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By David Fairfield, Senior Vice President of Feed Services The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) workshop hosted by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) on Aug. 4 in conjunction with its annual meeting attracted over 110 attendees to Louisville, Ky., to receive updates and perspectives on the implementation of FSMA-related regulations. Information provided during the workshop by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and state regulators primarily focused on the FSMA-related rule for Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP), Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based ... Read More

By Dave Fairfield, Senior Vice President of Feed Services The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on July 22 published a Federal Register notice announcing the fiscal year (FY) 2020 fee rates for accreditation and certification bodies interested in voluntarily participating in the agency’s Accredited Third-Party Certification Program. The user fees are authorized by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which allows the agency to assess and collect fees to cover FDA’s cost of administering the program.  The user fee rates for FY 2020 will be effective on Oct. 1, 2019 ... Read More

By Dave Fairfield, Senior Vice President of Feed Services The Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) has developed and released a new blended version of the Preventive Controls for Animal Food Course that provides an in-depth review of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) rule for Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals. The FSPCA developed the Animal Food Blended Course to provide an alternative to the 20-hour, face-to-face Preventive Controls for Animal Food Course that was unveiled in ... Read More

By Dave Fairfield, Senior Vice President, Feed Services The NGFA and other representatives from the feed, pork and soybean industries on July 10 met to discuss the potential risk of introducing African Swine Fever (ASF) virus into the United States from imported soy products. The meeting, hosted by the University of Minnesota’s Department of Animal Science, focused on imported soy products following a study published in 2018 that indicated soybean meal supports virus survival at a high frequency under conditions that simulated those that would occur during transportation of products ... Read More

The NGFA commended members of Congress for urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to correctly interpret the “solely engaged” exemptions that apply to grain elevators under its Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules for human and animal food. The NGFA has been urging FDA to revise its current interpretation of the “solely engaged” exemptions to avoid imposing unnecessary, inappropriate and costly regulatory requirements on grain elevators that are located on the same premise as a feed mill or other grain processing plant. Under FSMA, FDA is authorized to grant a science- ... Read More

By Sarah Gonzalez, Director of Communications and Digital Media A May 2019 report from CoBank forecasts feed demand from China and Southeast Asia will drop significantly due to African Swine Fever, trimming U.S. feed and grain exports. The report, “African Swine Fever Implications for U.S. Ag,” notes that it is yet unknown how much and for how long China’s pork industry will contract, but “it’s certain there will be significant implications for the U.S. animal protein and feed sectors.” “ASF demand destruction will be especially painful for elevators, crushers, and feed mills that ... Read More