Swine Flu - Be Happy - - - FDA Worries About Mad Cow Disease - BSE

The world is a dangerous place. Where can you go to escape the scourge of swine flu?! OK, a little melodramatic. In any event, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a final guidance document April 30 about the substances prohibited for use in animal feed, relating to its new rule to protect against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The so-called BSE rule became effective April 27, but renderers will have additional time to comply with new requirements. The FDA's established compliance date is Oct. 26. The new guidance document should help slaughter facilities and farms supplying offal and dead livestock to renderers to understand their responsibilities in regard to the new rule. Feeling any safer?! FDA Reference Documents: FDA Issues Final Guidance for Renderers on Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food or Feed GUIDANCE FOR INDUSTRY SMALL ENTITIES COMPLIANCE GUIDE FOR RENDERERS—SUBSTANCES PROHIBITED FROM USE IN ANIMAL FOOD OR FEED (pdf) FDA Page on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) 

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