Hello All,
I work at a raw nut processing facility that would like to use by-products as animal feed. I am tasked with writing the policy and would like some guidance/direction from some of you that may have animal feed experience. Our auditor is an expert in this area, so I expect this policy to be scrutinized at our next audit.
Some info on the product. This is by-product will be handled and stored with the same CGMP's as we do for human food and will be labeled and stored accordingly. It will also be added to our HACCP plan with specs. We weren't planning on processing this further, but as I type this, I realize that we have a large volume of international shipments that do not want their (human food) product pasteurized which then results in unpasteurized by-product that would then need pasteurization to be used for animal feed.
Is there anyone that can share their policy and are we required to be PCQI Certified for Animal Food. Any thoughts and guidance are greatly appreciated.