The Intelligence and Investigation Service of the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA-IOD) has carried out a series of raids as part of an investigation into the illegal export of processed animal proteins from ruminants.
Financially challenged, Vicentin, a diversified agribusiness and one of the largest Argentinian-owned exporters of soy and soy products, has asked a national court to begin bankruptcy-protection proceedings, reported Bloomberg Law.
Around 80% of global deforestation is driven by agricultural expansion, a phenomenon which has roots in the global demand for products such as palm oil, soy and beef, says the EU Commission.
Three employees of a feed company based in Noord-Brabant, in the Netherlands, have been arrested for selling non-certified food waste as feedstuffs to livestock farmers, according to a statement from the Dutch public prosecution office [OM] yesterday...
China says it is stepping up efforts to ensure orderly production and distribution of animal feed, meat, dairy products and eggs amid its fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak.
A tax on meat in EU would help reduce consumption and reflect the environmental costs of its production, argue the authors of a report proposing such a levy.
As cows burb, they emit the methane produced in their stomach, and this factor makes dairy and beef production responsible for a significant amount of man-made global warming. So the race is on to find solutions to reduce methane emissions in livestock,...
To ensure assurance and to increase accessibility to its program, the organization behind the global standard for responsible sourcing of marine ingredients, IFFO RS, is calling for certification bodies (CBs) to apply to become an approved CB to certify...
A survey of some 97 professional buyers, traders and producers of feed and food additives saw 35 respondents or 36% expecting a high, and 50 respondents or 51% a low impact of the coronavirus on ingredient supply.
The Dutch government has pledged funds to a financial mechanism for sustainable agriculture, a move that ensures the AGRI3 Fund will be up and running in the first half of 2020.
The intake of beef, lamb and dairy will need to be cut by at least one fifth per person in the UK, finds a new report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).
The Andersons, Inc. is facing a $291,716 fine for safety violations following an investigation into the deaths of two employees inside a grain storage facility.
German compound feed and agribusiness group, Agravis Raiffeisen, was one of seven companies involved in pesticide wholesale fined by the German competition authority for collusion over 17 years to control prices.
Conditions of feed grains and ingredients at harvest is raising concerns about safety as wet grain can lead to storage problems and prompt grain bin entry, says safety expert.
Following an expansion in products for animals containing hemp or cannabidiol, the South Carolina Department of Agriculture is accelerating its surveillance activities aimed at preventing the use of unapproved ingredients in feed.
Cargill has moved to clarify what its current trading relationship is with Nestlé, following the report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that the leading food and beverage company had stopped buying Cargill’s Brazilian soy because of concerns about the...
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently reported that the world’s largest food and beverage company, Nestlé, has stopped buying Cargill’s Brazilian soy because of concerns about the link to deforestation.
Four salmon feed companies have been accused by the Chilean National Economic Prosecutor's Office (FNE) of conspiring from 2003 to 2015 to fix fish feed prices in that market.
Columbia Grain International is being fined $191,322 and cited for safety violations regarding feed grain handling, employee training and equipment use following an employee’s death.
Expanding federal funding for foundation agricultural and feed-related research is needed to improve sector productivity and prevent future problems like disease outbreaks.
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) has applauded the passage of bipartisan legislation to fund the federal government for the remainder of the 2020 fiscal year as the move sees a key AFIA policy ambition – increased funding for feed ingredient...
This year is almost behind us. It was one where the issue of climate change dominated the discourse and one where a lot of questions were asked of feed and livestock production in terms of their environmental impact.
Increasing sales of medically important antibiotics used with livestock raise questions about data collection and the development of alternative production practices to improve antibiotic stewardship.
We talk to UK feed and ag inputs representatives, AIC, about the trade group's efforts to further the sustainability agenda with its members, who are responsible for some £9bn (US$11.8bn) of farm trade,
The US Food and Drug Administration calls on Valley Proteins to improve some company practices and undertake corrective actions regarding identifying and controlling some potential hazards for animal feed ingredients.
There was a low Salmonella prevalence in compound feed for all production animals in 2018, according to the findings of a report on trends and sources of zoonoses from the EU Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the EU Centre for Disease Prevention and Control...
European feed sector representatives said the sector ready to support the EU’s Green deal, while outlining the work it has already done to realize more sustainable feed and livestock production.
EU production of soybeans and pulses will continue to grow to address feed and food demand for locally produced plant-protein products, according to the EU Commission’s outlook for EU agriculture until 2030.
US feed industry organizations and feed grower groups are applauding progress toward a final ratification of a revamped North American trade deal, which if passed by Congress, could improve market access and US competitiveness.
Tesco, Nutreco and Grieg Seafood have become the first companies to lend their support to a new industry-led scheme aimed at helping to end soy-linked deforestation in one of Brazil’s most biodiverse regions, the Cerrado.
The private sector should expand its reach and not only focus on profits and return on investments but pursue its ethical responsibilities to ensure the communities where they operate address poverty reduction, sustainable food security and societal wellbeing,...
The European Institute of Innovation and Technologies (EIT) Food in collaboration with Queen's University, Belfast (QUB), The University of Turin (UNITO) and The German Institute of Technologies (DIL) announced that they have come together to create...
Fifteen companies, including one selling an animal feed, face warnings from the US Food and Drug Administration for the illegal sale of products containing cannabidiol.
European organizations have been reacting with alarm to reports that farmers in Brazil are seeking to end the Amazon Soy Moratorium, a commitment made by traders and crushers not to buy soy from cleared land after 2008 in the Amazon.
Thailand’s government yesterday went back on its plan to ban the controversial pesticide, glyphosate, and it also deferred bans on two other agricultural pesticides, paraquat and chlorpyrifos.
Livestock and arable farmer are protesting in Germany, France and in Ireland over low farm incomes, the undermining of rural economies and also growing criticism of agricultural practices.
Across the food industry, there is still little awareness of the need to address the impacts of feed production within the meat, dairy and fish sectors, finds a report from the sustainability focused organization, Forum for the Future.
The EU feed industry is looking to plug what it sees as major gaps in EU pesticide legislation in relation to maximum residue levels (MRLs) for feed materials, such as co-products, to offset any impact on trade, both within the EU, and beyond.
The weekend saw firefighters continuing to deal with the aftermath of a fire at premises in Northern Ireland belonging to animal nutrition group, Devenish.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working to establish a new testing program using accredited laboratories to examine the safety of animal feed and food in specific circumstances.
The European Fat Processors and Renderers Association (EFPRA) is looking to reassure users and importers of European processed animal proteins (PAPs) and animal fats that those materials pose no risk in terms of African Swine Fever Virus (ASFv) transmission....
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is launching a US Domestic Hemp Production Program to guide the approval of state and tribal production plans and establish a regulatory framework for the crop.
Hatcheries in the Netherlands will be forced to introduce early feeding after a court found in favor of Dutch animal rights organization, Wakker Dier, as first reported by local newspaper, de Volkskrant.
The EU Parliament today backed a plan to secure EU budget payments to UK beneficiaries like universities, local communities, farmers and Erasmus students.
UK retailers and international fish feed producers look to set the record straight in relation to claims made in a new report linking them to the sourcing of non-sustainably produced fishmeal and fish oil for feed for seafood products.
