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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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What has happened to the prices for feed ? In the press release, prices for soybean, maize, wheat and barley have jumped from an average price of around 120 €/ tonne during the summer 2006 to 200...
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Never underestimate the power of nature
Long before the idea of ‘natural’ agricultural solutions were in demand and when chemical solutions to veterinary puzzles were still very much the norm, one company turned its back on the accepted way of thinking and determined to solve problems ‘the natural way’. Twenty five years later, the tides have turned and where Biomin led the way, the rest have had no choice but to follow.
From its inception in a rented...
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AFIA continued its prominent leadership position on ingredient import safety during a "National Dialog" workshop in Chicago, Ill., Nov. 28-29, 2007. The Association-sponsored event followed AFIA's participation last month in President Bush's Interagency Working Group on Import Safety. This past summer, AFIA met with Department of Health and Human Services' Secretary Michael Leavitt to discuss the significance and impact of imports on the feed industry. Open to the entire feed...
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FEFANA (the EU Feed Additives and Premixtures Association) has developed a user-friendly tool, in order to support the feed business operators and the authorities in classifying feed products and mixtures according to the regulatory framework in the European Union. Based on very simple questions and a decision tree system, this tool allows the allocation to the proper regulatory classification status of any single component or feed mixture. Such a tool will prove helpful for operators...
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Lallemand aligns its US production facilities with the strictest EU quality requirements. Lallemand Animal Nutrition announces that Lallemand Specialties, Milwaukee Operations, successfully completed ISO 9001:2000 and FAMI-QS (Feed Additives and Premixtures Quality System) audits of the Lallemand bacterial facility in Milwaukee, WI. As the international feed market becomes increasingly regulated, these new certifications represent a significant accomplishment...
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An exciting and well-rounded line-up of presentations is in store for delegates to the FIAAP conference. Topics will focus strongly on innovative ingredients, natural solutions and quality issues in feed ingredients. 2007 has seen a year of sky-rocketing commodity prices and concerns about the availability of feed grains. Dr. Robert A. Swick, Technical Director, ASA International Marketing, Singapore will address this pressing issue with an analysis of raw material supply and demand...
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By-products of potatoes are often used as animal feed, but is it allowed to use by-products of genetically altered potatoes? EU experts meet in Brussels this week to debate the issue. Subject of discussion is the Amflora potato, introduced to the market by BASF. The company has submitted an application to the European Commission's panel of veterinary health experts to allow use of the by-product from this potato in animal feed. Initially Amflora has been developed for its high...
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Chris Corry, U.S. Grains Council senior director of international operations, is in Europe assessing the current feed grains shortage due to natural calamities and says the situation is worse than he expected. “They have a real big problem over here with grain supplies. We are hearing that Europe will need 17 to 18 million metric tons of feed grains next year. That is how bad things are,” says Corry. “As a result, countries over here are looking for a reliable source of...
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