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Animal Feed Manufacturing

FDA issues compliance guide for Salmonella in animal feeds, pet food

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a new Compliance Policy Guide (CPG) for its field staff on actions they intend to take when finding Salmonella contamination in food for animals. Under this new guide, the FDA will be able to target its resources more effectively to protect the health of both animals and humans, according to the agency.

Brand Insights

Rethinking calf nutrition: 5 reasons to embrace vegetable proteins in CMRs

Hamlet Protein

Discover how enzyme-treated soy protein like Hamlet Protein’s HP 100 offers a sustainable, cost-effective alternative to traditional milk proteins in CMRs.

Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

Lohmann Animal Health signs contracts with Taiwan research institutes

Lohmann Animal Health has signed long-term cooperation contracts with Taiwan research institutes in order to expand its global business activities and compound product portfolio on an international scale. These agreements include the foundation of a new subsidiary, Lohmann Animal Health Pingtung, and the planned building of a GMP facility for vaccine production in the Pingtung Agricultural Biotechnology Park, according to the company.

Livestock & Poultry Diseases

Zoetis becomes fully independent animal health company

Zoetis Inc. has finalized its separation from Pfizer Inc., becoming a fully independent animal health company, according to reports. As of June 24, according to the terms of the exchange offer that commenced on May 22, Pfizer has accepted shares of Pfizer stock in exchange for all of its 400,985,000 shares of Zoetis common stock, according to the preliminary results of its exchange offer.

Poultry

What the Veterinary Feed Directive means for the poultry industry

The debate of antibiotic use in animal agriculture revolves around the concept that antibiotic usage in food animals may induce antibiotic resistance in bacteria that may be transmitted from food animals to humans via the consumption of contaminated food products of animal origin. This has been a subject of scientific and public policy debate for years. Public health advocacy groups, consumer groups, and even members of Congress have actively joined the public discussion.

Avian Influenza

Chinese animal feed sales on road to recovery?

Sales of poultry products in China may be showing some signs of recovery as fears over avian influenza H5N9 are calmed, and this is feeding through to improved sales of poultry feed. The change in consumer behavior could represent the beginning of the end of a difficult period for China's feed producers.

Feed Additives

Global animal feed antioxidants market to reach US$216.8 million by 2018

The global animal feed antioxidants market is witnessing growth due to rise in global meat consumption, and increasing concerns regarding the safety of feed and animal health have resulted in a surge in demand for feed antioxidants. Therefore, the animal feed antioxidant market in terms of volume is estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate, CAGR, of 3.6 percent from 2012 to 2018, reaching US$216.8 million, according to the latest report from Transparency Market Research.