There is growing momentum behind an attempt to reshape a standard for responsible sourcing (RS) of fish meal and fish oil so that it covers worker safety, following recent news reports on labor and human rights abuses on fishing vessels supplying global...
EFSA has released new guidance for statistical reporting that it says will make it easier to understand and repeat statistical analyses used in its scientific assessments.
A scientific opinion from EFSA supports the safety and efficacy of DSM’s gut flora stabilizer, Cylactin, for use in layers and for minor poultry species for fattening and reared for laying.
German feed additives producer, FIM Biotech, said it will provide additional data to EFSA in order to generate a positive opinion on the binding and anti-caking efficacy of a clay product.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has backed a DSM produced feed additive for fattening of chickens in an opinion released this week, endorsing its feed efficiency functionality.
The liquid form of Kerry Food Ingredients feed additive, AGal-Pro BL-L, has received a positive opinion from EFSA for its use as a feed additive for chickens for fattening.
The need to minimize water pollution, enhance biodiversity and exploit food waste for feed use are seen as critical by respondents to an FAO global survey, run as part of a project to develop more sustainable animal feed production and use.
The British Poultry Council (BPC) is calling for the legalization of insect based meal and the re-introduction of processed animal proteins in poultry feeds, as new government figures reveal that poultry feed prices are rising at a higher rate than prices...
Land O’Lakes has filed a lawsuit in a US court against Packerland Whey Products alleging the supplier deliberately added urea to a whey protein concentrate, an ingredient used in calf milk replacer products, to make it seem that the product appeared higher...
The EU Commission has approved an Adisseo enzyme as effective at reducing body weight loss in lactating sows, despite EFSA, in a May 2014 opinion, unable to conclude on the efficacy of the feed additive.
Cargill said it still has no intention of taking cattle fed Zilmax back into its supply chain, despite Merck saying its research has shown the beta-agonist, pulled from the market last year due to concerns over side effects, is safe.
Europe may lose vital ground in terms of plant science knowledge unless field trials are allowed of genetically modified (GM) plant varieties that have been deemed safe, said leading plant scientists in an open letter.
US firm, Omega Protein, has achieved recertification from the NGO, Friend of the Sea (FOS), for sustainable fish meal and fish oil derived from Gulf menhaden caught in the Gulf of Mexico.
FEFAC is calling on feed manufactures to join an EU-backed project looking to develop the parameters by which a company can prove the green credentials of an animal nutrition or food or drink product.
Director general of the European Commission’s Health and Consumers unit (DG SANCO), Paola Testori Coggi, has resigned following an investigation into a breach of tender policy.
The lawsuits brought against Syngenta over sales of its GM corn seed, MIR162, into the US prior to trait approval by China keenly show other countries' regulations cannot be ignored in domestic courts and by US companies, says a law professor.
Eight suspects including the head of a cooking oil company and three executives from an animal feed manufacturer have been formally charged over their role in Taiwan's tainted oil scandal, according to media reports.
In vetoing a livestock antibiotic bill on Tuesday, the governor of California is, in fact, calling for stronger action to curb unnecessary antibiotic use in that state, say US environmental and consumer groups.
UK firm, Micron Bio-Systems, is set to enter the well-established yeast-derived feed additive market in the EU on the back of approval by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for a product targeted at the dairy sector.
The proposed EU-US trade deal could see the European market opened up to US imports of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), despite the Commission's public assurances to the contrary, claims Friends of the Earth.
Tainted feed should not be ruled out as a potential source of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), said a Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) led team.
The proposed EU-US trade deal could see the European market opened up to US imports of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), despite the Commission's public assurances to the contrary, claims Friends of the Earth.
The US brewing sector is hailing the revision of the animal feed rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that see spent grains production exempt in terms of new controls but feed industry advocates argue that any facility producing food for...
The initial results of a ground-breaking survey, which set out for the first time to assess views on beef cattle welfare in the US, shows there is more accord than previously thought between beef producers and consumers.
Hazard control procedures in UK feed mills need to be enhanced, found a Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) review of the systems in place to verify that UK feed operators identify and manage risks effectively.
Tennessee based feed and pig production company, AgFeed Industries, has agreed to pay $18 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case over fraud allegations, said the US regulator yesterday.
The animal feed sector has not been left untouched by the waste oil scandal in Taiwan, with a governmental inquiry finding toxic chemicals in feed produced by local manufacturer, Ching Wei, according to local media reports.
A credit lending firm, Rabo AgriFinance, is suing US commodities broker, Turner Grain Merchandising, which is said to be on the brink of filing for bankruptcy, for an alleged breach of contract.
The clarification of the legal status of medicated feed products as proposed under draft EU Commission regulation has been hailed as ‘long awaited’ by the EU feed production lobby.
US chicken processor removes antibiotics from hatcheries
US chicken processor, Perdue Foods, yesterday announced that it has removed all antibiotics from its chicken hatcheries, a move that “sets the standard for the responsible use of antibiotics in poultry production.”
Legislation on the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops must be made “watertight” to avoid GM-opposing member states being taken to court, the European Parliament has urged in a European Council debate this week.
South Korea, a major importer of beef from the US, Australia and New Zealand, has lifted a ban on the use of animal feed additive, zilpaterol, in beef.
A Scottish animal feed firm has been fined £240,000 after a lorry driver was crushed to death when a two-tonne, fully loaded grain bin fell onto him from a forklift truck.
Whilst the setting of maximum levels for fumonisins in maize is an important step, more attention needs to be given to the impact of the occurrence of multi-mycotoxins in feed grains, according to animal nutrition firm Biomin.
The results generated by a pioneering project looking at global dairy feeding systems will inform other initiatives aiming to measure the carbon footprint of the dairy sector, boost dairy farm efficiencies or enhance the nutritional composition of milk,...
Almost 100 pig farms in the Netherlands, which had been shut down by the Dutch food safety authority (nVWA) last week due to an illegal antibiotic find in feed, are operational again.
The FDA expects enhanced reporting of adverse events associated with animal feed on the back of a new information exchange portal for US federal, state and public health agencies.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said French documentation supporting the country's attempt to ban Monsanto's MON810 genetically modified maize in Europe contains no new information or scientific basis to support such a ban.
UK pig industry representatives have criticized a report from Defra looking at the progress of various livestock sectors on climate change targets saying feed conversion ratio (FCR) is too simplistic a metric for GHG emission performance.
China’s involvement is critical in order to scale up the production of sustainable, certified soy and a leading non-profit group says an increasing number of dissenting voices within that country could see the Asian giant take up the gauntlet.
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and other US non-profit groups are likely to appeal a court ruling of last week which endorsed the policy of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of encouraging a voluntary phase out of antibiotics in feed,...
A criminal investigation has been launched by the public prosecutor’s office in the Netherlands following the discovery of the banned antibiotic, furazolidone, in feed.
An EU Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) audit from November last year found the Spanish feed chain control system does not take into account all known feed safety risks and that it “repeatedly missed certain non-compliances by feed operators.”
A US federal appeals court has ruled against the need for regulatory action to end the use of non-therapeutic antibiotics such as penicillin and tetracyclines in farmed animals.
EU feed and cereal sector representatives say the postponement of a decision on the authorization of eight genetically modified (GM) crops by the European Commission is ‘highly problematic’ for the security of protein supplies.
The IFFO, the marine ingredients organization, wants to extend the remit of its RS global fishmeal and fishoil standard so that it takes into account the conditions of workers employed on fishmeal supply boats.
US feed ingredient supplier, International Nutrition, disputes OSHA’s findings that its decision to overload storage bins on the roof level of its Omaha facility led directly to the death of two workers in January.
