Category Archives: Commercial Feed

How long have you worked for CDFA? 25 years What is your job title and what do you do? Special Investigator. I inspect livestock feed mills, conduct Food Safety Modernization Act inspections and conduct Tissue Residue Inspections. How do you work for the California food supply? By sampling feed and inspecting feed manufacturers I ensure that meat, milk and eggs …

Inspection and Sampling CFRP will continue to focus inspection efforts on “California Feed Safety Inspections” at commercial feed licensed locations every 2-5 years, depending on priority determined by licensee operations. These comprehensive inspections cover Preventive Controls (PC) for Animal Food, Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP), and other applicable requirements such as medicated feed CGMPs, the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) rule, …

In 2025, the California Department of Agriculture’s (CDFA) Commercial Feed Regulatory Program (CFRP) and Safe Animal Feed Education Program (SAFE) continued work to ensure feed safety, food safety, and quality of commercial feed in California. Inspectors and staff met goals and embraced changes throughout the last year. Inspection and Sampling In 2025, CFRP completed a second year of conducting “California …