The European Commission (EU) is still evaluating the legislation on additives for use in animal nutrition as part of its fitness check of general food law, REFIT.
The US National Pork Producers Council board of directors is canceling the World Pork Expo 2019 in an ‘abundance of caution’ regarding African Swine Fever (ASF).
Grain engulfment, dust explosions and fall hazards are among some of the main safety considerations for members of the US feed and grain handling industry.
Managing the moisture content in feed formulations is critical as it can compensate for weight losses during feed processing, it can also preserve the shelf life of products and allow for uniform quality of finished feed, says Trouw Nutrition.
Canada is amending its feed and feed ingredient regulations to address the potential risk from imports originating in countries experiencing African Swine Fever outbreaks.
As a BBC program causes quite a stir in the UK, a feed industry expert says he does not believe that there is any real-world evidence to suggest that the use of ionophores will lead to issues with increased resistance to antibiotics of medical importance.
African swine fever may be orally transmittable in plant-based feeds and liquids, although higher doses of the virus are needed to generate infection from feeds, says researcher.
The Philippines is restricting the import of processed porcine animal proteins used in feed and pet food from countries with outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) in order to protect its swine industry, according to local media.
US officials’ discovery of 1m pounds of smuggled pork from China at a port in New Jersey may heighten US industry virus fears as African Swine Fever (ASF) is known to survive in pork and feed products.
Production at Bunge’s soybean crushing plant in Brest, France has been on hold for a number of days due to a strike following a fire in a storage silo, the company told Reuters yesterday [March 18].
