Assessing Quality and Safety of Animal Feeds

Assessing Quality and Safety of Animal Feeds
Author: Samuel Jutzi
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251050460

This publication provides information on the impact of animal feeds on food quality, food safety, and the environment, and thus improves the basis for managing such risks. The book brings together in printed form six reviews from the FAO electronic journal AGRIPPA (available online).

Animal Feed Contamination

Animal Feed Contamination
Author: J Fink-Gremmels
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 705
Release: 2012-06-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0857093614

The production of animal feed increasingly relies on the global acquisition of feed material, increasing the risk of chemical and microbiological contaminants being transferred into food-producing animals. Animal feed contamination provides a comprehensive overview of recent research into animal feed contaminants and their negative effects on both animal and human health.Part one focuses on the contamination of feeds and fodder by microorganisms and animal by-products. Analysis of contamination by persistent organic pollutants and toxic metals follows in part two, before the problem of natural toxins is considered in part three. Veterinary medicinal products as contaminants are explored in part four, along with a discussion of the use of antimicrobials in animal feed. Part five goes on to highlight the risk from emerging technologies. Finally, part six explores feed safety and quality management by considering the safe supply and management of animal feed, the process of sampling for contaminant analysis, and the GMP+ feed safety assurance scheme.With its distinguished editor and international team of expert contributors, Animal feed contamination is an indispensable reference work for all those responsible for food safety control in the food and feed industries, as well as a key source for researchers in this area. - Provides a comprehensive review of research into animal feed contaminants and their negative effects on both animal and human health - Examines the contamination of feeds and fodder by microorganisms and animal by-products - Analyses contamination by persistant organic pollutants, toxic metals and natural toxins

Good Practices for the Feed Industry

Good Practices for the Feed Industry
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This publication is intended to guide managers of feedmills and the feed industry as a whole.

Animal Feed Impact on Food Safety

Animal Feed Impact on Food Safety
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2008
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9789251059029

The role of animal feed in the production of safe food is recognised worldwide, and several events have underlined its impact on public health, feed and food trade, and food security. The Expert Meeting was convened to review current knowledge on animal feed and its impact on food safety, and provide orientation and advice on this matter to international organisations. This is the report of the meeting, with the experts' conclusions and recommendations.

Animal Biotechnology

Animal Biotechnology
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2002-11-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 030916933X

Genetic-based animal biotechnology has produced new food and pharmaceutical products and promises many more advances to benefit humankind. These exciting prospects are accompanied by considerable unease, however, about matters such as safety and ethics. This book identifies science-based and policy-related concerns about animal biotechnologyâ€"key issues that must be resolved before the new breakthroughs can reach their potential. The book includes a short history of the field and provides understandable definitions of terms like cloning. Looking at technologies on the near horizon, the authors discuss what we know and what we fear about their effectsâ€"the inadvertent release of dangerous microorganisms, the safety of products derived from biotechnology, the impact of genetically engineered animals on their environment. In addition to these concerns, the book explores animal welfare concerns, and our societal and institutional capacity to manage and regulate the technology and its products. This accessible volume will be important to everyone interested in the implications of the use of animal biotechnology.

Ideas and Applications Toward Sample Preparation for Food and Beverage Analysis

Ideas and Applications Toward Sample Preparation for Food and Beverage Analysis
Author: Mark Stauffer
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2017-12-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9535136852

The goal of this book is to present an overview of applications and ideas toward sample preparation methods and techniques used in analysis of foods and beverages. This text is a compilation of selected research articles and reviews dealing with current efforts in the application of various methods and techniques of sample preparation to analysis of a variety of foods and beverages. The chapters in this book are divided into two broad sections. Section 1 deals with some ideas for methods and techniques that are applicable to problems that impact the analysis of foods and beverages and the food and beverage industries overall. Section 2 provides applications of sample preparation methods and techniques toward determination of specific analytes or classes of analytes in various foods and beverages. Overall, this book should serve as a source of scientific information for anyone involved in any aspect of analysis of foods and beverages.

Developing Animal Feed Products

Developing Animal Feed Products
Author: Navaratnam Partheeban
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Sc
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2021-05-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781786764638

This volume reviews key research and the challenges faced in developing new livestock feed products that promote growth whilst also enhancing both product quality and safety. This collection also summarises recent key developments in the sector, including a better understanding of gut function and the need to replace antibiotics.

Safe and Wholesome Food

Safe and Wholesome Food
Author: Grímur Valdimarsson
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9289311797

Global assessment of soil carbon in grasslands

Global assessment of soil carbon in grasslands
Author: Dondini, M., Martin, M., De Camillis, C., Uwizeye, A., Soussana, J.-F., Robinson, T., Steinfeld, H.
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2023-02-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 925137550X

Soils contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals through carbon sequestration. By enhancing soil health and fertility, soils can play a crucial role in climate action, land degradation neutrality, and alleviating hunger. The present study provides a spatially explicit report on the state of grassland soils and can be used as a baseline for future work to explore the impacts of livestock management on soil carbon at regional, country and farm levels. Assessing the current state of grassland systems and their potential to sequester carbon in the soil is of key importance to understand the trade-offs between grassland services on food security, biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation.