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Commercial Feed Regulatory Program blog offers six video tutorials to help industry navigate ExtraView Database

The Commercial Feed Regulatory Program (CFRP) released six videos designed to help industry navigate the ExtraView Database, which is used for licensing, reporting tonnage, and payments. Industry has expressed struggles with navigating the database, which has led to many updates … Continue reading

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Commercial Feed Regulatory Program begins ‘Run of the Mill’ Blog

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Commercial Feed Regulatory Program is now offering the Run of the Mill Blog. This blog is where where all interested parties can discover the latest news, updates and more related to CDFA’s … Continue reading

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Summer Quarterly Feed Update offers insights, data, updates, notices to industry

Click here to view the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Commercial Feed Regulatory Program Summer 2023 Quarterly Feed Update. The Commercial Feed Regulatory Program is part of the Feed, Fertilizer and Livestock Drugs Regulatory Services Branch of CDFA’s … Continue reading

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Safe Animal Feed Education Program survey helps guide outreach and education for 2023

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) Program recently conducted a survey of Commercial Feed Licensees and those who subscribed to receive information about SAFE via the CDFA Email Subscriptions webpage. The survey was … Continue reading

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ISD Staff Spotlight: Amber Hayter enjoys sampling livestock feed at dairies on CA backroads

NAME: Amber Hayter TIME AT CDFA: About a year and a half PROGRAM: Commercial Feed Regulatory Program POSITION TITLE: Environmental Scientist USUAL DAILY ACTIVITIES ON THE JOB? I am an environmental scientist for the Feed and Livestock Drugs Inspection Program. … Continue reading

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Quarterly Feed Update highlights Commercial Feed Regulatory Program’s 2022 sampling data

Click here to view the Spring 2023 Quarterly Feed Update.

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Safe Animal Feed Education Program offers guidance on minimizing feed manufacturing carryover

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) Program announces the release of 2023 SAFE Feed Manufacturing Carryover Guidance. This document is intended to be an educational tool for industry and covers flushing procedures, sequencing procedures … Continue reading

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Registration open for May summit meeting on feed strategies and the reduction of methane emissions

All interested parties are invited to register for the State of the Science Summit: Feed Strategies to Reduce Enteric Emissions, May 2-3, 2023, in the UC Davis Activities & Recreation Center Ballroom. The summit will be cohosted by the California Department of … Continue reading

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CDFA leadership attends ribbon cutting for renewable energy project at organic waste recycling center

CDFA leadership attended a ribbon cutting this month to mark the activation of a large solar energy system at the Denali Imperial Western Products (IWP) facility in Coachella. Partly funded by a grant from the California Energy Commission, this new … Continue reading

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Apply by April 10 to fill vacancy on Feed Inspection Advisory Board

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announces one vacancy on the Feed Inspection Advisory Board (FIAB). This board makes regulatory and enforcement recommendations to CDFA to help ensure that commercial feed inspections contribute to a clean and wholesome … Continue reading

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