Ufac appoints new sales and marketing manager
Dr Donald Lawson has been promoted to UK sales and marketing manager by Newmarket-based animal feed supplement specialists Ufac (UK) Ltd.
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Japan, China, S.Korea sign food safety memorandum
Health ministers from Japan, China and South Korea agreed Monday to step up efforts to ensure food safety following concerns over pesticide-tainted Chinese-made dumplings.
European Union - Commission authorises GM maize MIR604
The European Commission adopted today a Decision authorising genetically modified (GM) maize MIR604 for food and feed uses and import and processing. MIR604 maize received a positive safety assessment from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and underwent the full authorisation procedure set out in the EU legislation.
EU – Checks for melamine can be reduced
Systematic checks on all consignments originating in or consigned from China of feed and food containing milk, milk products, soya or soya products and of ammonium bicarbonate intended for food and feed are no longer necessary given the significant decrease in RASFF notifications, so the intensity of physical checks should be reduced.
Market 1 Inc. Futures Forecasting Risk Management
In response to increasing client demand for market advising and risk management support, Farmers Options & Hedging Services has expanded its successful core services beyond grain marketing. As the business launches and brands itself in more diverse markets, they have changed their name from Farmers Options & Hedging Services, Inc. to Market 1 Inc. – Futures Forecasting and Risk Management.
EU - Mergers: Commission approves proposed acquisition of Cargill's animal nutrition business in Spain and Portugal by Nutreco
The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the US company Cargill's animal nutrition business in Spain and Portugal by Dutch based Nutreco.
USA - Vomitoxin, a concern for ethanol producers
In response to concerns about vomitoxin levels, the CME Group said last week it may add vomitoxin specifications to its corn contracts.
Tryptophan in swine nutrition
Tryptophan has positive effects on voluntary feed intake. This greater feed intake leads to increased growth performance and improved feed conversion ratio in piglets, and to lower body weight losses in sows during lactation.
Ileal digestibility and endogenous flow of minerals and amino acids: responses to dietary phytic acid in piglets
Dietary phytic acid content may affect mineral digestibility and availability in piglets
Most countries post increases in production costs
An analysis of how international pig production costs suffered from 2008 record feed grain prices has been produced by InterPig.
Decreasing dietary particle size of lupins increases apparent ileal amino acid digestibility and alters fermentation characteristics in the gastrointestinal tract of pigs
Particle size after grinding may be a critic factor for lupin AA digestibility in growing pigs
Effect of supplementing zinc oxide and biotin with or without carbadox on nursery pig performance
D-biotin supplementation of piglet diets may improve growth performance in early weaned piglets
Delacon Performing Nature Symposium in Crete/Greece
The Performing Nature Symposium was successfully held last week on the Greece island Crete, where Delacon gathered 250 people from more than 25 countries. In these two days 18 speakers held lectures on the following topics: Trends in animal production and nutrition, Immunity and Environment.
United Kingdom - Code of Practice for Salmonella control
The Code brings together in one document advice that was previously dispersed in three codes and the guidance it contains has been revised to reflect best practice and recent legislative developments.
Effect of incremental levels of red blood cells on growth performance and carcass traits of finishing pigs
More than 2% of red blood cells inclusion in finishing diets may reduce growth performance in pigs
The effect of feeding crude glycerol on growth performance and nutrient digestibility in weaned pigs
The substitution of wheat by crude glycerol (8%) in piglet diets may improves growth performance