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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration will no longer rely on state feed control officials for help with animal food ingredient approvals after choosing not to renew a long-standing agreement that supported one of its primary review pathways.
The Food and Drug Administration is seeking comments on how to handle approval of animal food ingredients following last week’s announcement it will not be renewing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Association of American Feed Control Officials.
The nation’s largest pet food industry group and state regulators are at odds over a measure intended to federalize pet food labeling regulations, while simultaneously upending an array of current state-by-state laws laying out processes for determining what ingredients should be listed and whether marketing claims can be backed up.
In this opinion piece, Austin Therrell, executive director of AAFCO, unveils his perspective on the PURR Act, contrasting with a recently published article about pet food makers' desire to have a modern, 21st-century regulatory system.
In this opinion piece, Dana Brooks, president and CEO of the Pet Food Institute, announces the important initiatives that need to be addressed to ensure the sustainability of the pet food industry - a nearly $7 billion consumer of crops, livestock and poultry products.
Pet food and specialty pet food treats and supplements packaging will more closely resemble human food labels with new, recommended labeling regulations approved for publication by the Association of American Feed Control Officials and sought by the industry.
The pet food industry wants to put the Food and Drug Administration in charge of regulating labels and packaging for dog and cat food, replacing a patchwork of state rules that now exist, but the proposal has raised questions with others in the animal feed sector.
The American Feed Industry Association and National Grain and Feed Association are offering support for a Memorandum of Understanding between feed regulators and the Food and Drug Administration at an FDA listening session.
Four years after the farm bill legalized industrial hemp nationwide, crop acreage is falling as the industry struggles to get regulatory clarity and infrastructure for products derived from the plant’s grain and fiber.
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