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FDA Issues New Record Requirements For Cattle Materials
October 22, 2006
Manufacturers and processors of human food and cosmetics that are manufactured from, processed with or otherwise contain, material from cattle must establish and maintain records to demonstrate that the product is not manufactured from, processed with or does not otherwise contain prohibited cattle material, according to a interim final rule issued today from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The final rule, “Recordkeeping Requirements for Human Food and Cosmetics Manufactured From, Processed With, or Otherwise Containing, Material From Cattle,” is part of the FDA’s process to ensure compliance with requirements to keep prohibited cattle materials out of human food and cosmetics. These record keeping requirements are derived from provisions in FDA’s interim final rule, “Use of Materials Derived From Cattle in Human Food and Cosmetics.”
The rule is effective on Jan. 9, 2007. To review the entire document, CLICK HERE
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Record keeping rule to come into effect
Additional information can be found at foodnavigator-usa.com
By Ahmed ElAmin
10/12/2006 - Starting next year food processors and cosmetic manufacturers will be required to keep records to show that their products are not manufactured using prohibited animal parts.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week issued a final rule making notice on the requirement, which will take effect from January 9, 2007. The records must be made available to FDA for inspection and copying within five days of a request.
The rule is another traceability requirement, on top of regulations on trace-back or trace-forward activities under the Bioterrorism Act. Traceability records allow manufacturers and regulators to track food from the source to the consumer. This makes it easier to pinpoint problems when a food safety incident occurs, and make recalls if necessary.
" We believe that records sufficient to demonstrate the absence of prohibited cattle materials in human food and cosmetics are critical for manufacturers, processors, and FDA to ensure compliance with the ban on prohibited cattle materials," the agency stated.
The rule requires that manufacturers and processors of human food and cosmetics maintain traceability records for products that are "manufactured from, processed with, or otherwise contain, material from cattle.". The records must have sufficient information to demonstrate that the human food or cosmetic is not drived from cattle
The recordkeeping provisions of the rule apply to food and cosmetics, including food additives, dietary supplements, and dietary ingredients.
The FDA has also clarified that manufacturers and processors of certain cattle-derived products, such as tallow derivatives, milk and milk products, are exempt from the recordkeeping requirements.
In relation to the type of records that must be kept, the FDA recommends that manufacturers and processors update the information at least annually, from suppliers of cattle materials and of products. Manufacturers and processors should also maintain a record of the source, type, volume, and date of receipt for the cattle material or product manufactured from, processed with, or otherwise containing, cattle material.
The FDA plans to publish guidance describing in detail the types of records that would comply with the rule.
The rule was originally proposed in a FDA notice of July 14, 2004 in a bid to ensure high risk animal parts, such as those specified as banned due to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), do not end up in foods or cosmetics.
The ban was made in response to the December 2003 discovery in Washington state of BSE in an adult cow imported from Canada. The FDA subsequently made a rule requiring that specified risk materials (SRMs) not be used for FDA-regulated human food and cosmetics.
SRMs include the small intestine of all cattle, tissue from nonambulatory disabled cattle, tissue from cattle not inspected and passed for human consumption, and mechanically separated beef. SRMs also include the brain, skull, eyes, trigeminal ganglia, spinal cord, vertebral column, and dorsal root ganglia from cattle 30 months and older.
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