Within FDA, the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has a role in ensuring the safety of animal food, which includes feed ingredients, mixed feed, medicated feed, and pet food, treats, and chews.
CVM uses a comprehensive program – the Animal Feed Safety System – to carry out its animal food regulatory responsibilities. Manufacturers and users are responsible for producing safe feed and pet food, and for following FDA regulations. This page provides links to information about safe feed and pet food for consumers, animal feeders, animal feed manufacturers, pet food and pet treat manufacturers, and ingredient suppliers.
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What is an ingredient?
A feed ingredient is a component part or constituent or any combination/mixture added to and comprising the feed. Feed ingredients might include grains, milling byproducts, vitamins, minerals, fats/oils, and other nutritional and energy sources. Feed ingredients can also include substances that are intended to affect the characteristics or properties of animal feed such as enzymes, processing aids, anticaking agents, and stabilizers. Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, any substance that is added to or is expected to become a component of animal feed, either directly or indirectly, must be used in accordance with an animal food additive regulation unless it is generally recognized as safe for that use (GRAS). Approved food additives are listed in Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Sections 573 and 579 and a partial listing of substances that are considered GRAS for an intended use are found in Title 21 CFR 582 and 584.
See more: http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/SafetyHealth/AnimalFeedSafetySystemAFSS/default.htm
The Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials disclaimer icon (AAFCO) contains the most complete list of feed ingredients with their definitions. The Official Publication includes the list of approved food additives and a list of substances Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS).
Fuente: http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/SafetyHealth/AnimalFeedSafetySystemAFSS/default.htm
