Safe Feed
Animal feed safety information by audience is available below.
Hot Topics
Veterinary Feed Directive
Food Safety Modernization Act
- Preventive Controls for Animal Food
- Food Facility Registration
- Foreign Supplier Verification Program
Recalls
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Information about pet food, including how to report a problem with pet food.
Information about animal food ingredients, contaminants, and medicated animal feed; information about importing and exporting animal food.
Feed Ingredient Approvals
- Product Regulation, which includes information about Food Additive Petitions for Animal Food and the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Notification Program
- Association of American Feed Control Officials
- Memorandum of Understanding between FDA and AAFCO about Feed Ingredient Listings: MOU 225-07-7001
- Reportable Food Registry
- Mandatory Reporting of Animal Food Problems (video)
Additional Information about Feed Ingredients
- CVM GFI #158 Use of Material from Deer and Elk in Animal Feed
- CVM Guidance for Industry #220 - Use of Nanomaterials in Food for Animals
- CVM Guidance for Industry #221 - Recommendations for Preparation and Submission of Animal Food Additive Petitions
- CVM Guidance for Industry #223 - Small Entity Compliance Guide Declaring Color Additives in Animal Foods
- Guidance for Industry: Frequently Asked Questions About GRAS for Substances Intended for Use in Human or Animal Food
- Vitamin K Substances and Animal Feed
- Environmental Impact Considerations, (including information about the Environmental Impact Considerations for Food Additive Petitions and Investigational Food Additive Files.)
- Color Additives
Contaminants
- Biological, Chemical, and Physical Contaminants in Animal Food
- Center for Veterinary Medicine, Program Policy and Procedures Manual 1240.3415 Analytical Method Development for Feed Contaminants
- Guidance for Industry #98 Dioxin in Anti-Caking Agents in Animal Feed and Feed Ingredients
- Fumonisin Levels in Human Foods and Animal Feeds; Final Guidance (Guidance for Industry #112)
- Guidance for Industry and FDA; Advisory Levels for Deoxynivalenol (DON) in Finished Wheat products for human Consumption and Grains and Grain By-Products used for Animal Feed)
- Compliance Policy Guide 683.100 – Action Levels for Aflatoxins in Animal Feed
- U.S. Measures to Protect Against BSE (video)
- Veterinary Feed Directive Requirements for Distributors (Who Manufacture VFD Feed)
- Veterinary Feed Directive Requirements for Distributors (Who Do Not Manufacture VFD Feed)
- Code of Federal Regulations, Current Good Manufacturing Practice for Medicated Feeds
- Current Good Manufacturing Practice for Medicated Feeds Regulation; Equipment Cleanout Procedures
- Guidance for Industry #23 Medicated Free Choice Feeds - Manufacturing Control
- Guidance for Industry #72 GMPs for Medicated Feed Manufacturers Not Required to Register and be Licensed with FDA
- Guidance for Industry #91 (VICH GL8) Stability Testing for Medicated Premixes
- Medicated Feed Rules for Animal Feed Manufacturers (video)
- CVM Clarifies Use of Melengestrol Acetate in Combination with Monensin and Tylosin, and with Monensin Alone, in Animal Feed
- CVM Guidance for Industry #135 Validation of Analytical Procedures for Type C Medicated Feeds
- CVM Guidance for Industry #137 Analytical Methods Description for Type C Medicated Feeds
- CVM Guidance for Industry #13 Evaluation of Effectiveness of New Animal Drugs for Use in Free-Choice Feeds-Medicated Block
- CVM Guidance for Industry #37 Evaluation of Effectiveness of New Animal Drugs for Use in Poultry Feed for Pigmentation
- CVM Guidance for Industry #80 Evaluation the Utility of Anti-Salmonella Chemical Food Additives
- Medicated Feed Labeling for Manufacturers – Getting it Right (video)
- Veterinary Feed Directive for Feed Distributors (video)
- Helping Animal Producers Understand Medicated Feed Labels (video)
Labeling
- Blue Bird Labels (for Type B and C medicated feed)
- Guidance for Industry #181 Blue Bird Medicated Feed Labels
- Guidance for Industry #122 Manufacture and Labeling of Raw Meat Foods for Companion and Captive Noncompanion Carnivores and Omnivores
- Medicated Feed Rules for Animal Feed Manufacturers (video)
- Medicated Feed Labeling for Manufacturers – Getting it Right (video)
- Guidance for Industry: Voluntary Labeling Indicating Whether Foods Have or Have Not Been Derived from Genetically Engineered Plants
International Trade
- Importing - Animal Food
- Exporting - Animal Food
- Guidance for Industry: Prior Notice of Imported Food Questions and Answers (Edition 3)
Information for Pet Food Manufacturers
Including information about good animal feeding practices.
- Guidance for Industry #203 – Ensuring Safety of Animal Feed Maintained and Fed On-Farm
- Information for Animal Producers about Safe On-Farm Feeding (Video)
- Reporting Problems with Horse or Other Livestock Feed/Food
- Safe Animal Feed (video)
- Veterinary Feed Directive Producer Requirements
- Helping Animal Producers Understand Medicated Feed Labels (video)
- Voluntary Reporting of Animal Food Problems (video)
- FDA Guidance for Industry 69 Small Entities Compliance Guide for Feeders of Ruminant Animals with On-Farm Mixing Operations
- Guidance for Industry 70 Small Entities Compliance guide for Feeding of Ruminant Animals Without On-Farm Feed Mixing Operations
- The Center for Veterinary Medicine Safe Food Facts: Storing, Handling and Using Animal Milk Replacer Products
- Veterinary Feed Directive for Animal Producers (video)