Sustainability

Carbon and water footprints help ABPs in competitive feed market

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Feed compounders now consider the environmental footprint of ingredients on top of the nutritional value. Animal by-products (ABPs) have many nutritional benefits but they also offer environmental advantages compared to some plant-based alternatives. Researchers from Mérieux NutriSciences | Blonk updated the carbon footprints of 12 rendered products used in feed and published water footprints for these prodcuts […]

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Cutting carbon footprints with rendered raw materials

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Many farmers are evaluating how they use fertiliser to reduce the carbon footprint of crop production. This includes cutting fertiliser use levels, more accurate and timely application, and also using natural fertilisers or manures with a lower carbon footprint. Category 2 Meat and Bone Meal (Cat 2 MBM) is a relatively low carbon source of

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Fertiliser end points for animal by-products – understanding the regulations

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The EU Commission has recently published amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 regarding the end points of animal by-products (ABPs) used in fertiliser. But further regulatory changes are needed to open new markets for most ABPs as fertilisers. “This is only the first step, the animal by-products regulations have been changed; however, step two is

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Recognition of holistic sustainability management

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The animal by-products processing industry is committed to driving safety, security, and sustainability in the European animal-based food supply chain in many ways.  Acting sustainably is imperative for our companies from an environmental and ethical perspective and many stakeholders, from employees and consumers to NGOs, would like to know how sustainability is implemented by our

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