Page 27 of articles about feed

The CSQA, a certification organism accredited in Italy, has presented three new voluntary quality regulations, among them the "pigs without antibiotics".

The breeding sector last year had to import more than US$4 billion in corn, wheat and soybean feed to breed animals.

Scientific testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) cannot confirm a link between feed containing blood plasma and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) cases in Canada.

Testing with a swine bioassay has determined that the plasma ingredient contains PED virus capable of causing disease in pigs.

EFSA’s experts concluded that while there is no health risk for consumers exposed to this substance through the food chain, its inhalation may cause cancer.

Two years after the publication of the BPEX Roadmap, the reduction in climate change potential (carbon footprint) already achieved is beyond expectation, far exceeding the overall 2020 target.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said Vietnam will in 2014, use 130,000 hectares of rice land to grow corn and cassava for animal feed production.

And increasing production remains the best way of becoming self-sufficient in corn.

According to FEFAC, in 2012, 153.5 mio. t of compound feed were produced by EU compounders, accounting for 82% of all purchased feedingstuffs.

Rosselkhoznadzor lifts temporary restrictions on feed and feed additive import from Spain to the Russian Federation from November 26, 2013.