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Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

EU drafts vegetable oil regulation to prevent dioxin contamination

Draft regulation meant to provide increased protection against dioxin contamination has been approved by the European Union member states at the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and has been sent on to the European Parliament and Council, according to reports. The regulation, a response to Germany's December 2010 and January 2011 dioxin crisis that resulted in the shutdown of egg and meat sales from 4,700 farms after contaminated animal feed was found, focuses on four key measures.

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Plans for VICTAM, FIAAP, GRAPAS Asia 2012 continue despite Thailand flooding

Preparations for VICTAM, FIAAP and GRAPAS Asia 2012 continue to progress, despite recent flooding in parts of Thailand, including Bangkok, show organizers say. The situation seems to be improving with flood levels going down throughout Bangkok and the country of Thailand.

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Food safety organizations calling for ban on Monsanto GMO corn

Food safety, health and environmental organizations are petitioning for a ban on Monsanto's new genetically modified sweet corn, which is not being labeled as genetically altered from conventional corn, according to reports. The consumer petition, sponsored by a coalition that includes the Center for Environmental Health and the Center for Food Safety, is being taken to national retail grocery stores and top canned and frozen corn processors to press them to ban the corn.

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Argentina soybean animal feed confiscated on Salmonella contamination

Roughly 15,000 metric tons of soybean animal feed from Argentina was confiscated by the Cyprus Agriculture Ministry after testing confirmed Salmonella contamination, according to reports. The Ministry has already contacted farmers and mills who might have taken feed from the infected loads, and secondary testing will be conducted to confirm the initial results.

Grain, feed group NGFA endorses speculative position limits

The National Grain and Feed Association issued a preliminary statement after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s October 18 approval of final regulations implementing speculative position limits for agricultural and other commodities under the Dodd-Frank regulatory reform law. NGFA said: “While the text of the CFTC’s final regulations has not been released yet – and will warrant close examination once it is – the National Grain and Feed Association does conceptually support the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s action to continue to apply speculative position limits for enumerated agricultural commodities, which include grains and oilseeds.

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EU authorization for GM crops slowing, says biotechnology industry

The speed of genetically modified crop authorizations in the EU is slowing, taking an average of 15 to 20 months longer than in the three top global exporters of GM crops (the U.S., Brazil and Canada), according to biotech association EuropaBio. The delay has caused the number of GM crops awaiting approval to rise from 50 at the end of 2007 to 72 currently — 51 for import and 21 for cultivation. According to EuropaBio, more than 90 products may be awaiting approval by 2015.

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AFIA urges FDA to maintain separate animal feed, food FSMA rules

In comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the Food Safety Modernization Act’s preventive controls requirements, the American Feed Industry Association urged FDA to maintain the spirit and specifics of the new law’s separations for human food and animal food regulations. FSMA requires FDA to publish final preventive control rules by July 2012, which AFIA says represents the largest change in regulation of feed, pet food and ingredients in history.

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Banned cow parts found in Finland animal feed

Evidence has been found that cow intestines are being used in animal feed at a slaughterhouse owned by Finland manufacturer Saarioinen. Cow intestines are banned for use in animal feed due to fears of mad cow disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

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USDA, FDA to provide flood-damaged crop assistance

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are working together to provide assistance to farmers whose crops were damaged by severe flooding from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. The FDA considers ready-to-eat crops whose edible portion has been in contact with flood waters to be adulterated due to potential exposure to sewage, animal waste, heavy metals, pathogenic microorganisms or other contaminants.

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North Carolina urging corn aflatoxin testing after hurricane

North Carolina corn growers are being encouraged to have their corn tested for aflatoxin to prevent contamination of feeds and food in the wake of Hurricane Irene coupled with a hot summer. Aflatoxin is a byproduct of the mold Aspergillus flavus and can be harmful to both humans and livestock.

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Monsanto corn may be susceptible to rootworms

Monsanto Co.'s corn, genetically modified to resist insects, may be susceptible to rootworms, according to ongoing research. The corn has been toppling in northwestern Illinois fields, leading one scientist to believe that rootworms outside of Iowa may have developed a resistance to the crop.

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Grain association praises agricultural swap transaction regulations

The National Grain and Feed Association has commended the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for removing constraints that previously existed for certain types of off-exchange agricultural transactions when it voted unanimously to issue final regulations on agricultural swap transactions. Specifically, the NGFA praised the CFTC for not imposing any additional regulatory restrictions on agricultural swaps than would apply to non-agricultural swap products.

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