American Feed Industry Association

AMERICAN FEED INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION FALL 2015 EDITION www.afia.org Journal Featuring SigningTPATPA of ON THE COVER TPA PASSAGE Contents 11 MOVES US FORWARD TO A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES Signed into law June 29 FEATURES VETERINARY FEED DIRECTIVE FINAL 7 RULE PUBLISHED AFIA concerned with VFD recordkeeping requirements AFIA ATTENDS WHITE HOUSE 8 ANTIBIOTIC FORUM AFIA disagrees with Administration’s message on “hormone-free” GUEST COLUMN: ROB SHEFFER 19 An overview of the 2015-16 Chairman’s goals and initiatives AFIA PISC SPEAKERS ECHO 39 IMPORTANT MESSAGE Perception Equals Reality EDITOR: Miranda McDaniel DESIGNER: Allison Crompton Joel G. Newman INSIDE THIS ISSUE President and CEO president’s message Allison Crompton 1 leadership actions Graphic Design and Website Specialist Shakera Daley 3 legislative outlook Accounting and Administrative Coordinator fsma update Gary Huddleston 6 Manager, Feed Manufacturing Safety and 11 international trade Environmental Affairs Paul Keppy 12 epa/osha update Government Affairs Specialist 13 state update Steve Kopperud 15 aafco Government Affairs Consultant Cassie Kusmisz 16 codex Communications Specialist Miranda McDaniel 18 guest column Manager, Communications 21 member of the year Jessica Morse 22 ifeeder Manager, Meetings and Events Leanna Nail 24 committee corner Director, Administration sustainability Sarah Novak 25 Vice President, Membership and Public Relations 26 safe feed/safe food Christina Redding 29 board of directors Membership Assistant Veronica Rovelli 31 career center Director, Meetings and Events 33 afia awards Richard Sellers Senior Vice President, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs 35 liquid feed symposium Corporate Secretary Andrew Timmins 37 afia events Controller and Operations Manager 40 member news Gina Tumbarello 41 new afia members Director, International Policy and Trade Henry Turlington 42 afia staff news Director, Quality and Manufacturing Regulatory Affairs LinkedIn, Facebook Leah Wilkinson and YouTube: Director, Ingredients, Pet Food and State Affairs search for American The AFIA Journal is published for the members, Feed Industry association friends and affiliates of the American Feed Association Industry Association twice per year. Mail contributions to the AFIA Journal, Attn: Miranda McDaniel, 2101 Wilson Blvd., Ste. 916, Arlington, VA 22201. The AFIA Twitter: Journal team welcomes your comments, contributions @FeedFolks and suggestions. ©2015 AFIA Visit the AFIA Journal online: www.afia.org/afiajournal PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Your association members and “ staff have been working diligently in representing your interests and getting practical plans for implementation of the new rules. ” JOEL G. NEWMAN President and CEO t used to be the summer months in foreseeable in feed can and would be • Become Certified – Facilities that are Washington, D.C., were a slower, adequately controlled by Current Good certified by one of the Safe Feed/Safe quieter legislative and regulatory time Manufacturing Practices. We anticipate Food programs are 80 percent of the way but that is no longer the case! The the final rule will address feed hazards in toward compliance with FSMA’s new ISupreme Court adjourned in late June and that way, which will significantly decrease CGMPs and the facility animal food this year they went out with a bang—making the overall cost of compliance for a safety plan. With that said, I strongly six major rulings in the last six calendar days majority of the industry—an estimated encourage uncertified plants to move of June—and the justices did not all vote as $650 million. forward with the certification process, you may have predicted! as it is an excellent path to practical The compliance for the rules is staged, implementation and compliance. It is On June 3, the Veterinary Feed Directive final so there is adequate time for preparation also important to note, FDA continues to rule was published. In addition to that, the and implementation of the new CGMPs place Safe Feed/Safe Food certified plants Food Safety Modernization Act final rule was and the facility animal food safety at a lower priority for audits based on published in August. Both of these rules will plan requirements. We have also been its experience in auditing these facilities. significantly affect the feed industry and both successful in obtaining practical tools for These programs are valid risk mitigation will begin implementation in the fall of 2016, implementation of VFD in the final rule. tools, and FDA agrees. on top of each other! The AFIA staff is now working with FDA, veterinarians and the pharmaceutical We all have a lot on our plates in the next Congress may be having difficulty agreeing industry to ensure the implementation two to three years! Your association members on legislation, but on a very positive note, will be manageable for all parties. and staff have been working diligently in representing your interests and getting the House did pass the Safe and Accurate • Anticipate and Prepare – While there is Food Labeling Act on July 23. The act would practical plans for implementation of the new adequate time for implementation, I urge rules. We have had more than 60 companies provide voluntary labeling of non-GMO food you not to put this on the back burner. products, establish a consistent definition actively involved in the working groups for These issues should be a priority, and FSMA alone. This is a perfect example of for “natural” and pre-empt the various state you should stay focused on the guidance, labeling initiatives. The next step is for a how your association can be most effective training and webinars AFIA is providing. while working for all of its members. Please comparable bill to move through the Senate. These tools will walk our membership The AFIA Board of Directors actively carried continue to be actively involved, sharing through the process of assessing when information and asking questions. their voice of support for this bill while your business is required to be in meeting in Washington, D.C., in May. It is compliance and how to make If you are interested in becoming more definitely anything but a slower, quieter time that happen. in D.C. this summer. involved with a FSMA working group contact We plan to survey the industry for Richard Sellers, AFIA senior vice president of As the industry moves into uncharted waters, inventory and other information relative legislative and regulatory affairs, at specifically as it relates to FSMA and VFD, to the feed drugs affected by the VFD [email protected]. my message to all members is to: implementation. Please participate and provide your company-specific • Keep Calm and Carry On – We were information in order for AFIA to share able to gain agreement with the U.S. with the industry to help ensure a smooth Food and Drug Administration that the transition from the old to the new labeled majority of hazards known or reasonably pharmaceutical products. There’s only one way to ensure trace minerals don’t get lost along the way. Only true amino acid chelates from NuTech are formulated to carry trace minerals precisely where they need to go. Don’t get sidetracked by products that don’t deliver. Insist on NuTech. Visit www.nutechbiosciences.com for a dealer near you or call 620-255-4345. L&R LEADERSHIP ACTIONS Legislative & Regulato ry Leadership Actions February 2015 – August 2015 A synopsis of significant actions taken by AFIA on behalf of member companies in the legislative and regulatory arenas. For additional information on any of these items, please contact AFIA staff. ACCOMPLISHMENT MEMBER VALUE FISCAL YEAR 2017 BUDGET: AFIA signed a letter urging the Obama The introduction of user fees for FDA’s safety activities would represent Administration to include sufficient funding in the FY2017 budget a significant new burden on AFIA members. Fortunately, congress has request for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s food safety rejected those proposals. activities rather than proposing new user fees. NANOMATERIALS: The FDA released the final guidance--to which The guidance will assist industry personnel to identify the safety AFIA submitted comments—on the “Use of Nanomaterials in of nanomaterials for use of nanotechnology in food for animals AUGUST2015 Food for Animals.” and outlines the legal framework necessary for adding nanomaterial substances to food for animals. GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM LABELING: AFIA addressed The legislation, if enacted, would provide a sole federal labeling the House of Representatives via letter expressing strong support solution for food/feed; clarify and strengthen the relationship between of the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act. Shortly thereafter, the the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the FDA surrounding House passed the bill 275-150. A similar version is expected to be genetically modified ingredients; create a voluntary USDA certification introduced in the Senate in late September. program for companies to follow in labeling for the presence or absence of GM ingredients; and require FDA to define “natural” when used on a human food label. FEED INGREDIENTS: AFIA submitted comments to the Canadian The North American Free Trade Agreement (U.S./Canada) had Food Inspection Agency regarding the proposal of feed ingredient feed trade in 2014 at an estimated $1.18 million for U.S. feed, feed collective terms on labels that veer away from the collective terms ingredients and pet food exports; therefore, CFIA’s proposal to reject JULY 2015 JULY used in the U.S. for the past 40 years. the use of AAFCO’s Official Publication definition of “collective terms” would greatly affect U.S. feed manufactures. FSMA, FDA FUNDING: During the House appropriations process, Feed manufacturers will be required to develop a fully functioning language was inserted that would forbid FDA from regulating animal food safety plan. Implementing such a plan, while exceptions dried spent grain by-products. AFIA told the members of the are provided for ingredients, would be extremely difficult. Appropriations Committee about industry concerns.

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