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FDA Issues Proposed Rule Aimed to Enhance Safety Rules for Animal Food

FDA Issues Proposed Rule Aimed to Enhance Safety Rules for Animal Food

By Amanda Brodhagen, Farms.com

There may soon be new rules governing the production of animal feed in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new rule under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act which is aimed at improving the safety of food for animals.

The new rules would require livestock feed and pet food companies to have procedures in place to prevent foodborne illness, and a plan on how to deal with problems that may arise. The goal is to modernize the nation’s food safety system to prevent food safety cases, as well as have a set of procedures in place for corrective action.

The proposed new rules will be open for public comment for the next 120 days and could become law within 60 days following the comment period. The rules would apply to domestic and imported food and animal feed. Companies will soon have to meet stricter requirements before their products can be sold in the United States.
 


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