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SAFE Hosts “Preventive Controls Qualified Individual” Training

On December 3-4, 2025, the Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) Program hosted its 9th annual Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) training in Modesto, CA. The two-day training was attended by 21 participants who successfully completed a Part 1 online training portion prior to attending the in-person interactive Part 2. The Food Safety Modernization Act requires that certain activities must be …


2024 SAFE Survey for Industry Now Open

The Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) Program would like your input in prioritizing topics for outreach and education to the feed industry in 2024. SAFE fosters safe manufacturing and use of commercial feed and livestock drugs and voluntary compliance with state and federal laws and regulations through educational resources, trainings, and outreach programs. The anonymous survey below should take less …


New guidance available for California commercial feed labeling

The Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) program has recently published 3 guidance documents to aid industry in developing commercial feed labels that are compliant with California and federal regulations: California Commercial Feed Labeling Guide  Label Review Checklist  SAFE Medicated Feed Label Guidance  These documents are all found on the Commercial Feed Regulatory Program (CFRP) and SAFE websites under “Labeling Resources”.


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

Click here to view the Spring 2023 Quarterly Feed Update.


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 and flush verification. Good Manufacturing Practices require feed manufacturers to address carryover, i.e., when feed from one batch is inadvertently …