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January 23, 2020

The art of feed hygiene

by Christophe Michaut, Business Development Manager, Perstorp Animal Nutrition, France

Healthy and safe feed is essential for healthy and safe food – so it is important to have an efficient feed hygiene system in place to minimise the risk of pathogenic bacterial contamination of feed. For businesses, a product recall is costly as well as damaging to their reputation. For feed producers, it could also mean stopping production at a site, followed by decontamination, disposal of feed and materials.

Where there is concern regarding contamination with pathogenic bacteria, measures should be taken to minimise possible hazards. Using effective methods to prevent contamination and recontamination of feed is important for both animal performance and the feed industry.
 


In the past, formaldehyde offered a very effective solution against salmonella in feed. However, being registered as a carcinogen, it was banned in Europe in 2018. The world is now looking forward to new solutions. Organic acids-based feed hygiene solutions and heat treatment are currently considered the most efficient alternatives.

Swedish additives producer Perstorp has been researching the effectiveness of other molecules and combinations of molecules against pathogens in feed for decades. They have come to know that optimal results are achieved by combining moderate heat treatment with optimised additives that prevent recontamination after the heat treatment. A finding supported by research.

Bacterial contamination of feed
REGULATION (EC) No 183/2005 mentions all the rules in the feed chain. What is commonly accepted is that both feed and raw materials must not contain salmonella within a 25g sample. Each year in the EU, 1.8-1.9 percent of samples tested are salmonella positive.

Although salmonella is in focus, millers need to think about enterobacterial contamination as a whole. If only one specific bacterium is focused on, others, that are also having a negative effect on health and performance, may be missed.


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