Alltech Symposium Draws Top Experts in Feed Quality and Regulation

Alltech, a global leader in animal health and nutrition, has unveiled the list of speakers, including experts from around the world, who will take part in the feed quality and regulation session as part of its 24th International Animal Health and Nutrition Symposium.

The roster encompasses experts from a variety of backgrounds and includes:

   • Keith Behnke, Kansas State University
   • Steve Bourne, Alltech UK
   • George Burdock, Burdock Group
   • David Byrne, Pathwell Limited
   • Jarrod Kersey, American Feed Industry Association
   • Elinor McCartney, Pen & Tec Consulting, S.L.
   • Willem Penning, European Commission
   • Steve Traylor, Alltech
   • Juan Tricarico, Alltech North American Bioscience Center
   • Becky Timmons, Alltech
   • Alexandros Yiannikouris, Center for Animal Nutrigenomics and Applied Animal Nutrition

“In an era when people are concerned about traceability and where their food has been, it’s particularly important to address issues in the feed quality and regulatory spheres,” said Dr. Pearse Lyons, president and founder of Alltech. “I’m confident that the group of speakers we have assembled will be able to share their knowledge and open a dialogue on these issues.”

Speakers in the feed quality and regulation session will address timely topics such as:

   • Handling crisis with total transparency — the Achilles heel for any company: Learn how to set up your own program
   • Safe feed, safe food — a US industry response to consumer demands
   • How to coincide consumer requirements with new regulatory systems
   • A global marketplace with global raw materials: The challenges
   • Traceability: What the former European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection learned through the mad cow disaster in Europe — Ten Commandments for the industry. Traceability as a brand

Alltech’s 2008 Symposium will incite delegates – including experts from around the globe – to redefine the industry as a leader of the ‘Greenest Generation’ by rethinking technology and business practices. The Symposium will also urge delegates to find constructive ways in which we, the agriculture industry, can respond to the green revolution.

Alltech will host its 24th International Animal Health and Nutrition Symposium, focusing on the ‘Greenest Generation’, April 20-23, 2008 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.