on May 9, 2019
FDA drops pet food ingredient compliance policy guide
The FDA said the action will clarify for animal food manufacturers the agency’s regulatory policies and expectations for the use of materials from dead or downer animals.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdrew a compliance policy guide (CPG) related to animal-derived food materials, including byproducts or coproducts, used in pet food, along with two other CPGs. FDA officials stated that Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) provisions and other regualtions rendered the CPGs obsolete. These CPGs…
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