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The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) proudly recognized members of its Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Modernization Working Group with the 2024 AFIA Member of the Year award on Wednesday night at an AFIA Board of Directors reception.

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) extends its gratitude to the members who volunteer their time and expertise to serve on committees. The AFIA committees play a pivotal role in advancing the association’s mission, objectives and programs, ensuring the continued success of the animal feed and pet food industries.  

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is pleased to announce the promotion of four staff members in recognition of their dedicated work in serving AFIA’s members and advancing AFIA’s mission.  

Following several media reports alleging that the use of chicken litter in dairy cattle diets has caused the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus to spread on dairy farms, the American Feed Industry Association’s (AFIA) President and CEO Constance Cullman issued the following statement:

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) commends Representatives Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa-02, and Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich.-07, for introducing the Securing American Agriculture Act (H.R. 8003) The bill would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study global supply chain markets for U.S. agricultural inputs, including feed ingredients like vitamins and amino acids used in animal feed and pet food production. The AFIA supports this bill, given its members’ concerns over the vulnerability of the animal food supply chain given China’s domination of the vitamin supply market.

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) applauds Senators Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Senator Jerry Moran, R-Kan., on the introduction of the Enteric Methane Innovation Tools for Lower Emissions and Sustainable Stock (EMIT LESS) Act (S. 4056). By expanding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s research and incentivizing the adoption of emission-reducing practices on farms, the bill aims to mitigate the significant environmental impact of enteric methane emissions from American dairy and beef cattle operations.

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) hosted its annual Purchasing and Ingredient Suppliers Conference (PISC) last week, March 12-14, in San Antonio, Texas. The conference brought together nearly 600 feed ingredient buyers and sellers, including over 100 first-time attendees. During the three-day conference, attendees conducted business meetings, attended educational sessions and participated in various networking opportunities.

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) issued the following statement today following the Environmental Protection Agency’s release last Friday of its draft formaldehyde risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for public comment and peer review.