Heightened national risk assessment is seen as decisive in mitigating both existing and new hazards, said the two bodies behind a recent international feed risk analysis event in Rome.
A new study indicates that either inulin and ginger supplementation of the feed of grower pigs could be effective in establishing a favorable gut microbial composition.
An investigation by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is ongoing into the Ohio-based Shur-Green Farms and says the company may have knowingly sold tainted oil as a feed additive.
FEFAC, in an effort to avoid any confusion about the status of its draft soy sourcing guidelines, has published a clarification document to make it clear they are recommendations for soy purchasers and not a new responsible soy standard.
Use of antibiotics in animal feed, treatment and other influences may be contributing to a trend of multi-antibiotic-resistant bacteria in some US feedlot cattle.
Canadian researchers are actively developing ways to improve chicken health through the use of immune boosters and promotion of good bacteria in the digestive tract in place of antibiotics.
Experts say with more wheat potentially entering the US feed market, there are some hidden costs and factors to be aware of before using it as a feed source.
Cargill is starting production at a new canola-crush facility based in Canada to help it boost its production of canola products, including canola meal for use in feed, and further develop the market in the US, Asia and other countries.
DSM says the EU risk assessor has acknowledged the ability of its feed additive to lower urine pH in sows but EFSA questions whether such a function can deliver much in terms of swine productivity.
Understanding the structure of the gut and how it may affect and be affected by factors like diet, digestion and the pig’s immune system, is one of the current research objectives of swine expert, John Patience.
Numerous EU countries have endorsed the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) opinion from May last year that there should be a reduction in the content of zinc allowed in feed for all farmed animals.
The US market for distillers dried grains (DDGs) is not likely to see wild fluctuation even if less ethanol is produced domestically than once expected as a reaction to changes in biofuel policy.
The EU Commission’s standing committee on plants, animals, food and feed (SCoPAFF), in a majority vote last week, upheld the authorization withdrawal decision on the controversial feed additive, Toyocerin.
The ENVI Committee, in a debate yesterday, favored a rejection of the Commission’s proposal to allow member states impose their own bans on genetically modified (GM) crop imports.
The IFFO is backing the draft ASC Responsible Feed Standard but questions why there is such a focus on marine ingredients given the fact they only make up the minority of the aqua feed formulation.
Probiotic strains of Lactobacillus johnsonii x-1d-2 (L. johnsonii) and Lactobacillus mucosae x-4w-1 (L. mucosae) may support increased body weight gain and improved intestinal flora for piglets, said researchers writing in the Asian-Australasian Journal...
An ongoing lawsuit against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reporting exemptions for factory farms may be one step closer to court as the agency recently agreed to the possibility of briefing the court on the case.
Rabobank, in a note on protein meal supply, says stronger vertical integration will buffer feed, livestock or trading companies in times of high price volatility.
Prices for corn and soybeans may be about to rise, as some starting crop amounts are down from earlier expectations, said the USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE).
DNA testing experts AuthenTechnologies has announced that it will now test all samples with the most cutting edge Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) platform available – at the same affordable cost and rapid turnaround time.
Global animal health and nutrition company, Alltech, plugs a gap in terms of its European operations and gains a firmer foothold in the Norwegian dairy and aqua markets through the purchase of Produs and Produs Aqua.
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) and Quality Liquid Feeds (QLF) are forming a joint venture in the US to provide liquid feed supplements for certain states and to build on buoyancy in the segment.
EU Commission representatives have told feed company, Rubinum, to submit a new dossier to EFSA in its bid to get a positive opinion for its probiotic, Toyocerin.
The European feed manufactures’ federation is worried about the potential impact the lowering of maximum permitted levels (MPLs) for trace elements could have on animal productivity.
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Cargill may challenge the ruling of South Korea’s competition authority that claims the company was part of an animal feed price rigging cartel over a number of years.
Imported tocopherols will now be subject to 100% monitoring for dioxin testing in the EU under amendments brought in during a review of Commission Regulation 225/2012.
Meal from Arcadia’s bioengineered gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) safflower seed has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as safe to use in cattle and poultry feeds.
Belgian firm, Adifo, said the US market is currently the dominant user of its cloud based animal nutrition focused platform combining ration calculation and feed optimization in a single tool.
Further enhancing the documentation around the inactivation step used to control contaminants in feed mills and crushing plants will ensure greater safety and ensure traceability of feed, said Béatrice Conde-Petit, group expert, Food Science and Technology,...
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Professor Chris Elliott reacts: cow must have been exposed to bone meal 'at some point'
The US feed and poultry lobby welcomed the US Senate's vote to pass Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation as a way of ensuring more markets for US feed and meat products.
Brazilian researchers are looking for lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains able to adsorb or to degrade mycotoxins in the hunt for ingredients to alleviate the negative effects of the molds on animal health.
Top of the pyramid control is essential to minimize risk in the feed chain as most contaminants in feed find their origin at the earliest stages, said EU Feed Manufacturers’ Federation, FEFAC.
US agribusiness giant, Cargill, has opened an animal nutrition technology application center (TAC) in Hebei, China, which it said incurred an investment of $6.2 million
Experts at the Cologne feed technology event reveal how the EU feed sector can become more sustainable and predict dramatic changes for feed milling in Europe ten years down the line.
Ohio based Shur-Green Farms said the issues raised by the FDA in relation to its sales of contaminated soy oil soon after an earlier shipment of the product was linked to turkey deaths on a Michigan network of farms, are “largely moot” as it has stopped...
Big data has become a buzzword in the agribusiness industry but it should not be forgotten that data does not always equal ‘information’, said Nutreco.
Fishmeal has moved from being a commodity to a high priced strategic ingredient in feed where other protein sources cannot be used, says Rabobank and the IFFO agrees.