Technical sheets of the main raw materials and additives used in swine feed. They include a comparison of nutritional values from various sources, product
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Officially opening a new $10 million red meat rendering facility for the Craig Mostyn Group (CMG) at Talloman, Hazelmere, Western Australia, yesterday, WA Minister for Agriculture and Food, Terry Redman, said the investment showed CMG’s commitment to continuous improvement and a willingness to invest in upgrading its operations.
Following a request from the European Commission, the Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the safety and efficacy of pyridoxine hydrochloride, supplied via feed or water, as a feed additive for all animal species.
Citrus pulp addition in qualitative feed restriction program may not be effective. As no deleterious effects upon meat qualities were observed, citrus pulp can be used as an alternative feedstuff for finishing swine.
The Senate on Tuesday approved the biggest overhaul to the nation's food safety laws since the 1930s. The 73-to-25 vote gives vast new authorities to the Food and Drug Administration, places new responsibilities on farmers and food companies to prevent contamination, and -- for the first time - sets safety standards for imported foods, a growing part of the American diet.
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1099/2010 of 26 November 2010 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 669/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of sow body reserves at weaning and body reserve losses during the first lactation on the second litter size (SLS). A number of 1222 females which reached the second parity without failures such as return to estrus after insemination, abortion or failure to farrow, were analyzed. Measurements of body weight (BW), backfat thickness (BT) and body condition score (BCS) were taken within 24 h after farrowing and on the weaning day.
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced today that the Government of Canada has taken yet another step to strengthen Canada’s food safety system by appointing seven highly qualified advisors to the Ministerial Advisory Board (MAB) of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
The Government of the Russian Federation is not going to sell grains from the Intervention Fund due to the unstable situation on the market, announced Victor Zubkov, the First Vice Prime-Minister of the Russian Federation, on November 22.
A hulless low-phytate barley sample fed to finishing pigs had higher digestible phosphorus, energy and AA contents than regular hulled barley, indicating that use of hulless low-phytate barley in swine diets may have ecological benefit.
Feed information will soon improve significantly, thus further empowering feed users, due to an innovative act of private-sector cooperation that resulted in a Commission proposal. The proposal was endorsed today by the Member States at the Standing Committee for on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH). The private sector worked voluntarily on an important update of the old list of feed materials (Catalogue), which contains less than 200 entries. The new Catalogue will include descriptions of 64 qualifying transformation processes of feed materials (currently only 17 processes, which are essentially used to treat feed, are listed) and almost 600 well-defined feed materials.
On the european market are available DDGS sorting from the industrial transformation basically of corn or wheat: geographically, their origin is related to the countries that have started in a more extensive way the industrial production of ethanol for fuel use.