Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

African Swine Fever

Study: US needs stricter controls to contain ASF

Current rules would likely fail to control a hypothetical outbreak in the U.S., research concludes.

African Swine Fever Virus

International Trade

Australia lifts import restrictions on US beef

Australia has agreed to lift import restrictions on beef from the U.S. that have been in effect since a 2003 outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

Regulatory Updates

Proposition 12 ‘like a wrecking ball’ to small restaurants

Latino Restaurant Association leader tells House Agriculture Committee the law placed economic pressure on restaurants that were already operating on “razor-thin margins.”

Witnesses provide testimony during the House Agriculture Committee hearing “An Examination of the Implications of Proposition 12.”

Regulatory Updates

NARA partners with Côte d'Ivoire ministry to develop animal feed standards

North American Renderers Association signs five-year agreement with West African nation's animal resources ministry to advance regulatory harmonization and technical knowledge sharing.

Democratic senators urge ag committee to protect Proposition 12

The move comes after the Trump administration sued California and Gov. Gavin Newsom over the state’s animal housing laws, claiming that they are contributing to high egg prices.

Congress House Senate

Animal Feed Additives & Ingredients

Clarification on hemp opens door to feed use in Australia

Australian producers should be able to feed hemp seed meal without running afoul of regulators after updates to regulatory language.

Hemp Seeds Scoop

New NWS case halts planned reopening of southern ports to livestock

Due to a new case of New World screwworm (NWS) in Mexico, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has ordered the closure of livestock trade through southern ports of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border, nine days after announcing that some southern ports would reopen.

Us Mexico Flags

Regulatory Updates

MAWS Act would fund use of invasive blue catfish in pet food, animal feed

The bipartisan federal bill would establish a NOAA pilot program providing grants to pet and animal food companies to develop supply chains for blue catfish harvested from the Chesapeake Bay.

Under the MAWS Act, NOAA would administer grants to pet and animal food manufacturers to use the invasive blue catfish which is threatening the Chesapeake Bay on the Atlantic coast of the U.S.

Regulatory Updates

GM soybean assessed as safe for inclusion in EU feeds

After a favorable safety assessment, the European Commission has authorized a genetically modified (GM) soybean for use in food and animal feed in the European Union.

Soybeans And Pods

Supreme Court declines to hear Proposition 12 challenge

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case brought by the Iowa Pork Producers Association challenging California’s Proposition 12.

Regulatory Updates

House ag committee member Don Bacon won’t seek re-election

The Republican from Nebraska says he still has agriculture-related goals he wants to accomplish before he officially retires.

UK government invests in national biosecurity center

To protect the nation’s people and economy, the government of the United Kingdom has announced significant funding for the next phase of a new National Biosecurity Centre.

Biosecurity Word Cloud

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