English: Jenny Murphy, a consumer safety officer in FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), and FDA’s Dr Stephen Ostroff examine a tray of spent grains held by David Phillips, Senior Distillery Manager at the Booker Noe Distillery. Also shown is Luke Adam, Senior Manager of Scientific Services for Beam Suntory, second from right.

A team of FDA, Kentucky and Distilled Spirits Council representatives, led by Dr Stephen Ostroff, FDA’s deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine, toured distilleries and a craft brewery over Jan. 11 and 12, 2017. (Dr Ostroff became acting FDA commissioner on Jan. 20, 2017.) The goal was to facilitate industry understanding of applicable FDA rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act, including those related to spent grains used in animal foods, and to increase FDA’s understanding of how distilleries and breweries operate.

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