Petfood Forum 2019

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New pet food ingredient? What you need to do to use it legally in the US (Room 2503)

30 Apr 19
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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Susan Hays, executive director of AAFCO, reviews the new AAFCO Ingredient Definitions Committee guidelines and respond to questions on this important topic. The presentation will walk the audience through the AAFCO Ingredient Definition Process, updated in 2018, explaining the responsibilities of the requester of the definition, AAFCO and FDA. Working hand in hand, and based on science, new ingredients are introduced into the pet food products marketplace following a procedure that is intended to fully vet the new ingredient and its safety to pets prior to any product being sold in the U.S. marketplace.