Animal & Veterinary
Animal Feed Safety System (AFSS)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in August 2003 its intention to make its animal feed safety program more risk-based and comprehensive. When completed, the modernized Animal Feed Safety System (AFSS) will incorporate risk-based, preventive control measures for ensuring the safety of animal feed. FDA, with State assistance, has developed an AFSS framework document that identifies the current major processes, guidance, regulations and policy documents that address feed safety and the documents that should be developed to make the Agency's feed safety program comprehensive and risk-based. Public meetings were held in September 2003, April 2005, September 2006 and May 2007 to share draft plans and documents, and to solicit comments.
All draft documents are available for review and for commenting to the agency's docket for the AFSS (Docket Number FDA-2008-N-0189, formerly 2003N-0312).
Questions concerning AFSS should be directed to:
Ms. Zoe A. Gill
AFSS Project Manager, HFV-226
Center for Veterinary Medicine
7519 Standish Place
Rockville, MD 20855
(240) 453-6867
zoe.gill@fda.hhs.gov
AFSS Framework
Project Updates
Ingredients and the Approval Process
- Notice: Memorandum of Understanding Between the Food and Drug Administration and the Association of American Feed Control Officials
- MOU 225-07-7001
Memorandum of Understanding Between The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and The Association of American Feed Control Officials
Project Plans
Ingredients and the Approval Process
- 04/2009 FDA's Animal Feed Safety System (AFSS) Project Plans Update #6
- 08/2008 FDA's Animal Feed Safety System (AFSS) Project Plans Update #5
- 04/2008 FDA’s Animal Feed Safety System (AFSS) Project Plans Update #4
- 07/2007 FDA’s Animal Feed Safety System (AFSS) Project Plans Update #3
- 12/2006 FDA’s Animal Feed Safety System (AFSS) Project Plans Update #2
- 03/2006 FDA's Animal Feed Safety System (AFSS) Project Plans Update #1
Component B Documents
Limits for Animal Feed Contaminants
- List of Potentially Hazardous Contaminants in Animal Feed and Feed Ingredients (PDF - 83KB)
- Determining Health Consequence Scoring for Feed Contaminants
- Exposure Scoring for Feed Contaminants – A Swine Feed Example
May 11, 2007 - 1240.3415 Analytical Method Development for Feed Contaminants (PDF - 55KB)
Analytical Method Development for Feed Contaminants (Policy and Procedure)
CVM Updates
- Apr 21, 2008 FDA Plans 5th Public Meeting on Animal Feed Safety System
- Nov 19, 2007 FDA, AAFCO Sign Agreement on Feed Ingredient Listing
- Mar 29, 2007 FDA Public Meeting on Animal Feed Safety System (AFSS)
- Aug 01, 2006 FDA Holding Public Meeting on Method for Ranking Feed Contaminants According to Their Relative Risks
- Mar 29, 2006 Animal Feed Safety System Website Posted
- Feb 07, 2005 FDA Holding Public Meeting on Progress in Developing Feed Safety System
- Mar 31, 2004 Animal Feed Safety System Information Available for Review and Comment
Federal Register Notices
- Docket #2003N-0312 (DRAFT)
Elements of an Animal Feed Safety System - Docket #2003N-0312 (DRAFT)
Definition of Comprehensive and Risk-based - Meeting to Present Changes to the Animal Feed Safety System Project and the Ranking of Feed Hazards According to the Risks They Pose to Animal and Public Health
- Notice: Memorandum of Understanding Between the Food and Drug Administration and the Association of American Feed Control Officials
- Notice - Request for Comments: Meeting to Present Work-In-Progress on a Method for Ranking Feed Contaminants According to the Relative Risks They Pose to Animal and Public Health
- Notice: Request for Comments: Animal Feed Safety System: A Comprehensive Risk-Based Safety
- Notice - Request for Comments: Animal Feed Safety System: A Comprehensive Risk-Based Safety Program for the Manufacture and Distribution of Animal Feeds