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Total Nutraceutical Solutions, Inc. (TNS) announced days ago that the company has signed an agreement with Hokto Kinoko Co. ("Hokto") to acquire mushroom spent substrate from the Hokto facility in San Marcos, CA. The 250,000 square foot growing facility for fresh specialty mushrooms has the potential at full capacity to produce 20-25 tons of spent substrate per day. TNS plans to develop and market this material as an animal feed additive with nutritional value via collaborative research with...
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Perstorp has an impressive history in developing acid based additives and is one of the largest producers of organic acids and salts of organic acids in the world. Perstorp makes a significant investment in R&D to investigate the properties and applications of its feed additives, and to develop innovative new solutions for the feed industry. After several years of research and development a new acidifier called ProPhorce ® AC 250, has been launched.
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Trouw Nutrition Int., the leading global animal nutrition company and Arabian Integral Ministration Company (Aimco) and its branches, one of the most important players in the Saudi-Arabian agricultural industry, announce their agreement for a strategic alliance in the field of premix production in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and sales of feed additives and feed specialities in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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DSM and Novozymes announce the launch of RONOZYME® ProAct, the first pure protease for the poultry industry. It meets the requirements of modern broiler feeding and reduces feed costs by maximizing protein utilization and improving nutritional value while enhancing animal performance. With the product DSM and Novozymes confirm their leadership through innovation in the field of feed enzymes. RONOZYME® ProAct unlocks the nutritional value of a large variety of feed proteins by...
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Pig and poultry producers looking for lower feed costs with distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) can use the latest developments in enzyme technology reported Dr Alexandre Péron at the 42nd University of Nottingham Feed Conference, UK, 3-4 September 2008. As feed costs continue to escalate, by-products from the food and fuel ethanol industries can provide alternative, more cost- effective ingredient options for the nutritionist. The use of DDGS in animal feed has...
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The typical American diet often lacks omega-3 fatty acids despite clinical research that shows their potential human health benefits. Zhiyou Wen, assistant professor of biological systems engineering in Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, found a way to grow these compounds using a byproduct of the emerging biodiesel industry. He presented his findings at the 236th national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Philadelphia, Pa., on August 21. "High...
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Net earnings of life sciences specialist and SGX Mainboard-listed Zagro Asia Limited (“Zagro” or “The Group”) soared by 91% in the first half of FY2008, from $3.1 million to $5.8 million as revenue surged by 30% to $69.5 million, from $53.3 million a year ago. Zagro’s excellent performance was a result of the rising market prices for agricultural produce and its ability to procure raw materials and intermediates at competitive rates. ...
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Proteins are the building blocks of living organisms. Together with carbohydrates and fats, they are our main nutrients and indispensable for both human and animal nutrition. Modern protein concentrate technology focuses...
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The world's biggest ruminant nutrition specialist Provimi is to visit Winslow to see the success of a calf feed innovation. Mid Canterbury agribusiness company Winslow has developed a way that farmers can use the whole milk on hand to feed calves but still get the nutritional benefits that are in the powdered milk supplements. The innovation, called NuStart Milk Additive, is the first of its type in the country and, according to Provimi which was a partner in development, the...
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Following a request from the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the efficacy and safety of the product L-valine for all animal species. L-valine is produced by a genetically modified E. coli K-12 strain. The introduced genes do not trigger any particular safety concerns. The final product does not contain any cultivable producer organism and the level of the newly introduced DNA is below the limit of detection of the...
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China Kangtai Cactus Biotech Inc., a vertically integrated grower, developer, manufacturer and marketer of a variety of cactus-based consumer products in China, announced yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary Harbin Hainan Kangda Cactus Hygienical Foods Co., Ltd. has been granted The National Invention Patent of China, a key patent for the nutritional use of cactus to enhance the immune system through its ability to prevent infection and anti-inflammatory diseases. The Company was...
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In 2003, former Degussa had been fined by the European Commission to 118 Mio Euros in the so-called “Methionine cartel case”. By its appeal at the Court of First Instance Justice (ECJ), Degussa reached a reduction of the fine by about 25 per cent to 91 Mio Euros. In a second court appeal, Evonik-Degussa tried to get the fine further reduced. In its decision of May 22, 2008, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) now rejected Evonik’s appeal. Thus, the fine now...
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The “meat equation” is delicately balanced. It is projected that in the next twenty years mankind will consume three times the meat that we currently produce. Without production tools such as antibiotics that have been the mainstay of growth promotion in livestock production, supply is unlikely to meet demand driving up prices. If nutraceuticals have similar production gains as antibiotics, are derived from natural sources and are therefore more acceptable, can they play a major role in future...
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It is with pleasure that FEFANA is able to announce the release of a set of regulatory tools: the FEFANA Guidance documents. These provide an operational interpretation of the new Feed Additive Guidelines and help applicants building regulatory dossiers for existing and new additives. Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 has created a novel and modern framework for the authorisation of feed additives. FEFANA is pleased to see that the Regulation is now reaching maturity: the...
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Millions of chickens in Delaware--one of the nation's top poultry producers--have been on a diet to reduce their impact on the environment and improve the health of the state's waterways, and it appears to be working. Extensive research led by William Saylor, professor of animal and food sciences at the University of Delaware, has confirmed that Delaware chickens now digest more of the phosphorus, an essential nutrient, in their feed, thanks to the addition of a natural enzyme called...
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Almost one-third of the world fish harvest is not used for direct human consumption, but is converted into fish meal or fish oil for further application in animal feed. Therefore, about 25 million tonnes of fish are annually handled and processed in ways other than fresh, frozen, smoked or canned which are eaten (Balios, 2003). The supply of huge volumes of high quality fish meal is necessary to supply the rapid growing aquaculture industry, which is growing with around 10% annually...
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Yesterday’s inauguration of Danisco Shanghai Center gives Danisco a strategic position in one of the world’s biggest centres of growth, Eastern China. The new centre will combine sales and application laboratories for the entire group as well as research facilities for its enzyme division Genencor. This USD 5 million investment will employ around 100 employees in 5,600 square meters, and reflects the group’s intent to satisfy the needs of this fast-growing market for all of its...
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A chicken feed additive containing arsenic and used to produce pinker, healthier, bigger-breasted birds could cause human disease, according to a study headed by a Duquesne University researcher. The study is the first to link a human health risk to the feed additive that has been widely used since the 1960s by commercial chicken producers to control intestinal parasites, reduce stress, stimulate growth and improve the color of chicken meat. Dr. Partha Basu, the study's lead...
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Levucell SC, a 'rumen-specific' yeast additive for cattle feed, has picked up approval for a new label claim from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The product's manufacturer, Lallemand Animal Nutrition of Milwaukee, may now sell the product to beef cattle producers for use in their feeding programs. The company has also been allowed the claim that Levucell "increases average daily gain when fed as directed" to beef cattle. CFIA approved Levucell...
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Published reports of research into the biochemical role of chromium (Cr) and its essentiality in the diet began to appear in the 1950s. Further pioneering work was reported in the 1960s with great attention paid to reports of insulin-related problems in patients receiving total parenteral nutrition and reversal of those problems with Cr inclusion in the administered solutions. Parenteral nutrition solutions traditionally used for the feeding of these patients were devoid of a supplemental Cr...
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