Key results of its independent Benchmarking Study on existing national quality-assurance systems for animal feed have been released by FEFAC, a step it considers as important in restoring consumer confidence

European livestock is doomed unless EU position on agriculture changes, says FEFAC president.

Novus has announced the immediate increase of its methionine product

EWOS and the Odd Berg Group have established a co-operative agreement that the companies say will result in an international breakthrough in the production of marine feed for fry and larva.

Fish nutrition and feed manufacturing research will be included in $6.5 million U.S. Fish and Wildlife project to resolve aquatic resource issues

Canadian high school student wins award for inventing artificial cells as a feed additive for pollution control in aquaculture.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency posted the following information on their website today

In the wake of the BSE incident in Alberta, the US has issued a list of products barred from entry

New Zealand could soon add kingfish, groper, kina, lobsters, and eels to its list of successful aquaculture exports.

North America's first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow" disease in a decade has been confirmed in an eight-year-old cow cow in Alberta. U.S. cattle futures markets slumped as the news swept through trading pits this morning and shares in the major fast-food chains, Wendy's, McDonalds and Jack-in-the-Box all took a dive.

"The conclusion drawn that 'There is no reason for pregnant women to reduce fish consumption below current levels' should certainly reassure consumers, particularly pregnant women and women of childbearing age, says food processors' group.

Nutreco’s tracking and tracing system sorts and stores information on all fish classes as they progress from breeding through to harvest and then through processing to distribution. It includes information from the Skretting feed plants

EU test shows microscopic analysis can distinguish between fishmeal and other animal proteins.

Dyed, de-sexed, and a threat to the planet, says UK newspaper

Izar Fene Shipyard, in collaboration with Itsazi Aquaculture, has developed an off-shore unit for the breeding, fattening and transport of the bluefin tuna

Nutreco company, Marine Harvest, introduced barramundi farmed in sea cages as a commercial product for European markets at the Brussels Seafood Exposition.

Alltech, producer of natural technologies for the feed, food, and alcohol industries, has established its first base of operations in Quebec

GAA President George Chamberlain told Annual Shrimp Forum attendees that industry efforts to eliminate the antibiotic chloramphenicol from shrimp production are working

The fishmeal and oil industry has won the backing of key members of the European Parliament (EP) Fisheries Committee for the ban on fishmeal in ruminant feed to be lifted.

International organization Eurofish, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, has launched its website