February 28, 2008
FCI names new vice president
The Facility Certification Institute (FCI) has promoted Brian Bennett as the new vice president of the organization.
FCI provides feed and food safety programs and auditing services to the feed industry.
The institute was initially founded in March 2001 as an independent, non-profit organization to provide third party certification services to companies wishing to certify compliance with the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) BSE feed rule.
FCI now additionally offers auditing services and certification to the Spray Dried Plasma Producers, Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Certification and provides auditing services to the American Feed Industry Association's Safe Feed/Safe Food Certification Program and the Animal Protein Producers Industry's, Code of Practice Program.
Its programs are intended for feed mills, pet food manufacturers, feed dealers, ingredient suppliers, livestock producers, grind and mix operations, renderers and on-farm mixers.
