FDA Announces Confirmation of the Effective Date of the BSE Final RuleThe Food and Drug Administration today announced that the final rule
entitled ''Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food or Feed,'' will
become effective on April 27, 2009. However, to allow renderers additional
time to comply with the new requirements, the Agency has established a
compliance date of October 26, 2009. The additional 6 months will provide
time for those affected to identify appropriate methods for disposing of
material prohibited from use in animal feed by this rule. FDA is
encouraging affected parties who are able to begin complying with the rule
to do so as soon as possible.
In the April 9, 2009, Federal Register FDA proposed to delay the effective
date of the final rule for 60 days and provided a period of 7 days for
public comment. The agency received over 400 comments from state and
national cattle producer organizations, individual cattle producers,
renderers, meat processors, dairy organizations, State agriculture agencies,
and consumers.
Many of the comments indicated that certain entities were not adequately
prepared to comply with the final rule and that adequate alternative carcass
disposal methods had not been developed. However, a significant number of
comments received opposed delaying the effective date of the final rule due
to public and animal health concerns.
In consideration of all comments received, FDA believes the most appropriate
action is to confirm the April 27, 2009, effective date, and establish a
compliance date of October 26, 2009, for those who need additional time to
address compliance and implementation concerns.
FDA will conduct outreach to affected stakeholders to help them comply with
the rule. The Agency will hold a 50-state call to discuss the disposal
issues in various states or regions and will engage others affected by the
rule to assist as much as possible with meeting challenging carcass disposal
issues by the October 26, 2009 compliance date. FDA also plans on
finalizing the Small Entities Compliance Guide #195 for Renderers to provide
additional information specific to the concerns of the rendering industry.
Questions may be directed to Burt Pritchett, Center for Veterinary Medicine
(HFV-22), FDA, 7519 Standish Place, Rockville, MD 20855, 240-453-6860,
burt.pritchett@fda.hhs.gov.
For additional information, please see
http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2009-09466_PI.pdf and
http://www.fda.gov/cvm/bsetoc.html.
http://www.fda.gov/cvm/CVM_Updates/BSEFinalRule042209.htm
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Docket No. FDA-2002-N-0031 CACTUS FEEDER INC.
http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/
Monday, April 20, 2009
National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center Cases Examined1
(December 31, 2008)
http://prionunitusaupdate2008.blogspot.com/2009/04/national-prion-disease-pathology.html
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Docket No. FDA2002N0031 (formerly Docket No. 2002N0273) RIN 0910AF46
Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food or Feed; Final Rule: Proposed
http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/docket-no-fda2002n0031-formerly-docket.html
http://prionunitusaupdate2008.blogspot.com/2009/04/r-calf-and-usa-mad-cow-problem-dont.html#comments
Sunday, April 12, 2009 r-calf and the USA mad cow problem, don't look, don't
find, and then blame Canada
http://prionunitusaupdate2008.blogspot.com/2009/04/r-calf-and-usa-mad-cow-problem-dont.html
http://prionunitusaupdate2008.blogspot.com/2009/04/cjd-foundation-sides-with-r-calfers-no.html#comments
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
FDA Announces Confirmation of the Effective Date of the BSE Final Rule of October 26, 2009
http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2009/04/fda-announces-confirmation-of-effective.html
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