The European Commission has asked EFSA to deliver a scientific opinion on whether or not cows are getting BSE due to breaches of the EU wide ban on the use of processed animal proteins (PAPs) in feed.
The glyphosate dossier is to be handed over to the Commission, following on from the PAFF committee's failure today to generate a vote on the controversial herbicide.
Several US companies are set to reportedly reject a new strain of soybean from Monsanto as approval for import of the variety in the European Union lags.
The NGOs involved in the legal action against a decision made by the EU Commission to authorise new genetically engineered Monsanto soybeans are cautiously optimistic after arguments were aired in the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) this week.
DG Santé, the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, is currently reviewing legislation to allow insect derived meal to be included in the diets of farmed fish, according to the IPIFF.
The American Soybean Association (ASA) has asked for help from top US agricultural officials to generate forward momentum on EU Commission approvals of new soybean traits.
EFSA has once again rejected data provided by Austria to support that country’s imposed ban on the use of genetically modified oilseed rape, GT73, in food and feed.
The controversial herbicide, glyphosate, should be reauthorized but not for 15 years as originally proposed, say MEPs, citing concerns about its carcinogenicity and endocrine disruptive properties.
A four-year, €5m backed EU project is looking to create a cloud-based platform that provides real-time, customized advice about mycotoxins in order to achieve crop contamination reductions of between 20 and 90%.
Brussels based agri trade group, Copa and Cogeca, has a sent a letter to the Commission, urging them to keep the herbicide active substance glyphosate on the EU market.
There is still no decision at EU level around possible short-term authorization of formaldehyde as a preservative or as a pig and poultry feed hygiene agent.
Danube Soya ends use of glyphosate as desiccant in EU soy
Any revisions of the EU feed additive authorization regulation should take account of the need for new safety data and flexibility on efficacy, says an expert.
EU farmers say aid package is move in the right direction
DSM has raised questions about an EFSA opinion that claimed a lack of supporting evidence for the panel to draw a conclusion on the efficacy of a phytase at a reduced dosage in feed for growing pigs.
A European Parliament committee yesterday voted to ban collective and preventive antibiotic treatment of animals, while also backing measures to encourage research into new medicines.
Resistance to widely used antimicrobials, such as ciprofloxacin, was commonly detected in bacteria in poultry, finds a new EU report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic bacteria.
Turkish poultry producers now have another year to prepare for a ban on animal by-products in feed as the implementation of new legislation is postponed until January 2017.
The organic regulation that is winding its way through the EU legislative process could cause major feed supply issues for pig and poultry producers in the UK, if the latest wording is accepted.
The EU feed sector, grain traders and biotechnology interests have hailed a decision by the EU Ombudsman censuring the EU Commission (EC) over its delay in approving GM applications for food and feed use.
Like this time last year, we dust down the crystal ball and gaze into it to determine what 2016 holds in terms of the fortunes of the global feed industry. A selection of industry insiders give us their forecasts.
The circular economy package, published by the EU Commission yesterday, confirms former foodstuffs of vegetable origin have nothing to do with waste processing or food waste recycling, says the EU Former Foodstuff Processors Association (EFFPA).
For the second year in a row, Beijing is planning to cut Chinese maize prices in a bid to encourage local processors to buy domestic stocks, reported Reuters citing industry sources.
Spain, Poland and Romania are expected to climb in the rankings of leading pork producers in Europe, says Rabobank in a note on the EU pork production sector.
The EU Commission’s move to support clarification around the regulatory status of former foodstuffs has been welcomed by the European Former Foodstuff Processors Association (EFFPA).
A process to fractionate protein from grass to leverage such feedstock for pigs and poultry is one of the goals of the five year EU funded Feed-a-Gene project.
A European Parliament committee has voted against a draft EU law that would enable countries to restrict or prohibit the sale and use of EU-approved GMO food or feed on their territory.
The EU parliament’s agriculture committee today rejected the Commission's draft law aiming to give countries the power to restrict or prohibit the use of EU-approved GM food or feed.
Under EU merger regulation, the EU Commission has sanctioned the buy out of Denmark’s Hamlet Protiein by investors, the US based Goldman Sachs Group and Sweden’s Altor.
Numerous EU countries have endorsed the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) opinion from May last year that there should be a reduction in the content of zinc allowed in feed for all farmed animals.
The EU Commission’s standing committee on plants, animals, food and feed (SCoPAFF), in a majority vote last week, upheld the authorization withdrawal decision on the controversial feed additive, Toyocerin.
The ENVI Committee, in a debate yesterday, favored a rejection of the Commission’s proposal to allow member states impose their own bans on genetically modified (GM) crop imports.
EU Commission representatives have told feed company, Rubinum, to submit a new dossier to EFSA in its bid to get a positive opinion for its probiotic, Toyocerin.
The European feed manufactures’ federation is worried about the potential impact the lowering of maximum permitted levels (MPLs) for trace elements could have on animal productivity.
Further enhancing the documentation around the inactivation step used to control contaminants in feed mills and crushing plants will ensure greater safety and ensure traceability of feed, said Béatrice Conde-Petit, group expert, Food Science and Technology,...
Top of the pyramid control is essential to minimize risk in the feed chain as most contaminants in feed find their origin at the earliest stages, said EU Feed Manufacturers’ Federation, FEFAC.
Experts at the Cologne feed technology event reveal how the EU feed sector can become more sustainable and predict dramatic changes for feed milling in Europe ten years down the line.
The EU Parliament’s ENVI Committee held an exchange of views last week with EU Commissioner for health and food safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, focusing on the proposal giving EU countries the possibility to prohibit the use of GM food and feed on their...
There are a lot of changes in the line-up of the European Food Safety Authority’s FEEDAP panel for 2015 to 2018, but the EU risk assessor has also retained 10 previous members.
The WWF is stepping up pressure on the feed industry to source soy responsibly following the release of a new research report, which found that 93% of the soy consumed in the EU is embedded in animal feed.
The European General Court has found against, Timab, part of France’s Roullier Group, over an appeal it lodged challenging a fine – nearly €60 million - that the EU Commission had imposed on it due to its participation in a feed phosphates cartel.
