Feed Safety Guide now in 23 European Community languages

The European Feed Ingredient Safety Certification Association (EFISC) has translated the European Guide to good practice for the industrial manufacture of safe feed materials in the 23 EU languages. The Guide and the specific sector documents are available in Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.

The translation of the Guide has been ordered by the European Commission DG Health and Consumer Protection and is the result of an efficient cooperation between the EFISC association, translators and the operators’ feed safety experts. The translations are available on the website of EFISC as well as on the website of the European Commission DG Sanco. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.

Feed costs cut Cal-Maine profits

Cal-Maine Foods Inc.'s earnings fell as the producer of eggs and egg products reported feed costs jumped 16 percent and selling prices eased. The owner of Eggland's Best and Farmhouse egg brands was hit by a nationwide egg recall and higher feed costs that hurt profit last year, though sales improved as prices recovered from the recession's slumping levels.

President and Chief Executive Dolph Baker said retail demand remained strong and higher-priced speciality-egg sales continued to grow, accounting for nearly 24 percent of revenue and nearly 18 percent of total numbers sold. For the quarter ended February 26, the world's largest egg producer and distributor reported a profit of US$33.6 million (€23.852 million), down 2.7 percent from US$34.5 million (€24.491 million)a year earlier. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine from Perendale Publishers.