Food Safety Modernization Act - Preventive Controls for Animal Feed Rule
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) - Preventive Controls for Animal Feed Rule requires manufacturers and processors of food for animals to establish and implement a food safety system that includes an analysis of hazards and establishment of preventive controls.
Learn more about the Preventive Controls for Animal Feed Rule through the following resources from Penn State Extension.
Training and Certification Opportunities
Preventive Controls for Animal Feed
This workshop is designed for industry professionals with responsibility for developing and implementing a company's food safety plan. It provides the credentials to meet FDA requirements for development and implementation of a preventive system for food safety as stated within the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations.
Video: FSMA's Preventive Controls for Animal Foods Rule
In this 16-minute video, you will learn about the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) - Animal Food Rule, and whether your farm or food business may be affected by it. Details on the Preventive Controls for Animal Foods rule are covered.
Education from Penn State
Understanding FSMA - The Preventive Controls for Animal Food Rule
The FSMA Preventive Controls for Animal Food Rule requires many animal food businesses to follow basic sanitation standards, conduct a hazard analysis, and write a preventive controls food safety plan.
Safe Feed, Safe Pork, and Poultry - FSMA and Feed
As a livestock producer, you may be unfamiliar with the processes involved in complete feed manufacturing. To start this conversation, let's first understand the FSMA and what it means for your feed mill to be in compliance with the FDA.
FSMA and VFD: How Is My Dairy Farm Affected?
The balance between ensuring a safe food supply and potential overburdening regulations is a timely concern that is generating discussion among dairy producers.
Animal Feed Safety Practices to Prevent Aflatoxin in Milk
Animal feed production is undergoing a shift in approach toward food safety, with preventive measures to address possible hazards before they occur.
Additional Resources for the Animal Feed Industry
FDA's Preventive Controls for Animal Food Information Site
Visit the FDA's website for the full text of the rule, key requirements, available exemptions, variances, compliance dates, and supplementary guidance documents as they become available.
Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance
The Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) is a broad-based public-private alliance consisting of key industry, academic, and government stakeholders whose mission is to support safe food production by developing a nationwide core curriculum, training, and outreach programs to assist companies producing human and animal food in complying with the preventive controls regulations that will be part of the Food Safety Modernization Act. Visit their website to stay connected to training and developments on the Preventive Controls rules.
National Grain and Feed Association
The National Grain and Feed Association's (NGFA) feed-related efforts address regulatory and legislative issues important to or affecting the feed and animal agriculture industry, focusing on feed and food safety through overall improvements in industry regulations and compliance. Visit their website for education and training tools to help navigate the Preventive Control for Animal Feed rule.
