The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and over 60 US agricultural industry stakeholders voiced support for the World Trade Organization (WTO) yesterday [September 23] but they also encouraged WTO reform, calling some of its rules outdated.
Leading food manufacturers including Nestlé, Danone, PepsiCo and Mars have pledged their support to a new initiative to fight deforestation called Forest Positive Coalition of Action.
EU legislation halting the import of forest-risk commodities would not be an effective response to stop deforestation in the Amazon, said feed, grain and oilseeds, and crushing trade groups, FEFAC, COCERAL and FEDIOL.
All US food and feed facilities must renew their US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) registration between October 1 and December 31, 2020. Renewal is required every even-numbered year, and failure to renew results in a cancelled registration, says a...
The US International Trade Commission (USITC) shared its preliminary findings that there is reasonable indication that the US methionine industry has been materially injured by imports sold by France, Japan, and Spain at “less than fair value”.
The first-ever public detection method for a gene-edited crop has been successfully developed and published, according to a group of non-governmental organizations, non-GMO food associations and a food retailer behind the development.
European renewable ethanol association (ePURE) members produced 5.6bn liters of ethanol and 5.33m tons of co-products in 2019, including 3.83m tons of high-protein, GMO-free DDGS for use in feed, according to new audited data from the industry group.
EFSA and the EMA have been requested to help EU Commission to develop a common approach on exposure assessment methodologies for residues from veterinary medicinal products (VMPs), feed additives and pesticides residues in food of animal origin.
The six major soy traders that make up the Soft Commodities Forum (SCF) say that they are on track to achieve traceability to farm for 95% of their direct soy sources in 25 municipalities in the Brazilian Cerrado by the end of 2020.
The US Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER) is looking for proposals for the first phase of a new research project it aims to conduct that will assist the feed industry in addressing sustainability in a comprehensive, consistent and strategic...
Novus International has filed antidumping petitions with the US Department of Commerce and International Trade Commission requesting that the agencies investigate imports of methionine from Spain, France and Japan, consistent with the WTO Antidumping...
Anti-GMO groups in the UK are calling for a rejection of amendment to the UK's Agriculture Bill that plans to deregulate a range of genome editing techniques.
Around one-fifth of the soy and beef imported to Europe from Brazil can be linked to deforestation in the country, a new study reveals, lending its voice to growing opposition to the trade deal between the EU and Mercosur.
Biomin says a positive opinion from EFSA could pay the wave for EU authorization of its FUMzyme branded mycotoxin-deactivating enzyme for use in silages.
Grieg Seafood says it has excluded Cargill Aqua Nutrition from the proceeds of its NOK 1 billion (US$105m) green bond, which was issued last month, until its parent company, Cargill, has significantly reduced its soy-related deforestation risk in Brazil.
The Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has decided to postpone the implementation of new maximum levels (MLs) for Salmonella and heavy metals in feed ingredients of plant origin for one year, until July 1, 2021, for further review...
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Furst-McNess Corp. for exposing employees to potential grain dust explosions and other hazards at the feed mill facility in Lodi, Wisconsin.
The US National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and other organizations called for US congress support for a bill that helps US agricultural suppliers, producers and transporters by ensuring hours-of-service rules are consistent throughout the year...
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of an explosion at an Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) oilseed crushing and refining plant in Erith, in southern England last Friday [June 19].
Upcoming lock and dam closures along the Illinois River are set to hamper deliveries of corn, soybeans, animal feed and ethanol for export staging and consumption on the Gulf Coast, according to a S&P Global Platts report.
The Dutch government’s plan to reduce nitrogen-based pollution lacks ambition, according to the final report from the Advisory Council, a committee set up to advise the Dutch officials on such emissions reduction.
Krill products producer, Aker BioMarine, is looking to raise 2.15 billion Norwegian crowns (US$225m) in a private share sale valuing it at 8 billion crowns, followed by a listing of the company’s stock on Norway’s Merkur Market.
Tensions are rising in Argentina over the government decision to expropriate the financially challenged, Vicentin SAIC, a diversified agribusiness and one of the largest Argentinian-owned exporters of soybean meal and other soy-based products.
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) says the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has achieved a long-awaited major milestone that will boost the trade of US feed products abroad.
The number of workers testing positive for COVID-19 at Tönnies abattoir in Gütersloz, Germany, has ‘reached an existential crisis’, with the owner saying it ‘thought it had done everything right’, to protect against the virus, despite claiming more than...
European rapeseed markets are facing a challenge as France has notified the European Commission (EC) that it intends to ban imports of Clearfield herbicide resistant varieties of rapeseed, potentially reducing the ability to import Canadian canola, commented...
The Feed Adviser Register (FAR) run by UK feed and ag services trade group, Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), has launched a new initiative to allow farmers find nearby feed companies that employ registered feed advisers.
A new US based research paper suggests that sequencing of feed during manufacturing reduces Salmonella-positive contamination within animal feed and on manufacturing surfaces, particularly after the second batch or with the use of chemical treatments.
Forum for the Future has released a new report Growing our Future, bringing together insights from over 60 organizations exploring regenerative agriculture, highlighting the benefits of such an approach for food, feed and other agricultural supply chains....
About 75% of the pig feed producer members of Netherlands feed trade group, Nevedi, have announced that they are open to their company joining the Dutch pig industry collective, the Coalition Vitalization Pig Farm (CoViVa), which is aimed at future proofing...
US endomicrobial-based products producer, Ascus Bioscience, said the US$46m it has secured in a Series B funding round leaves it well positioned to continue expanding its sales and servicing teams, and to advance new and existing products in its product...
FEFAC and other food and feed supply chain representatives welcomed this week’s release by the European Commission of new biodiversity and farm to fork (F2F) strategies, while stressing their concerns about certain aspects of those publications.
The current proposal from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on speculative positions come much closer to a workable approach for the grain, feed, and processing industry, says the NGFA.
New EU regulation re-authorizing the various forms of the essential amino acid, Lysine, that can be placed on the EU market brings plenty of changes, says Didier Jans, managing director, SERRPA, a consultancy specialized in regulatory and public affairs.
UK based plant-reliability company AVT Reliability Ltd is using its involvement in thermal imaging – usually employed to detect faults in factory equipment – to help companies protect their workforce.
Bord Bia, the Irish Food Board, has launched a Grass Fed Standard, which it says is the world’s first on a national scale, that allows it to track and verify the percentage of grass consumed in the diet of Irish dairy herds.
Pigs delivered to Danish Crown in the coming years must be fed with 100% responsibly produced soy, said the company in an action plan that it delivered to the Soy Alliance in Denmark last Thursday [April 30].
Alabama’s Attorney General (AG) has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the State of Alabama, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) against Tyson Foods Inc over two river spills...
Tyson Foods Inc has faced no sanctions yet over a feed factory river spill in Alabama, US, last June that caused 175,000 fish to be killed, one of the largest such fish kills ever in that state.
