FDA-TRACK: Center for Veterinary Medicine - Animal Food Safety
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FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) regulates animal drugs, animal devices and animal food under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. CVM protects and promotes the health of humans and animals by ensuring the safety of the American food supply, the safety of animal food and devices, and the safety and effectiveness of animal drugs.
Since mid-March 2020, FDA operations and FDA oversight of the U.S. food supply have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Agency's priorities during this time period have been the safety of our staff, conducting mission-critical activities, including inspections, responding to foodborne disease outbreaks, sampling and testing of imported food, and managing recalls. We have also worked to support continuity of the food supply chain, which includes keeping food and agricultural workers safe to allow continued production of food. Given these priorities, and state and local travel restrictions, FDA adjusted its approach to oversight activities.
For additional information, visit FDA's Food Safety and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 and FDA Efforts to Ensure Product Safety web pages.
Ensuring that the food people and animals eat is safe and protected from contamination is an essential element of promoting human and animal health. Through the Food Safety Modernization Act, FDA has the mandate and authority to construct a modern integrated food safety system that protects food from farm to table, establishes shared responsibility for food safety among all participants, and strengthens accountability for prevention of foodborne illness, domestically and internationally.
Each FDA-TRACK program area collects, analyzes, and reports its performance measures and results. Explore the progress CVM is making towards its Animal Food Safety strategic initiatives below:
Animal Food Inspection and Recall Measures
Animal Food Safety Review Measures
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II. Percentage of Generally Recognized as Safe notices reviewed and acted on within 270 days |
Animal Food Inspection and Recall Measures
Animal Food Safety Review Measures
II. Percentage of Generally Recognized as Safe Notices reviewed and acted on within 270 days
Download FDA-TRACK CVM Animal Food Safety Dataset
Note: The data provided on this website is produced on an ongoing basis for performance management purposes and is subject to change due to updates of preliminary estimates, corrections, or other reasons.