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February 01, 2024

The 17th International Feed Regulators Meeting

February 1, 2024 - The 17th annual International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) organised by the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) brought together feed industry representatives and government officials from around the world to discuss critical issues facing the feed sector with IFIF and the FAO.

At the meeting Ruud Tijssens, IFIF Chairman and Daniela Battaglia, FAO, welcomed IFRM delegates and reiterated their commitment to this longstanding partnership and agreed to continue to strengthen their work together to tackle the challenges facing the feed and food chains. Ms Battaglia reaffirmed the importance of "collaboration between the public and private sector to address the responsibilities of the livestock and feed sectors in a context of the sustainable transformation of agri-food systems worldwide."

Mr Tijssens highlighted the great importance of this meeting both for industry and government regulators: "It is remarkable to see what has been achieved over the years with this co-operation: for example, unique public-private voluntary guidelines on assessment of feed ingredients by ICCF, as well as important science-based work on nutritional solutions with the objective to reduce the need for antibiotics, which has been developed to make adequate legislation possible."

Mr Tijssens added "important subjects like circular fed and novel ingredients were addressed, and through dialogue the wisdom of the delegates was mobilised, bot from legislators from different countries, scientists and industry partners. We believe that only by working together can we continue to ensure feed and food security and safety, while meeting the global demands for food sustainably."

"The success of this meeting is a proof that FAO's efforts to facilitate dialogue between the public and private sector are worthwhile and given the current challenges, collaborating among all parties at international and national level to ensure among others, human and animal health and welfare, and feed to food safety and security is more important than ever,"said Daniela Battaglia, Animal Production Officer, Animal Production and Health Division of the FAO.

Ms Battaglia added "feed operators can valuably contribute to make the animal production and food sectors more responsible and sustainable and to achieve other important goals such as the containment of antimicrobial resistance and public, animal and environmental health. The IFRM is an important opportunity to exchange ideas among stakeholders from around the world and to coordinate our efforts towards common goals."

Other topics discussed at the 17th IFRM included a workshop on the safe use of circular feed sources, as well as presentations on feed regulatory updates from Ghana and the European Commission.

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