An Expert Working Group of the International Cooperation for Convergence of Technical Requirements for the Assessment of Feed Ingredients (ICCF) composed of experts drawn from the ICCF founding members has developed a new guidance document on ‘Analytical methods of feed ingredients’.
The ICCF Steering Committee adopted the draft Guidance Document for Public Consultation on 03 March 2025.
The Public Consultation on the Guidance Document ‘Analytical Methods of feed ingredients’ is now open for comments by interested stakeholders until 03 April 2025. Stakeholders are invited to submit their comments, using the feedback document available below.
The draft guidance document provides recommendations on the development, validation and transfer of analytical methods in the context of assessment of feed ingredients. The analytical methods covered by this document are those methods used to measure the concentration of the active substance of feed ingredient in the various feed matrices (feed, premixture and ingredient market formulation) as well as of the active substance and/or its metabolites in animal tissues or excreta. Analytical methods used for specifying the feed ingredient are also part of the scope of the guidance document.
The draft ICCF Guidance document and feedback form can be downloaded at the following link:
https://iccffeed.org/guidance/
Stakeholders are invited to provide their comments using the feedback document supplied by 03 April 2025 (End of Business) via email to secretariat@iccffeed.org.
About ICCF
The International Cooperation for the Convergence of Technical requirements for the Assessment of Feed Ingredients (ICCF) was created in 2017. It was founded by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Animal Nutrition Association of Canada (ANAC), the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), the European Commission (DG SANTE – supported by EFSA)) and the EU Association of Specialty Feed Ingredients and their Mixtures (FEFANA), and the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF). The ICCF aims at developing science-based technical guidance documents supporting the feed industry in assessing their products and to aid in the preparation of pre-market assessment submissions.
For more information about the ICCF, please visit iccffeed.org or contact the ICCF secretariat at secretariat@iccffeed.org.
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