April 11, 2013
The 4th Global Feed & Food Congress (GFFC), organized by the IFIF, with technical support by the FAO was officially opened on 10.04.2013 in Sun City, South Africa, the first time the Congress is held on the African Continent.» read more
April 10, 2013
The 6th annual International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) meeting organized by the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations (FAO) brought together feed regulators and government officials from around the world with representatives from IFIF and the FAO to discuss critical feed issues facing governments and industry today.
March 29, 2013
The “early bird” price for the registration to the XXVI FEFAC Congress has been extended by one week and is now ending on 7 April 2013.» read more
March 06, 2013
FEFAC’s Animal Nutrition Committee experts discussed on 6 March 2013 the recent RASFF alerts on Aflatoxin B1 contamination in Maize from South-Eastern European origin. The following advice and recommendations were concluded:» read more
February 28, 2013
After several years of consultation, the EU Commission concluded that the establishment of a fee to applicants for risk assessment by EFSA, whether for all applicants or only for authorization holders, would bring no clear benefit either to EFSA, the EU Institutions or stakeholders.» read more
January 18, 2013
According to the first FEFAC estimates, the EU compound feed production reached the level of 151.9 mio. t in 2012, which means stability compared to 2011 and 2010.» read more
January 04, 2013
The 2011 edition of the FEFAC statistical yearbook Feed & Food was finalized and edited in December 2012.» read more
December 20, 2012
Laurent Bellec has dedicated a website to his photographic project.» read more
December 14, 2012
The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) signed an official Cooperation Agreement with OIE aiming at facilitating and strengthening cooperation between the two organizations, in particular with regard to the prevention and management of infectious diseases as well as the support for the development, updating and implementation of OIE standards and guidelines. The cooperation further aims to strengthen linkages between feed safety and food safety. Until now, relations between the feed industry and OIE have been informal, with e.g. the FEFAC designation of a feed industry expert to participate in the development of the OIE Terrestrial animal Code.
December 05, 2012
The EU Commission started inventorying measures that could be taken in order to optimise food resources, priority being given by descending order to human consumption, animal feeding, bioenergy and other usages, and thereby reduce food wastage at different points of the food chain. In a position paper submitted to DG SANCO as a contribution to the current reflection, FEFAC emphasises the positive role that animal nutrition can play in converting food products not intended for human consumption into feed and subsequently food of animal origin.» read more
November 14, 2012
The SCoFCAH will discuss at its meeting on 15-16 November 2012 the EFSA opinion on cobalt salts recommending among others to halve the maximum limit for cobalt in complete feed, to restrict the supplementation of feed by cobalt salts to ruminants, rabbits and equines and to establish a maximum limit for supplementation of 0.5 ppm.» read more
September 26, 2012
The SCoFCAH has adopted on 6 July 2012 by qualified majority a proposal for a regulation replacing the Catalogue of Feed Materials in annex to Regulation (EC) No 575/2011 by a new catalogue containing maximum contents for residues of chemical impurities resulting from the manufacturing process or from processing aids.» read more
September 21, 2012
The 4th Global Feed and Food Congress (GFFC) will be held for the first time on the African Continent in Sun City, South Africa.» read more
August 08, 2012
The European Commission’s TAIEX office informed FEFAC and its Russian Member Association that the official application by the Russian authorities to host a feed safety workshop, scheduled on 27 November 2012 in Stavropol, has been accepted.» read more
June 11, 2012
IFIF informed its members that the 6th International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) organized by IFIF in cooperation with the FAO will be held for the first time on the African continent on Tuesday, 9 April 2013 in Sun City, South Africa, prior to the 4th Global Feed and Food Congress (GFFC) to be held 10-11 April 2013.» read more