Noticias
Feed safety first: IFIF to train the trainer in Ghana
13/07/2018, AllAboutFeed
The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) will launch the IFIF Global Animal Nutrition Programme ‘Train the Trainer’ programme in Ghana.
Supported by the Ghana Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), the training programme based on the IFIF FAO Feed Manual of Good Practices
Feed Safety Multi-stakeholder Partnership WEBINAR Series: AFEX Technology - a promising and safe solution to turn crop residues into nutritious ruminant feed?
02/07/2018, FAO
The FAO Secretariat of the Feed Safety Multi-stakeholder Partnership is pleased to invite you to a webinar on: AFEX Technology - a promising and safe solution to turn crop residues into nutritious ruminant feed? On Thursday 5 July 2018 from 12:30 – 14:00 (GMT +2) AFEX
Veterinary drug residues: non-compliance remains low
13/06/2018, EFSA
Monitoring data from 2016 for a range of veterinary medicines, unauthorised substances and contaminants found in animals and animal-derived food suggest high rates of compliance.
The percentage of non-compliance in targeted samples – i.e. samples taken to detect illegal use or
FAO wants AGPs totally eliminated from terrestrial and fish farming globally
01/06/2018, FeedNavigator.com
Antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in global livestock and aquaculture production should be phased out immediately, said the FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, at a high-level UN coordination meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) this week.
FAO chief calls for halting the use of antimicrobial medicines to promote growth in farm animals
30/05/2018, FAO
30 May 2018, Rome - Antimicrobials are important to safeguard the health of humans and animals, but these medicines need to be used responsibly, including in the agricultural sectors, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today at a high-level UN
Glyphosate: safety of residue levels reviewed
17/05/2018, EFSA
EFSA has completed its review of the maximum levels of glyphosate that are legally permitted to be present in food. The review is based on data on glyphosate residues in food submitted to EFSA by all EU Member States.
Interview: "No antibiotics ever at Perdue Farms in the US"
09/05/2018, AllAboutFeed
You better get used to it, because you will hear the term NAE, or ‘No Antibiotics Ever’ more often in the future. Perdue Foods, one of the biggest poultry producers in the US has been producing NAE birds for many
3rd Regional Fodder and Range Platform in IGAD Member States to enhance Feed Security, 11-12th April 2018, Naivasha- Kenya
18/04/2018, IGAD
Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) have been implementing a Partnership Program (PP) funded by Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) which supports the improvement of community’s and households’ food and nutrition
East African states remove animal feed tax
03/04/2018, world-grain.com
Governments in East Africa recently have made animal feed costs cheaper by removing a tax on the raw materials used in their production, although livestock farmers in the region are grappling with frequent droughts that impact the supply of commodities
Profesionales pecuarios del SAG participaron en importante reunión en Montevideo
19/03/2018, SAG Chile
Dentro del marco del Proyecto “Armonización Regulatoria e Inocuidad de los Alimentos para Animales en América Latina y El Caribe”, dos profesionales del Subdepartamento de Alimentos para Animales de la División de Protección Pecuaria del SAG participaron en la 7° reunión de Comité Mixto Público-Privado