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Category Archives: Education and Guidance
Updated Veterinary Feed Directive training available online
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
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
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 …
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 Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) Webpage Offers Feed Ingredient Information and Resources
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
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
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 …
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 …