Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

Animal Welfare
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
Biosecurity
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
Legal News
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.
Court Gavel
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.
Rep. Don Bacon
Biosecurity
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
Biosecurity
Northern Ireland firm fined for animal feed law breach
The fine came after detection of animal components in calf feed at Robin Rainey & Sons Ltd. Meanwhile, the lower BSE risk in United Kingdom beef has been officially recognized.
Fine
Biosecurity
USDA to launch sterile fly dispersal to fight New World screwworm
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins has launched an US$8.5 million sterile New World screwworm (NWS) fly dispersal facility in South Texas and announced a five-pronged plan to enhance U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ability to detect, control and eliminate this pest.
Worker Safety
Worker dies in feed mill accident in Taiwan
A worker has died after becoming trapped in milling equipment in the west of Taiwan.
Emergency Lights Ambulance
Regulatory Updates
AAFCO and KSU seek experts to review new animal food ingredients
New SRIS program aims to accelerate scientific evaluations of feed ingredients for AAFCO approval.
The SRIS program will assemble independent scientific panels to evaluate animal food ingredients for safety under the GRAS framework.
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