{"topic_id":"FDA_CVM_petfood_oversight","category":"fda","context":"---\ntopic_id: \"FDA_CVM_petfood_oversight\"\ncategory: \"fda\"\ntitle: \"FDA CVM petfood oversight\"\nlang: en\nsource_document: \"U.S. FDA / CVM\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"fda\"\n  title: \"FDA CVM petfood oversight\"\n  url: \"\"\n  retrieved: \"\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official source\"\n  needs_review: true\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:fda\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\nFDA Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM, established 1984) is the primary FDA center responsible for pet food safety oversight. CVM jurisdiction: pet food (dogs, cats, other companion animals), animal drugs, medicated feeds, veterinary devices. CVM does NOT have jurisdiction over feed for food-producing animals destined for human consumption — that is shared with FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN). CVM's Office of Surveillance and Compliance handles: (1) pet food adverse event reporting (click here for pet food complaint portal — over 1,000 formal complaints logged in 2025); (2) inspection of pet food manufacturing facilities; (3) recall authority for non-compliant pet foods; (4) AAFCO coordination on nutrient profiles. CVM has 130 staff and approximately USD 25M annual budget for pet food oversight.\n","sources":["fda — FDA CVM petfood oversight"],"source":{"authority":"fda","title":"FDA CVM petfood oversight","url":"https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/","retrieved":"","ref":"","doc_type":"official source","source_document":"U.S. FDA / CVM","verification_file":""},"source_document":"U.S. FDA / CVM","source_file":"","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":161,"generated_at":"2026-07-16","tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}