Spanish feed additives company, Rubinum, has criticized EFSA’s findings that new evidence submitted by the firm on Toyocerin did not demonstrate the safety of the gut flora stabilizer.
EFSA has again found that Toyocerin from Spanish feed additives firm, Rubinum, poses a risk for the spread of determinants for resistance to two antibiotics used in human and veterinary medicine - tetracycline and chloramphenicol.
New guidelines on feed nanomaterials from the US regulator could spur the development of products to boost animal weight gain, bind toxins or make feed easier to digest.
The US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) this week issued a conditional license to US firm, Harrisvaccines, for a vaccine that may aid in the control of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) in swine.
The Parma-based feed safety assessor said it cannot conclude on the effectiveness of a digestibility enhancer aimed at lactating sows due to a lack of supporting data.
Idaho based Anderson Farms has settled with the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) over five safety violations at its feed operations leading to the death of an employee in February.
The mycotoxins, DON and FUM, were found in over 50% of feed grains samples analyzed by Biomin in its latest survey of the prevalence of mycotoxins in cereals globally, with piglets at risk from the levels of DON concentrates found.
Logic and legislative frameworks often don’t go hand in hand, says an edible insect expert and academic behind a recent conference looking at the potential of insects as feed and the bottlenecks preventing their exploitation as a protein source.
EU feed ingredient group, Fefana, has reacted favorably to EFSA’s ‘acknowledgment’ that a link between toxicity and lipopeptides for some Bacillus strains has not been found.
Antibiotic alternatives such as pro and prebiotics and other gut health boosting feed components are to be welcomed as long as they don’t simply shore up intensive farming practices, says a leading farm animal welfare organization.
EFSA said it cannot evaluate the efficacy of a feed additive on the performance of weaned piglets due to a lack of supporting evidence from the developer, Norel.
The EU Commission has published new rules that require more stringent controls on pork by-products used for animal feed before they can be imported in a bid to stave off exposure to the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PEDv) disease.
WWF says there is a lack of leadership from the feed sector on promotion of responsible soy production and it is calling on more EU feed companies to start demanding and buying responsible soy.
France has proposed a ban on feed ingredients using pig by-products and the import of live pigs from North America, Mexico and Japan, in order to ward off the entry of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) into the country.
The decline in the number of EU RASFF warnings about dioxin contaminants in feed last year compared to 2012 shows the risk management system is working, says a trade group.
A senior FDA official, in a move to quieten the outcry over the animal feed rule, said there is 'minimal' risk associated with feeding spent grains and it will revise the language around the regulation.
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has urged the US FDA to rethink its approach to animal food regulation to avoid imposing costs and burdens on animal food manufacturers that are even greater than those imposed on human food manufacturers.
A ruling in a lysine cartel case which saw damages awarded to French poultry breeder, Doux, against Ajinomoto will make it easier for victims of anti-competitive practices to bring an action for damages and prove prejudice, says a lawyer.
No maximum limit should be set for the use of beta-carotene in milk replacers, says the EU feed additive lobby as an EC review on the use of the additive in animal feeds gets underway.
Merck said field trial evaluations on its feed additive – Zilmax – are underway in US cattle feeding facilities but Tyson Foods and Cargill are retaining their ban on the controversial product.
The US regulator said it is re-evaluating a section of the animal feed rule that brings a brewing by-product, used as feed, under the regulation after an angry reaction from feed users and the brewing industry.
The availability and the price of feeds given to dairy animals will be threatened by the new animal feed rule, says US milk producers, angry at the FDA’s decision to include the animal feed by-products of alcohol manufacture in the regulation.
Non-members of the International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organization (IFFO) are able to apply for ‘responsible supply’ (RS) certification, after the body altered its criteria recently.
EFSA has found that ferrous sulphate monohydrate is an effective source of iron for all animal species and categories but was unable to determine dietary intake levels for fish and horses.
The US and Canadian pork, feed and other linked industries have mapped out feed-related research priorities in a strategic bid to control the future spread of the deadly Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv).
EU aquaculture producers have been defending the use of non-ruminant processed animal protein (PAP) in fish feed one year on from EU authorization following negative media coverage, notably in France.
The US feed sector said it will continue to submit comments to the FDA on the new FSMA feed rule past the consultation deadline due to the “enormity” of the new regulation.
A leading animal scientist has defended the effectiveness of observational data in evaluating the impact of feed additives like Zilmax on animal health.
EU border officials are stepping up controls on enzymes originating from India and groundnuts from Sudan for use in feed and food due to the contaminant risk linked to both products.
CFIA confirms results of further testing of feed pellets
Testing cannot confirm a link between feed containing blood plasma and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) virus cases in Canada, said the country’s food inspection agency yesterday.
Austrian additive supplier, Lactosan, has high hopes for boosting its share of the pig breeding sector following the positive opinion from EFSA for its probiotic for use in sow feed.
Sourcing large volumes of segregated sustainable soy is some years off yet but there are alternatives for cow feed, said Arla Foods, as it announced a move to support more responsible soy production.
A bid to streamline the export of US feed ingredients is underway with a new certification process that aims to help manufacturers comply with complex quality protocols in countries such as Brazil and China.
A huge question mark hangs over the future use of porcine plasma in feed, says the boss of a Canadian feed manufacturer that was forced this month to recall feed pellets linked to the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) virus.
