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AFIA Focuses on FDA Appropriations, Trade, Shipping

The American Feed Industry Association’s Gary Huddleston outlines legislative priorities and offers tips for feed mill inspections

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Among the American Feed Industry Association’s (AFIA) legislative priorities are Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appropriations, trade and issues at U.S. ports, according to Gary Huddleston, AFIA’s director of feed manufacturing and regulatory affairs.

Speaking at AFIA’s Liquid Feed Symposium in Oak Brook, IL, on September 9, Huddleston said AFIA is seeking $5 million in additional funding for FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) to help expedite feed ingredient reviews.

Regarding trade, Huddleston said AFIA’s priorities are to get an agricultural ambassador in place at the office of the U.S. Trade Representative and to get the Trade Promotion Authority, which expired in July, approved.

The U.S. agriculture industry is also facing challenges in exporting products, as international ocean container carriers frequently refuse to carry U.S. ag exports.

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