[GA, passed] Animal Husbandry Feed Chain

Animal Husbandry Feed Chain
Category: Regulation | Area of Effect: Consumer Protection
Proposed by: Simone Republic | Onsite Topic​

The World Assembly (WA),

Affirming the passage of related GARs such as 333, 679 and 713;

Desiring clear standards on feed used for animal husbandry (“feed”) to ensure the safety of sapient individuals (“individuals”) consuming products derived from animal husbandry, and as such products are traded across the WA;

The WA hereby enacts as follows:

1. Definitions.
   1. "Authority" means an entity designated by a WA state to formulate, enforce and interpret the rules imposed by this resolution.
   2. "Feed chain" refers to the entire process of feeding, from production, processing, transport, distribution, to the actual feeding of the animals.
   3. "FDRA" means the WA Food and Drug Regulatory Agency.
   4. "Husbandry" means the raising of non-sapient animals ("animals") for the purpose of slaughtering for food for sapient individuals.
   5. "Rendering" means the process of converting animal tissue into feed.
   6. "Rules" means all regulations to be promulgated under clauses (2) to (7). Such regulations shall be kept up to date by each authority.
   
   
2. Nutrition.
   1. Each authority is to set rules on levels of (1) nutrition, (2) toxicology, (3) use of additives, and (4) use of veterinary drugs in feed for different species of animals, whether blended in feed or administered separately.
   2. Such rules shall ensure that using veterinary drugs shall only be on a strictly necessary basis, based on the conditions of husbandry in that state.
   
   
3. Rendering.
   1. Rendering is governed in this resolution regardless of source, such as recycled animal tissue and discarded materials from feed processing, subject to extant resolutions.
   2. The use of rendered products from one species for feed for the same species is prohibited unless the authority is satisfied that the associated health risks have been minimized.
   3. The said "health risks" include both risks to the health of animals and risks to the health of any sapient individuals that consume food derived from such animals.
   4. Food products using feed from rendering must disclose such use on packaging labels.
   
   
4. Feed chain standards. Each authority is to set rules to ensure that all parts of the feed chain maintain minimum standards, subject to extant resolutions, on:
   1. Safety in the use of equipment, especially mechanical equipment;
   2. Minimum standards for environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity;
   3. Minimum levels of training for workers, including seasonal workers;
   4. Labelling requirements for packaged feed products (excluding on-farm use of local feed);
   5. Sanitation and hygiene of all parts of the feed chain; and
   6. Storage conditions, such as the use of feed that may require cold chain transit.
   
   
5. Audit trails.
   1. Each authority is to set rules on audit trails for all parts of the feed chain in terms of the rules defined in this resolution.
   2. Each authority is also to set rules on inspections of all facilities across the feed chain, and to make the results of such inspections publicly available.
   
   
6. Organic products.
   1. If a WA state permits selling or exporting products derived from husbandry to claim to be from "organic" husbandry, it must set its own rules on what constitutes "organic" and publicize such rules.
   2. The said WA state shall put in place appropriate mechanisms to ensure that products sold as derived sources comply with such rules, including audit trails.
   
   
7. Responsibilities.
   1. Rules shall be tailored for different species of animals in each state. All rules shall be disclosed publicly through convenient means.
   2. If a WA state (say “state A”) produces and distributes its own feed, or imports and distributes its feed from another state (say "state B"), state A’s authority is responsible for ensuring compliance with the rules of state A, rather than state B.
   
   
8. FDRA role.
   1. FDRA is to formulate minimum requirements for rules for each WA state under clauses (2) to (7), subject to extant resolutions. Rules set by each authority may not be less stringent than FDRA rules.
   2. If a WA state can demonstrate to FDRA that it cannot comply with this resolution due to a lack of resources or technological capability, it may voluntarily elect to outsource such work to FDRA, in which case FDRA is the "authority" for the purpose of clauses (2) to (7).

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