Study: Benzoic acid could reduce emissions, replace antibiotics

The common food preservative could have beneficial effects in pig diets, even at relatively low inclusion levels.

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Benzoic acid — a food preservative of interest to researchers for its antibacterial properties, could also reduce ammonia emissions from pig production, according to new research from North Carolina State University.

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