The term AAFCO stands for the Association of American Feed Control Officials. A basic goal of AAFCO is to provide a mechanism for developing and implementing uniform and equitable laws, regulations, standards and enforcement policies for regulating the manufacture, distribution and sale of animal feeds; resulting in safe, effective, and useful feeds. The Association thereby promotes new ideas and innovative procedures and urges their adoption by member agencies, for uniformity.
Purpose and Function of AAFCO:
The purpose of the corporation shall be to establish and maintain an Association through which officials of any state, dominion, federal or other governmental agency and employees thereof charged with a responsibility in enforcing the laws regulating the production, labeling, distribution, or sale of animal feeds or livestock remedies may unite to explore the problems encountered in administering such laws, to develop just and equitable standards, definitions and policies to be followed in enforcing such laws, to promote uniformity in such laws, regulations and enforcement policies, and to cooperate with members of the industry producing such products in order to promote the effectiveness and usefulness of such products.
SAVE THE DATE - January 17, 2011 is the date of the 2011 AAFCO Pet Food Labeling Workshop to be held in conjunction with the AAFCO Mid-Year Meeting - please visit the Upcoming Meetings page under the Meeting button at the top of the page for more information.
NEW AAFCO PAGES! - There are three new pages on the AAFCO website. The first: "Guidelines for Posting to the AAFCO Website" can be found under the Policies/Documents tab. The second: "Board-Appointed Liaisons to other Associations" can be found under the Directory tab. The last: "Membership Survey - July 2010" can be found under the Meetings tab.
Updates from AAFCO's President, Kent Kitade:
Message from AAFCO's Immediate Past President, Andy Gray, with an update on the status of AAFCO.
Click HERE to download the PDF.
AFSS Brochure:
The US Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine has created a colorful brochure that describes the Center's Animal Feed Safety System (AFSS) Initiative. The initiative was developed to analyze the current regulatory feed safety system; identify gaps in it; and develop ways to address those gaps. The brochure gives an overview of the AFSS initiative; explains where to find more information about it; and describes what the AFSS initiative will mean to feed manufacturers, animal producers, and others. Click HERE to view the brochure.
Addition to Policy 27:
At the Annual AAFCO Meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the membership approved the addition of chews made from pig snouts to Policy 27. This addition was inadvertently left out of the 2008 Official Publication. Policy 27 can be found on pages 184-185 of the 2008 AAFCO Official Publication.
Position Openings:
Chemist V Position - Nevada Department of Agriculture -
The link is: https://nvapps.state.nv.us/NEATS/Recruiting/ViewAnnouncement.aep?recruitmentId=11494