Constance Cullman President & CEO The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), based in Arlington, Va., is the world’s largest organization devoted exclusively to representing the business, legislative and regulatory interests of the U.S. animal food industry and its suppliers. AFIA’s members include over 650 domestic and international companies, such as livestock feed and pet food manufacturers, integrators, pharmaceutical companies, ingredient suppliers, equipment manufacturers and supply companies that provide other products or services to feed manufacturers. Several state, national and regional associations are also AFIA members. http://www.afia.org

Bangladesh FAEA, in collaboration with Venture37 and FAS-Dhaka, is actively engaged in enhancing Bangladesh's food and feed safety framework through capacity-building and technical support initiatives. Our collaborative efforts focus on improving infrastructure, advocacy and regulatory coordination to elevate the country's safety and regulatory standards in the agricultural sector. Our strategy involves raising awareness and strategizing on policy and regulatory updates to modernize Bangladesh's legislative framework, aligning it with international standards and enhancing global compliance. KEY INITIATIVES Advocacy Empowerment: We empower local feed and animal production associations in policy advocacy, stakeholder engagement and strategic communication, enabling them to advocate effectively for modern food and feed safety policies. Regulatory Modernization: We drive awareness and strategize on policy and regulatory updates to modernize Bangladesh's legislative framework, aiming for alignment with international standards and enhanced global compliance. FAEA is committed to supporting Bangladesh in achieving a more coordinated, efficient, and globally compliant food safety system, ensuring the safety and quality of its food products. PROGRAM UPDATES

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Dan Halstrom President and CEO USMEF is a not-for-profit trade association representing nine diverse industry sectors, including beef/veal producers and feeders, pork producers and feeders, lamb producers and feeders, packers and processors, purveyors and traders, oilseeds producers, feedgrains producers, farm organizations and supply and service organizations. USMEF’s mission is “To increase the value and profit opportunities for the U.S. beef, pork, and lamb industries by enhancing demand in export markets through a coordinated and collaborative partnership of all stakeholders.” With 19 offices and regional representatives in key markets around the world, USMEF collects and analyzes market intelligence, implements promotional programs, and collaborates with industry stakeholders to increase U.S. red meat exports http://www.usmef.org

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Jesse J. Sevcik Executive Director, Global Government Affairs Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) is a global animal health company that develops products and knowledge services to prevent and treat disease in food animals and pets in more than 90 countries. With a 65-year heritage, we rigorously innovate to improve the health of animals and benefit our customers, while fostering an inclusive, cause-driven culture for more than 5,800 employees. At Elanco, we’re driven by our vision of food and companionship enriching life - all to advance the health of animals, people and the planet. https://www.elanco.com/

Nick Gardner Senior Vice President, Sustainability and Multilateral Affairs The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) is a non-profit, independent membership organization that represents the global trade interests of U.S. dairy producers, proprietary processors and cooperatives, ingredient suppliers and export traders. Dairy Management Inc. founded USDEC in 1995 and, through the dairy checkoff program, is the organization’s primary funder. USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service provides export activity support, and membership dues fund the Council’s trade policy and lobbying activities. USDEC’s mission is to enhance demand for U.S. dairy products and ingredients by securing access and assisting suppliers to meet market needs that facilitate sales. We accomplish this through research and collaboration with members, government, academia and numerous related organizations whose common goal is to ensure the health and vitality of the U.S. dairy industry. http://www.usdec.org

Trachelle Carr Senior Director of International Technical Affairs The National Pork Producers Council, which consists of 42 affiliated state associations, is the global voice for the U.S. pork industry, enhancing opportunities for the success of pork producers and other industry stakeholders by establishing the pork industry as a consistent and responsible supplier of high-quality pork to domestic and world markets. On behalf of America’s 60,000 pork producers, NPPC fights for reasonable federal legislation and regulations, maintains and develops export market opportunities, and protects producers’ livelihoods. Public-policy issues on which it focuses are in the areas of agriculture and industry, animal well-being and food safety, environment and energy, and international trade. https://www.nppc.org

< Back About the Course This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. Want to view and manage all your collections? Click on the Content Manager button in the Add panel on the left. Here, you can make changes to your content, add new fields, create dynamic pages and more. Your collection is already set up for you with fields and content. Add your own content or import it from a CSV file. Add fields for any type of content you want to display, such as rich text, images, and videos. Be sure to click Sync after making changes in a collection, so visitors can see your newest content on your live site. Your Instructor Marcus Harris This is placeholder text. To change this content, double-click on the element and click Change Content. To manage all your collections, click on the Content Manager button in the Add panel on the left.

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ABOUT US The Food and Agriculture Export Alliance (FAEA) was created in May 2004 to achieve greater cooperation and effectiveness in market access among meat, poultry, dairy, feed grains and soybean organizations and private sector agriculture input providers. The broad goal of FAEA is to enhance cooperation among those agriculture sectors in developing food and agriculture export markets through reduced Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) constraints for the benefit of the U.S. grains, oilseeds and livestock sectors. The FAEA mission is to advance international food and feed safety laws and regulations in accordance with science-based international standards. FAEA has identified non-tariff barriers, especially those related to food and feed safety, as an area of common concern to its stakeholders (e.g., Codex Alimentarius Commission recommendations and standards). Non-tariff trade barriers are an area that has become increasingly important as other forms of trade constraints are being eliminated through multi-party trade agreements or bilateral negotiations. FAEA is unique in its membership, combining resources of a diverse group of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Market Access Program (MAP) participants, commodity groups, and private sector organizations that focus on food and feed safety goals through collective efforts. The FAEA activities have defined a new direction in cooperation among key components of U.S. agriculture. Collectively, FAEA members represent approximately 42% of U.S. agricultural exports. The application of non-scientific barriers to trade by foreign governments is common to all the products represented by FAEA members. The current members of the FAEA include: MAP Participants U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) U.S. Grains Council (USGC) USA Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) Commodity Groups National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) North American Meat Institute (NAMI) Private Sector Input Providers Elanco Merck Animal Health FAEA activities are funded through a combination of FAEA membership funds and USDA’s Market Access Program as a Global Based Initiative (GBI). FAEA’s GBI is submitted on an annual basis via the USGC’s Unified Export Strategy (UES). Kent D. Sisson Executive Director Food and Agriculture Export Alliance FAEA Staff & Partners Board Members Contact Us