The Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act would prohibits state and local governments from imposing conditions on the preharvest raising of animals in another state.
Following the Supreme Court upholding California’s Proposition 12, which sought to limit how livestock intended for food to be sold in California could be raised, Congress introduced new legislation to limit the ability of states to regulate food products nationwide.
Processors of meat, poultry and seafood need to go beyond the usual sustainability efforts to integrate environmental, social and governance strategies into corporate policy.
The Innovative FEED Act would create a category for zootechnical animal food substances, regulate these products as food ingredients, not animal drugs, and bring the FDA policy into the 21st century.
AFIA Board of Directors installs Carlos Gonzalez, Ph.D., worldwide director of regulatory affairs for Hill’s Pet Nutrition Inc., as its new chair, effective through the end of AFIA’s fiscal year April 30, 2024.