30/08/12: FDA; calls for Australian wheat reform

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• Industry associations commend FDA and AFFCO on mutual recognition of the AAFCO ingredient approval process:

Five major U.S. grain, animal feed, feed ingredient and pet food organisations commended the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) for extending the current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two parties entitled, “Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Association of American Feed Control Officials.”

This 12 month extension is vital to the continued success of the AAFCO ingredient review process. The U.S. animal feed and pet food industries need workable paths for getting new feed ingredients approved and into the marketplace. The extension of the current MOU will ensure there is no gap in available review mechanisms for the industry in short order.  The associations strongly supported the cooperation between FDA and AAFCO in the ingredient review process as well as this extension.

“The ingredient review process has worked for many decades and we look forward to another very successful year and hopefully many more to come,” according to the five associations.

English: Logo of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2006) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

• Report calls for continuing wheat reform:

A study commissioned by grower co-operative, the CBH Group, Australia has endorsed the Federal Government’s plans to further wind back regulation of the wheat export market to bring it into line with other agricultural exports.
The report, Continuing the Reforms of the Australian Wheat Export Market,  says the reforms to date, and the expectation further deregulation would occur in 2014, had attracted a range of new services to the market from existing and new participants.