Niels Alsted has just retired from Danish fish feed manufacturer, BioMar. In total, he spent 45 years in the aquaculture sector. He talked FeedNavigator through his career, which started in 1974 on a small trout farm in Denmark.
Several US organizations and companies are exploring the potential uses of hemp-derived products in animal feed and seeking to support ingredient through the regulatory process.
A no-deal Brexit looms larger with the UK prime minister’s EU exit agreement suffering a crashing defeat in the House of Commons last night [January 15].
There was no definite outcome arising out of the MEP debate yesterday on the recent ECJ judgement on gene editing, but some members made an oral request to the European Commission representative to clear up any legal uncertainties in relation to that...
Feed and agricultural industry members are asking for the US Trade Representative to ensure that agriculture and in any upcoming trade negotiations with the EU.
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has recently revealed it is aiming to bring plant ingredients within its Feed Standard, through the development and adoption of assessment tools for traceability and sustainability, in an approach similar to that...
Agrivida, the Massachusetts-based biotechnology startup, announced last week that it was making its enzyme-expressing corn feed ingredient, Grainzyme Phytase, available to the US poultry market.
Polish poultry and livestock producers are maintaining pressure on the government to postpone a ban on the use of GM feeds beyond the current January 1, 2019, deadline.
Newly submitted data from Norel confirms that an additive, zinc chelate of methionine sulfate, is safe for broilers when used up to the maximum content of zinc in complete feed allowed in the EU (120 mg Zn/kg complete poultry feed), concluded EFSA.
A lawsuit ruling invalidating open-water aquaculture regulations for the Gulf of Mexico may not generate new interest in the use of recirculating aquaculture systems for aquaculture producers.
Botanicals company, Nor-Feed, and SONAS, a research unit of Angers University based in western France, have launched LabCom FeedInTech, a joint laboratory for the close study of plant based feed additives.
