ACAP Feed

• Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Inspections

  GMP's inspections are routinely conducted at feed manufacturing facilities to ensure compliance with federal requirements as adopted in Kansas Administrative Regulations (K.A.R.) 4-3-49 and 4-3-50. GMP’s strive to prevent issues from arising during the manufacturing of feed that could lead to health, environmental or economic situations. The GMP’s also contain procedures to facilitate trace-back or recall of products. Firms not meeting the GMP requirements are re-inspected for compliance.

  
  

• Tissue Residue

  The ACAP program assists the federal government investigate tissue residue cases. This is where antibiotics and other drugs have been detected in animals destined for the human food supply.  When a carcass is examined by a federal inspector, and antibiotic or other drug residue is found, ACAP staff investigates the cause and source of the problem. 

  ACAP inspectors provide information regarding the importance of following label instructions for drug withdrawal periods and convey the consequences of improperly medicating animals.

  
  

• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

  Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy inspections are conducted at all levels of commercial feed commerce including manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, renderers, food and pet food salvagers to ensure no prohibited ruminant animal products are used in feed or are fed to ruminants. Kansas Administrative Regulation (K.A.R.) 4-3-51 adopts the Federal Code of Regulations pertaining to prohibited feed stuffs.  In 2010, KDA was awarded a $1.1 million Feed Safety Grant to conduct inspections for five years.