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Quarterly Feed Update Newsletter: Issue 24 Fall 2025
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Welcome CFRP Inspector Justin Jacobson
Environmental Scientist Justin Jacobson started with the Commercial Feed Regulatory Program (CFRP) in September as the new feed inspector for the San Joaquin Valley area. Jacobson is from Oakdale, CA, and grew up ranching and working on dairy farms. After graduating high school, Justin enlisted in the Marine Corps and has a degree in Animal Science from Fresno State. As …
Congratulations Mike Davidson on Retirement
Please join the Commercial Feed Regulatory Program (CFRP) in congratulating Supervising Special Investigator Mike Davidson on his well-deserved retirement this September. CFRP thanks Davidson for his 40 years of exemplary service to California’s commercial agriculture industry, and leadership to the CFRP, Safe Animal Feed Education Program (SAFE) and Livestock Drug Program (LDP). Davidson was influential in training nearly all current …
BLENDED PREVENTIVE CONTROL QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL TRAINING
December 3-4, 2025 The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Safe Animal Feed Education Program will be hosting a Blended Preventive Control Qualified Individual Training December 3-4, 2025, in Modesto, CA. Priority will be given to firms that currently do not have a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual. The training will be capped at 20 participants. Reservations can be made between 9/19/2025 and …
CDFA ANNOUNCES VACANCIES ON FEED INSPECTION ADVISORY BOARD TECHNICAL ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE
SACRAMENTO, September 2, 2025 – The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announces two vacancies on the Feed Inspection Advisory Board Technical Advisory Subcommittee (TASC). This subcommittee provides technical and scientific advice to the Feed Inspection Advisory Board and CDFA on animal food nutrition, safety and efficacy data review of new and unapproved feed ingredients, research project oversight and …
Quarterly Feed Update Newsletter: Issue 23 Summer 2025
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2024 Crop Year Mycotoxin Report Released
The Commercial Feed Regulatory Program (CFRP) has released results of mycotoxin analysis of 62 samples obtained between July 2024 and May 2025. View the full report here: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/pdfs/2024_crop_year_full_mycotoxin_report.pdf
CFRP Releases 2024 Tonnage Report
The Commercial Feed Regulatory Program (CFRP) since 2022 has published the total tonnage of commercial feed reported to the program, categorized by feed type. View the full 2024 report here: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/pdfs/2024_Tonnage_Report.pdf
Commercial Feed Regulations Approved
The Commercial Feed Regulatory Program’s regulations aligning ingredient definitions with national standards by adding recognized official names of feed ingredients from Chapter 6 the Association of American Feed Control Officials Official Publication were approved by the Office of Administrative Law on July 1, 2025, and are now in effect. This regular rulemaking supersedes the emergency regulations adopted in November 2024. …
Ted Bert Named New Program Supervisor
Ted Bert has accepted a position as the new Senior Environmental Scientist-Supervisor for the Commercial Feed Regulatory Program (CFRP), Antimicrobial Use and Stewardship Program, and Livestock Drug Program effective July 1, 2025. Bert graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, with a Bachelor of Science in Dairy Science and Ag Business. He has worked for CDFA for over 12 years, …