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House Passes Combustible Dust Legislation with Feed/Grain Exemption
Legislation requiring OSHA to move quickly to impose new rulemaking on industries vulnerable to combustible dust explosions – but exempting facilities already covered by the OSHA grain dust standard – was approved by the House last week, but not without changes urged by AFIA. The bill as approved by committee would have required OSHA to adopt current dust standards of the National Fire Protection Assn. without public comment. More » Posted 5/5/08


AFIA To Meet With FDA Officials on Safe Feed/ Safe Food Program
FDA has expressed interest in recognition of programs such as AFIA’s Safe Feed/Safe Food to help in their long-term goal of a Food Protection Plan and is requesting legislation to allow this recognition. Next week, AFIA president Joel Newman and VPs Richard Sellers and Keith Epperson will meet with FDA officials to discuss the Safe Feed/Safe Food Certification program and how to encourage more firms to participate in this program. More » Posted 4/28/08

BSE Feed Rule Amendments To Be Published By FDA
FDA has announced that on April 25 it will publish a final BSE Feed Rule Amendment which will become effective in 12 months. Although the proposed rule will be a burden on the independent rendering industry that picks up dead animals on farms, there will be little or no change to feed manufacturers. The final rule will prohibit the use of rendered cattle 30 months of age or older from which the brains and spinal cords have not been removed. A new section of the rule will define this prohibited product as “cattle materials prohibited in animal feed” which is essentially rendered cattle from which the brains and spinal cords have not been removed. More » Posted 4/28/08

Ingredient Approval Process Is Subject of Next Webcast
“Navigating the Feed Ingredient Approval Process: Successful Routes and Pitfalls” is the subject of a May 19 webcast offered by AFIA. Subjects to be covered include approval of food additives and GRAS substances, ingredient definition, and quality ingredient submissions. More » Posted 4/14/08

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