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Commercial Feed Regulatory Program

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• Issue 22 Spring 2025
• Issue 21 - Winter 2024
• Issue 20 - Fall 2024
• Issue 19 - Summer 2024
• Issue 18 - Spring 2024
• Issue 17 - Winter 2023
• Issue 16 - Fall 2023

  In this Issue:

  • Delinquent Licenses and Tonnage
  • 2022 VFD Summary Report
  • Staff Spotlight: Shelly King
  • 2023 Basic Inspector Training Seminar
  • Livestock Enteric Methane Emission Reduction Research Program
  • Federal Updates
  • SAFE Updates

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• Issue 15 - Summer 2023

  In this Issue:

  • State of the Science Summit Recap
  • VFD Online Training Now Available
  • 2022-2023 Full Mycotoxin Report
  • Washington State Training Visit
  • Staff Spotlight: Alejandro Ramirez
  • Notice to Industry: Damaged Feed
  • AAFCO Seminar Highlights
  • Notice to Industry: Licensing
  • SAFE Updates

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• Issue 14 - Spring 2023

  In this Issue:

  • 2022 Sampling Summary
  • State of the Science Summit
  • 2022 Crop Year Mycotoxin Report
  • 2022 Tonnage Report
  • Staff Spotlight: Amber Hayter
  • Notice to Industry: Tonnage Auditing
  • SAFE Updates
  • AFRPS Face-to-Face Meeting

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• Issue 13 - Winter 2022

  In this Issue:

  • Notice to Industry: Almond Hull Products
  • Introducing VFD Online Training
  • Staff Spotlight: Valerie White
  • Notice to Industry: Voluntary By-product Diversion Reporting in ExtraView
  • New Lab Report Format and Mailing Address Updates
  • SAFE Updates
  • All Staff Meeting

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• Issue 12 – Fall 2022

  In this Issue:

  • Field Biosecurity Guidelines for HPAI
  • HPAI Detection in Wild Birds in Los Angeles and Orange Counties
  • FDA Food Facility Registration Due
  • 2021 Crop Year Mycotoxin Report
  • FSMA Incorporation Regulations Approved
  • PCQI Training
  • CGFA Hosts Grants Workshop
  • New CalRecycle Edible Food Recovery Requirements
  • Upcoming Public Meetings

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• Issue 11 - Summer 2022

  In this Issue:

  • Rail Services Issues Affecting Agriculture
  • Quality Assurance Plans for Almond Hulls
  • Organic Waste Reporting in ExtraView
  • Blue Ocean Barns Digestive Aid Product Now Registered as Livestock Drug
  • VFD Summary Report
  • FSMA Incorporation Regulations Released for Public Comment
  • AAFCO and NIHC Hemp Webinar
  • Webpage Updates
  • Commercial Feed License Renewals

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• Issue 10 - Spring 2022

  In this Issue:

  • 2021 Feed Sampling Summary
  • Webpage Updates
  • Annual CGFA Convention
  • Human Food By-Product Diversion Outreach Visits
  • Avian Influenza Update
  • Upcoming Public Meetings
  • Update on Human Food By-Product Regulations

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• Issue 9 — Winter 2022

  In this Issue:

  • Effects of Feeding a Lipid-Extracted Hemp Residue to Lactating Goats
  • PCQI Training
  • Technical Advisory Subcommittee Update
  • Animal Health Branch Secure Food Supply Program Feed Mill Tour
  • 2021/2022 FDA Contract
  • Diversion Strategies Webinars

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• Issue 8 — Fall 2021

  In this Issue:

  • 2020 Crop Year Mycotoxin Report: Corn and Cottonseed
  • Veterinary Feed Directive and Human Food Facility Manufacturer Outreach
  • CFRP is Hiring!
  • Feed Inspection Advisory Board’s Technical Advisory Subcommittee Vacancies
  • 2020 Contract Year Complete

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• Issue 7 — Summer 2021

  In this Issue:

  • Notice to Industry: Commercial Feed License Changes
  • By-Product Regulations Released for Public Comment
  • Staff Changes
  • Annual License Renewal Reminder
  • SAFE Update on Human Food ByProducts

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• Issue 6 — Spring 2021

  In this Issue:

  • Notice to Industry: Tonnage Tax Report Changes
  • New Webpage for Human Food ByProduct Diversion
  • Tonnage Classification
  • Incentives for Human Food ByProduct Diversion
  • 2020 Sampling Summary

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• Issue 5 — Winter 2021

  In this Issue:

  • New Laboratory Services Partnership
  • Change in Tonnage Tax Rate
  • PCQI Training Summary
  • Feed Technical Advisory Subcommittee
  • Hemp By-Product Feeding Trial Update

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• Issue 4 — Fall 2020

  In this Issue:

  • CDFA AUS Program Releases Annual Veterinary Feed Directive Report
  • Almond Hull Quality Assurance Plans
  • FSPCA PCQI Training Course
  • New Federal Funding Awarded

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• Issue 3 — Summer 2020

  In this Issue:

  • Enhanced Safety Procedures for Inspections and Sampling During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Commercial Feed License Renewals and Contact Information Update
  • SAFE Program Update
  • Almond Hull Products Compliance

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• Issue 2 — Spring 2020

  In this Issue:

  • Notice to Industry: COVID-19
  • Annual Corn Survey Results
  • Hemp Research Update
  • 2019 Sample Report

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• Issue 1 — Winter 2020

  In this Issue:

  • VFD Report Release
  • Feed Program Enforcement
  • FSMA Inspections - FDA Contract Year 1 Summary
  • Hemp and Hempderived Ingredients and Cannabis or Cannabis-derived Ingredients

  Download the Winter 2020 Newsletter