ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, U.S. — Registration is now open for the “FAMI-QS Awareness in Feed Safety Program: Solutions for the Specialty Feed & Mixture Industry.” 

To register, click here. 

The course is sponsored by the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), Eurofins and FAMI-QS, the European feed additives and premixtures quality system, and is ideal for companies exporting feed additives to the E.U.

The program will take place June 10-11, in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. and is an interactive, comprehensive training that will cover the regulations of the FAMI-QS program in an easy-to-understand format, helping companies to achieve certification. Topics such as FAMI-QS’ background, the global importance of FAMI-QS, overview of scope, the E.U. regulations and compliance, feed safety management, implementation of the FAMI-QS code, FAMI-QS awareness resources, and crisis management and audit planning will be covered. 

Courses will be taught by Keith Epperson and Henry Turlington of AFIA and Michelle Lovett and Crista Righi of Eurofins Food Safety Systems. 

“We decided to keep the course size small to allow for ample question and answer periods and feedback from both instructors and attendees. The maximum registration is 25 participants,” said Keith Epperson, AFIA vice-president of manufacturing and training.