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Reduce the threat of BSE (Mad Cow Disease) Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Do you feed ruminant animals? You will want to read the following information provided by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and the the FDA. Mammalian Protein Feeding Ban The Food and Drug Administration has banned the feeding of certain proteins derived from mammals to ruminants since 1997. The driving force behind the ban is to prevent the establishment and spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the United States. Ruminants are animals that chew their cud, such as cattle, sheep, goats, deer, elk and bison. Prohibited Animal Protein Products Feed ingredients or feed that contain mammalian proteins are “prohibited material” * Meat, glandular meal, meat and bone meal, meat and bone meal tankage, meat by-products, hydrolyzed hair, cooked or steamed bone meal, bone marrow and leather meal. Protein products derived from non-mammalian sources are exempt: Poultry, marine (fish), vegetable. The following products are also exempt becaseu they are not protein or tissue: Fats and oils, including grease and tallow; amino acids; dicalcium phosphate. Exempted Animal Protein Products Mammalian protein products that are exempt from the feed ban are non-prohibited proteins.-Blood and blood products; milk products (milk and milk proteins); pure porcine (port) or pure equine (horse) protein products; inspected meat products (such as plate waste) which have been cooked and offered for human consumption and further heat processed for animal feed; gelatin. Inspections: Total compliancw with the feed ban is essential to prevent to outbreak and spread of BSE in this country. State feed control officials and the Food and Drug Administration will closely monitor the feed and livestock industries to ensure they are in compliance. The will include inspection of feed mills, rendering facilities and animal feeding operations. Feeders of ruminant animals * Do not feed prohibited animal proteins to ruminants. * carefully read and follow label directions. Heed caution statements. * Keep a record of all feeds purchased that contain any animal protein. Records include invoices, sales receipts and product labels. * Keep records at least one year * Keep ruminant and non-ruminant feeds separate. Recordkeeping: * Record receipt of ALL feed and feed ingredients that contain any animal protein products. Records include the date of receipt, name and address of suppliers, labels, quantities, and invoices. * Record sales of feed containing prohibited animal protein products (scuh as swine and poutry feed), including dcash sales. Records must include the name and address of the purchaser, quantity sold and copy of the label * Maintain records for at least one year. |
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FOR MORE INFORMATION: The U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration : http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottpics/bse.html The US Department Of Agriculture-APHIS www.aphis.usda.gov/oa/bse Association of American Feed Contol Officials, Inc: www.aafco.org |
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