Feed industry investigations attempting to trace specific strains of salmonella that might be present in animal feed are advancing, yet face a challenge in participation.
The EU Commission's proposal to deny authorization of formaldehyde as a feed additive for use as a preservative and hygiene condition enhancer has been backed by a qualified majority of EU countries.
FEFAC says the findings in the RASFF annual report 2016 confirm that industry regulatory efforts are working and a top down strategy to minimize feed contamination risk delivers.
Replacing imported feed raw materials with domestic ones could lead to a decrease in the Salmonella prevalence among pigs in countries where infection is low, such as in Finland, finds a study from the Finnish Food Safety Authority, Evira.
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.
Diamond V presented presented the results of recent poultry experiments using its feed additive, XPC, at IPPE last month, and it purports the supplement may make salmonella less damaging to the host animal.
Diamond V is currently in the process of patenting a fermented feed supplement that is said to limit foodborne pathogens like Salmonella and Campylobacter present in animals at harvest.
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,...
German animal health researchers have found probiotic Enterococcus (E.) faecium strain supports modulation of the immune system in disease threatened pigs but only ‘slightly’.
A multi-faceted approach must be used for testing for Salmonella in feed, concludes a study carried out by pathogen control specialist, Anitox, in tandem with researchers based at the Agriculture Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Salmonella-infected dairy calves are less likely to show clinical signs associated with salmonellosis when fed a certain combination of yeast products, finds a new study from the US.
European Commissioner David Byrne welcomed the Agriculture
Council's decision this week on new rules to cut the incidence of
foodborne diseases in the European Union. Salmonella alone costs
the EU an estimated €2.8bn.