Recall, reporting and traceability duties for animal food, taught through recent FDA warning letters.
When a feed problem reaches animals, the first hours decide how far it spreads. This course explains the recall, reporting and traceability duties that apply to animal food, using recent FDA warning letters to show what goes wrong when a mill reports late, recalls too narrowly, or cannot trace its lots.
Learners begin with three cases: monensin found in a non-medicated deer feed, urea in a feed fed to goats, and fumonisin in horse feed. In each, FDA looked at the hazard analysis, the timing of the Reportable Food Registry report, and the recall itself.
Next, the course covers the written recall plan required by 21 CFR 507.38 for mills with hazards that need a preventive control. Learners see what the plan must include: assigned responsibility, direct notice to consignees, public notification when needed, effectiveness checks, and disposal of recalled food. They also review how FDA classifies recalls by health risk.
The course then walks through section 417 of the FD&C Act. Learners decide when feed is a reportable food, file within the 24-hour deadline, include every lot that may be affected, and describe a removal from the market as a recall.
Finally, learners cover the records that make traceability work: sources and recipients under 21 CFR Part 1 Subpart J, the one-year retention period for animal food in 21 CFR 1.360, and the record content expected under 507.202. The course also explains why the FSMA Food Traceability Rule does not cover animal food, and how to answer an FDA warning letter within 15 working days.
When a feed problem reaches animals, the first hours decide how far it spreads. A written recall plan, a timely report and records that trace every lot are what keep a problem small.
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