Category Archives: Commercial Feed

Updated Veterinary Feed Directive training available online

February 28, 2024 CFRP Leave a comment

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announces updated Livestock Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) online training. The training has been organized by major species (swine, bovine and poultry) and is intended to provide ongoing educational resources to California feed distributors and other industry stakeholders to better understand the history, regulations and verification process of a complete and accurate VFD …

Commercial Feed Regulatory Program Releases 2023 Sample Report

February 26, 2024 CFRP Leave a comment

The Commercial Feed Regulatory Program (CFRP) has finalized its 2023 sample data and released the 2023 Sample Report. View total sample numbers, sample types, violation rate, and violation type in the full report: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/pdfs/2023_sample_report.pdf

AAFCO Midyear Meeting 2024 Recap

February 16, 2024 CFRP Leave a comment

The 2024 Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) Midyear meeting was held January 23-25, 2024, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with 462 attendees representing seven countries and 44 states. California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Commercial Feed Regulatory Program’s Samantha Moran-Defty and KC Gutenberger attended. Moran-Defty was the California voting representative during the General Business Meeting and sits on the …

Looking Ahead: What to Expect from CFRP and SAFE in 2024

February 16, 2024 CFRP Leave a comment

Shifting Inspection Focus Following 2023 amendments to the California Code of Regulations (CCR) to incorporate provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) from the Code of Federal Regulations, the Commercial Feed Regulatory Program (CFRP) will be shifting away from “Routine Inspections” and begin conducting “California Feed Safety Inspections” in 2024. The new inspection format will evaluate the firm’s development …

CDFA ANNOUNCES VACANCIES ON FEED INSPECTION ADVISORY BOARD

February 7, 2024 CFRP Leave a comment

Español SACRAMENTO, February 1, 2024 – The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) announces three vacancies 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 supply of milk, meat and eggs. The FIAB vacancies are for three commercial feed …

Looking Back: CFRP 2023 Accomplishments

January 10, 2024 CFRP Leave a comment

In 2023, the California Department of Agriculture’s (CDFA) Commercial Feed Regulatory Program (CFRP) 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 Meeting program and contract goals, CFRP obtained 747 total samples with an overall violation rate of 21% …

Notice to Industry: Novel and Not Currently Approved Feed and Livestock Drugs

December 20, 2023 CFRP Leave a comment

The Commercial Feed Regulatory Program and Livestock Drugs Program have released a Notice to Industry. Please view on the Industry Notices Webpage, or directly at the following link: Novel and Not Currently Approved Feed and Livestock Drugs Notice to Industry

New Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) Webpage Offers Feed Ingredient Information and Resources

November 14, 2023 CFRP Leave a comment

The SAFE Program has developed a new educational website for all things feed and feed ingredients. Included are resources and educational materials regarding feed ingredient definitions, feed ingredient and new animal drug approval processes, and annual program reports. SAFE publishes annual reports including the mycotoxin report, the Commercial Feed Regulatory Program (CFRP) annual sample report, and the CFRP tonnage report. …

Commercial Feed Video Tutorials for Licensing, Reporting Tonnage Now Available