Two Day Conference: Regulatory Update on Animal Feed and Feed Additives in the EU, USA and China (London, United Kingdom - December 7-8, 2017) - Research and Markets

DUBLIN, April 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "A Regulatory Update on Animal Feed and Feed Additives in the EU, USA and China" conference to their offering.

This conference will review EU legislation, examine procedures and data requirements, and discuss to what extent EFSA-compliant data can be used to achieve approvals in China and the USA (or vice versa).

Re-evaluation by the EU of around 500 feed additives started in 2010 and the EU is systematically prohibiting feed additives for which no re-evaluation dossier was submitted, or which fail the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) scrutiny. A new feed regulation, the feed material register and the catalogue of feed materials have improved transparency in feed labelling, while allowing some physiological and functional claims.

Depending on intended use, the US FDA may regulate a product added to animal feed as either a drug or a feed ingredient. In either case, the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act requires the sponsor to obtain FDA approval or GRAS recognition prior to marketing. In the past, FDA has followed a policy of enforcement discretion to allow marketing of unapproved products if evaluated by the AAFCO feed ingredient definition process and listed in the Official Publication. The FDA now encourages sponsors to use the food additive petition procedure for new products.The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture introduced new guidance and legislation on feed additives, adopting some aspects of EU/EFSA, other aspects of USA FDA, and some uniquely Chinese approaches in the area of animal nutrition.

For these reasons many companies manufacturing or marketing feed additives wish to address, as far as possible, the regulatory requirements of EU, Chinese and US authorities in a single project. As part of this conference, informal workshops will enable delegates to work together to solve regulatory problems.

Agenda:

Programme Day One

09.00 Registration and Coffee

09.30 Welcome and Introduction

09.45 Implementation of Regulation (EC) Nº 1831/2003 on Additives for Use in Animal Nutrition - An Update

11.00 Discussion

11.15 Refreshments

11.45 The Role of the EU & Comitology

12.45 Discussion

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Assessment of Feed Additives and Application Handling

15.00 Discussion

15.10 Refreshments

15.30 Workshop 1: Strategic Options for Animal Nutrition Products in the EU

16.30 Workshop Feedback and Discussion

17.00 End of Day One

17.00 - 18.00 Networking drinks reception for delegates and speakers

Programme Day Two

09.00 Review of Day One - Focus on EU/EFSA

09.15 Study Design and Statistics - What EFSA Wants

10.15 Refreshments

10.30 The US FDA Approach to the Regulation of Feed Ingredients

11.30 Discussion

11.45 The Chinese Approach to Feed & Feed Additives

12.45 Discussion

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Workshop 2: Study Design & Statistics

14.45 Discussion, Questions & Answers

15.00 Refreshments

15.15 Workshop 3: Managing Dossier Projects - Best Practices

16.00 Workshop Feedback and Discussion

16.15 Discussion, Questions & Answers

16.30 Close of Forum

For more information about this conference visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/qpn4jf/a_regulatory

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