The FSMA Final Rule for Preventive Controls for Animal Food is FDA's implementing rule (under the Food Safety Modernization Act) that establishes preventive controls for animal food. It is the program-level basis for the detailed requirements codified in 21 CFR Part 507 (see mfg_food_safety_us_cfr_507).
A core requirement: Every facility that produces animal food with a hazard requiring a preventive control must have a recall plan. The rule builds a facility food-safety system around hazard analysis and preventive controls rather than end-product testing.
Pet-food relevance: this is the statutory/agency framing behind the US pet-food manufacturing-safety regime — the rule FDA enforces against US pet-food and animal-feed facilities. Companion guidance documents (Guidance for Industry #245/#246) operationalise the supply-chain program and hazard-analysis expectations.
Source: pdf-raw/mfg-food-safety/us_fda_fsma_animal_food.html (FDA, landed 2026-08-09).
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FSMA Final Rule for Preventive Controls for Animal FoodEvery facility that produces animal food with a hazard requiring a preventive control must have a recall plan