Category Archives: 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

November 14, 2023 CFRP Leave a comment

The Commercial Feed Regulatory Program (CFRP) released six videos designed to help industry navigate the ExtraView Database, which is used for licensing, reporting tonnage, and payments. Industry has expressed struggles with navigating the database, which has led to many updates and changes to the system in recent years. These “How-To” videos explain basic requirements and steps to meet all quarterly …

New Guidance Available for Commercial Feed Licensing and Tonnage Reporting

September 13, 2023 CFRP Leave a comment

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Commercial Feed Regulatory Program recently released five new guidance documents to help industry understand when a commercial feed license is needed, who pays inspection tonnage tax, how to apply for a license, and how to report tonnage. The program is also working on updating “how-to videos” for navigating the ExtraView Database for license …

Notice to Industry: Damaged Feed

August 31, 2023 CFRP Leave a comment

With the impacts of Tropical Storm Hilary in southern California, the Commercial Feed Regulatory Program is again sharing this notice to industry, original date April 2023. https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/pdfs/2023/damaged_feed_nti_april_2023.pdf

CDFA releases 2022 Veterinary Feed Directive Summary Report

August 23, 2023 CFRP Leave a comment

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

May 23, 2023 Kc Gutenberger Leave a comment

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”.