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Animal Feed Regulations & Safety: Page 75
Poultry
Animal food rule in FSMA needs revisions, says AFIA
Whether or not poultry feedmanufacturers are ready for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the finalrule is expected to be issued August 30, 2015. Feed manufacturers, however, aresaying the rule in its present form is highly prescriptive and needs changingbefore final publication.
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Animal Feed Regulations & Safety
Analysis shows mycotoxin levels rising in stored 2013 crop
After seven months of feeding the 2013 harvest to their herds, dairy producers may soon find their corn silage and total mixed ration (TMR) are not quite up to par, as many herds are now facing new challenges due to recent mold and mycotoxin growth in feed during storage.“The U.S. crops varied considerably from farm to farm and even from field to field. These varied crops were all harvested at the same time and placed into storage, creating silage that is a mixture of maturity and crop stress,” said Dr. Max Hawkins, a nutritionist from Alltech’s mycotoxin management team.
Biosecurity
Preventing PEDv spread: What is the feed industry’s role?
With more questions than answers regarding the feed industry’s role where the PED virus is concerned, what can feed mills do to protect their customers? Here is a collection of the actions every feed mill can take before an official guidance is issued.
Animal Feed Regulations & Safety
FDA to reconsider FSMA rules on brewers’ grain
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will revise proposed rules for livestock feed after hearing objections about costs that could be incurred by brewers who sell or donate their spent grain – a natural byproduct of the brewing process – from beer making to local farmers. The rules were proposed as part of the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
PEDv
PED virus ‘wakeup call’ for US agriculture
In response to the feed industry’s demand for more PED virus information, AFIA dedicated a number of sessions to the disease at its annual Purchasing & Ingredient Suppliers Conference (PISC). During her presentation, “Biosecurity, protecting the feed ingredient supply chain and what you need to know,” Dr. Marty Vanier, director of operations for Kansas State University’s National and Cultural Biosecurity Center, offered an overview of the biosecurity challenges facing U.S. agriculture.
Animal Feed Recalls
Purina Animal Nutrition recalls some poultry feeds
The Purina Animal Nutrition LLC feed plant in Portland, Ore., has initiated a limited recall of certain poultry feeds due to the potential for lower-than-expected vitamin and trace mineral levels. The products were distributed to retailers in Oregon and Washington.
Animal Feed Regulations & Safety
Drug sponsors request FDA to withdraw drug application approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that five drug sponsors holding animal drug applications affected by Guidance For Industry (GFI) #213 have requested that FDA withdraw approval of a collective 19 animal drug applications because the products are no longer manufactured or marketed. Of these 19 applications, 16 are antimicrobials affected by GFI #213.
Animal Feed Regulations & Safety
Groups request FSMA revision regarding brewers grain
The Beer Institute and the American Malting BarleyAssociation have filed joint comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) in an effort to protect the practice of brewers marketing their brewers’grain to local animal producers.The Beer Institute has been working with members ofCongress, regulators and organizations to present an economic and scientificargument that it is unnecessary for the FDA to add more regulation to brewers’spent grain and other brewing by-products.
Animal Feed Regulations & Safety
AFIA submits animal feed rule comments to FDA
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) submittedcomments Monday to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on whatAFIA describes as the most massive overhaul of animal food industry regulationssince 1958. The comments, which address the Food Safety Modernization Act(FSMA) "Current Good Manufacturing Practices and Hazard AnalysisRisk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals" rule are more than100 pages and cover five major areas.
Animal Feed Regulations & Safety
U.S., Canadian pork, feed industries collaborate to study PED virus
More than 60 people representing the U.S. and Canadian pork,feed and other allied industries recently participated in a meeting on the porcineepidemic diarrhea (PED) virus hosted by the National Pork Board, and in collaborationwith the National Pork Producers Council, the American Association of Swine Veterinarians,the American Feed Industry Association, the National Grain and Feed Association,the National Renderers Association and the North American Spray Dried Blood andPlasma Producers, in Des Moines, Iowa. Although the disease does not affect humansor pork safety, it has infected and killed millions of young pigs on farms of allsizes in 27 states since May 2013 and in four Canadian provinces since January.
Animal Feed Regulations & Safety
FDA announces website to report livestock animal feed problems
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says there is anew website available to the public to report problems related to livestockanimal food.The Livestock Food Reporting portal will accept reportsabout foods made for species considered to be livestock, including but notlimited to, horses, cattle, swine, poultry and fish.
Animal Feed Regulations & Safety
AFIA believes FDA’s changes will streamline Veterinary Feed Directive process
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) has submittedcomments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the Veterinary FeedDirective (VFD). AFIA applauds FDA’s decision to issue the proposed rule, whichaddresses the organization’s concerns with the administrative process ofissuing VFDs, but AFIA also expressed concerns in the details of the rule thatcould potentially have a negative affect the feed industry.
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