The Canadian feed industry is working to take precautions and maintain production while the government looks to provide added support for feed crop and livestock producers and farmers.
The companies have also been highlighting their role in maintaining the feed and food supply chain during the pandemic, and the steps being taken to prevent the COVID-19 coronavirus from entering their facilities.
EU feed industry representatives, FEFAC, expressed "great relief" over the EU executive's newly announced measures regarding the opening of green lanes for cross-border delivery of goods.
In the context of the COVID-19 outbreak, the US Department of Homeland Security has issued guidance, saying US feed and ingredient company employees along with feed crop producers are essential for critical infrastructure.
Harvest challenges and poor grain quality in the US informed the upturn in grain entrapments and fatalities seen in 2019, with an expert forecasting more safety challenges this year.
EU feed industry representative body, FEFAC, is collecting information from its feed manufacturing member companies about any market disruption linked to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Feed industry representatives, feed manufacturers and ingredient suppliers have been reacting to the outbreak of coronavirus, putting protocols in place to ensure continuity of production and feed supply, while protecting workers.
The US Department of Agriculture is outlining plans to address African Swine Fever if the disease enters the US, including establishing which agency has control in the situation, when swine may be moved and how producers would be reimbursed for virus...
Interstate Commodities is facing multiple safety violation citations and a $228,592 federal fine following an investigation after an employee was fatally engulfed in grain.
Purina Animal Nutrition is voluntarily collecting select lots of its feeds for turkeys, young chickens and rabbits following reports of high calcium levels.
High-risk ingredients, mitigation plans, limiting on-site travel and preventing facility cross-contamination are some of the steps feed producers need to consider when facing disease challenges, says expert.
Fears about the time that African Swine Fever survives in soy-based feed ingredients are prompting a request for the US Department of Agriculture to limit some feed ingredient imports.
Precision assessment of feed, additives and ingredients along with the examination of products for unwanted contaminants has a role to play in feed safety.
Industry members need to apply experience gained during previous disease outbreaks to improve biosecurity practices and prevent future disease transmission, says expert.
A fire at an Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) corn processing plant in Clinton, Iowa has been extinguished without reported injuries or hindering production at the plant.
Declan Billington, chief executive of John Thompson & Sons Ltd, Northern Ireland’s largest animal feed processor, debriefs on this in the latest episode of our podcast series, Feed Matters.
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.
In a grains and oilseeds markets update today, the AHDB in the UK reported that Chinese imports of US soybeans surged, throughout December, when compared to levels in the comparative period a year ago.
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.
Neogen Corporation is seeking to grow its presence in export markets including in animal producing regions of Uruguay and Argentina with the acquisition of Productos Quimicos Magiar.
Maintaining biosecurity at the farm-level, educating feed producers about disease risks, continuing to research disease spread and mitigation agents and working together with the government are the steps needed to prevent African Swine Fever (ASF) from...
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.
Nutreco has announced a strategic partnership with US cell-based seafood startup, BlueNalu. This announcement comes only a week after the Dutch animal nutrition and fish feed group reported it was collaborating with cellular meat pioneer, Mosa Meat.
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.
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.
A wet and delayed feed crop harvest season in the US is being punctuated with reports of fires in grain dryers; however, there are ways to help prevent incidents and reduce the cost of drying, says industry expert.
The results of a new study suggest that partially replacing conventional protein sources with inactivated Cyberlindnera jadinii yeast, derived from sugars from Norwegian spruce trees, in diets for young pigs is possible without compromising energy and...
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...
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 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 arrival of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Philippines will impact overall food and feed grain consumption in 2019/20, according to a USDA GAINS report.
China’s feed consumption is down sharply, but set to rebound during ASF recovery, says Rabobank in a review this month of the impact of African Swine Fever (ASF) on the industry in China and other Asian markets hit by that virus.
The Iowa Crop Improvement Association is supporting Iowa State University’s work on a new feed mill and grain science complex with a $1.5m gift to help fund construction and development.
Mountaire Farms was one of several US poultry companies with multiple feed mills, along with other production facilities, that earned awards of distinction for safety practices at the US National Safety Conference for the Poultry Industry.
Expanding the understanding of how long African Swine Fever survives in complete feed and feed ingredients and tracking the virus’ half-life may improve mitigation strategies, says KSU researcher.
Abandoning sub-therapeutic doses of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) makes no sense if replaced by therapeutic doses in medicated feed, says a Danish expert.
Authorities in the region of Rouen, France have issued an order banning the harvest and sale of agricultural products, including animal feed, in 112 municipalities located near the site of a chemical factory fire.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said the adoption of its opinion on the risk of transmission of the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus from different products and materials, including feed, will be delayed.
A new £300K (US$373.5K) study involving researchers from the Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) at the University of Stirling, Scotland and a UK animal feed manufacturer is aiming to explore how certain feed ingredients can reduce infections in farmed fish.
The US Department of Agriculture is providing $1.7m in funding to support Swine Health Information Center efforts to research and help address the outbreak and spread of African Swine Fever in Vietnam.
