The Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act fights the illicit use of xylazine in humans while preserving access to the drug for use in animals.
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.
The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) has released the following statement after the House Agriculture Committee favorably reported the Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act.
With the Coronavirus in the news, now seems to be a good time to talk about disease defense and prevention. Coronaviruses are a family of zoonotic viruses (meaning transmitted between animals and humans) that can cause respiratory illness in humans.
On June 22, 2018, FSIS issued Notice 32-18, Actions To Take in Raw Poultry Establishments Exceeding Salmonella Performance Standards, instructing FSIS personnel on what actions to take at establishments that are exceeding Salmonella performance standards and are thus in Category 3.