Zootechnical Animal Food Substances – FDA Food Additive Pathway
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-03-18 — Innovative FEED Act of 2025: Innovative FEED Act of 2025 (introduced) would create a statutory category for zootechnical animal food substances—additives acting only on the animal GI tract to affect digestion byproducts, reduce foodborne pathogens, or alter the gut biome—regulated via the FDA food-additive pathway rather than as animal drugs, with mandatory labels disclaiming disease treatment or prevention. (novelty: 3)