In a long awaited opinion, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) said, on the available scientific evidence, there were no grounds to classify the controversial herbicide, glyphosate, as a carcinogen, as a mutagen or as toxic for reproduction.
Three young Irish entrepreneurs are on the cusp of bringing to market insect protein and oil after securing second round funding of €1m for their “revolutionary” insect farming venture, Hexafly.
Some 17 trade groups including, FEFAC, have made a joint call to the EU Commission to prioritize science-based decision making when modifying EU authorization mechanisms.
Feed processing technology, e-commerce trends, understanding gut health and a look at the Middle East feed industry are some of the topics in our special edition newsletter line up this year.
An EU divorce without single market access or customs union membership poses a huge threat to the UK food and agriculture industries, says agribusiness trade group.
Paris headquartered, nextProtein, says it is ready to scale up production at its new expanded operations this year, after generating €1.3m in fundraising.
The EU Court of Justice (ECJ) has dismissed the Roullier group’s appeal and confirmed the €60m fine imposed on its subsidiary, Timab, by the EU Commission for its role in a feed phosphates cartel, as valid.
The European Commission has authorized a dry grape extract developed and commercialized by French plant extracts producer, Nor-Feed, as a botanical sensory additive for use in animal nutrition.
The legislative process is nearly complete for the revised EU rules on official controls of food and feed safety, with the regulation likely to be published in March next year.
A committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended the refusal of the granting of future marketing authorisations and the withdrawal of existing ones for veterinary medicinal products containing zinc oxide (ZnO).
ForFarmers reported the pressure on the Dutch dairy sector to meet phosphate emission levels could see a significant reduction in herd sizes next year, but such a development is expected to have a limited impact on the company’s dairy feed volumes overall.
A new system of electronic certification for imported organic products such as soymeal from China, for example, is aimed at ensuring greater traceability of such ingredients and at reducing potential fraud.
Product prices, reduced choice for farmers are among the factors that are prompting the European Commission to open an in-depth investigation in to a proposed merger.
The EU can expect higher grain imports from Ukraine if an EU Commission plan to remove tariffs on goods from that market, this time from wheat, corn and barley, sees the light of day.
EFSA found the available literature investigating the effects of the feed additive, zilpaterol, on animal health and welfare is limited but indicates a potential increase in mortality, heart rate, respiration rate and agonistic behavior in cattle.
EFSA is to release the raw data used in the recent EU safety evaluation of glyphosate, saying the move is part of its commitment to open risk assessment.
The EU Commission has not put the brakes on the regulatory amendments process to enable authorization of insect protein use in fish feed, said insect producers.
The ruling of the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) in the appeal by Timab over a fine levied on it for its role in a feed phosphates cartel is unlikely to deviate from the recent opinion of the Advocate General on the case, says a competition law expert.
BASF is one of the firms hit by the EU Commission’s decision in January finding Belgium’s tax arrangements for multinationals were illegal and that the tax must be repaid
The development of the claims section of the revised EU feed labelling code represents a milestone in terms of evolution for the EU feed industry, argues FEFAC.
And the UK livestock sector, as some experts had previously suggested, will not become more self-sufficient due to the UK opting to leave the EU - that was an opinion expressed in strong terms by pollsters in our survey on the likely fallout for the feed...
Special Edition: Feed Industry Consolidation Review
EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, yesterday [28 June] said the executive would follow its ‘legal obligation’ on the herbicide.
The result of the Brexit referendum was announced this morning with a vote in favor of the UK leaving the EU, and the British prime minster, David Cameron, subsequently announcing he is going to step down. Sterling has hit a 30 year low and uncertainty...
The EU feed, cereals and oilseeds trade representatives are urging the EU Commission to approve three GM soybean traits, claiming the delay in their final authorization could cause trade disruption.
Huvepharma expects France and the Netherlands to be the two markets where it can maximize growth opportunities for its recently EU wide approved zinc oxide (ZnO) product, Gutal 1000g/kg premix, for use in medicated piglet feed.
As the UK is a net contributor to the EU budget, a net importer of agri-food products from the EU, and punches above its weight in research terms, its withdrawal would have “broadly negative effects” for the EU farm and food sector, argues a leading agriculture...
