Rand Paul and the Pet Food Safety Law

[Norbert]

I haven't been able to find out too much about this but here it is from a group called the Association for Truth in Pet Food:

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky Destroyed Pet Food Safety


Association for Truth in Pet Food recently learned that Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky deliberately introduced legislation deleting pet food safety law and denying pet owners the right to know what’s in their pet food.

Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, a physician that should understand the necessity of food safety, recently submitted an addendum to Congress that resulted in the complete destruction of pet food safety promised pet owners for nine years. Senator Paul’s bill, Section 306 of H.R. 5554 – completely ignored safety laws promised pet owners after the deadliest pet food recall in history and assured a Kentucky-linked private corporation would continue to be allowed to write and profit from law making.

Senator Paul explained away the devastating addendum as conflict of interest telling constituents the 2007 pet food safety laws “has called into question FDA’s longstanding relationship with the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO), a voluntary membership association that maintains a published list of animal food ingredient definitions...”

https://associationfortruthinpetfood.com/senator-rand-paul-of-kentucky-destroyed-pet-food-safety/

I am a pet owner who feels my pet is an important member of the family. I am quite selective about what I buy for my pets. There are pet food manufacturers that I will simply never buy from because of their history. To deny my right to know what is in the food I feed my pet I take as a personal affront. If this is true Rand Paul is an even more despicable human being than I previously thought.

[safeinOhio]

1. Radical FreeMarket Capitalism sucks

that is all

[Rhiannon12866]

2. This is unforgivable - Signed and passed on...

[duforsure]

3. We have no room in OUR government for people

Like Rand Paul, who'll sell us out instead of representing us every chance he gets. Its about money he'll get for this.

[mopinko]

4. ok, a senator doesnt vote on hr's. house resolution.

so, it aint rand paul's deal.
here is the section of the bill referenced-

SEC. 306. FOOD ADDITIVES INTENDED FOR USE IN ANIMAL FOOD.
(a) Food Additive Petitions For Animal Food.—Section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 348) is amended by adding at the end the following:


“(k) Food Additives Intended For Use In Animal Food.— (1) In taking action on a petition under subsection (c) for, or for recognition of, a food additive intended for use in animal food, the Secretary shall review reports of investigations conducted in foreign countries, provided by the petitioner.

“(2) Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of the Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug Use Fee Amendments of 2018, the Secretary shall post on the internet website of the Food and Drug Administration—

“(A) the number of petitions for food additives intended for use in animal food filed under subsection (b) that are pending;

“(B) how long each such petition submitted under subsection (b) has been pending, including such petitions the Secretary has extended under subsection (c)(2); and

“(C) the number of study protocols that have been pending review for over 50 days, and the number that have received an extension.

“(3) In the case of a food additive petition intended for use in animal food, the Secretary shall provide information to the petitioner on the required contents of such petition. If the Secretary requires additional studies beyond what the petitioner proposed, the Secretary shall provide the scientific rationale for such requirement.”.

(b) Ensuring The Safety Of Pet Food.—Section 1002(a) of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (21 U.S.C. 2102(a)) is amended—

(1) by striking paragraph (1); and

(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.

(c) Guidance On Pre-Petition Consultation Process For Animal Food Additives.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this subsection as the “Secretary”) shall publish draft guidance relating to the voluntary pre-petition consultation process for food additives intended for use in animal food.

(2) CONTENTS.—The guidance under paragraph (1) shall include—

(A) the recommended format to submit to the Food and Drug Administration existing data, including any applicable foreign data, for assessment prior to submission of a food additive petition for animal food under section 409(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;

(B) the manner and the number of days by which the Food and Drug Administration intends to review and respond to such existing data, including with respect to providing a scientific rationale for any additional data request;

(C) circumstances under which the submission of study protocols is recommended prior to submission of a food additive petition under such section 409(b);

(D) the manner in which the Secretary intends to inform the person submitting a study protocol for a food additive if the review of such study protocol will take longer than 50 days; and

(E) best practices for communication between the Food and Drug Administration and industry on the development of pre-petition submissions of study protocols and existing data for food additives.

not seeing anything about this except on a couple of pet related blogs.