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Products intended for animal feed may contain undesirable substances that can endanger animal health or – because of their presence in livestock products – human health or the environment. The European Union recently adopted several directives to min...
01 may 2004
In April the European Commission adopted a proposal for a new Regulation on hygiene requirements for animal feed. The aim is to introduce rules on the production, transport, storage and handling of all types of animal feed (including imported feed). ...
01 dec 2003
If you believe dust is nothing more than a nuisance, think again. It can cause serious respiratory health problems and risk of explosion. Worse still, high levels of minerals and trace elements in premixes, not to mention medication premixes, can be...
01 nov 2003

Many organic farms are dependent on purchased feedstuffs. The nitrofuren scandal in Germany made it clear that the same stringent selection criteria are necessary for feedstuffs as well as for plant protection agents and fertilisers, in order to safe...

01 oct 2003
In assuring feed safety, no single generic HACCP program is best for all feed mills, since each mill presents a unique management situation. Some commonalities, however, exist in all feed mills.
01 oct 2003
Nutreco introduced their NuTrace system for the agribusiness sector at AgriVision in the Netherlands. NuTrace is a total quality philosophy in which all quality aspects known as critical quality points (CQPs) are collected. The NuTrace starting poin...
01 aug 2003
European compound feed manufacturers, united by Fefac, are looking had to create a harmonised Quality-Assurance System at European level. A recently carried out benchmark study compared GMP codes in eight EU countries. The outcome showed that there ...
01 aug 2003
As we include more cereals in dry petfood, the risk of mycotoxicoses in pet animals increases. Most obviously affected are dogs and cats, but mainly because cases are identified. Unfortunately, this problem cannot be contained solely by petfood manuf...
01 jun 2003
A new European regulation reorganises official control on food and feed so as to integrate controls at all stages of production and in all sectors, using "the farm to fork" principle. The regulation will not only affect control systems within the EU...
01 apr 2003
At "Forum 2002 – from Feed to Food", managers of major animal feed manufacturers from all over Europe got together with experts in politics, interested organisations and the industry to discuss food safety and the new challenges facing producers of b...
01 mar 2003

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Hinner Köster: Feed safety parameters as part of food safety is nowadays the highest priority when we evaluate feed quality. Nutritional, technical and emotional quality of feed used to be the highest priority and remains important for common industry policy, however, it is now of lesser importance then feed safety. Even developing countries are no longer isolated but part of a global world and are therefore partially regulated by universally established control systems at all stages of production and in all sectors of their industry.Read more...


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