The document's publication signals a global consensus on feed ingredient assessment has been reached. The guidance includes a checklist that allows manufacturers to see at a glance what information needs to be provided for different types of feed...
In her 2023 State of the Union address this week, EC President von der Leyen made no reference to the Sustainable Food System law nor animal welfare. With some stakeholders fearing they’ve been dropped, we asked the Commission to weigh in.
The AIC has launched a consultation on its draft sustainability standard, pillar 1– deforestation and land conversion –with members of the trade group and industry stakeholders encouraged to respond by the October 4 deadline.
What’s a ‘good’ carbon credit and how do businesses use them without fear of criticism from consumers? New guidance on carbon credits has been issued as attitudes shift among food and beverage companies towards using offsets to meet their climate targets.
Trase and Proforest say they have they answer. They have published proposals for establishing a “fair and effective risk benchmarking” approach to underpin the EU deforestation regulation.
US ethanol and protein producer, Green Plains Inc, says it is well positioned for a strong operational performance during the second half of 2023 despite it revealing it had a difficult second quarter.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Vietnam has officially approved the domestic commercial use of two locally manufactured vaccines against African swine fever (ASF).
A new tool assesses deforestation and conversion of native vegetation at the farm level for soy production areas in the Cerrado, Brazil. It also includes Brazilian Forest Code related indicators and other compliance checks.
In the first major pet food packaging update in more than 40 years, the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) has approved new labeling guidelines that include standardized nutrition information, clear ingredient statements, and storage...
FEFAC has updated its Soy Sourcing Guidelines, with the key change in the 2023 version being that the desired criterion on conversion-free soy has now become an essential criterion.
Government funding will help the co-op to accelerate its exit from coal-fired power generation and achieve greater scope 1 & 2 emission reductions by 2030.
Companies have one week remaining to disclose their progress towards deforestation-and conversion-free (DCF) supply chains through the CDP forests questionnaire, as called upon by the Accountability Framework initiative (AFi) Coalition.
Cargill partnered with TREES Consulting to develop a methodology that offers the global beef industry a framework for measuring methane emissions reduction using feed supplements that have been incorporated into beef cattle diets.
The AIC is encouraging its feed industry members to engage with its efforts to build a counter proposal to the UK government’s proposed energy efficiency targets for compound feed manufacturing.
US veterinarians are being told by authorities to stop issuing VFDs, feed mills to stop filling orders, and pork producers to stop using the combination of two medicated feed products in swine diets.
A report by Mighty Earth, in partnership with Repórter Brasil and Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV), links US soy trader, Bunge, to the equivalent of 15,897 soccer fields of recent deforestation in the threatened Cerrado savannah in Brazil.
Finding ways to support the greater uptake of circular and advanced feeding technologies in the EU livestock sector was one of the themes of the 30th FEFAC congress.
A new report has highlighted the threat to category 3 animal fat supply for the EU feed and pet food industries by their increasing use as feedstocks in biofuels, an issue recently raised by FEFAC and FEDIAF.
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) has come out in support of a bill that it says offers a new way for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to evaluate feed additives and spur innovation in the US livestock sector.
Darling Ingredients Inc. maintains that the company’s safety procedures at a Mississippi animal feed plant were adequate despite the death of two maintenance workers, according to Bloomberg Law.
Reports from the Blue Food Innovation Summit in London
The EU Parliament adopted its position yesterday [Thursday June 1] for negotiations with member states on a due diligence proposal to hold companies accountable for their environmental impacts.
Reports from the Blue Food Innovation Summit in London
US trade group, the Pet Food Institute (PFI), has been pushing for an overhaul of the way cat and dog food and treats are regulated. It wants the FDA to oversee pet food ingredient approvals.
The world is not a stable place. Conflicts, both civil and international, as well as deglobalisation and the looming threat of climate change, are just some of the things that have the potential to radically disrupt the food system. At the City Food and...
Reports from the World Nutrition Forum in Cancun Mexico
Feed additives have a role to play in busting methane emissions (CH4) but current FDA policy is preventing US farmers from gaining access to such tools, says a leading expert.
UK feed industry representatives, the AIC, attending the Farm to Fork summit organized by the UK government, pressed home the need to improve regulatory decision-making processes to strengthen productivity and competitiveness - specifically, on the registration...
Dispatches from the World Nutrition Forum 2023 in Cancun, Mexico
ClientEarth has filed a legal complaint against Cargill over what it claims is the US agribusiness giant’s failure to fully monitor soy-driven deforestation and human rights violations in Brazil.
The Windsor Framework has been welcomed as a ‘step forward’ but collaboration is needed to manage regulatory divergence which remains a concern, says Gill Gallagher chief executive of the Northern Ireland Grain Trade Association (NIGTA).
