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Association’s CEO offers insights into group’s 2024 priorities, legislative issues

Although changes to the Food and Drug Administration’s ability to evaluate zootechnical animal feed substances (ZAFS) were not included in the continuing resolution passed over the weekend, supporters are seeking other potential legislative avenues for passage yet this fall including the farm bill or the next CR needed after this 45-day stopgap expires.

The Food and Drug Administration, feed industry stakeholders and Congressional members see an upcoming reauthorization of the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) as an ideal vehicle to make needed regulatory changes to allow for explanatory claims on feed labels.

In this opinion piece, Constance Cullman with American Feed Industry Association, Mike Seyfert with the National Grain and Feed Association, Jim Mulhern with the National Milk Producers Federation and Chuck Conner with the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives offers a rebuttal to an opinion piece written by former Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla.

The Center for Veterinary Medicine at the Food and Drug Administration outlined four objectives in an innovation agenda released Friday on how it will address hot issues such as approvals for zootechnical feed additives and improved coordination for approving gene-editing and biotechnology in animals.