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NGFA commends FDA for delaying animal food facility inspections under FSMA

Posted by on August 11, 2017

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 11, 2017 — The NGFA today commended the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its decision to delay until the fall of 2018 inspections of the hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls requirements implemented under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).  FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine Director Dr. Steve Solomon on Aug. […]

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AAFCO to address feed safety, regulatory issues during upcoming meeting

Posted by on August 2, 2017

  By David Fairfield, Senior Vice President of Feed Services Industry representatives will join federal and state regulatory officials to examine key animal feed safety and regulatory issues during the upcoming meeting of the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) on Aug. 10-12 in Bellevue, Wash.   Feed regulatory officials from the Food and […]

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Registration open for September NGFA-KSU FSMA training

Posted by on August 2, 2017

By David Fairfield, Senior Vice President of Feed Services Registration is open for the NGFA-Kansas State University Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) training course scheduled for Sept. 26-28 in Manhattan, Kan. This course is targeted for businesses that need to comply with FDA’s rule for Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-based Preventive Controls […]

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What’s required in FDA’s FSMA food transportation rule?

Posted by on May 25, 2017

By David Fairfield, Senior Vice President of Feed Services As mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on April 6, 2016 published final regulations that establish requirements for shippers, loaders, carriers and receivers engaged in the transportation of human and animal food by truck or rail to […]

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FDA issues new FSMA fact sheet on sanitary food transport rule

Posted by on April 26, 2017

By David Fairfield, Senior Vice President of Feed Services The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a new fact sheet for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)-related final rule for sanitary transportation of food for humans and animals. The updated fact sheet reiterates the agency’s previously stated intent to use an “educate before […]

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Foundation makes web-based hazard-assessment tool available to assist members in complying with FDA’s FSMA animal food rule

Posted by on April 12, 2017

By David Fairfield, Senior Vice President, Feed Services The NGFA is making available exclusively to member companies a new web-based hazard-assessment tool to assist feed and pet food facilities in complying with the Food and Drug Administration’s final regulations implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act. FDA’s final rule for current good manufacturing practice and hazard […]

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NGFA committee apprentices head to Washington

Posted by on March 29, 2017

NGFA member company employees enrolled in the NGFA’s Committee Apprenticeship Program (CAP) are heading to Washington, D.C., next week for the annual CAP DC Experience, which includes visits with lawmakers and top government officials. The event is meant to introduce the NGFA to a new class of apprentices, who are encouraged to learn about their […]

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NGFA publishes new guidance on FDA regulations and sample template for Animal Food Safety Plan

Posted by on March 1, 2017

The NGFA today is making available to its members a significant new guidance document authored by NGFA Senior Vice President for Feed Services David Fairfield to assist the grain, oilseed, feed and processing industry in understanding and complying with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) requirements. The document, “NGFA Guidance on FDA Regulations Applicable […]

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AAFCO meeting addresses FSMA issues

Posted by on February 1, 2017

By Dave Fairfield, Senior Vice President of Feed Services The meeting of the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) conducted Jan. 16-18 in Mobile, Ala., focused largely on the implementation of the new animal feed and pet food safety requirements established under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Joann Givens, director of the Food […]

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