US firm Kemin, operating in India for more than 15 years through a facility near Chennai, will expand beyond the poultry and dairy areas by unveiling products and services for aquaculture next month.

According to the newspaper The Hindu, Kemin Industries South Asia Pvt Ltd senior vice president Samraj Jeyachandran said the company would be launching five products in April to help in production of better quality shrimps without residues such as antibiotics or heavy metals. A network of technical teams and laboratories, including a few satellite labs in Andhra Pradesh, is to be established to support the aqua farmers, he said, adding the services are to be offered free of cost. The satellite labs will be connected to the Chennai lab.