AOAC SPSFAM Meeting Book 9-24

9/21/2017

Animal Feed and Animal Food

▪ AAFCO Official Publication: ▪ Feed: Material consumed or intended to be consumed by animals other than humans that contributes nutrition, taste, or aroma or has a technical effect on the consumed material. This includes raw materials, ingredients, and finished product. ▪ Animal Food: See feed. ▪ FDA refers to AAFCO for definitions . ▪ A feed ingredient is a component part or constituent or any combination/mixture added to and comprising the feed. Feed ingredients might include grains, milling byproducts, added vitamins, minerals, fats/oils, and other nutritional and energy sources… ▪ The Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) contains the most complete list of feed ingredients with their definitions.

Human Foods & Ingredients ▪ Human Food: Material consumed or intended to be consumed by adult humans. This does not include infant formulas nor adult nutritionals. ▪ Dairy Food (from USDA: www.choosemyplate.gov/dairy) ▪ All fluid milk products and many foods made from milk are considered part of this food group. Most Dairy Group choices should be fat-free or low-fat. Foods made from milk that retain their calcium content are part of the group. Foods made from milk that have little to no calcium, such as cream cheese, cream, and butter, are not. Calcium-fortified soymilk (soy beverage) is also part of the Dairy Group. ▪ We ask the working group to define the matrix list and suggest including low- an non-lactose containing foods such as cream cheese, cream, and butter. ▪ We also suggest not including beverages made from soy, almond, etc.

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