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Do You Make The Grade? A Report Card for Your Feed and Grain Business  4/16/2008
 

Feed & Grain Magazine has recently published a series of articles that may be of interest to management staff of feed manufacturers.  We’d like to share the link to the articles with you.

How do you rate your businesses performance in key areas of emphasis as management, personnel and finances? In this first issue, we examine ways to evaluate performance and take actionable steps to improve your business.In part two, we look at several new metrics you can use to rate your businesses performance in key areas such as business planning, marketing and communications. We examine ways to evaluate performance and take actionable steps to improve your business.  
Contributors: Dr. John Foltz & Dr. Christine Wilson

Visit this link to Feed & Grain Magazine and view the complete series of articles and helpful scorecard templates.

http://www.feedandgrain.com/publication/bio.jsp?contribId=5&pubId=1

 
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AFIA Safe FeedSafe Food Program  10/4/2006
 

Give your customers “Peace of Mind” with this seal.

FMS recognizes and congratulates customers who participant in the American Feed Industry Association Safe Feed/Safe Food Certification Program.

The AFIA Safe Feed/ Safe Food program was created to demonstrate and ensure continuous improvement in the delivery of a safe and wholesome feed supply for the growth and care of animals. It is intended for companies interested in demonstrating their pledge to food safety and enhancing consumer confidence in the products they provide.

For a list of participating companies or to read more on how others gained “Peace of Mind” – follow this link; http://archives.feedandgrain.com/publication/article.jsp?pubId=1&id=238

 
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NGFA - FDA's Bioterrorism Recordkeeping Regulations   4/28/2006
 
A Compliance Guide for Grain Elevators, Feed Manufacturers, Feed Dealers, Integrators, Grain Processors and Transporters.... The FDA's bioterrorism recordkeeping regulations apply to those who receive, store, manufacture, process, pack, transport, distribute or import raw grains and oilseeds, feed, feed ingredients, food or other agricultural products within or into the United States. Such entities are required to establish and maintain records sufficient to identiry what the regulations call the "immediate previous source" (the supplier/seller) from which the product was received and the "immediate subsquent recipient" (the receiver/buyer) to which the product was shipped as well as the transporters used to haul such products. Put simply, it is a one-step-back and one-step-forward product-tracing recordkeeping requirements. The recordkeeping requirement include linking inbound deliveries with outbound shipments, to the extent such information is "reasonably available". The recordkeeping regulations take effect for covered activities occuring on or after JUNE 9 for companies with 11 to 499 full-time employees and on DEC. 11 for companies with 10 or fewer full time employees. The recordkeeping requirements took effect on DEC 9, 2005 for large companies - those with 500 or more emplyoees. Click on the above link to for your copy of the guide.
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Biosecurity Awareness Guide   4/25/2006
 
The Biosecurity Awareness Guide was produced with the particpation of the Animal Health Institute (AHI); the Center of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)/Food and Drug Administration (FDA); and the National Renderers Association (NRA). To download this document, click on the link above. Feed Management Systems is a member of the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA). The AFIA provides this Guide to raise the biosecurity awareness of everyone involved in animal agriculture. Please inform the association immediately if unfortunate situations occur. In turn, AFIA will share appropriate information with others so that the nation's safe and wholesome food supply remains protected.
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Bioterrorism Act Resources   4/25/2006
 
FDA's Feed Bioterrorism Requirements: A Compliance Guide for the Animal Feed, Feed Ingredient, Pet Food and Related Industries. Click on the link above to access a copy of the Compliance Guide. Further information is available at the FDA's website, http://www.fda.gov/oc/bioterrorism/bioact.html
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We viewed compliance aspect of lot traceability as a side benefit when we purchased Feed Mill Manager - but it turned out to be a key benefit. We recieved an FDA order to provide raw material lot numbers on a customer premix order. When I learned about this request, I had the same reaction as most mill managers would - I panicked. 

I began what I thought would be a laborious process of tracing lot numbers, and was pleasantly surprised to discover that within ten minutes, I had the information I needed due to our new Feed Mill Manager system.



- Rene Lavoie II
Mercer Milling Company Inc.,
Liverpool, NY