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Malaysia urged to curb livestock antibiotic use after resistant bacteria publication

The government of Malaysia is being urged to ban the use of antibiotics in animal feed and to create a national system to monitor use of antibiotics in food animals after the publication of data revealing "alarmingly" high levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in chicken.The call has come from the Consumers Association of Penang, which says that the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in animal feeds has caused the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria in farm animals, posing a serious health threat to consumers.

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Adifo strengthens market position in China and the US

Adifo, a Belgian company specializing in software forthe food and feed industries, is about to acquire U.S. company BrilliantAlternatives and Chinese company Brill Resellers. The negotiations have enteredthe final stage. The acquisition will help Adifo significantly strengthen itsinternational position.

Hubbard makes appointments on US, UK teams

Hubbard LLC recently announced several appointments to its US and UK teams.Patrick Nicholls joined Hubbard UK as poultry technician in November 2013.

Genomics to help meet future world food needs

More than two-thirds of theextra food needed to feed the world’s expanding population will need to comethrough advances in technology, Jerry Moye, president of Cobb-Vantress Inc,told leaders of the UK farming industry. Speaking at the Oxford FarmingConference, he said to meet the doubling in food supply estimated to berequired in 2050 improved efficiency would have to contribute some 70 percentalong with additional farmland and increased cropping.

AB Vista will exhibit at 2014 IPPE

ABVista will be exhibiting at the 2014 InternationalProduction & Processing Expo (IPPE), scheduled for January 28- 30 inAtlanta. 2013 was a year of successes for AB Vista, consolidating its position asone of the leading top three global feed enzyme suppliers.

Register for webinar on feed additive combinations and poultry gut health

DuPont/Danisco will sponsor the upcoming webinar, presentedby WATTAgNet.com, titled, “Feed additive combinations – the key to fullyunlocking healthy poultry potential?” The webinar will be held Thursday,January 16 at 9 a.m. CT.

Darling International completes Vion Ingredients acquisition

Darling International, a leading provider of rendering,recycling and recovery solutions to the nation's food industry, completed its acquisition of VionIngredients, a division of Vion Holding and a member of the Vion Food Group,for approximately EUR1.6 billion (US$2.17 billion) in cash. The completion of the Vion Ingredients acquisitionwas announced on January 8.

Phytobiotics expansion continues with establishment of new company in Thailand

Phytobiotics FeedAdditives GmbH (Phytobiotics) -- a global leader in research, development andsales of quality feed additives for livestock and pets -- has established thePhytobiotics South East Asia Ltd. company with headquarters in Bangkok.Phytobiotics already operates internationally outside its European base withoffices in the United States, Brazil and China, along with a production site inChangsha, China.

Phytobiotics leaders celebrate the establishment of Phytobiotics South East Asia Ltd.

Whitbeck Laboratories and A&A Laboratories merge

Whitbeck Laboratories, located in Springdale, Ark., has merged and combined services with A&A Laboratories and will be operating as WhitbeckLaboratories Inc. Effective January 1, Whitbeck Laboratories became a full-servicelaboratory for the chemical, microbiological, and serological needs of the food,forage, veterinary, poultry and other related industries.

Double S appoints Greg Shepard president and CEO

Double S Liquid Feed Services, aleading manufacturer and supplier of cane molasses, vegetable oils, beetmolasses, fish oil and mineral oil products, is pleased to announce that GregShepard has been named president and CEO. Shepard, along with his parents Donand Evelyn Shepard, founded Double S inJuly 1987, in Danville, Ill.

Greg Shepard has been named president and CEO of Double S Liquid Feed Services.

Feed industry exempt from FDA intentional adulteration rule

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released thesixth rule pertaining to the Food Safety Modernization Act. The proposed rule,“Focused Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food against IntentionalAdulteration,” would require registered domestic and foreign foodfacilities to address hazards that may be intentionally introduced by acts ofterrorism.

Addressing the source of antibiotic-free chicken marketing

Panera Bread has been promoting its “Antibiotic-Free” chicken. I am somewhat troubled that so many in the farming sector got all riled up by Panera Bread and its marketing campaign when the very farmer producing the chicken Panera uses -- Perdue -- promotes this same misinformation to sell chicken.

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