to reduce packaging costs per pound. These super bags can be carried and stored on their very own or on top if pallets. Because of their box-corner design, super sacks can be stackable on top of one another. Your pet food ingredients are run through our sifting device before these large, two-thousand pound bags are filled with your quality products. These large totes have a large capacity and are not intended to be finished product packaging.
People Also Asked
Dry pet foods are made by mixing dry and wet ingredients together to form a dough. In the extrusion process, the dough is heated under pressure, then pushed through a die machine that cuts the kibbles. Kibble size and shape varies according to the product specification. The kibbles are dried, cooled and spray coated.
Typical pet food ingredients include protein sources such as poultry, beef and fish plus vegetables, cereals, vitamins and minerals, combined for a balanced diet. 'Ingredients' is a general term used for raw materials and additives used in pet foods.
The Food and Drug Administration is responsible for regulating animal drugs, feeds/foods, devices, and most animal health products; however some classes of animal products come under the jurisdiction of other Federal or State government agencies.