Spanish feed additive producer, Rubinum, says the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is ‘out of control’ and it is calling for a debate at EU parliamentary level on the future role of the EU risk assessor.
Possibility of pre-submission meetings with groups of applicants on cards: EFSA
EFSA said a recent meeting with feed additive producers shows the various initiatives it has carried out aimed at improving the way it communicates with industry have been well received.
Spanish firm, Rubinum, is awaiting judgment from the EU Court of Justice on a case it has brought against the EU Commission over its decision to not sanction its feed additive, Toyocerin.
The EU Commission’s GM proposal, adopted yesterday, is deeply flawed and, if enacted, would see the EU livestock sector crumble and unable to compete globally, said a raft of agriculture trade groups.
What is the EU regulatory timeline looking like around the use of processed animal protein (PAP) in poultry and pig feed? We reveal that and more after catching up with key policymakers in Brussels.
The draft amendment to Regulation 1829/2003 in relation to the EU authorization procedure for GM imports has been leaked ahead of a decision on the proposal next week.
Firms behind insect derived protein for animal feed have joined forces in a trade association to tackle existing EU legislative bottlenecks and ensure that stakeholders are fully aware of the sector’s production methods and regulatory adherence.
EU farm, livestock and cereal groups this week said a European Commission proposal to allow member states impose their own bans on genetically modified (GM) crop imports would undermine the single market and would result in a hike in the cost of feedstuffs.
China is said to ticks all boxes for inclusion in the list of third countries from which the imports of feed additives and premixes to the EU would be permitted.
FEFAC says the EU Commission is set to break the 18 month deadlock on GM crop imports and approve 13 biotech traits at a meeting next month, but the trade group warns against nationalization of decision making on further trait approval.
Members of the European Parliament’s environment committee backed a draft law on Tuesday that says first-generation biofuels from food crops should not exceed 6% of the final energy consumption in transport by 2020.
Farmer groups and the EU biofuels sector are calling MEPs to ensure that at least 8% of transport fuels come from biofuels made from arable crops by 2020 when they vote on future EU biofuel policy tomorrow.
The EU market for insect feed should be up and running in around 18 months from now, with all necessary legislative boxes ticked, says the head of a larvae to feed company that is just about to kick-start commercial scale production in South Africa.
Nutreco says that SHV has received regulatory clearance from the competition authorities of China in connection with its offer for the Dutch feed group.
Poultry feed stays top of the charts, but cattle and pig feed stumbled slightly, says FEFAC in releasing provisional EU compound feed production data for 2014.
As 2014 draws to a close, we seek out the opinion of manufacturers, suppliers and US and EU trade representatives to determine how next year might play out for the global feed sector.
Investment must be stepped up to improve infrastructure in the EU grain and oilseeds sector to maximize trade and ensure that EU livestock producers have good access to feed, concludes a new report.
The EU Commission has approved an Adisseo enzyme as effective at reducing body weight loss in lactating sows, despite EFSA, in a May 2014 opinion, unable to conclude on the efficacy of the feed additive.
French poultry production businesses must invest at the farm level and increase scale via mergers and acquisitions at home and abroad or lose further ground to the competitive German, Dutch and Belgian producers, who, using more efficient models, are...
Indications from trials assessing the safety of using insects for feed show fly larvae contain very high levels of heavy metals, putting their use as a potential protein source for pigs and poultry at risk.
FEFAC is calling on feed manufactures to join an EU-backed project looking to develop the parameters by which a company can prove the green credentials of an animal nutrition or food or drink product.
The proposed EU-US trade deal could see the European market opened up to US imports of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), despite the Commission's public assurances to the contrary, claims Friends of the Earth.
The clarification of the legal status of medicated feed products as proposed under draft EU Commission regulation has been hailed as ‘long awaited’ by the EU feed production lobby.
If a $3.4million EU Commission funded seaweed cultivation project can deliver on its high yield claims, there will be substantial benefits for the EU feed and food sectors, which, currently, are heavily reliant on imports for protein inputs.
An EU Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) audit from November last year found the Spanish feed chain control system does not take into account all known feed safety risks and that it “repeatedly missed certain non-compliances by feed operators.”
EU feed and cereal sector representatives say the postponement of a decision on the authorization of eight genetically modified (GM) crops by the European Commission is ‘highly problematic’ for the security of protein supplies.
There are a limited number of nanomaterials in development for feed additives, but projects with some momentum behind them include one looking to replace antibiotics with nano-sized substitutes, finds an EFSA-commissioned report.
Huge disruption to feed grain trade and subsequent price hikes would follow if the EU regulator does not approve eight genetically modified (GM) crops before the summer recess, say trade groups.
Mycotoxins pose the greatest threat to animal productivity and need greater legislative focus, says a professor who has led an EU funded project evaluating emerging risks in the animal feed sector.
Spanish feed additives company, Rubinum, has criticized EFSA’s findings that new evidence submitted by the firm on Toyocerin did not demonstrate the safety of the gut flora stabilizer.
A group of UK politicians are calling for the government to migrate away from heavy dependence on imported soybean for animal feed and they want a Plan B for the development of alternative protein sources.
The EU feed sector is aiming to further reduce feed conversion rates and has made lower phosphorous and nitrogen intake in livestock a priority for the coming years, according to the latest policy review from feed manufacturer representatives, FEFAC.
Regulatory restrictions on formaldehyde in certain markets such as Taiwan spurred feed pathogen control developer Anitox to develop an alternative to its Termin-8 feed additive to combat salmonella and E. coli in feedstuffs post milling.
The decline in the number of EU RASFF warnings about dioxin contaminants in feed last year compared to 2012 shows the risk management system is working, says a trade group.
A ruling in a lysine cartel case which saw damages awarded to French poultry breeder, Doux, against Ajinomoto will make it easier for victims of anti-competitive practices to bring an action for damages and prove prejudice, says a lawyer.
There will be a continuing slide in demand for pig feed in the EU this year due to productivity challenges in the sector and cattle feed demand is set to decline on better weather conditions for grasslands and forages production, says trade group.
EU aquaculture producers have been defending the use of non-ruminant processed animal protein (PAP) in fish feed one year on from EU authorization following negative media coverage, notably in France.
EU border officials are stepping up controls on enzymes originating from India and groundnuts from Sudan for use in feed and food due to the contaminant risk linked to both products.
Austrian additive supplier, Lactosan, has high hopes for boosting its share of the pig breeding sector following the positive opinion from EFSA for its probiotic for use in sow feed.
Insects in animal feed could soon become a reality if regulators, industry and researchers can combine their common interests to push this alternative protein source, claims a Dutch academic.
The fish oil contamination case involving more than 3000 tonnes of illegal waste material being funnelled from human to animal nutrition purposes at Skagen in Denmark is not indicative of a broader problem, local industry has said.
