According to AFIA vice president Richard Sellers the US government is facing a busy year with 15 food/feed safety bills that have been introduced in Congress.

The European Commission recently proposed simpler rules for the marketing of animal feed and pet food.

China unveiled a new draft food safety law on Sunday that provides for penalties of up to life imprisonment for people responsible for the production of substandard food.

The Food Standards Agency wrote to stakeholders on Tuesday 22 April to inform them of possible contamination of animal feed imported into the UK from Sweden.

Many are outraged as the EU is preparing to allow the remains of pig carcasses to be used in poultry feed, which would save UK farmers millions of pounds as cereal prices soar.

British poultry farmers should pay sufficient attention to the quality and management of the feed they supply for their animals. That general recommendation is in a nutshell the major outcome of a large report on the incidence of nicarbazin in British chicken.

Developing nations cannot afford a total ban against traditional animal performance enhancers. For livestock producers in developing countries to stay competitive, their production of animal derived food products needs to stay competitive, especially since cheaper and often-subsidised imported products are becoming more of an economic threat to these producers.

In a paper the UK government has highlighted the difficulties of sourcing non-GM animal feed. The Food Standards Agency is now to review how it regulates the marketing and labelling of genetically modified produce.

Does more regulation mean better protection in the food market area? To give more insight in this question Lexxion Publishers organises its 2nd International European Food and Feed Law Conference 2008.

The Food and Drug Administration in the US is not aiming at a zero tolerance for melamine in foods. Consuming a very small amount of the chemical poses no serious risk it said.