Trouw Nutrition highlights role of internal quality control
Trouw Nutrition’s Neosho, Missouri facility reclaimed its title as top premix site this year – it won it before. back in 2016.
The mill focuses on pet food.
Trouw Nutrition acquired the facility in 2007 and has invested more than $7m in the facility. The plant uses a computer-control system to do in-process analysis and quality control, AFIA reported. And it has on-site quality assurance programs in place.
It has six quality certifications including AFIA’s Safe Feed/Safe Food certification and ones for making pet and animal feed, hazard analysis, and being free of restricted-use protein products and ractopamine.
“Combined with our commitment to procuring only the finest ingredients, we are fully committed to protecting our customers’ brands and ensuring pets receive the safest, highest-quality food,” said Doug Vanjoff, plant manager. “Our team focuses 100% on animal well-being and safety. We pride ourselves on taking the necessary steps to confirm ingredients and finished products to meet or exceed our customers’ standards.”
![The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and Feedstuffs announced the four category winners for its annual Feed Facility of the Year competition Thursday [January 23]. The competition, and its predecessors, has been ongoing since 1985. The overall winner is set to be named during AFIA’s Feed Production Education Program on January 29 at tPPE in Atlanta. © GettyImages/Who_I_am](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/wrbm_tiny/media/images/news-photogalleries/631219/afia-recognizes-winners-in-top-feed-mill-competition/10630280-1-eng-GB/AFIA-recognizes-winners-in-top-feed-mill-competition.jpg)
