Feed for thought. Challenges, solutions and future aims for feed safety and sustainability
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| Publisher | Milling & Grain |
| Year of publication | 2018 January |
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| Medium | Digital |
| Edition | 1 |
| Topics | Cereal processes > Animal feed milling |
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| Scope & content | By Rhiannon White, Managing Editor, Milling and Grain In November 2017, global leader for feed safety certification, GMP+ International, invited around 100 delegates from around the world to a special conference that celebrated its 25th anniversary. It was fittingly held at The Beurs van Berlage in the centre of Amsterdam, a historic venue of 19th to 20th century corn and grain exchange. Over the two days, rather than grain itself, over 20 experts exchanged their insights about challenges, solutions and future aims for feed safety and sustainability, through a mixture of short presentations and lively debates. All the way back in 1992, several incidents involving contamination in feed materials in the Netherlands provoked the Dutch feed industry into developing a code for best practices, otherwise known as ‘Good Manufacturing Practices’ or GMP. In 2000, the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points was included in the scheme, which made the system more preventive and proactive. Realising however, that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, it was also decided that a GMP+ FSA certificate was to be required from suppliers, which later expanded to include transporters, intermediaries and storage companies. Introducing the Early Warning System and Tracking & Tracing has further helped companies to react quickly in the case of incidents….Read more. |
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