The government appears to have ruled out a transition period to allow businesses to adapt to a new Sanitary and Phyto Sanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU. UK trade bodies including the AIC had called for such a...
Food Standards Agency
FSA confirms botulism as agent in cattle deaths
Following the recent poisoning incident that is reported to have caused the deaths of 700 cattle, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has confirmed the presence of botulism. “Results for samples gathered in response to an outbreak of...
Cattle botulism outbreak linked to animal feed
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) continues to investigate an outbreak of botulism in cattle, which has been linked to animal feed. The incident is reported to have caused the deaths of over 700 cattle, with the FSA and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)...
UK’s BSE risk now “negligible”
The UK’s risk rating status for the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) disease of cattle has been downgraded to negligible by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). This means trade in beef and bovine with other...
Industry defends Arla trial of Bovaer feed additive
Arla Foods, the UK’s largest farmer-controlled milk processor and dairy products manufacturer, is to trial the methane-suppressing feed additive Bovaer on 30 supplier farms in a joint project with supermarket...
GB Register of Feed Materials goes live
The group of feed trade bodies working on a new register of feed materials have launched an online portal to enable animal feed businesses to notify new feed materials that are placed on the market. The new GB Register of Feed...
