The European Union could lift a ban on the use of animal protein in pig and poultry feed -- imposed in 2001 as part of efforts to fight mad cow disease -- under plans published by the bloc's... More »

 

The European Guide to good practice for the industrial manufacturing of safe feed materials was endorsed by the European Commission and the EU Member States on the 1st July 2010. Following... More »

 

Cologne, Germany -- Food Certification International certifies feed producer Havsbrún in accordance with the new GLOBALG.A.P Standard for Compound Feed Manufacturers. The launch of... More »

 

The Dutch organisation for the animal feed industry (Nevedi) would like to stop the use of therapeutic antibiotics in feed as soon as possible, in cooperation with livestock producers and... More »

 

UK - The animal feed industry is likely to welcome the new simplified system used to recording stocks. The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has changed previous guidelines which required... More »

 

Norway - Leading aquaculture feed manufacturer, Skretting have recently launched a new transfer concept which will help improve profitability for Norwegian salmon farmers. The new transfer... More »

 

Illegal levels of cancer-causing dioxins showed up in 8 percent of food and feed samples taken in Europe between 1999 and 2008, a report from Europe's food safety agency said on Wednesday.... More »

 

Scotland - The increasing problems associated with boatloads of rejected animal feed on account of contamination by GM organisms saw NFU Scotland yesterday write to the new EU health and consumer... More »

 

Ireland - The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) should be given the job of monitoring the safety of animal feed, according to an inter-agency review, chaired by Dr Patrick Wall, of the... More »

 

The spell of severe weather is not only affecting farmers and their livestock: yesterday the man behind what will be the biggest biofuel plant in western Europe expressed his frustration at the... More »

 

Ireland - A number of legal actions against a Co Wexford company over allegedly supplying animal feed containing harmful dioxins have been deferred by the Commercial Court until July to allow the... More »

 

The EU Commission has granted Danisco Animal Nutrition authorisation for the use of its more heat stable and more concentrated xylanase, amylase and protease enzyme combination (Avizyme® 1505)... More »

 

Dutch Feed miller De Heus was granted permission to continue production at its Ravenstein location after regional government had halted production in a previous statement.The regional government... More »

 

The European Commission on Monday approved Swiss company Syngenta's (SYNN.VX) genetically modified (GMO) maize type MIR604, a move that could enable the resumption of imports of soymeal and... More »

 

At the inland port of Oss, Van Aarsen has built a ship unloading and storage terminal for the Dutch feed cooperative Boerenbond Deurne. On 21st November 2009 the Deputy Mayor of Oss, Mr.... More »