The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Aug. 14 announced that it will delay the start of routine regulatory inspections at “small businesses” for compliance with the preventive controls (PC) requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)-related rule for Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals (PC Animal Food rule) until the fall of 2019. Compliance dates for PC and current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) requirements established by the PC Animal Food rule are staggered based on business size as ... Read More
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FDA announces plan to publish blueprint on antimicrobial resistance
By Dave Fairfield, Senior Vice President of Feed Services U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced July 31 that FDA will publish a blueprint on how the agency will implement additional steps to address antimicrobial resistance in veterinary settings. Gottlieb’s statement said the yet-to-be published blueprint will serve as a new, five-year plan and contain three key goals that FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) will focus on during fiscal years 2019 – 23: Aligning antimicrobial drug product use with the principles of antimicrobial ... Read More
AAFCO meeting focuses on ingredient approval, animal food safety issues
By Dave Fairfield, Senior Vice President of Feed Services The generally recognized as safe (GRAS) approval process for animal feed and pet food ingredients was a major agenda topic at the annual meeting of the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) conducted July 30 – Aug. 1 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Discussion about the GRAS approval process centered around ingredients being marketed under “independent” GRAS determinations – an approval process established and allowed by federal law, but which does not involve direct oversight by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ... Read More
2018 NGFA-PFI Feed and Pet Food Joint Conference to present FSMA implementation updates and consumer preferences research
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 1, 2018 --The 2018 edition of the Feed and Pet Food Joint Conference, an annual collaboration between the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and the Pet Food Institute (PFI), will feature several industry leaders and education sessions that will provide the latest information to guide feed and pet food companies through a complex regulatory environment as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) continues to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act. The 9th annual Feed and Pet Food Joint Conference, scheduled for Sept. 17-19 at the Hyatt ... Read More
NGFA submits statement on FSMA guidance document
ARLINGTON, Va., July 27, 2018 -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) submitted a statement to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding an agency guidance document pertaining to animal food rules issued mandated under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). FDA issued a notice of availability of a draft guidance entitled “Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals,” published on Jan. 23 in the Federal Register. The draft guidance is intended to assist animal food facilities comply with the requirements for hazard analysis and risk-based ... Read More
FDA releases draft guidance for Intentional Adulteration Rule
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 19 released the first of three installments of a draft guidance document intended to assist human food facilities in complying with the Intentional Adulteration (IA) Rule established under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The remaining two installments are expected to be issued later this year. The FSMA final rule on intentional adulteration is designed to address hazards that may be intentionally introduced to human foods, including by acts of terrorism, with the intent to cause wide-spread harm to public health. Unlike the other ... Read More
FDA issues draft guidance on establishing a supply-chain program under FSMA
By David Fairfield, Senior Vice President of Feed Services The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 14 issued draft guidance to assist animal food facilities needing a supply chain program to meet the requirements established under its current good manufacturing practice, hazard analysis, and risk-based preventive controls for food for animals rule (PC animal food rule). The animal food preventive control requirements mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) require animal food manufacturers receiving raw materials and ingredients to develop and ... Read More
NGFA gathers congressional support for FSMA exemptions
The NGFA is urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to properly implement the exemption authority provided within the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) for grain elevators solely engaged in storing raw agricultural commodities. The Association has been circulating information on Capitol Hill in recent weeks to garner support from lawmakers. Specifically, the NGFA is urging FDA to revise its FSMA exemptions for “solely engaged” grain elevator facilities and exemptions for grain elevators that store pulse crops. The paragraphs below summarize two significant problems with FDA’s rules ... Read More
NGFA recommends changes to FDA’s draft guidance on FSMA importing rules
ARLINGTON, Va., May 30, 2018 -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) has submitted a statement to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommending that the agency make several changes to its draft guidance to better inform importers on how they may comply with the import rules established under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The statement covers FDA's draft guidance for industry entitled, "Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals." The guidance, when finalized, is intended to provide the agency's thinking on ... Read More
FDA provides online food defense awareness training
By David Fairfield, Senior Vice President of Feed Services The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the availability of an online training course on food defense awareness designed to satisfy requirements established by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)-related rule for Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration. The course, developed by FDA in partnership with the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance’s (FSPCA) Intentional Adulteration Subcommittee, is being offered free of charge on the FSPCA website. The Intentional ... Read More
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