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FDA targets imported food containing illegal, undeclared colors

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration added 87 firms to its Import Alert 45-02, which focuses on foods containing illegal or undeclared colors, in the first four months of 2011. The alert, "Detention without Physical Examination and Guidance of Foods Containing Illegal and/or Undeclared Colors," may present problems for many foreign food manufacturers, according to Benjamin England, owner of FDAImports.com LLC.

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Delacon phytogenic feed additive FRESTA F

Delacon offers phytogenic feed additive FRESTA F for weaned piglets, approved for use in the EU. The additive is a preparation of partially micro-encapsulated essential oils from caraway and lemon, dried spices and dried herbs.

EU drafts legislation to allow processed animal protein in animal feed

Draft legislation amending the regulations for processed animal protein to allow it in animal feed has been published by the European Commission, according to the European Fat Processors and Renderers Association. “The legislation will restrict the use of processed animal proteins to feed for omnivores and carnivores including pig, poultry and farmed fish," said Niels Leth Nielsen, EFPRA president.

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US feed industry urges FDA to continue regulatory discretion for ingredients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should continue to exercise regulatory discretion to maintain the continued availability of a number of unapproved animal drug products, said the National Grain and Feed Association in a statement to the FDA. The types of animal feed and pet food products currently regulated by the FDA that could fall within the category of “unapproved animal drugs” include products formulated from animal feed ingredients that help manage, from a dietary and nutritional standpoint, a specific disease or condition under a licensed veterinarian’s professional supervision, said the NGFA.

BioResource International to build feed manufacturing facility in China

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North Carolina-based BioResource International Inc. has announced that it signed a formal agreement to construct a feed manufacturing facility in China. BRI partnered with Taiwan-based Yung Zip Chemical Industrial Co. Ltd. and Yung Shin Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. to purchase land and begin construction on the plant, which will be used to produce BRI’s natural feed additives for chicken and pig nutrition.

Sandalwood in animal feed may reduce E. coli, listeria growth

Adding sandalwood (or a sandalwood analog) to animal feed may reduce the growth of pathogenic bacteria such as E. coli and listeria in the rumen, according to a research team led by Professor Jamie Newbold from the United Kingdom's Aberystwyth University, in conjunction with the Compton Group. Trials in a rumen simulating fermenter (Rusitec) confirmed that Javanol, a sandalwood analog, reduced methane production by up to 25%.

Quality Technology Calsporin supply unaffected by Japan disaster

Quality Technology International Inc., the North American distributor of direct-fed microbial Calsporin has released a statement assuring North American clients that there are no concerns about providing continuous supplies of Calsporin to the poultry and animal markets. "We have, at a minimum, a six-month supply of Calsporin in the United States," said Troy Lohrmann, QTI vice president.

Kemin doubles production capacity with expansion to India facility

Kemin has doubled the company’s production capacity and added new technologies to its manufacturing portfolio through an expansion to its manufacturing facility in Gummidipoondi, India. The new facility will manufacture KemTRACE Organic Trace Minerals for poultry, dairy and aqua, as well as provide additional blending capacity and new research and quality assurance facilities.

Pancosma opens new Thailand office

Following the March 2010 launch of a new Russian office, Pancosma has opened a facility in Thailand that will be the base of an enlarged sales and marketing organization serving all Thai territories. "For more than 20 years, Pancosma has been working locally with a Thai distributor, Nuevotec," said Asia and Oceania Sales Manager Kim Son Doan.

AB Vista names Agricover distributor in Romania

AB Vista has named Agricover Group as its new distributor in Romania. Bucharest-based Agricover will distribute AB Vista’s entire range of new generation yeasts, enzymes and micro-ingredients across the whole of the company's Eastern European market.

Feed Ingredients

DLA Group, Raisio sign feed ingredient procurement agreement

An agreement to work together on feed ingredient procurement has been signed by two of the largest grain product organizations in Scandinavia, Denmark's DLA Group and Finland's Raisio. DLA coordinates wholesale trading activities for 31 cooperative and privately owned raw materials companies in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Baltic States, while Raisio is Finland's largest industrial grain processor, operating also in the UK, Sweden, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Baltic countries.

Evonik Industries expanding North American lysine operation

Evonik Industries has begun expansion of its North American lysine operation, which will be realized in two steps during 2011. The first phase of the expansion at its Blair, Neb., production facility has begun, with the basic engineering for a second phase expansion already approved by the company's board of management.

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