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Feed Safety Assurance for milling by-products is licensed for delivery
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n the coming decades, the world p o p u l at i o n w i l l g row t o a b o u t nine billion people. At the same time, the welfare level is rising throughout the world. This results in higher demand for safe cere al produc t s for human consumption. At the same time, the safety requirements for milling by-products used for animal feeding are also becoming more stringent. Meat, dairy and egg products must comply with high food safety standards, so demonstrable control of feed and food safety is becoming more and more important for domestic and export markets.
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The international GMP+ Feed Safety Assurance certificate is the most suitable tool for the milling industry regarding the production of milling byproducts to cope with the new challenges in the domestic as well as the export feed markets. In northwestern Europe a lot of milling companies not only use GMP+ certification for the production of milling by-products for the feed market, but also for the transport of cereals intended for human consumption. It is the most suitable available tool to transport food grade cereals in a safe way.
Importance of demonstrable assurance
Global food availability
1% Increase in agriculture production in Africa in the last 20 years
114 - 120 The global increase in average kcal/person/per day energy supply in the last 20 years
51% The amount of energy provided by cereals, roots and tubers between 2007-2009
13% The amount of protein/person/ per day at world level between 20072009 31% Of children under f ive in Egypt affected by stunting caused by malnutrition
110 – 140 kcal/person/per day energy supply in Africa
Two examples underline the importance of demonstrable feed safety assurance. In spring 2010, contaminated maize from the Ukraine resulted in dioxin in Dutch eggs, which were sold to German supermarkets. In February 2013, a number of European countries were confronted with increased aflatoxin contamination of maize from Serbia, Hungary and Romania. It led to an increased level of aflatoxin found in milk products, but it also raised concerns about feed and food safety. These two examples detail the influence of feed quality on the safety of consumers’ products. However, there are also examples of the international character of the animal feed chain.
20 – 45% Average global stunting figures between 2005 and 2010
Feed Safety Assurance (GMP+ FSA)
Source: FAO Statistical Yearbook of the Food and Agricultural Organization for the United Nations, Rome 2013
The Feed Safety Assurance module started in 1992 as a Good Manufacturing
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Practice code. Nowadays, it is a well-elaborated certification scheme for the whole feed chain, with a number of tools integrated in this scheme. HACCP and the requirements for quality management system according to ISO 9001/22000 are fundamental to the scheme. In addition, for the different types of feed companies in the feed chain, prerequisite programmes are integrated too: both for assuring a certain level of feed safety, and also for maintaining product standards (maximum permitted levels of undesirable substances). The chain approach is crucial. What this means in principle is that all suppliers in the chain should be certified in order to control risks at all stages of the chain. All these tools are used for prevention of contamination. Corrective tools are traceability and the early warning system, which can be applied in case
of occurrence of an incident to avoid further distribution of contaminated feed products. At the end of 2013, GMP+ will introduce a GMP+ B1.2 standard, combining ISO22000, PAS222 and GMP+ FSA standards. This will be interesting for food companies like the milling industry, to comply with market demands regarding ISO22000 as well as GMP+ certification.
All links of the feed chain, worldwide The GMP+ Feed Certification scheme covers the whole feed chain between cultivation and livestock farming. At this moment, over 12,000 companies in the feed chain, located in over 65 countries worldwide, are GMP+ certified. More information: www.gmpplus.org
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