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Category Archives: Safe Animal Feed Education Program
Please Participate in 3-Minute Safe Animal Feed Education 2025 Survey for Feed Industry
The Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) Program would like your input in prioritizing topics for outreach and education to the feed industry in 2025. 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 …
Presentation available from Sept. 24 Informational Webinar on FDA Pathways to Market Use of New Animal Feed Ingredients
The California Department of Food and Agriculture Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) Program hosted an Informational Webinar on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pathways to Market Use of New Animal Feed Ingredients on Sept. 24, 2024. Over 60 California livestock feed stakeholders and researchers registered for the webinar to gain understanding of the processes involved in bringing new and innovative …
SAFE Releases Educational Guidance for Mixer Efficiency Testing
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Safe Animal Feed Education Program (SAFE) has published a guide outlining how to conduct a mixer study. A mixer study is the chemical analysis of 10 samples from a single batch of formula feed to evaluate uniformity of a feed mixture. The main objective of mixing feed is to ensure each animal …
Quarterly Tips for Commercial Feed Labeling
The Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) program has devoted resources to educate industry members on proper labeling practices for commercial livestock feed including providing educational label consultation upon request, and publishing the California Commercial Feed Labeling Guide, Label Review Checklist, and Medicated Feed Label Guide. However, there will always be questions and nuances regarding feed labeling. On a quarterly basis, …
CDFA hosts Sept. 24 Informational Webinar on FDA Pathways to Market Use of New Animal Feed Ingredients
The California Department of Food and Agriculture Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) Program is hosting an Informational Webinar on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pathways to Market Use of New Animal Feed Ingredients. This webinar is intended for California livestock feed stakeholders and researchers to gain understanding of the processes involved in bringing new and innovative feed ingredients to the …
Spanish Versions of Commercial Feed Video Tutorials for Licensing, Reporting Tonnage now Available
In 2023, 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. The videos are now available in Spanish. These videos available on the CFRP homepage include:
PREVENTIVE CONTROL QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL TRAINING OFFERED July 17-18, 2024
The Safe Animal Feed Education Program will be hosting a Blended Preventive Control Qualified Individual Training July 17 – 18, 2024, in Modesto, California. Priority will be given to firms who currently do not have a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual. The training will be capped at 20 participants. Reservations can be made between May 7, 2024 and June 1, 2024. Please email safe@cdfa.ca.gov to reserve a spot …
2023 Crop Year Mycotoxin Report
The Commercial Feed Regulatory Program (CFRP) has released results of mycotoxin analysis of samples obtained between June 2023 and March 2024. Of 66 samples, 10 had detectable levels of mycotoxins; however, none of the samples contained levels of mycotoxin considered to be a safety concern and no regulatory action was necessary. View the full report here: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/pdfs/2023_crop_year_full_mycotoxin_report.pdf
Safe Animal Feed Education 2024 Survey for Feed Industry Responses
The Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) Program conducted a survey through SAFE and FEED listserv subscribers, all licensees via the ExtraView Database listserv as well as via the Run of the Mill Blog to assist the program with identifying areas to focus its outreach and educational resources in 2024. This survey was successful in reaching various sectors of the feed …
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 …