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Regulatory Updates

AFIA promotes Richard Sellers to senior vice president

Veteran American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) employee Richard Sellers has been promoted to senior vice president at the association’s October board meeting in Des Moines, Iowa. Sellers previously served as AFIA’s vice president of feed regulation and nutrition.

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Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

Dr. Alexandra Weaver joins Alltech Mycotoxin Management Team

Dr. Alexandra Weaver recently joined the Alltech Mycotoxin Management Team as technical sales support for the Northeast United States and Eastern Canada.As technical sales support, Weaver will focus on developing and implementing the Alltech Mycotoxin Management Program for the monogastric industry, as well as interpreting and analyzing mycotoxin reports completed by the 37+ Laboratory.

Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

FDA issues proposed FSMA rule to improve animal food safety

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a proposed rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) aimed at strengthening the safety of food for animals, including pet food and animal feed. This proposed rule would help ensure the safety of food for animals, as well as help prevent foodborne illness in humans and animals.

Feed Additives

Safety, regulations top concerns in EU specialty ingredient industry

Imagine the difficulties of navigating the ins and outs of new regulations across 28 countries and 28 different governments – not to mention the requirements of the global feed industry – without the help of a leadership organization. Luckily, European additive suppliers have a well-connected and well-respected industry advocate, the EU Association of Specialty Feed Ingredients and their Mixtures (FEFANA), acting as a liaison between its membership and regulatory bodies.

Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

FDA urged to extend comment period on feed safety rules

The National Grain and Feed Association has urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to extend the comment periods on two sets of proposed rules issued by the agency to implement significant portions of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The NGFA did so, it said, because the agency still has not issued proposed regulations implementing the animal feed and pet food provisions of the law, whose requirements are expected to be closely linked and interrelated to the other two rulemakings for which the comment period extension was sought.

Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

FSMA takes center stage at feed, pet food conference

Brian Waldman, partner with Washington, D.C.-based law firm and lobbying group, Arent Fox, provided his recommendations for how the feed and pet food industries can influence the final rule of the Food Safety Modernization Act at the National Grain & Feed Association/Pet Food Institute's joint conference.

Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

Creating a safety state of mind in your feed mill

Feed mills with top safety records — in terms of both employee safety and feed quality — say it starts with a clear commitment from management. In other words, you have to walk the walk and talk the talk. In this article representatives from Southern States Cooperative, Hi-Pro Feeds and Wenger Feeds offer their advice for gaining employee buy-in.

Regulatory Updates

American Feed Industry Association offers regulatory training course

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is offering a 2013 Regulatory Training Short Course November 20-21. The course will be held at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel in Arlington, Va.

Regulatory Updates

FDA issues guidance on color additives in animal food

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a document intended to help small businesses comply with regulations on declaring color additives in food for animals. The document, entitled Small Entity Compliance Guide - Declaring Color Additives in Animal Foods, provides background and questions and answers on the 2011 regulation requiring that all color additives subject to the FDA's certification process be listed on the product label for animal feed or pet food.

Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

Farmers say EU regulations threaten crop quality, yield

The National Farmers' Union (NFU), which represents farmers and ranchers across England and Wales, warns that tightening European Union regulations on crop protection, plant breeding and genetic technology is threatening European crop yields and quality. NFU crops board vice-chairman Mike Hambly told European Commission officials, member state experts and industry stakeholders that regulations would also lead to an increased reliance on imports from areas of the world where standards of production cannot be guaranteed.

Animal Feed Recalls

Hubbard Feeds expands recall of medicated poultry feed for elevated calcium levels

Hubbard Feeds Inc. is expanding its recall of medicated poultry feeds to include three additional lots of Hubbard Life Homestead FASTGROW AM.0.0125 NAB/NAB MEDICATED because of elevated calcium levels that may be harmful to chickens and turkeys.This voluntary recall is the result of identification of additional lot numbers through assays by the US Food and Drug Administration related to a previous recall of the product on July 2.

Feed Additives

New product safety requirements focus at annual feed, pet food conference

Feed, feed ingredient and pet food manufacturers will hear the latest on major new product safety requirements likely to be implemented by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) during the fourth annual Feed and Pet Food Joint Conference, scheduled for September 25-26 in Indianapolis, Ind. More than 300 industry members are expected to attend the event, hosted by the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and the Pet Food Institute (PFI) at the downtown JW Marriott Hotel.

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