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China gets help with food industry

As the world frets about risky dog food, dumplings and other consumables from China, the Canadian government has been helping the Chinese try to better regulate their vast and troubled food industry, a federal official confirmed yesterday.

Canadian experts have helped draft new food-safety laws touted recently by China, tutored scores of Chinese food-safety authorities and even developed the first training manual for meat inspectors in a country whose livestock output dwarfs that of Canada.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 28.05.2008. 13:13

Kashmir gets substandard feed

An overwhelming majority of farmers in Bandipora are aghast over the “influx of huge quantities of substandard feed and feed ingredients into the Kashmir market” that has been impacting the health and milk production of cattle.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 23.03.2008. 07:36

‘Banned pesticides poisoning poultry feed’

Pesticides and insecticides banned in Europe and other developed countries are being freely used in Pakistan and are one of the major causes of poisoning poultry feed, Dr. A. A. Qureshi, professor of physiology at the University of Karachi and pathologist in charge, K & N Avian Disease Diagnostic & Research Institute told The News.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 23.02.2008. 07:14

Shakti pellet feed gets prestigious NS Mark

The NS (Nepal Standards) Mark has been granted to Shakti brand poultry feed, a quality product of Pro Biotech Industries P. Ltd. which is the first pellet feed manufacturer in Nepal. This is the first time that any company has got a NS Mark in this industry.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 04.02.2008. 06:55

Fight to curtail antibiotics in animal feed

Consumer advocates have been campaigning for years to curb the use of antibiotics in agriculture, citing studies that show that 70 percent of all U.S. antibiotics are administered in low doses - not to treat disease, but to promote the growth of pigs, sheep, chicken and cattle.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 28.01.2008. 04:18

AFIA applauds safer Chinese feed

American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) President Joel Newman extended congratulations to Chinese and US officials responsible for signing a historic agreement this week aimed at enhancing the quality of feed and food shipped here from China.

Six months in the making, the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed on Dec. 11, 2007 will result in a legally binding set of commitments from China.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 14.12.2007. 01:51