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Quarterly Tips on Commercial Feed Labeling: Guarantees

The Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) program has devoted resources to educate industry members on proper labeling practices for commercial livestock feed. Resources include an invitation to email safe@cdfa.ca.gov to receive educational label consultation by a SAFE staff member, as well as publication of the California Commercial Feed Labeling Guide, Label Review Checklist, and Medicated Feed Label Guide.  The SAFE Program recognizes the complexity of …


Quarterly Tips on Commercial Feed Labeling: Feeding Directions

The Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) program has devoted resources to educate industry members on proper labeling practices for commercial livestock feed. Resources include an invitation to email safe@cdfa.ca.gov to receive educational label consultation by a SAFE staff member, as well as publication of the California Commercial Feed Labeling Guide, Label Review Checklist, and Medicated Feed Label Guide. However, there will always be …


CDFA releases 2022 Veterinary Feed Directive Summary Report

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Antimicrobial Use and Stewardship (AUS) Program announces the release of the 2022 Veterinary Feed Directive Summary Report. This report presents an up-to-date illustration of Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) feed manufacturing and distribution in California. The annual VFD Summary Report has been developed to provide a transparent and thorough explanation of the AUS program’s involvement …


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”.


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 …