07/01/14: Event: Safety and quality of livestock feed seminar

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Animal feed plays an important role in the food supply chain and in the safety and quality of food products. Feed safety and quality is therefore very important to the agricultural, feed and food sectors.

With demands and expectations on feed
supply and livestock production ever increasing, the sourcing and use of
feed materials of appropriate safety and quality will become more challenging.
It is important therefore to understand the issues in relation to the production of feeds and their use in livestock production. 

What will the seminar involve? 
The safety and quality of livestock feed seminar will cover a range of aspects including:
- nutrition
- product quality
- human health and aquaculture
- how services on offer to the industry can help address problems

Grain and Feed Milling Technology's Roger Gilbert will chair the opening of the seminar.

Other speakers include:
- Needs of the ruminant feed industry - future
Dr. Mary vickers, senior beef and sheep scientist, EBLEX, a division of AHDB
- Legislation and feed safety
Dr. Chris Knight, Campden BRI
- Management of feed safety in the food chain
Angela Booth, AB Connect
- Nutritional content of animal feed and product quality
Prof. Julian Wiseman, University of Nottingham
- Influence of feed enzymes on nutrient availability
Mike Bedford, AB Vista
- Can the diet of food producing animals influence the health of the food consumer?
Ian Givens, Professor of food chain nutrition, University of Reading
- Innovations in poultry feed
Helen Stebbens, BOCM Pauls Ltd
- Aquaculture and feed - current and future developments
Torbjørn Åsgård, Nofima Research 

Who is the seminar for?
- feed producers
- food businesses who produce feed raw materials (as co-products)
- those involved in the farming sector who use and prepare their own feed

How much will the seminar cost?
Members of Campden BRI and AIC:  £295 + VAT
Non-members: £395 +VAT
Group discounts are available on request.

For details, contact:
Daphne Davies
+44 0 1386 842040
Daphne.davies@campdenbri.co.uk

When/where is the seminar?
The seminar will take place on the 6 March 2014 at the Campden BRI site, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, UK.

For a full programme overview and booking details, visit Campden BRI's website here.