Food Safety Modernization Act

Does your feed business require FDA Registration as a Food Facility?

• Registrations of Food Facilities
• Guidance for Industry What You Need to Know About Registration of Food Facilities Small Entity Compliance Guide
• Questions and Answers: Regarding Food Facility Registration (Seventh Edition): Guidance for Industry
• Online Registration

Preventative Controls for Animal Food

• FSMA Final Rule for Preventive Controls for Animal Food
• Key Requirements: Preventative Controls for Animal Food
• Draft Guidance for Industry #235: Current Good Manufacturing Practice Requirements for Food for Animals (a.k.a. CGMP guidance). This guidance document is intended to help facilities comply with the CGMP requirements under the PCAF rule and provides examples of how to implement the CGMP requirements.
• Food Safety Modernization Act and Animal Feed: FSMA aims to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus from responding to contamination of the food supply to preventing it.

• A business that meets the definition of a “qualified facility” is subject to modified requirements in § 507.7 of the Preventive Controls for Animal Food Rule. These modified requirements require the business to submit a form to FDA, attesting to its status as a qualified facility.
• Draft Guidance for Industry: Qualified Facility Attestation Using Form FDA 3942a (for Human Food) or Form FDA 3942b (for Animal Food)
• Draft Instructions for Submitting Your Attestation: Qualified Facility Attestation Using Form FDA 3942a (for Human Food) or Form FDA 3942b (for Animal Food)