Where does AAFCO fit in?
In many areas, the States have the inspectors who will actually be doing the feed mill visits. The State officials have better knowledge of the feed manufacturers in their States, and therefore, can be effective in contacting them all and explaining and enforcing the rule. Q: The feed industry uses a catch-all term on labels of feed products that identify a type of feed ingredient, without limiting the feed to just one specific ingredient. In that way, a feed manufacturer can switch ingredients and not have to change the feed label. One such term is “animal protein product.” Can such terms still be used? A: Yes, but the use of such terms cause some difficulty for the inspector, who must be sure that the feed is either free of prohibited material, or has the cautionary statement on it. The inspector can’t tell from the term whether the feed contains prohibited material. Therefore, he may have to do a trace back to the source of the animal protein to verify that the feed mill is in compl
