Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73

§6982 Conditions for implementation of alterations in the level of additives allowed in animal diets

Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 98— - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - FOOD SAFETY › § 6982

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The FDA cannot put into effect the rule that would change how much selenium is allowed in animal feed unless the FDA Commissioner finds five things. The Commissioner must find that selenium at the previously allowed levels is not needed to keep animals healthy, is not safe for animals, is not safe for people who eat animal products, does not help animals grow and reproduce normally, and that its production and use cannot be kept under control by following current good manufacturing practice rules. That rule is the one the FDA published on September 13, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 47962), which put a hold on the 1987 changes to selenium rules, and any change to that rule made after October 13, 1994.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §6982

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(a)The Food and Drug Administration shall not implement or enforce the final rule described in subsection (b) to alter the level of selenium allowed to be used as a supplement in animal diets unless the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration makes a determination that—

(1)selenium additives are not essential, at levels authorized in the absence of such final rule, to maintain animal nutrition and protect animal health;

(2)selenium at such levels is not safe to the animals consuming the additive;

(3)selenium at such levels is not safe to individuals consuming edible portions of animals that receive the additive;

(4)selenium at such levels does not achieve its intended effect of promoting normal growth and reproduction of livestock and poultry; and

(5)the manufacture and use of selenium at such levels cannot reasonably be controlled by adherence to current good manufacturing practice requirements.

(b)The final rule referred to in subsection (a) is the final rule issued by the Food and Drug Administration and published in the Federal Register on September 13, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 47962), in which the Administration stayed 1987 amendments to the selenium food additive regulations, and any modification of such rule issued after October 13, 1994.

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Citation

7 U.S.C. § 6982

Title 7 — Agriculture

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73