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January 30, 2014

30/01/14: Novus celebrates 30 years of feed supplement production; grain buyer insolvency case; GMO food labeling legality

Animal nutrition solution provider Novus has been celebrating 30 years of production of its ALIMET® feed supplement this week.

The first load of ALIMET® - an 88% active source of methionine - was originally shipped out of the Chocolate Bayou Manufacturing Facility near Alvin, Texas, USA and has become the liquid methionine source most frequently used by nutritionists around the world.
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Yesterday, the North Dakota Public Service Commission, USA backed payment of claims totaling just over $1 million in a grain buyer insolvency case involving Minnesota-based grain buyer Mitchell Feeds, Inc.

The commission unanimously recommended payment to 25 claimants.
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Both legally and from a public relations perspective, the issue of labeling food and beverage products that contain bio-engineered ingredients is complicated.

“The bottom line take away is there is a debate about how G.M.O.s (genetically modified organisms) are used,” said Jonathan Adler, director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Ohio, USA and author of “How not to label biotech foods.” 
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