CDFA ANNOUNCES VACANCIES ON THE FEED INSPECTION ADVISORY PROGRAM

SACRAMENTO, October 14, 2010 — The California Department of Food and Agriculture is announcing three vacancies on the Feed Inspection Advisory Board. The board makes regulatory and enforcement recommendations to CDFA to help ensure that a clean and wholesome supply of milk, meat and eggs enter the marketplace through commercial feed inspections.

Vacancies include two commercial feed industry representatives and one public member. Individuals interested in applying for a feed industry representative vacancy should hold a current California Commercial Feed License. The term of office board members is three years.  Members receive no compensation, but are entitled to payment of necessary traveling expenses in accordance with the rules of the Department of Personnel Administration.

Individuals interested in serving on the Feed Inspection Advisory Board should send a resume by December 31, 2010 to the California Department of Food and Agriculture – Feed, Fertilizer, Livestock Drugs, and Egg Regulatory Services Branch, 1220 “N” Street, Sacramento, California 95814-5607, Attention: Dale A. Rice.

For further information on the Feed Inspection Advisory Board and vacancies, contact Dale Rice at (916) 445-0444 or email (drice@cdfa.ca.gov)

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