Rest assured knowing Hull Coop is committed to human food safety!

 

Through FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA*), we maintain the same principles as a HACCP program, which are subject to audits by the FDA.

Elements of our Quality and Food Safety system as listed below assure our customers that products manufactured by Hull Coop is safe for animal consumption.

  • Food and Drug Administration’s regulation (FDA 21 CFR 589.2000/589.2001)**
  • Hazard Analysis & Preventive Controls
  • Compliant cGMP Program
  • Plant Security & Visitor Policy
  • Employee Training and Assessment
  • Supplier Approval Program
  • Prior Load, Receiving & Delivery Procedures
  • Procedures Housekeeping Program
  • Pest Control Program
  • Premise Control
  • Preventative Maintenance Program
  • Scale & Equipment Calibration Program
  • Formula and Label Verification
  • Process Control Documented
  • Lab Analysis-Ingredient & Finished Product
  • Biosecurity Programs
  • Traceability & Recall Procedures
  • Corrective and Preventative Action
  • Documented Customer Complaint Process
  • Document Control Procedures
  • Internal Quality Audits
  • FDA’s Food Facility Registration

**Hull Coop does not use any prohibited mammalian protein ingredients nor do any livestock products we sell contain prohibited mammalian protein ingredients. Furthermore, Hull Coop has production procedures to prevent prohibited materials from entering its facilities.

What does this mean for you?  Dependability, reliability, traceability...in a word, TRUST.

*FDA - Food Safety Modernization Act

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The ABCs of VFDs the FDA’s final VFD rule has added an alphabet soup of new abbreviations to which farmers will need to become accustomed. Here are a few of them along with the titles or processes to which the abbreviation refers:

  • VFD: Veterinary feed directives – The order issued by a licensed veterinarian in the course of professional practice, authorizing the use of animal feeds containing VFD drugs.
  • VFD drugs: Those drugs intended for use in or on animal feed which are limited to use under the professional supervision of a licensed veterinarian.
  • VCPR: Veterinary-client-patient relationship – The context under which veterinarians are limited to issuing VFDs. Standards to assess the validity of a VCPR are set by the state in which the veterinary is licensed to practice medicine. If the state has no VCPR standards, the VFD must meet federally defined standards.
  • ADAA: Animal Drug Availability Act – Passed by Congress in 1996 as a method of facilitating the approval and marketing of new animal drugs and medicated feeds. It is from this piece of legislation that the VFD regulatory category was created.
  • FDA: Food and Drug Administration – The federal agency that regulates both animal and human drugs, and enforces the VFD rule.
  • OTC: Over-the-counter – The current classification under which many soon-to-be-VFD feed-use antimicrobial drugs fall.  

 

We've grouped several links here in one spot to make it easier for you to find the information you need regarding the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD).

These forms need to be filled out by those working with VFDs.

Letter of Notice to FDA of Distribution of VFD Feeds  (Must be sent to the FDA)

Word Document          PDF Document

Letter of Acknowledgement of Distribution Limitations for VFD Feeds  (Must be sent to Hull Coop)

Word Document          PDF Document

Dealer Contact form  (Can be sent to veterinary clinics by our dealers)

Word Document          PDF Document