A bill has been introduced in the US Senate that would create new regulations for feed additives to increase livestock efficiency, production, and increase sustainability.
David Fairfield, senior vice president with the National Grain and Feed Association, says the bill would allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) bring products to market quicker. “It will provide them with a greater incentive to invest in research into these types of products because they can hopefully introduce them to producers in a more efficient manner.”
The Innovative Feed Enhancement and Economic Development (FEED) Act of 2023 would establish a pathway at the FDA for a new category of animal food substances that act in the animal’s gut microbiomes or the feed they are digesting to provide non-nutritive benefits.
Bill would create new pathway at FDA for feed additives for livestock
