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Recent Posts
- Quarterly Feed Update Newsletter: Issue 18 Spring 2024
- Quarterly Feed Update Newsletter: Issue 17 Winter 2023
- Commercial Feed Regulatory Program Staff Spotlight: Chris Hansen
- Spanish Versions of Commercial Feed Video Tutorials for Licensing, Reporting Tonnage now Available
- PREVENTIVE CONTROL QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL TRAINING OFFERED July 17-18, 2024
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 …
Notice to Industry: Damaged Feed
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
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 …
Quarterly Update Newsletter: Issue 15 – Summer 2023
View the newsletter here: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/pdfs/QuarterlyFeedUpdate_2023_Q3.pdf In this Issue:
The Safe Animal Feed Education (SAFE) Infographic Highlights Role of Livestock and By-products in California Sustainability Efforts
California leads the nation in production of nuts, fruits, vegetables, wine, and beer. Processing these foods creates various “by-products” such as fruit pulp/pomace, almond hulls, brewer’s grains, and other products not consumed by humans. The California livestock feed industry has been sustainably up-cycling for generations by converting forages and by-products into high quality, nutritious products such as meat, milk, and …
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”.
Quarterly Feed Update highlights Commercial Feed Regulatory Program’s 2022 sampling data
Click here to view the Spring 2023 Quarterly Feed Update.
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 …