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Contents

October 2021 Volume 50, Number 5

Render Features The International Magazine of Rendering

October 2021

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African Swine Fever

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Research

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Rendering Industry’s Premier Event

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Insects in Feed

African Swine Fever Implications for All Research Provides Added Value Rendering Industry’s Premier Event Planned for Georgia

On the Cover African swine fever is spreading, infecting pig populations on several continents. p. 10

Implications for all

Provides added value Planned for Georgia Making strides

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View from Washington

New vaccine requirements for private employers

Newsline

Tina Caparella Associate Editor

From the Association

Magazine Production

Resiliency, COVID, and transitions

Biofuels Bulletin

Government plays catch-up as industry invests

International Report

World renderers continue work amid challenges

Labor and the Law

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People, Places, and...

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Mark Your Calendar

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Classifieds

Editor and Publisher

European renderers welcome new feed rule

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Rendertorial Exactly 150 issues—or 25 years— ago, Render’s leadership changed hands to a young woman who was only slightly familiar with the rendering industry thanks to the magazine’s previous editor being her grandfather. Stepping into some big shoes was scary, but also exciting and full of possibilities. What a ride the past quarter century has been, but all great things must come to an end.

This October issue will be my last as editor and publisher after an amazing career of managing the only international magazine of rendering.

From nervously stepping into my first National Renderers Association convention in October 1996 when bovine spongiform encephalopathy was a term I could not spell, let alone pronounce, to educating others on the most globally sustainable industry, the experience has been life-changing.

My very first editorial discussed the media’s responsibility to report true and accurate information—not hearsay that eventually has to be retracted or corrected. This is something Render has always strived for and I hope we have accomplished this in the past 25 years.

Of course, this could not have been done without the dedicated, passionate, and generous writers, proofreaders, advertisers, and support over the past two-plus decades. I have been truly blessed to work with some talented individuals who have contributed to the success of this global publication, and I thank each and every one.

Rest assured Render will be in capable hands with the selection of Sharla Ishmael, who brings with her great publishing experience in the beef industry. Read more on page 38.

Renderers are a competitive lot, but when faced with challenges and opportunities, they unite as one group, one family. This has made working for the rendering industry a real pleasure and I appreciate everyone I have met along the way who welcomed me as one of theirs, one of the family. This is the hardest part about leaving this position, the people, but I take with me fond memories and incredible relationships I know will continue for years to come.

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View from Washington

By Tyson Redpath, The Russell Group

New Vaccine Requirements for Private Employers United States (US) President Joe Biden has ordered the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring private-sector businesses with at least 100 employees to mandate that workers either be vaccinated for COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing for the virus. The Occupational Safety and Health Act provides OSHA the authority to issue an ETS for employee safety upon a determination by the agency that workers are, according to the act, in grave danger due to exposure to toxic substances, or agents determined to be toxic or physically harmful, or to new hazards necessitating the action. The act generally gives OSHA the ability to issue an ETS that would remain in effect for up to six months without going through the normal review and comment process of rulemaking. Such a standard could remain in effect for six months from the date published in the Federal Register.

The order comes more than four months after vaccines for COVID-19 were made readily available to all eligible persons in the United States over the age of 12 and during a virus case surge attributed to the more virulent Delta variant. To date, more than 63 percent of the eligible population has received at least one vaccine dose. Meanwhile, fissures have surfaced within the Biden administration’s COVID task force over vaccine durability and whether the administration’s plan to widely distribute booster shots should proceed. In mid-August, a joint statement issued by the Department of Health and Human Services that includes officials from the Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Institutes of Health, states, “We are prepared to offer booster shots for all Americans beginning the week of September 20 and starting eight months after an individual’s second dose. At that time, the individuals who were fully vaccinated earliest in the vaccination rollout, including many healthcare providers, nursing home residents, and other seniors, will likely be eligible for a booster.” Subsequent reports indicate disagreement over whether data exists clearly demonstrating a need for boosters pitting several officials, including two vaccine experts at FDA who have resigned, at odds with administration officials pushing forward with the booster effort.

The private-employer mandate will affect 133,000 businesses and 80 million employees. The president’s order also requires federal employees and federal contractors to be vaccinated within 75 days, removing any option to undergo weekly testing. Healthcare workers and providers receiving Medicare or Medicaid payments will also be covered under the mandate. In total, the new requirements will cover 100 million workers, equaling two-thirds of the entire workforce.

Numerous legal challenges over the first-ever vaccine mandate on private employers are expected. Several questions have arisen over OSHA’s ability to enforce these far-reaching orders. Additionally, employers are asking how they will be expected to gather and store vaccine information as well as 6 October 2021 Render

The order comes more than four months after vaccines for COVID-19 were made readily available to all eligible persons in the United States over the age of 12 and during a virus case surge attributed to the more virulent Delta variant. testing results. The administration is expected to continue leaning on nationwide pharmacy chains to provide free testing, but accessibility to those outlets in rural areas remains a significant concern. Still, for many employers who have hesitated to implant a mandate, the president’s directive could provide justification for more aggressive vaccination rules even as they balance a tight labor market. Some studies suggest nearly 30 percent of employees will not get the COVID vaccine even if it costs them their job.

Congressional Budget Reconciliation a Balancing Act

Financing Biden’s “Build Back Better” social infrastructure initiative will consume much of the US Congressional agenda for the remainder of 2021 as the House and Senate also grapple with increasing the nation’s borrowing limit and fund government appropriations into the new fiscal year that began October 1. Short of a 60-vote majority needed in the Senate to end filibustering, Democratic leadership in both chambers have opted for a procedure known as budget reconciliation that requires only a 51-vote majority to move the president’s spending plans. Those ambitious plans total $3.5 trillion in spending for a bevy of new and expanded government programs ranging from universal prekindergarten, to vision and dental benefits for Medicare, to more free meals for school children.

If approved, the $3.5 trillion would mean that total new spending since the beginning of the pandemic will reach $10 trillion. This comes at a time when the Federal Reserve, mindful of strong inflationary signals, has indicated it will taper a portion of this grand fiscal policy experiment by revisiting its bond purchase program at year’s end. One indication of these heightened fiscal stimulus levels was published last fall when the Federal Reserve reported its stock of money printed increased 18 percent in 2020, meaning one out of every five currency bills was printed last year.

Hungry for new revenues, Congress is considering a host of tax changes largely altering the Republican tax reform passed as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Within legislation approved by the House Ways and Means Committee in midSeptember, both individual and corporate tax rates will go up. The top corporate rate will rise from 21 percent to 26.5 percent for firms making more than $5 million. Businesses that earn between that benchmark and $400,000 will continue paying the 21 percent rate, and those with less than $400,000 in revenue will realize a lower tax rate of 18 www.rendermagazine.com

Chief Agricultural Trade Negotiator Named

Biden has nominated Elaine Trevino to be the Chief Agricultural Negotiator at the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR). Trevino is currently president of the Almond Alliance of California, where she helps advocate on regulatory and legislative issues in areas of international trade, food safety, water quality and availability, crop protection, air quality, worker safety, supply chain, and feed quality.

Previously, Trevino served as deputy secretary at the California Department of Food and Agriculture for Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis.

In this capacity, she had responsibility for the oversight of the international export and trade programs, specialty crop block grant funding, division of marketing services, plant health and pest prevention, and the statewide county www.rendermagazine.com

fair network. Trevino was appointed by former Secretary Sonny Perdue to serve on the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee.

Born and raised in the Central Valley of California, Trevino received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley and attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government. She and her family currently reside in Sacramento, California.

Her nomination comes amid pressure from the agricultural industry

in recent months to fill both the Chief Agricultural Negotiator position at USTR and the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs post at USDA. Although the latter has not been named, Trevino’s appointment has been received warmly within the agricultural industry. If confirmed, she will step immediately into trade enforcement with China, scoping out potential agreements with the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Kenya, as well as ag-biotech regulation issues with Mexico.

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percent. Put simply, the first $400,000 of income will be taxed at 18 percent and the next $4.6 million will be taxed at 21 percent. High-income business owners exempt under current law from the 3.8 percent surtax, first enacted to pay for the Affordable Care Act, will now face that surtax if these changes become law. For individuals, the top rate will jump back to 39.6 percent from 37 percent for individual filers making more than $400,000 and for married couples earning above $450,000.

For many in agriculture, the Ways and Means Committee bill is also notable for what is not included. The elimination of stepped-up basis for taxing the transfer of assets upon death and ending Section 1031 likekind exchanges is not included in the committee’s work, allowing some in ag to breathe a sigh of relief. The estate tax exemption per individual would be cut from $11.7 million to $5 million; however, an increase in the Section 2032A valuation of fair-market, farm real estate should offset that potential for higher estate tax.

This new tax blueprint also provides a generous 10-year extension of the biodiesel blenders tax credit and a new $1.25-per-gallon sustainable aviation fuel credit, giving the biodiesel and renewable diesel sectors economic incentives worth watching as this legislation progresses.

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European Renderers Welcome New Feed Rule

The European Commission (EC) has revised its law that restricted use of processed animal proteins (PAPs) in livestock diets. Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No. 999/2001 has been amended to allow PAPs in the diets of nonruminant animals— specifically, protein derived from pigs may be used in poultry diets while protein derived from poultry is now allowed in pig diets. There is no change in legislation relating to PAPs and ruminants. The European Fat Processors and Renderers Association (EFPRA) welcomed the decision, which went into effect September 8, stating the move signals a commitment to building a more sustainable circular economy in Europe.

“Our members are understandably pleased with the changes in the regulation, which opens up new markets for their products,” said EFPRA General Secretary Dirk Dobbelaere. “It is testament to the hard work member companies have done to ensure the industry operates at a high technical and scientific level. It means we can produce safe, healthy, single-species animal proteins that are highly valued as feed ingredients.”

The regulation revision is just the first stage in the process of introducing PAPs back into pig and poultry diets. “The next step is for EFPRA members to work closely with other parts of the food supply chain to find beneficial ways to increase use of animal by-products in animal feed,” Dobbelaere commented.

The decision marks a Europe-wide move to more sustainable circular business practices, which includes initiatives such as the Green Deal, Farm-to-Fork Strategy, and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Rendering, with its history of reprocessing by-products back into useful materials, is a longstanding example of the circular economy in action.

“The member companies of EFPRA facilitate the operation of the whole animal-based food chain,” stated EFPRA Technical Director Martin Alm. “Safety is always our first priority. We take the by-products from animal production and make them safe.

This protects the health of humans and animals by preventing disease.” Renderers then take these by-products and transform them into a diverse range of raw materials and ingredients that are used in food production and other areas of the economy.

Alm acknowledged that livestock production can be a hotly debated issue in sustainability discussions, but he emphasized rendering’s role in lowering the environmental impact of the whole animal-based food chain.

“By mass, approximately half of every animal produced for meat does not become food, Alm said. “Renderers make sure that everything is used and nothing is wasted. The materials such as PAPs and fertilizer that are recycled back into food production have a low carbon footprint compared to virgin raw materials.” EFPRA uses the Global Feed Lifecycle Assessment Institute accreditation system to assess the sustainability credentials of animal fats and proteins as animal feed. According to this analysis, PAPs have a lower carbon footprint than soy, particularly when land use change 8 October 2021 Render

is taken into account. There are also health benefits to pigs and poultry consuming a diet containing PAPs. Research projects are already underway at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

“Restrictions on animal protein use were introduced 20 years ago,” said Carine van Vuure, member of the EFPRA Technical Committee. “Since then, agricultural practices as well as technology and methodology in the rendering industry have changed but the standard values for animal proteins in feed tables has not. Research is aimed to fill this critical gap in our knowledge as well as measure if there are any animal health and performance benefits to using PAPs.” Presently, there are some early indications of these benefits, but the size and scope of the studies mean there is no conclusive evidence until more research is complete. Summaries of research to date into pig and poultry diets containing PAPs, including feed tables for linear programming for compounders, are available at www.efpra.eu.

EFPRA anticipates inclusion rates of 2–10 percent PAPs will become commonplace to supply protein and other essential nutrients in the feed ration. PAPs are one of nearly 2,000 feed ingredients available, so the rendering industry needs to work in partnership with pig and poultry producers and feed compounders to understand the optimum usage.

Compounders and farmers are the immediate customer for PAPs, but EFPRA is also considering attitudes further along the value chain.

“Retailers and consumers need to know that PAPs are a safe, healthy, and sustainable feed ingredient,” said EFPRA President Sjors Beerendonk. “Pigs and poultry are omnivorous, so they would naturally seek out protein-rich food. That is why PAPs are such a valuable feed ingredient. Likewise, carnivorous fish such as salmon, as well as domestic cats and dogs, can all benefit from diets that include PAPs.” United Kingdom Renderers Await Decision

Since the United Kingdom (UK) is no longer a member of the European Union, the new EC regulation does not apply.

PAPs, therefore, are still prohibited in pig and poultry diets.

Stakeholders across the UK livestock sector, animal feed industry, meat processing, and retailers are waiting to see if the government will undertake a consultation on amending the same prohibition adopted into UK law. FABRA, the UK’s food chain and biomass renewables association and an EFPRA member, has published a statement sharing that PAPs are a solution to finding more sustainable, highly nutritious animal feeds and offer a low carbon protein alternative to soy for animal feed. The UK’s circular economy ambitions add significant weight to amending the rules on the use of PAPs in farmed animal feed, which is in accordance with the country’s Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Food and Drink Waste Hierarchy.

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African Swine Fever Implications for All

By Tina Caparella

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hile a coronavirus has been severely impacting the global human population, African swine fever (ASF) is infecting pig populations on several continents. China’s pig herd has been affected since 2018, while the large European pork-producing countries of Poland and Germany are also battling AFS, primarily in wild boar. The virus is not present in the United States (US) yet, but is knocking on the door with its detection in the Dominican Republic (DR) in August. ASF in the US swine herd would be devastating to pork producers and would impact all related activities, including trade, packing plants, and renderers.

US Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) personnel have been monitoring the situation in Asia and Europe for years, Dr. Jack Shere, associate administrator at APHIS, told listeners on an ASF Action Week webinar in mid-September. ASF has now been identified in 15 of 32 DR provinces with most premises being backyard farms with a small number of animals. Depopulation is occurring and pigs are being buried on the farm. There is concern that some infected animals are going unreported due to owners’ fear of not being reimbursed for depopulated animals. On September 20, neighboring Haiti confirmed ASF in a province bordering DR, which was not unexpected. APHIS continues to consult with animal health officials in both countries to support response and mitigation measures.

There is no vaccine for the virus, which is deadly to pigs.

The US territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are negative for ASF at this point but slaughter surveillance is ongoing and APHIS has suspended interstate movement of all live swine, swine products, and swine by-products from the islands to the mainland United States. A protection zone was put in place per the World Organization for Animal Health, which allows a country to impose certain mitigation factors in a zone of their country to protect that zone. Shere said ASF should not infect Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands since efforts to mitigate classical swine fever have been in effect for years. The new measures are just an enhancement of those.

The chances of the United States importing an animal with ASF from a country that is infected is nil, according to Shere. Some live animals from other countries that do not have ASF have quarantine periods while undergoing testing procedures. The United States does not accept products from ASF-infected countries unless there is a bilateral agreement in place (e.g., Poland, although ASF is not in its herds, just in feral swine). Shere stated that there are various definitions of “cured” meat throughout the world, so USDA is concerned about importation of pork products that could be infected. Twenty-eight US states allow food waste feeding to livestock (except meat), which can pose a biosecurity risk, but many of these farms are under a surveillance program.

As a $22 billion industry that employs 550,000 people, one case of ASF in the United States would cause significant losses to the pork industry, Dr. Patrick Webb, director of swine health, Pork Checkoff, told webinar attendees. He said there are 62,000 pig farms in the country, with farms located in every state, not just the few powerhouse Midwest states and North Carolina. In 2020, 6.1 billion pounds of pork was sold in the United States while nearly 6.6 billion pounds was exported. As such, ASF in America would definitely affect trade, according to Webb. Exports account for $58.65 in value per pig, a significant increase from $16.37 per head in 2001 when 98 million pigs were harvested and 8 percent of US pork was exported; in 2021, 131.5 million pigs were harvested with 26 percent of pork production exported. US pig producers wean more than 2 million pigs and market 2 million hogs per week, which demonstrates the extent of pig movement in the country and the task of stopping movement should an outbreak occur. Webb said the cost of an ASF outbreak in the United States, if controlled and exports returned in two years, would be $15 billion in lost revenue; if not controlled, the cost would be $50 billion in lost revenue over 10 years and 14,000 jobs.

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and proteins should ASF be detected in the country. Additional US products that could see exports halted are US dog and cat food, a $1.6 billion annual market, and cattle hides, wet blue leather, and other skins, valued at nearly $1 billion yearly.

Many US pet food products, rendered and other feed ingredients, and hide and leather products contain no porkorigin ingredients. Similarly, certain markets prohibit the import of products containing pork for religious reasons.

The vast majority of these animal products that do contain pork-origin inputs undergo processing that includes times and temperatures recognized internationally as effective in eliminating the ASF virus, according to NARA. Global Migration of ASF

Dr. Sherrilyn Wainwright, APHIS Veterinary Services (VS), informed webinar attendees that ASF initially entered the nation of Georgia from Africa in 2007–2009, possibly from a ship. The virus spread through swill feeding and in wild boar eating food scraps. Single cases of ASF were detected in Belgium and Czech Republic, but both countries had a strategic plan and were able to eradicate the virus before it entered domestic swine. “This has not occurred in any other countries in Europe or Asia that have been infected with ASF,” Wainwright said.

The spread of ASF in Europe is due to infection spreading in the high-density population of wild boar. There is constant pressure in Poland since the country is having no impact on controlling the spread. According to Wainwright, Germany estimates it will be five more years before ASF is eliminated due to neighboring Estonia showing little control of the spread and ongoing pressure from western Poland.

China reported ASF in summer 2018 and the virus moved rapidly. It was originally detected in eight provinces in midOctober; by February 2020, the virus was in 11 provinces.

Wainwright said the use of illicit vaccines possibly caused a new form of ASF in China, which is also being underreported, so the spread is not being properly accounted for there either.

“Unless you know where that virus is, it’s impossible to contain it,” Wainwright stated. There is continued detections in Russia on the southeast border with China (no reports of wild boar in China) and along the northern border of South Korea. Cases of ASF in western Russia are also being reported, but Russia remains a “black hole” as reporting is not as complete as expected.

Transmission of ASF and Biosecurity’s Role

“Biosecurity is the single most important thing a producer can do to protect their herd,” Shere told webinar attendees.

“It must be a daily routine and not turned off and on when a disease is threatening.” USDA is initiating an ASF public education campaign in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Dr. Oriana Beemer, APHIS/VS, said ASF is spread in pigs by contact with an infected animal’s bodily fluids. It can also be spread by ticks that feed on infected animals and humans via clothing or vehicles. The most known source of spread is movement of live pigs from affected countries and by human activities such as bringing in pig products from affected countries, even a ham sandwich, Beemer noted. Introduction to a farm itself has been tied to animal movement, vehicle and equipment traveling between farms, and human actions such as garbage feeding and hunting of wild boar/feral swine if infected and not separated from farmed animals. www.rendermagazine.com

Beemer stated it could take up to 15 days from introduction of disease before animals show clinical signs, and several more days for animals to die, meaning it could be anywhere from 21 to 25 days after introduction for the virus to be detected and cause alarm, potentially allowing ASF to spread before even being detected.

“We really can’t underscore how important biosecurity is before disease sets in,” Beemer said. She added that the key to national herd protection is reporting animals with suspicious clinical signs immediately so testing can be performed prior to animal movement.

Dr. Clayton Johnson, Carthage Veterinarian Service, said biosecurity is a system of barriers that reduce risk of introducing a novel pathogen, not a focus on the pathogens already on the farm. He said to first define the perimeter to secure and limit the entry point of the location. Good biosecurity requires robust plans that define critical control points, such as employee/supply/animal (product) entry, and animal/product/visitor exit. Can a risk factor for disease introduction, such as rodents, be excluded? Biosecurity is not a one-size-fits-all solution, Johnson said. If certain factors cannot be excluded, installation of good hygiene and sanitation plans and processes will be needed.

“The disease doesn’t care how it enters a herd or location,” Johnson explained. “Hygiene and sanitation are important— invest consistently across risk factors. Good biosecurity involves many stakeholders [e.g., suppliers, vendors] and training, auditing, and motivation. Create a culture of accountability.”

According to Dr. David Meeker, senior vice president of NARA scientific services, rendered products pose no risk of ASF spread unless contaminated with active virus after cooking.

Such contamination could happen to any feed ingredient, but the likelihood of that occurring in the United States is low.

There is concern, however, about feed ingredients coming from countries with ASF infections. There are several considerations for renderers regarding ASF, with the most common concern being trucks that service farms. Deadstock trucks should not go directly on to pig farms, according to Meeker. For nearly two years, a task force of USDA, state veterinarians, pork producers, packers, and renderers have been involved to determine the most important steps in planning for a possible ASF infection in the United States. This effort led to a tabletop exercise recently in Iowa to test the planning process. After this troubleshooting, materials will be shared with packers and renderers so all can efficiently perform biosecurity planning.

“Many diseases could be spread by trucks and pork producers, so place dead pigs for pick up by renderers outside the farm boundary,” Meeker told Render. “If the United States has pig farms infected with ASF, heightened biosecurity will need to be practiced, which will include truck washing, special routing, and truck driver cleaning procedures to prevent spread of virus from infected herds.”

Pam Zaabel, director of swine health, National Pork Board, reiterated that companies should have a written biosecurity plan and implement those measures. For help in developing plans, biosecurity training should be taken and available resources reviewed in order to determine the best approach.

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African Swine Fever Continued from page 11 Site-specific maps should be created to determine animal and people movement, including dead stock removal. The goal is to keep ASF out through achievable steps as part of a routine.

“What measures can be put in place to eliminate the risk of disease when carcasses are removed from the site?” Zaabel asked. “It doesn’t matter how many pigs you have on your farm, we will all be affected by an ASF outbreak.”

Shere said the United States has a challenge in front of it with the discovery of ASF in the DR. USDA has interlocking safeguards to prevent ASF from entering the country, including import restrictions, product inspections and confiscation, and diagnostics. Within the country, safeguards include food waste feeding restrictions with monitoring and inspections, education and outreach, and testing of sick animals.

John Sagle, US Customs and Border Protection, told webinar attendees the agency has multiple defenses in place to help prevent the introduction of animal diseases, such as advanced commercial flight information to determine what possessions to target; a Beagle brigade that hones in on several key scents, with swine products being one of them; and bulk screening of incoming cargo.

What to Expect in an ASF Outbreak If ASF is detected in the United States, the agriculture secretary would first declare an “extraordinary emergency” and implement a national movement standstill for at least 72 hours to prohibit all movement of swine. Elevated biosecurity work would begin in an effort to locate the virus and determine the next steps, including contact tracing of animals.

Dr. Rosemary Sifford, deputy administrator, APHIS/VS, told webinar attendees most pigs that contract the virus will die.

Since no vaccine is available, focus remains on biosecurity and eradication. The national movement standstill would allow live swine already in transit to reach their destination but does not allow new live animal loads to move. This will help determine

ASF Considerations

The following considerations are among those being tested for a successful ASF plan.

1. Establish a relationship with your state animal health official.

2. Obtain a premise identification number from a state animal health official.

3. Designate a person at the establishment as the main point of contact/biosecurity coordinator for foreign animal disease (FAD) response and biosecurity efforts.

4. Review current biosecurity plans and devise an enhanced biosecurity plan for use in the event of an outbreak.

5. Become familiar with applicable waste and wastewater regulations. If an FAD outbreak is detected in a slaughter establishment, all waste leaving the establishment must go through a process to render any FAD virus inactive.

6. Prepare for a supply chain disruption in the event of an FAD outbreak. USDA has indicated that if an FAD is detected

where ASF is and determine the government’s next steps.

Meat processing plants will need to reestablish schedules for incoming loads so movement of herds may be further delayed.

The response will be a combination of federal and state officials with disposal plans of infected animals to be determined based on local environmental laws. According to Meeker, renderers’ involvement in depopulation is uncertain. Most state veterinarians do not want infected pigs to leave a quarantined farm, which rules out rendering, but if infected farms become widespread, then that decision may need to be revisited. Meeker said renderers are concerned that product from infected animals may be stigmatized, even if research shows the product is safe after proper cooking. Without a market for their products, renderers would need to be compensated for processing depopulated infected animals. Many details still need to be worked out before renderers can participate in depopulating infected animals, but in some cases, healthy animals may need to be depopulated and could possibly go to rendering, according to Meeker.

Dr. Jeff Kaisand, Iowa state veterinarian, covered quarantine and contact tracing from positive premises. “We can’t eliminate industry while eliminating the disease,” he said. “But we can’t let disease eliminate the industry. This interface is a fine line.” Kaisand stated there are so many connections that reach beyond affected premises, such as movement of animals, people, feed delivery, manure hauling, garbage, fuel, and dead stock collection.

“What I’m trying to point out is all those connections and the work we have to do with the contract tracing is a lot, so we need everyone’s help,” Kaisand said.

“Don’t ever assume you are smarter than a virus,” said Dr. Beth Thompson, executive director/state veterinarian, Minnesota Board of Animal Health. She shared the state’s experience with an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in 2015. Around 9 million turkeys were depopulated in March 2015 that began as an outbreak on one small, isolated farm but then spread and, eventually, involved a lot of personnel. “Think of what will be needed for surveillance,” Thompson posed. “Start working with labs and think about what can be done beforehand.”

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in the United States, it would issue a nationwide stop movement order for all species.

7. Familiarize management with permitting procedures that state animal health officials use. Many states have a web-based system to gather information to determine whether permits for animal, product, or by-product movement can be issued.

8. Familiarize management with the Secure Pork Supply Continuity of Business Plan that can be found at www. securepork.org.

9. Maintain 30 days of records for live animal and uncooked by-product movement to and from the facility.

10. Participate in a preparedness exercise. A company can request to be part of a state or federally organized FAD exercise by contacting their state animal health official.

The North American Renderers Association is involved with this planning and will provide more details on ASF exercises as they develop.

Additional information: APHIS Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness: www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/emergency-management/ct_fad_prep_disease_response_documents North American Meat Institute Foreign Animal Disease Guidance #1: Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness: www.meatinstitute.org/index.php?ht=a/ GetDocumentAction/i/187650 National Pork Board Animal Disease Prevention in Swine: www.porkcheckoff.org/pork-production-management/animal-disease-prevention/

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Research Provides Added Value

By Dr. David Meeker Director of Research, Fats and Proteins Research Foundation

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he past 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic have had the Fats and Proteins Research Foundation (FPRF) dealing with a variety of different scenarios at universities. Some research work was delayed but most projects are now continuing normally. Despite these challenges, seven new projects were started in both 2020 and 2021 to find solutions to rendering issues, support current markets, and develop new uses for rendered products. FPRF’s mission remains to provide added value to all animal production by enhancing current usage and developing new uses for rendered animal products. FPRF members’ research investments are being watched closely and innovation will continue.

FPRF has overhauled its website at www.fprf.org. The front page may still look familiar, but there is much more content available. Click on the various buttons to find many summaries and descriptions of past research. There is even an archive of all Directors Digest newsletters going back to 1964. There is a functional search engine to help find any FPRF work on dozens of rendering-related topics. More research results will be added as they are developed.

A full description of FPRF’s contracting and approval process was published in the December 2020 Render, so this article will focus on current research projects.

Animal Co-Products Research and Education Center

FPRF does cutting-edge research to advance rendering, expand markets, and develop new uses for rendered products at Clemson University’s Animal Co-Products Research and Education Center (ACREC). Over the past 16 years, ACREC has brought an interdisciplinary approach to rendering problems and opportunities. An overview of current ACREC work will be presented at the FPRF INNOVATE Conference on October 19 at the North American Renderers Association (NARA) Annual Convention at Lake Oconee, Georgia. Seven new projects were started at ACREC in 2021; five will continue to build on previous work that showed great promise, one explores new areas, and one is to develop an educational video for renderers. The seven projects are:

• “ Materials for removal of metal and inorganic contaminants from rendered fat” by Drs. Daniel C. Whitehead and Carlos Garcia will leverage the properties of poly(amine)-cellulose nanocrystals to remove metal and inorganic contaminants from rendered animal fat to facilitate the use of this feedstock for biofuel applications. This project will continue efforts toward the development of new functional nanomaterials and technologies to reduce odor emissions from the rendering industry and to remove contaminants from rendered fats.

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• “ Rendering co-products as electron donors for subsurface remediation: Industry white paper on the use of co-products as electron donors and associated marketing at national conferences” by Dr. Kevin T. Finneran, who will use this small grant to write a white paper to ensure his information on using rendered products for remediation reaches decision-makers in this field. The paper will be broadly distributed through the National Groundwater Association and Finneran will attend a large number of conferences from fall 2021 through summer 2022 now that travel restrictions have been lifted. This is part of a longer-term strategic plan, which includes a spring 2023 sabbatical to focus solely on application and marketing of animal co-products in remediation.

• “Optimizing low-value rendering cements for affordability and commercialization” by Dr. Rhett C. Smith. Regulatory pressures may threaten the use of brown grease in land applications, so finding value-added alternatives for brown grease and related high free fatty acid fats (FAFs), such as dissolved air flotation (DAF) wastewater sludge and trap grease, are targeted in this work. This will build on prior discovery of a high-strength brown greasetriglyceride-sulfur cement to find more advantageous compatibilizers to use in place of triglycerides. Smith will also focus on elucidating the long-term strength profile of the resulting FAF-sulfur cements, mortars, and concretes.

• “Packaging and shipping goods from low-value rendering products: Plastics and pressure-treated materials,” also by Smith, will use low-value fats such as brown grease to develop packaging materials that outperform existing technologies. This low-cost project will gather preliminary data to seek a grant from the food packaging industry, including the Sonoco Fresh initiative at Clemson, to help fund this work in subsequent years.

• “On-site demonstration of electrocoagulation treatment of rendering wastewater” by Dr. Sudeep C. Popat is a continuation of work conducted on electrocoagulation (EC) of rendering wastewater at ACREC focused on demonstrating the proof-of-concept for EC that could replace DAF in rendering wastewater treatment.

• “Analysis of rendered meals for boron” by Dr. Annel K. Greene. Boron is an important nutrient involved in many health-related processes, including prevention of arthritis, enhancing hormonal function, ensuring embryonic development, maintaining proper cellmembrane function, prevention of osteoporosis, and in formation of strong bones. This exploratory project www.rendermagazine.com

is to measure the boron content in rendered animal protein meals and to publish the data in a peer-reviewed journal, information that could help market rendered proteins to animal producers.

• “Instructional video on environmental sampling for pathogenic microorganisms in rendering plants” by Drs. Julie K. Northcutt and Paul L. Dawson. Clemson facilities and equipment will be used to prepare an instructional video describing the correct procedure for collecting and handling sampling products and environments in a rendering plant. NARA’s Animal Protein Producers Industry is funding this project.

At-large Projects

Since its beginning in 1964, FPRF has funded research at many different universities in the quest to improve rendering.

Several projects are underway at research institutions across the country with some of the results being presented at the FPRF INNOVATE Conference:

• “ Investigating the destruction of antibiotics in chicken by-products by the rendering process” by Dr. Thu Dinh, Mississippi State University, could provide useful information would be useful for all species. Increasing popularity of antibiotic-free poultry and livestock also makes this information necessary. Results will be presented at the INNOVATE Conference.

• “Correlating oxidative states of chicken meal, using electronic nose technology and primary metabolite profiling, with palatability in working Labrador Retrievers” by Dr. Craig Coon, Four Rivers Kennel. He will investigate how and why oxidized ingredients affect palatability preference using an aromatic palatability test on Labrador Retrievers to determine canine acceptance of poultry meat meals with peroxide value levels ranging from 5 to 200. He will then identify the oxidized lipid compounds using metabolite profiling and electronic nose technology. Results will be presented at the INNOVATE Conference.

• “Dynamic transmission modeling—the role of feed, feed ingredients, and animal movements in swine disease transmission” by Dr. Gustavo Machado, North Carolina State University. FPRF has two funding partners for this project from the wider feed industry. Machado is developing an epidemiological model that uses cases of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus observed during the routine surveillance of three pig companies to map the current and future transmission risk areas, quantify the contribution of the main transmission routes for the diseases, and quantify the impact of disease control interventions in the projected “next week” risk of spread. This project is important to the rendering industry because rendered material and blood products in feed are often unfairly blamed for disease spread. This project should help distribute responsibility more fairly by looking objectively at risk.

• “Chemical determinants of digestibility of proteins and bio-availability of amino acids and identification of effective indicators of heat damages in animal products” by Dr. Dominique P. Bureau, University of www.rendermagazine.com

Guelph in Canada. He will examine the determinants of digestibility of heat-damaged proteins and evaluating approaches to improve the digestibility of such proteins using rainbow trout as a biological model.

• “Preference of pigs for various sources of rendered animal protein by-products” by Dr. Merlin Lindemann, University of Kentucky. Recent literature has been rather limited for use of animal-based ingredients for swine rations. Swine nutritionists are searching for alternatives to provide feed efficiency, growth benefits, and health benefits as antibiotics are phased out. This project has the potential to address several aspects for the benefits of animal protein ingredients usage in swine diets.

Results will be presented at the INNOVATE Conference.

• “Combining in vitro digestion and Caco-2 cell culture to evaluate poultry meat and poultry meat by-product meals containing different amounts of oxidized lipids on intestinal membrane permeability, cytotoxicity, metabolic activity, and transcriptomics,” also by Coon.

He will develop an assay to determine acceptable levels of dietary peroxidation for maintaining healthy intestinal cells through the utilization of a well-characterized intestinal model. Caco-2 cells have been used in a vast array of applications for assessing areas of interest, such as barrier function, paracellular permeability, absorption rates, and transport mechanisms. Four Rivers Kennel is working with a local chicken integrator in Arkansas providing a wide range of oxidized chicken meal samples, varying in peroxide values, for this work.

Results will be presented at the INNOVATE Conference.

• “Use of a risk-free in situ non-animal surrogate assay for evaluating inactivation kinetics and chemical mitigants for African swine fever virus (ASFV)” by Drs. Gerald Schurson and Declan Shroeder, University of Minnesota.

Objectives here are to determine the inactivation kinetics and mechanism(s) of ASFV at various times and temperatures in blood meal, meat meal, and meat and bone meal using the surrogate assay and to evaluate the effectiveness of selected chemical mitigants for inactivating ASFV. • F PRF’s Pet Food Alliance (PFA), by Dr. Jennifer Martin, Colorado State University, participants include renderers, pet food manufacturers, allied suppliers, and researchers from across the country. The 2021 meeting was co-located with Watt Global Media’s Pet Food Forum and will be summarized on the FPRF website.

PFA is part of an overall rendering industry effort to strengthen relationships with the pet food industry to ensure a place in this market long into the future by working together to solve joint problems in policy, procedures, and research. PFA will enter the final year of its founding contract in 2022 so FPRF will explore funding partnerships and revenue-generating activities for the next contract to continue the PFA. Please join FPRF’s efforts as research it funds helps all renderers and their partners by focusing on challenges that benefit the overall industry. FPRF funding supports the development of crucial technical capabilities at universities across North America by supporting researchers from a variety of disciplines, leading to innovative approaches.

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Rendering Industry’s Premier Event Planned for Georgia

Renderers and their partners are looking forward to the 88th annual convention of the North American Renderers Association (NARA) at the Ritz-Carlton Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Georgia, October 18–22, 2021. The jam-packed agenda has time for networking, business meetings, and educational opportunities, not to mention fun social events.

Speakers include Ken Gronbach, KGC Direct LLC, who will share predictions for social, business, economic, cultural, and political change in a post-COVID era, and Jeff Havens, keynote speaker and trainer, who will give attendees an entertaining look at actionable answers to today’s business challenges.

Kevin Good, Cattle Fax, will address livestock, protein, and rendering market opportunities while Tod Morgan, Pet Food Institute, will talk about today’s pet food landscape and future opportunities. Dr. Sara Place, Elanco Animal Health, will provide

participants a thoughtful look at how animal agriculture can be part of the climate solution, and Tyson Redpath, The Russell Group, will discuss what renderers can expect from federal policymaking in a changing environment. More speakers will focus on topics important to the industry in various committee meetings throughout the week. Registration is still available at convention.nara.org.

Attendees will also be able to examine the latest innovations from industry partners at a tabletop exhibit and reception one evening and interact with companies that have generously chosen to sponsor NARA’s convention. The following is an alphabetical guide to this year’s convention sponsors and exhibitors who responded to an invitation to be featured by press time.

AC Corporation (336) 273-4472 www.accorporation.com AC Corporation has been providing the rendering industry with quality equipment focusing on air-pollution control for more than 45 years. Every project is designed to meet the specific needs of the facility, whether it is a single piece of equipment or a turn-key installation. AC Corporation’s staff of engineers, project managers, and experienced craftsmen can handle any rendering project, from the smallest ductwork jobs to complete plant design and installation.

Ameri-Pac (800) 373-6151 wilburellisnutrition.com

Ameri-Pac, a brand of Wilbur-Ellis, has 30 years of manufacturing expertise and a strong industry reputation for providing products with integrity and quality service. AmeriPac developed two high-performance lines of customized antioxidants that have become leading suppliers to the rendering industry. Oxy-Gon is a natural antioxidant while Oxy-Block is the synthetic antioxidant line. Both products are used for the preservation of animal fats, meals, and other materials subject to oxidation.

AFCO (800) 345-1329 www.afcocare.com

AFCO, a Zep company, offers highquality food industry cleaners and sanitizers, chemical transfer equipment, wastewater treatment, single-product air scrubber treatment, clean-in-place cleaning, foam cleaning, and more.

AFCO is a full-service partner throughout all areas of facilities and process management. Working alongside renderers, AFCO provides expertise and hands-on support to help meet sanitation, compliance, and operational needs efficiently and cost-effectively.

Andritz Gouda (816) 505-9900 andritz.com Drying needs can be sourced from Andritz Gouda, a company with more than a century of protein drying experience that spans the globe. Highly efficient, indirectly heated dryers ensure product integrity and quality. Single- and double-drum roller dryers and twin-shaft paddle dryers offer the ability to dry any liquid, slurry, paste, or sludge product.

Common applications include animal proteins, whey proteins, collagens, and meals of all types. Let Andritz Gouda “engineer success” into any drying operation.

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Alloy Hardfacing & Engineering Co. Inc. (800) 328-8408 www.alloyhardfacing.com

Alloy Hardfacing and Engineering Co. Inc. is a design, build, install, and support maker of rendering equipment for both batch and continuous systems, headquartered in Jordan, Minnesota. The company has been serving the rendering industry since the early 1960s with a needs-first, customer-oriented approach. Whether it is a fifthgeneration renderer or one new to the industry, Alloy meets companies where they are. New resources for renderers can be found on the company’s updated website.

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Baker Commodities Inc. (855) 422-5370 www.bakercommodities.com

Baker Commodities, a family-run business for three generations, has been operating since 1937 to save the environment for generations to come, and taking care of our most important natural resource—our children. Baker is a completely sustainable company, recycling animal by-products and used cooking oil into valuable products that can be used to feed livestock, power vehicles, and act as a base for everyday items. At Baker, every day is a World Environment Day.

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BHT ReSources (800) 990-5638 www.bhtonline.com

When times get tough, it is essential to have a service partner to rely on. Throughout a challenging year, both at home and abroad, BHT ReSources has remained focused on the highest level of customer service and engagement.

Operating throughout the Southeast, BHT is the go-to provider for used cooking oil recycling, animal rendering, and grease trap cleaning, and a producer of high-quality feedstocks.

Brown Industrial Inc. (937) 693-3838 www.brownindustrial.com

Brown Industrial is the manufacturer of the WaBo line of mobile rendering equipment. The WaBo line features aluminum and 409 stainless steel rendering equipment, including container grease, bucket, vacuum, vacuum barrel, combination, deadstock, rendering end dumps, and custom units. Brown is continuously expanding and improving its product line to meet industry needs. Please call for all equipment needs. Brown thanks the rendering industry for many years of patronage and looks forward to many more.

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Calpine Energy Solutions LLC (310) 686-5702 www.calpinesolutions.com Many forces impact natural gas, electricity, and carbon markets. Regulatory changes, supply/demand balance, weather shocks, geopolitical influences, sustainability initiatives, environmental legislation, innovation, and overall macroeconomic conditions will all influence the volatility, overall price movement, and liquidity of energy markets.

Calpine Energy Solutions can help ensure a company has the gas and power needed for its operations. They can develop a successful portfolio risk management program that is measured and quantified.

Camlin Fine Sciences (844) 808-2063 www.camlinfs.com/cfsna For more than 25 years, Camlin Fine Sciences has been providing shelf-life extension solutions to the pet food and rendering industries. Their NaSure plant-based antioxidant solutions offer a natural alternative in shelf-life extension. Camlin uses natural ingredients with high antioxidant activity to ensure food stays fresher, longer. The company’s Xtendra traditional antioxidant solutions combine ingredients that have been long proven to protect the oxidative stability of the final product.

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Chem-Aqua Inc. (866) 209-3373 www.chemaqua.com Chem-Aqua is a global leader in custom-designed, turnkey water treatment programs for boiler, cooling, and process water systems. Recognizing that good results require more than just adding chemicals and testing water, the total systems approach provides solutions to water problems www.rendermagazine.com

and improves system efficiencies utilizing a comprehensive program of products, equipment, and services that address the unique mechanical, operational, chemical, and personnel requirements of each system.

Chemol Company (800) 849-3050 www.chemol.com

Chemol manufactures products derived from natural fats and oils to serve various applications, including lubricants, paperboard coatings, textiles, crop protection, animal feed, and personal care. Their products keep tens of millions of pounds of petrochemicals out of landfills every year. This is one of the most impactful uses of animal fats to reduce greenhouse gases—many times more than for transportation fuel. Chemol looks forward to a bright future working with the rendering industry to continue the improvement of the environment.

Darling Ingredients Inc. (800) 800-4841 www.darlingii.com

Darling Ingredients plans to commission its joint venture Diamond Green Diesel’s new 400-million-gallon renewable diesel expansion in the fourth quarter of 2021 along with a new facility under construction in Port Arthur, Texas. Annual production of low carbon renewable diesel will increase from 290 million gallons currently to 1.2 billion gallons by the first half of 2023. Darling has also published its Sustainability Report, focusing on a push to net zero greenhouse gas emissions and sustainable water use by 2050.

FoodChain ID Testing (703) 222-8700 www.foodchainid.com/testing.com FoodChain ID Testing is a one-stop solution for all rendered products and has been proudly serving the rendering industry for more than 40 years. Services range from pesticide detection to proximate analysis on fats, oils, and meals. Known for rapid turnaround time, accurate test results, great customer service, and International Organization for Standardization 17025 and US Department of Agriculture/ Food Safety Inspection Service accreditation. Food Chain ID is committed to providing a cost-effective solution to support a renderer’s brand, company, and reputation.

Flottweg (859) 448-2300 www.flottweg.com Flottweg decanters, tricanter machines, and disc centrifuges are available in an extremely wide range of versions. The machines and complete systems meet all requirements and offer the optimum solution for recycling animal carcasses and processing slaughterhouse by-products.

Using Flottweg centrifuges delivers some decisive advantages: savings on disposal costs, obtaining recyclable materials, increasing the profitability of slaughterhouse operations, and reduction in operating costs due to an optimum process.

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Premier Event Continued from page 17 Genesis III Inc. (815) 537-7900 www.g3hammers.com Genesis III supplies hammer mill components that are “Built for The Grind.” Over the past 15 years, the company has redefined the industry with significant market innovations, including its proprietary Duraweld hardfacing and patented forged hammers. Genesis will work to provide the best solution for specific applications and products that deliver, backed by a guarantee that can be counted on.

GTech (713) 503-4546 www.gtechus.com GTech, a provider of new and remanufactured horizontal decanting and vertical disc centrifuges used in the rendering industry, is proud to announce the introduction of its new three-phase decanter this year. The company supports its customers with thousands of parts in stock for immediate shipment, supplying spare parts for many of the Alfa-Laval and Westfalia centrifuges. The parts sales staff are very professional and know rendering equipment. GTech provides complete machine reconditioning.

Industrial Hardfacing Inc. (800) 247-7778 www.industrialhardfacing.com

Industrial Hardfacing Inc. (IHI) has been a service provider to the rendering industry since 1964.

Relationships established throughout these years, with many dedicated processors, have provided the company with experiences, combined with capabilities, for contributing to rendering’s sustainability. IHI includes Faro technology, resulting in utmost accuracy for reviewing existing conditions through detailed planning for future growth. The company’s engineering and manufacturing versatility is directly linked to rendering’s operational efficiencies required in today’s everchanging demands.

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International Feed (952) 249-9818 www.internationalfeed.com

International Feed is proud to be named a 2020 Journal of Commerce “US Top 50 Exporter” by container volume. The company operates its own container transloading, logistics, and distribution business. Tap into International Feed’s expanding global network of feed millers, integrators, and pet food producers to consistently bring the best export values back to a rendering business.

Jenkins Centrifuge (800) 635-1431 www.jenkinscentrifuge.com

In 1972, Jenkins Centrifuge devoted its entire operation to horizontal centrifuge repair. Since then, they have performed more than 10,000 centrifuge rebuilds. A family-owned business moving into its fourth generation, Jenkins is a centrifuge repair expert whose staff members each have more than 20 years of 18 October 2021 Render

experience. The company now offers a maintenance training program to give centrifuges a longer life, and has its Jenkins 2460 in stock, ready to ship, available in either carbon or stainless steel.

Kubco Services LLC (877) KUBCO-DS www.kubco.com

Kubco Services entered its quality centrifuge services into the rendering market many years ago. In fact, it has more than 100 years of combined experience in the centrifuge industry, providing new manufactured machines and repair service for all major brands of horizontal centrifuges. Kubco offers a trustworthy and reliable service partnership. For those looking to extend the life of a centrifuge or maximize its production capacity, Kubco Services is a quality service option.

MAC Trailer Enterprises (800) 795-8454 www.mactrailer.com

MAC Trailer Enterprises Inc. was founded in 1994 by Michael A. Conny and has since grown to be the nation’s foremost quality manufacturer of dump, rendering, flatbed, and transfer trailers, as well as dry bulk pneumatic tanks, straight truck bodies, and liquid tank trailers. With eight manufacturing locations across the United States, MAC Trailer offers customers specialized options to meet their needs.

Mahoney Environmental Solutions LLC (800) 892.9392 www.mahoneyes.com

Mahoney Environmental Solutions delivers fresh cooking oil, provides grease trap services, used cooking oil (UCO) recycling, and fully automated UCO handling equipment.

Mahoney and its affiliated brands are wholly owned by Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel made from waste and residue materials. Together, they offer customers safe and sustainable solutions to keep kitchens running smoothly by managing the removal of UCO, creating a sustainable future.

Michelli Weighing & Measurement (504) 733-9822 www.Michelli.com

Michelli Weighing & Measurement provides sales, service, rentals, and calibration on scales and measurement equipment of all capacities. The company’s experts can help with equipment ranging from offal scales that help prevent underfilling and overfilling, to analytical lab balances to help with precision measurement. With service areas in 11 states, the Michelli team is always nearby and ready to help with preventative maintenance, repairs, or both standard and International Organization of Standardization 17025 accredited calibration services.

National Beef Packing Company LLC (800) 449-2333 www.nationalbeef.com National Beef Packing Company LLC is America’s premier beef company.

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Premier Event Continued from page 18 relationships with America’s leading ranchers and farmers, providing access to the very best cattle. The company processes and markets a comprehensive line of fresh beef, case-ready products, and beef by-products. National Beef employs more than 9,500 individuals and operates eight processing facilities in six states.

Onken Inc. (309) 562-7271 www.onkens.net

Onken Inc. was founded in 1983 by Donald Onken after receiving patents pertaining to his bulk container and trailer system designed for collecting used cooking oil. Since then, Don and the Onken’s team have continued to innovate and expand the product line to include additional solutions such as enclosed and outdoor containers for cooking oil, single- and double-wall tanks for automotive oil and cooking oil, as well as recycling trailers, plus more innovations on the horizon.

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Oestergaard Inc. (913) 754-8108 www.oestergaardus.com Oestergaard is an established, family-owned company comprised of a dedicated team with expertise in designing, manufacturing, installing, and servicing process equipment used in the global rendering industry. The company supports and services North American customers and the industry with a high degree of technical knowledge gained from years of experience from its facility in Kansas City, Missouri, which includes an equipment rebuild workshop, spare parts warehouse, and sales and engineering office.

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Pet Food Institute (202) 791-9440 www.petfoodinstitute.org The Pet Food Institute (PFI) and its members, who make up the vast majority of all US pet food and treat products, are committed to helping dogs and cats enjoy long and healthy lives. As the voice of pet food makers, PFI provides factual information about pet food and treat safety and nutrition, advocates for a transparent and science-based regulatory environment for its members, and promotes safety innovation in manufacturing and handling practices.

Protein Products Inc. (770) 654-5979 proteinproductsinc.com

Construction on Protein Products Inc. began in 1983. Its doors opened in July 1984 to service the farm-raised catfish processing industry in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas. The company converts raw material supply into fish meal and fish oil currently sold into the pet food, animal feed, and biomass-based diesel industries.

RoseDowns (833) 922-2447 www.Rosedowns.co.uk RoseDowns’ history dates back to 1777 and it has continuously invested in design and development in order to be at the forefront of pressing technology. The company has an unrivalled reputation for supplying processing equipment and replacement parts to the rendering industry. Its US service center is in a prime location in Kansas City, Missouri, offering a complete pickup and delivery service to strip and rebuild all press models, using top-quality parts manufactured by RoseDowns.

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Sanimax (888) SANIMAX www.sanimax.com

Sanimax reclaims organic by-products from the agri-food industry, then transforms them into industrial ingredients used in everyday items, such as biodiesel, fertilizers, tires, crayons, and more. Each year, the company repurposes more than 2 million metric tons of leftovers across the Americas that would otherwise end up in landfills. Sanimax experts are proud to transform it all, creating value while playing a major role in preserving the environment. Its mission is simple: reclaim, renew, and return for a greener future.

Smithfield Foods Inc. www.smithfieldfoods.com

Headquartered in Smithfield, Virginia, since 1936, Smithfield Foods Inc. is an American food company with agricultural roots and a global reach. Its 63,000 team members are dedicated to producing “good food, responsibly.” and have made the company one of the world’s leading vertically integrated protein companies. Smithfield has pioneered sustainability standards for more than two decades and its 11 rendering facilities in the United States are an important part of those efforts.

Sturtevant Inc. (781) 829-1431 www.sturtevantinc.com Sturtevant Inc. is a family-owned, global supplier of Whirlwind air classifiers/air separators capable of reducing ash and increasing protein in any species of rendered animal meals.

Sturtevant air classifiers separate meals into two products: fines and coarse fractions. The air-classified fines fraction is sold for premium high-protein/low-ash pet food or aquafeed products. The air-classified coarse fraction is sold for regular protein/regular ash feed products.

The Dupps Company (937) 855-6555 www.dupps.com The Dupps Company, a worldwide leader in rendering systems, equipment, and service, continues to pioneer new innovations that significantly increase productivity in the protein recycling industry.

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Premier Event Continued from page 20 Integrated near infrared spectroscopy technology provides real-time measurement of fat, protein, moisture, and ash without time-consuming, off-line analysis. In addition to a new line of vertical disc centrifuges that maximizes uptime, quality, and throughput, Dupps now offers service, parts, and support that far exceeds industry norms for the most common vertical disc centrifuge makes and models.

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Tomra Food (916) 388-3900 www.tomra.com Tomra Food can help renderers avoid foreign material and other contaminants in the final product, creating valuable clean material while avoiding complaints and recalls. The company’s latest sorting technologies can detect and eject the tiniest fragments of foreign material with high accuracy and low levels of false rejects. Their sorting machines also help renderers predetermine desired levels of bone meal and protein content, so premium ingredients can be rendered to a premium price.

Travis Body & Trailer, Inc. (855) 679-0809 www.travistrailers.com

Travis Body & Trailer has set a new standard for specialized rendering trailers. Throughout the past 30 years, the company has produced thousands of rendering trailers that have been the solution to a wide variety of applications. The Travis rendering trailer is available as a frame-type, frameless, end dump, or tipper. The company installs internal or external blood tanks, floor sumps, drains, center gates, clean-out plates, or virtually any custom specification imaginable.

Universal Maintenance Inc. (706) 297-0087 www.UM-Dupps.com Universal Maintenance is a Georgia-based general contractor providing a wide range of services that include new construction, maintenance, refurbishing equipment, and installation. The company is committed to safety and high-quality work; its “rendering-tough” employees are ready to take on any challenge. The Dupps Company and Universal Maintenance founder Jessica Colbert are proud to announce that Universal Maintenance and its dedicated staff of employees are now valued members of the Dupps family.

Uzelac Industries (414) 529-0240 www.uzelacind.com Uzelac Industries custom engineers and fabricates rotary drying systems. They are a prominent rotary dryer company in the rendering industry with more than 40 years of experience.

A few examples of items the company’s dryers are used for include blood meal, meat and bone meal, fish meal, feather meal, eggshells, and manure. Uzelac also provide parts and service for all rotary drying systems.

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Valley Proteins Inc. (540) 877-2590 www.valleyproteins.com

Headquartered in Winchester, Virginia, Valley Proteins Inc. is one of the largest noncaptive recyclers of animal and poultry by-products and waste cooking oils in North America. The business was founded in 1949 by Clyde A. Smith and is currently owned and operated by his two grandsons. The company operates in the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and Southwest regions of the United States; exports fats and proteins worldwide; and is one of the nation’s largest processors of poultry by-products and a servicer of the turkey industry.

VanAire (800) VANAIRE vanaireinc.com VanAire wastewater system’s custom design and engineering approach to wastewater has created solutions in multiple industries. Its unique dissolved air flotation unit’s proprietary micro bubble design efficiently separates liquids from solids, eliminating total suspended solids, fats, oils, and greases, and biochemical oxygen demand, while reducing surcharges. VanAire can supply a complete wastewater system or upgrade a current one. Whether looking to upgrade an existing wastewater legacy system to add efficiencies or starting from scratch, VanAire has seen it all.

West Coast Reduction Ltd. (866) 337-3355 www.wcrl.com

West Coast Reduction (WCR) Ltd. provides a wide range of services essential to the sustainability of Canada’s agriculture, food, and biofuels sectors. For more than five decades, WCR has been diverting components like used restaurant oils, meat, and fish processing waste out of landfills and converting them into useful products such as animal, pet, and aquaculture feed ingredients. Its production of animal fats has become an essential ingredient in the manufacturing of next-generation liquid biofuels.

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Williams Mullen (803) 567-4610 www.williamsmullen.com

The Williams Mullen Environmental Law Practice Group collectively has more than 350 years of experience defending environmental and Occupational Safety and Health Administration actions for industry throughout the United States. Its attorneys have defended complex wastewater, storm water, and air permit challenges by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, states, and environmental groups. The firm specializes in the arena of environmental compliance and negotiation with regulators.

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From the Association

By Nancy Foster, President North American Renderers Association

Resiliency, COVID, and Transitions

The year 2021 again proved how essential rendering is for an efficient supply chain for food and animal feed. Renderers adapted to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, learned to operate in the “new normal,” and did what they do best: upcycling more than 62 billion pounds of leftover animal byproducts and used cooking oil into ingredients for hundreds of new products and uses. Without rendering, meat packing and poultry processing would grind to a halt, or at least be severely impaired. Used cooking oil would largely go uncollected and could be disposed of down drains where it clogs pipes and causes costly backups.

Over the past year, the North American Renderers Association (NARA) planned for transition to new executive leadership with my retirement at the end of the year. Kent Swisher, the association’s current senior vice president for international programs, has been selected as NARA’s new president and chief operating officer.

Another transition is happening with this issue of Render, which is the last for longtime editor Tina Caparella. NARA congratulates her on a job extremely well done over more than two decades after she assumed management of the magazine from Render’s first editor and publisher, Frank Burnham.

Caparella and her dedication to rendering will be missed.

Sharla Ishmael, who brings considerable editorial experience primarily in the beef industry, will take the magazine’s helm starting with the December edition (see “Longtime Render Editor Retiring” on page 38).

This year, NARA focused on providing scientific technical support to its members, expanding overseas markets, government advocacy, and consumer communications. The association also emphasized connecting virtually with its members more, since the world became increasingly high-tech during the pandemic. It was a busy year and NARA continued to operate in a nimble and agile manner demanded by COVID-19.

Fortunately, all staff remained healthy.

NARA continued to work productively for the North American rendering industry despite constant pressures of COVID-19. Even as of this writing in mid-September, some meetings continue to be held virtually rather than in-person due to the Delta variant in the Washington, DC, area where NARA is headquartered. During the past year, staff remained flexible and worked in both the office and remotely as the pandemic accelerated, slowed, and then regained momentum.

Importantly, the association’s Strategic Plan continued to drive its energy and programs this past year. NARA’s success comes from laser-focusing on all things rendering, not general agriculture, business, or economic matters. There are many other groups working on those important issues, but 100 percent of NARA’s activities advocate for rendering. When questioning whether an issue or project is worth dedicating resources to, the question is asked whether it is a priority in NARA’s Strategic Plan.

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through the production and marketing of its members’ products and services. To accomplish this, NARA:

• promotes effective public policy, regulation, and technology

• encourages responsible business practices • supports free movement of members’ products in domestic and international markets

• improves stakeholder awareness and understanding of the value of these products and services

NARA’s Strategic Plan directs all association resources, such as people and funds, toward strengthening rendering’s image and value, increasing recognition of its important contribution to people’s lives and local communities, and maintaining and expanding market access for members’ products and services.

Science and Regulatory Issues

NARA represented rendering at the American Association of Feed Control Officials (AAFCO), which defines ingredients used in animal feed and pet food. AAFCO met virtually in August due to the COVID-19 pandemic with committees efficiently advancing their work. There were few regulatory actions with consequence for animal product definitions, but the stage was set for changes in future definitions. NARA resisted AAFCO’s efforts to change poultry by-product definitions because of renderers’ concerns about possible negative business interruptions. NARA will monitor this activity and involve members before making recommendations to AAFCO.

Preparation for the potential introduction of African swine fever (ASF) into the United States (US) took a prominent role at NARA this year. The association served on the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) ASF Technical Working Group, a small advisory team to help ensure appropriate federal preparation and response by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).

Another AFS group NARA has engaged with since early 2020 is a Slaughter Plant Working Group that addresses issues such as stop movement orders, movement permits for live pigs, movement of meat and rendered products, feral pig control, ASF diagnostics, and more. This group includes USDA, state veterinarians, meatpackers, pork industry leaders, and swine disease experts.

With ASF now close to US shores in the Dominican Republic, USDA is working hard to ensure its many existing preventive measures and mitigation efforts successfully prevent the virus from infecting US pigs. USDA has pledged to work with industry in the event of an ASF outbreak to get farms, packing plants, and rendering plants up and running normally again as soon as possible. NARA also urged APHIS to develop a plan to mitigate export problems if ASF were to enter the country. This activity was in collaboration with the Pet Food Institute, the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), and the US Hide, Skin, and Leather Association.

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biosecurity programs in North America. APPI programs feature ways to control biological, chemical, and physical hazards, and to comply with changing government feed regulations. In 2021, there are 191 rendering plants currently testing as part of APPI programs. APPI’s newest program for testing plant environments for possible microbiological hazards is off to a strong start with seven members participating.

COVID-19 continued to interrupt Food and Drug Administration (FDA) animal food safety plant inspections over the past year. NARA has stayed in regular contact with FDA through the pandemic and assured it of the rendering industry’s continued commitment to food safety despite the agency’s delays. In the coming months, FDA expects to increase the number of current good manufacturing practice inspections as well as the more intense hazard analysis and preventive control inspections in animal food facilities. The agency plans to continue the new policy of notifying plants ahead of inspections, which increases efficiency and ensures the plant can have the right people in attendance. Many of these inspections are done by state officials under contract with FDA, and some states may not adhere to the prior-notice policy.

Renderers learn what they need to do to prepare for these inspections and to develop the necessary food safety plans for each of their plants at APPI’s Code of Practice training and preventive controls qualified individual (PCQI) certification.

This educational training will be offered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 9–10 using the official FDA-recognized PCQI curriculum. APPI also has videos available for members to train employees on how to handle an inspection by FDA and how to prevent Salmonella contamination in a rendering plant.

APPI recently funded a new project at Clemson University, within the Fats and Proteins Research Foundation (FPRF) Animal Co-Products Research and Education Center (ACREC), to produce an instructional video on sampling for pathogenic microorganisms in rendering plants, to assist members in their testing programs.

Exports and Foreign Markets The US rendering industry exports approximately 18 percent of its annual production, so exports are important to the health and vitality of US renderers. The goal of NARA’s international program is to promote use of rendered products internationally and gain greater foreign market access for exports. NARA receives grant funding from USDA to help develop and maintain overseas markets, which is combined with association member dues to support this program.

Despite global supply chain disruptions and transportation shipping challenges during the past year, exports of rendered products continued reasonably well. Exports of bovine meat and bone meal (MBM) to Mexico increased by 60 percent in 2021, the result of the United States gaining MBM market access to this country in 2020. NARA worked closely with US government officials, the Mexican feed industry, and others to successfully get this important neighboring market opened.

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Association Continued from page 25 the audit has not yet taken place. NARA also continued efforts to coordinate with APHIS on market access negotiations for bovine MBM with Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador.

US President Joe Biden’s new administration took office in January and, soon after, NARA submitted comments bringing attention to foreign market barriers on rendered products for the annual federal National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report. The Office of the US Trade Representative publishes this report and examines 65 trading partners and country groups to provide a comprehensive review of significant foreign trade barriers affecting exports of US goods and services. The NTE provides the president with an overview of trade barriers that US exporters face to help guide the administration’s work to resolve trade issues.

Rendering trade barriers included in the NTE Report at NARA’s recommendation are the European Union ban on US tallow imports, Indonesia’s registration and inspection requirements, and Thailand’s individual plant inspection requirements.

Two especially notable international trade developments affected the North American rendering industry this year. On May 27, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) announced Canada and Ireland now have negligible risk status for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, joining the United States and most EU member states. On August 18, the European Commission published its long-planned relaxation of the feed ban to reauthorize use of pig processed animal protein (PAP) in poultry feed and use of poultry PAP in pig feed (plus insect meal in both feed types).

Use of ruminant gelatin was also approved in nonruminant feed.

These provisions became effective September 7 (see “European Renderers Welcome New Feed Rule” on page 8).

To promote accurate and positive information about rendering, NARA coauthored a new chapter on rendered products in the international Encyclopedia of Animal Nutrition published by CABI. Swisher coauthored the chapter with Dr.

Guoyao Wu, distinguished professor, animal nutrition, and university faculty fellow at Texas A&M University.

Advocating on Capitol Hill NARA’s political program supports legislation and policies to encourage a sustainable and healthy rendering industry. The association works in a variety of coalitions with agricultural producer, processing, and customer organizations to promote positive bills and prevent possible damaging ones.

Issues important to rendering this year were transportation, infrastructure, exports, biodiesel and renewable diesel, and food waste. Climate action legislation was center stage, in large part driving many of these issues. NARA closely monitored legislative developments on these topics and acted when needed.

As this column goes to press, US Congress is working on a controversial large “human” or “soft” infrastructure package costing approximately $3.5 trillion. This follows the passing a smaller (but still sizeable) $1.2 trillion “hard” infrastructure bill to fund construction and modernization of the nation’s roads, bridges, ports, and inland waterways, expand broadband, and boost resiliency of the agricultural supply chain. It remains to be seen whether the human infrastructure bill can pass Congress later this fall.

Since Congress was closed to visitors during the past year, NARA held a “Summer Speaker Series” to bring decision-makers virtually to members instead of hosting the association’s annual Washington fly-in. Normally, renderers travel to the nation’s capital each year for high-level briefings with policy leaders and to meet with their members of Congress on issues important to their business. The speaker series offered virtual briefings for NARA members on a wide range of topics, including the outlook for biodiesel and renewable diesel, international trade and exports in the new Biden administration, export shipping challenges and solutions, an agricultural economic forecast, and the political outlook in Congress.

Swisher Chosen as Next NARA President and CEO

Kent J. Swisher has been named incoming president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the North American Renderers Association (NARA). He will also serve as president of the Fats and Proteins Research Foundation (FPRF), the rendering industry’s research organization. Swisher will assume the leadership roles when Nancy Foster, current NARA president and CEO, retires December 31.

Swisher has worked at the association for the past 18 years, most recently as senior vice president, international programs. In this role, he implements marketing and market access programs for rendered products throughout the world and represents the United States (US) rendering industry in international trade negotiations. Swisher is a member of the US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Trade Advisory Committee on Animals and Animal Products, and oversees NARA’s offices in Hong Kong, China, and Mexico City, Mexico, and several consultants worldwide.

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together, we can achieve great things for the rendering industry.”

Swisher regularly speaks publicly on rendering and trade topics in the United States and abroad and is actively involved in the World Renderers Organization Kent Swisher (WRO). In addition to his new appointment with NARA and FPRF, he will also assume the role of secretariat of WRO.

“Kent will be a strong asset for the rendering industry and the North American Renderers Association as our next president and CEO,” said NARA Chairman Doyle Leefers, National Beef Packing Company LLC. “His years of experience in international market development will complement the current staff to provide high value for our membership in the years ahead.”

Prior to NARA, Swisher worked at the Continental Grain Company, U.S. Grains Council, and the American Seed Trade Association. He was raised on a grain and livestock farm in central Indiana where his family still farms.

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NARA’s political consultants from The Russell Group, led by Randy Russell, continued to advise the association on legislation and opportunities for rendering in Congress and the new administration.

Telling Rendering’s Story

Promoting the value and importance of rendering was a high-profile priority this year in NARA’s communications program. One highlight was a peer-reviewed scientific article on rendering sustainability that gained wide media attention.

Published in March, NARA authors Anna Wilkinson, director of communications, and Dr. David Meeker, senior vice president of scientific services, described rendering’s benefits for each sustainability’s environmental, social, and economic pillars.

The article, “How Agricultural Rendering Supports Sustainability and Assists Livestock’s Ability to Contribute More Than Just Food,” was published in the animal science journal, Animal Frontiers (vol. 11, issue 2). It gained wide readership and good public relations in published media articles. At AFIA’s invitation, NARA wrote a blog on “Rendering’s Sustainability Story” slated to be published this fall.

This peer-recognized Animal Frontiers scientific article helped widen the impact of rendering’s sustainability story and make this important information easily accessible for those learning about the rendering industry. It also featured the many ways rendered products surround us every day and how rendering contributes to the livestock industry’s ability to provide more than just food to eat. Finally, the article discussed the rendering industry’s safety and regulation and examined the makeup and types of rendered animal protein meals and fats produced.

Promoting new uses of rendered products was also featured this year in a video interview with Dr. Kevin Finneran of Clemson University’s Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences. With research funding from FPRF, Finneran discovered that rendered proteins, fats, and used cooking oil work extremely well to clean hazardous waste and brownfields sites. (FPRF is the rendering industry’s research organization.) FPRF continues to fund Finneran’s work, now focused on technical improvements and commercialization of this promising new use with significant market potential. His video interview is available for public view on NARA.org and featured on the home pages of both the NARA website and the upcoming, updated FPRF website.

A new rendering podcast will launch this fall after being in development this past year. Called “The Invisible Industry,” its tag line is “where we discuss and educate on everything you didn’t know you didn’t know about rendering.”

Preparation for a possible foreign animal disease outbreak, such as ASF, was important in NARA’s communications program this year. The association participated in discussion sessions hosted by Illinois State University that included preparedness for a crisis response.

NARA staff presented several speeches about the sustainability benefits of rendering during the year. One of these promoted the industry’s sustainability efforts to the cattle industry at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Cattlemen’s College and resulted in a podcast and magazine article. Another speech was at the Reciprocal Meat Conference, Continued on page 33

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Biofuels Bulletin

By Ron Kotrba, Biobased Diesel Daily

Government Plays Catch-up as Industry Invests

As of press time, the United States (US) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was expected to publish its longoverdue 2021 and 2022 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) proposed volume obligations for conventional, advanced, and cellulosic biofuels, as well as the proposed 2022 biomass-based diesel volumes. The rule may also include the proposed 2023 biomass-based diesel volumes. In late August, EPA sent the proposed rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget for a final review before opening it to public comment.

According to statute, the 2021 volumes were required to be finalized and released by November 30, 2020, but they never were. While the statute requires most biofuels volumes for any given year to be finalized just a month before the regulatory year, it requires the biomass-based diesel volume to be finalized more than a year in advance. Like those who came before him, President Joe Biden is receiving political pressure from petroleum and agriculture groups.

Sources familiar with the matter said there is uncertainty whether the 2023 biobased diesel volumes will be addressed in this proposal. The RFS reset proposal—a separate rule that will address RFS policy after 2022—is expected by November, with a final rule due by November next year. Modifications to the 2020 volume obligations are also expected, according to sources, but exactly what those changes might be are still unknown. In addition, small refinery exemptions, which allow obligated parties suffering economic hardship under RFS to petition EPA to relieve their obligations, are also expected to be part of the overall proposal. The last time RFS final-rule volumes were released was December 2019 when thenPresident Donald Trump’s EPA kept the 2021 biobased diesel volumes at 2.43 billion gallons, the same as in 2020. In that final rule, EPA slightly increased the 2020 advanced biofuel volume from its proposed 5.04 billion ethanol-equivalent gallons to 5.09 billion.

Meanwhile, other top-level actions are being taken in both the executive and legislative branches of the US federal government to expand biofuels production, supply, blending, and use. In September, the White House and various executive departments unveiled the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge, a comprehensive approach to ultimately replace all US projected aviation fuel demand with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2050. Through a series of grants, loan guarantees, and other support mechanisms and incentives, the US government has set a goal of industry supplying at least 3 billion gallons a year (bgy) of SAF by 2030 and 35 bgy by 2050. The White House said the Biden administration intends to release a comprehensive aviation climate-action plan in the next few months.

On the legislative side, a long-term extension of the biodiesel blenders tax credit, currently set to expire at the end of 2022, has been included in the House Ways and Means Committee portion of the Build Back Better Act, a multitrillion-dollar bill Democrats hope to pass through budget reconciliation—meaning only 51 rather than 60 votes would 28 October 2021 Render

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) is forecasting domestic renewable diesel production capacity to grow from 600 mgy at the end of 2020 to 5.1 bgy by 2024 due to growing targets for state and federal renewable fuel programs, as well as incentives. be needed in the Senate to pass. Also in Congress, House and Senate ag committee chairs Representative David Scott (D-GA) and Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) included $1 billion in their draft section of the act to expand infrastructure and increase availability of higher biodiesel blends. The grant program would expand and improve implementation of the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP).

Domestic Infrastructure News

The USDA is investing $26 million in biofuels infrastructure in its third round of HBIIP funding to help expand the availability of higher blends of biofuels, such as B50 (50 percent biodiesel blended with petroleum diesel), by 822 million gallons per year (mgy) in 23 states. Among the grants is funding for 12 biodiesel projects nationwide that will support more than 770 mgy of biodiesel. To date, USDA has provided $23.2 million in grants to share costs with 24 projects that support more than 900 mgy of biodiesel.

The Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority has formed the Biofuel Infrastructure Incentive Program to increase the distribution and use of biofuels in-state.

Funds will be awarded to fuel retailers, fuel distributors, terminal companies, or fleet operations that dispense, or will soon store or dispense, ethanol blends of E15 or higher, or biodiesel blends of B6 or higher. The authority’s board of directors has approved up to $2 million for the program, with half appropriated to biodiesel projects. Applications are due October 29.

Kinder Morgan Inc. is partnering with renewable diesel and SAF producer Neste Corp. to develop a feedstock storage and logistics hub in Harvey, Louisiana. The site will serve as the primary location where Neste will store a variety of feedstock, including used cooking oil (UCO) it collects from more than 40,000 US restaurants. Kinder Morgan will modify existing tanks and piping to enable segregated storage for various feedstocks across 30 tanks. The project includes installation of a new boiler for heating tanks and railcars, as well as infrastructure improvements for rail, truck, and marine shipments. The project is expected to be complete in early 2023.

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end of year, 17 percent of fuel stored at its Portland facility will be renewable. It projects this will increase to nearly 50 percent by 2026. The expansion is the result of a new, longterm commitment with an unnamed existing customer that provides renewable fuels to the area.

Under a long-term contract with Renewable Energy Group Inc. (REG), International-Matex Tank Terminals LLC is building out its marine terminal in Geismar, Louisiana, with additional tanks, pipeline, and dock infrastructure to handle increased throughput of feedstock, renewable diesel, and biodiesel. The project coincides with REG’s nearly $1 billion expansion of its renewable diesel plant in Geismar, which officially entered the construction phase in August. REG’s project will significantly boost production capacity from 90 mgy to 340 mgy with targeted mechanical completion in 2023 and full operations in early 2024. International-Matex’s Geismar terminal expansion will include construction of six new tanks for storage of biodiesel, renewable diesel, and feedstocks, nearly doubling the terminal’s current storage capacity. The company will also construct two pipelines, and related dock and loading infrastructure, to support REG’s biorefinery expansion.

Savage announced that its new multicommodity transload terminal in San Joaquin County, California, “Savage Railport – Stockton, CA,” will serve as a gateway for distribution of renewable fuels into California. The facility provides what the company states is a key link in the supply chain for transporting renewable diesel and biodiesel produced in the Gulf Coast and US interior for use by California and West Coast consumers.

The terminal is operational and provides a connection to the BNSF and Union Pacific railroads.

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Union Pacific recently shared that the Caterpillar-owned locomotive-maker Progress Rail has approved use of up to 20 percent biodiesel in its Electro-Motive Diesels operated

by Union Pacific. The locomotives previously had been approved to operate on 5 percent biodiesel. The B20 approval was given after testing and monitoring performance for fuel consumption, impact on engine oil and fuel filters, and other parameters. According to Union Pacific, additional biodiesel testing and development by Progress Rail is ongoing.

NBB Rebranding Itself The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) divulged in a September town hall meeting for its members that the organization will be changing its name to Clean Fuels Alliance America, part of a larger rebranding effort. The association has been working internally on rebranding itself for the past year and will formally roll out its new brand and name at the National Biodiesel Conference and Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, in January 2022, when its 30th anniversary will be celebrated.

In 1994, the National SoyDiesel Development Board changed its name to the National Biodiesel Board.

Domestic Project Developments The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) is forecasting domestic renewable diesel production capacity to grow from 600 mgy at the end of 2020 to 5.1 bgy by 2024 Continued on page 30

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Biofuels Continued from page 29 due to growing targets for state and federal renewable fuel programs, as well as incentives. EIA noted that the challenging market conditions for petroleum fuels and increasing market interest in renewable diesel production have caused several refineries to close in the past year. Many of those same facilities intend to reopen as renewable diesel plants. One such example is Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s Martinez, California, complex that closed in 2020. The company plans to convert the site to produce renewable diesel, which it expects to reach full production capacity of 730 mgy in 2023.

Marathon’s recently converted refinery in Dickinson, North Dakota, hit design capacity in the second quarter, long reported to be 184 mgy; however, Haldor Topsoe, with which Marathon contracted for its process technology at the facility, reports the capacity at more than 153 mgy.

Another example of the closed refineries that intend to reopen as renewable diesel facilities is the Phillips 66 Rodeo Renewed project in California, which actually has already begun phase one of production. Phillips 66 reported the hydrotreater conversion in Rodeo outside of San Francisco hit its full run rate of 120 mgy this summer using Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex process technology. The company expects to complete phase two, hitting 800 mgy of renewable diesel production capacity, in 2024.

Chemex Global Inc. shipped all equipment for the Haldor Topsoe HydroFlex renewable diesel unit being installed at Seaboard Energy’s project under construction in Hugoton, Kansas. The plant will be capable of manufacturing up to 85 mgy of renewable diesel from waste animal fats and vegetable oils. According to Chemex Global, this is the first modularized HydroFlex plant in the world. A team of engineers will be onsite for startup later this year.

Calumet Specialty Products Partners has also been making progress on a renewable diesel conversion project at its refinery in Great Falls, Montana. The company hired Haldor Topsoe as process-technology provider and Burns & McDonnell as engineering, procurement, and construction contractor. Phase one involves conversion of the refinery’s oversized hydrocracker and is expected to be complete in spring 2022, which will allow manufacturing of up to 77 mgy of renewable diesel. Phase two includes constructing a renewable hydrogen unit to make the amount of hydrogen gas needed to reach more than 150 mgy.

Phase three is development of a feedstock pretreatment unit to process various feedstocks, including animal fats, UCO, and other materials.

In Wynnewood, Oklahoma, CVR Energy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David Lamp said the company is waiting to complete a hydrocracker conversion for renewable diesel production due to high feedstock prices. The project was originally expected to be complete in July and ready to produce up to 100 mgy of renewable diesel this summer.

As more renewable diesel plants are built, Lamp expects feedstock demand to increase, and that suppliers will price them according to California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit values and freight economics. He also believes some renewable diesel producers’ feedstock contracts will soon be expiring, forcing them “to give up the margins they currently enjoy.”

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Starwood Energy Group Global Inc. and Slate Refining LLC have entered into an agreement to convert Slate’s Douglas, Wyoming, refinery into a renewable diesel and SAF manufacturing facility. Sinclair Oil, which is being acquired

by HollyFrontier, has been producing renewable diesel in Wyoming through a subsidiary, Wyoming Renewable Diesel Co., since early 2018. The Slate refinery has a current refining capacity of more than 76 mgy. The company’s website states the conversion to renewables will allow up to nearly 138 mgy, if run continuously, while Starwood Energy Group has said the conversion will allow the production of more than 100 mgy.

Vertex Energy Inc. expected to have a definitive funding source in place by end of September to finance the company’s $75 million acquisition of the Mobile refinery in Alabama, to be purchased from subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell. Vertex plans to invest $85 million into conversion of the site’s hydrocracking unit to produce more than 150 mgy of renewable diesel and $40 million to develop a pretreatment unit at its Myrtle Grove complex in Belle Chase, Louisiana. Completion of the hydrocracker conversion is expected by mid-2022 and the pretreatment unit by end of 2023.

PBF Energy Inc. anticipates using Ecofining technology developed jointly by Honeywell’s UOP and Eni SpA for a potential renewable diesel project at its Chalmette Refinery in Louisiana. PBF is evaluating conversion of an idle hydrocracking unit at the plant to a single-stage Ecofining unit that, if built, could produce more than 306 mgy of renewable diesel. UOP has licensed 21 Ecofining units in nine countries processing 12 different types of biobased feedstocks.

ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing LLC has introduced its own renewable diesel process technology, “ExxonMobil Renewable Diesel,” utilizing its trademarked Bio-Isomerization Dewaxing catalyst technology that is a two-stage process in which hydrotreating and dewaxing are controlled separately.

The company stated that compared to a single-stage process, this approach provides higher diesel yields and superior control along with the potential to produce jet fuel as a secondary product with added fractionation. ExxonMobil is also developing a catalyst and process technology to offer licensees flexibility to increase the amount of SAF produced versus renewable diesel. The process can be used with various animal fats, vegetable oils, and UCO.

Diamond Green Diesel (DGD), Darling Ingredients Inc.’s renewable diesel joint venture with Valero Energy Corp., generated a record second quarter, contributing $132 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) to Darling. DGD’s 400 mgy renewable diesel expansion project in Norco, Louisiana, which will boost the site’s capacity to 690 mgy, is on track to be fully operational in the fourth quarter while its 470 mgy Port Arthur, Texas, renewable diesel project is expected to be complete in the first half of 2023. Darling’s trailing 12-month combined, adjusted EBITDA surpassed $1 billion for the first time in company history.

In Columbus, Ohio, Clean Air Biodiesel (CAB) plans to open a new biodiesel refinery this fall to include a UCO reclamation and recycling program for the city. The 30,000 square-foot facility will also house administrative offices, a public education and demonstration space, and warehousing and distribution services. CAB will be installing a modular transesterification www.rendermagazine.com

system that allows the plant to add more production lines as demand increases. Each individual unit can produce 3.2 mgy.

A rash of soybean processing plant expansions, new builds, and exclusive investments by and offtake agreements with large petroleum companies has taken place over the past few months to satisfy projected renewable diesel and SAF feedstock demand. Phillips 66 invested in a new soy crush plant being developed in northeast Iowa and is contracted to offtake 100 percent of the oil generated there for its renewable diesel project in Rodeo, California. Marathon and Archer Daniels Midland Co. struck a deal for a 75/25 percent joint venture in a soy crush project in Spiritwood, North Dakota, with Marathon receiving exclusive rights to all the soybean oil produced for its renewable diesel facility in Dickinson, North Dakota. Chevron and Bunge have unveiled a joint venture to expand two of Bunge’s crush plants in Louisiana and Illinois with Chevron contributing $600 million to the deal and obtaining exclusive offtake rights to the oil. The petroleum company recently began SAF coprocessing at its El Segundo refinery in Southern California. In addition, a new soy crush project, Platinum Crush, is being developed in northwest Iowa, and CHS Inc. is expanding soybean refining capacity at its Mankato, Minnesota, plant by more than 35 percent.

International Developments

Canary Biofuels is receiving a multimillion-dollar grant from the provincial government of Alberta, Canada, to retool and restart a biodiesel plant in Lethbridge to manufacture more than 18 mgy. Canary Biofuels previously acquired Invigor

Bioenergy Corp. and its idle asset with plans to add an acid esterification line as well as a distillation unit to process lowerquality feedstock such as UCO, distillers corn oil, and animal fats, in addition to canola and soy oils. The biodiesel to be produced has already been presold to an unnamed Canadian supplier whose customers include fuel retailers, wholesalers, distributors, and fleet managers across Canada and the United States. The facility is expected to be operational this fall.

South Korean biodiesel producer and exporter Dansuk Industrial is partnering with LG Chem to establish the country’s first renewable diesel manufacturing facility. A preliminary agreement was signed in early September for the joint venture with a definitive agreement expected early next year. The proposed facility, to be located at LG Chem’s Daesan complex, is anticipated to be operational in 2024. No production capacity information was disclosed. Palm by-products and UCO are expected to be among the feedstocks used.

BioD Technologies FZE has begun commissioning a 9-plus mgy biodiesel plant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The facility will utilize wastes and residues such as UCO, tallow, palm oil mill effluent, and other recycled oils as feedstock, aiming to source raw materials as close to the plant as possible. This is BioD Technologies’ second biodiesel plant.

Its first, in northern India, began production in 2019. BioD Technologies stated its new plant in Dubai and is the largest biodiesel refinery in the Middle East and North Africa region.

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International Report

By Lucas Cypriano, President World Renderers Organization

World Renderers Continue Work Amid Challenges

Barriers and challenges in the fight against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) remain high in many countries: closed borders leading to interruption of international audits; unrestricted acceptance of vaccines validated by the World Health Organization but not validated by local health authorities; requirement of proof of vaccination; and quarantines for entry into some countries. These are just some of the controls that are making the international transit of people nearly impossible.

To make matters worse, vaccination advances vary among countries. At the time this article was written, many countries have not reached even 1 percent of their population being fully vaccinated, while other countries have surpassed 70 percent of the population being completely vaccinated. These variables require companies operating in international trade to have great skill not only in negotiations, but in the resolution of crises, such as the lack of shipping containers due to maritime transit to ports with a small volume of cargo that occurred for the transport of hospital goods to combat COVID-19.

Despite this picture of insecurity, the global rendering industry continues to be an essential activity in every country where the World Renderers Organization (WRO) has members.

Renderers have bravely stepped up in their role as an essential public service. Currently, international trade and negotiations are exclusively carried out in a virtual environment. The WRO board has already met twice through virtual meetings since June and has chosen to hold its provisional meeting, which traditionally takes place during the North American Renderers Association annual convention each October, online, where members will be updated on recent WRO activity. The WRO virtual interim assembly meeting will be held November 17, 2021, at 12 p.m. Central European Time.

Among other matters, WRO is following the proposed changes to the Terrestrial Animal Health Code chapter on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Terrestrial Animal Health Standard Commission (TAHSC). WRO’s comments were filed within the regulatory deadline and forwarded to the OIE ad 32 October 2021 Render

Despite this picture of insecurity, the global rendering industry continues to be an essential activity in every country where the World Renderers Organization has members. Renderers have bravely stepped up in their role as an essential public service. hoc group on BSE. WRO thanks its members who contributed to the development of the technical argumentation filed.

A new ad hoc group report is expected to be published between late September and early October. This version could then be submitted for approval at the OIE General Session in May 2022, which could become the new BSE chapter in the health code.

WRO requests all its members to participate in the evaluation of the material and possible new proposal to be sent to TAHSC.

In addition, WRO is participating in several other working groups, including:

• The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership. With the end of phase three, it is possible that phase four of LEAP will occur. The themes to be addressed are still being negotiated, but WRO has been advocating for methods of valuation of byproducts from human activities in animal feed, a broader theme, but which should have been addressed in LEAP’s scope of rendered meals and fats of animal origin.

• International Feed Industry Federation International Cooperation for Convergence of Technical Requirements for the Assessment of Feed Ingredients (ICCF) Expert Working Group. WRO participated in the development of the manual on the manufacturing process and specification of the ICCF, and following its publishing (https://iccffeed. org/guidance/#published), the group advanced on the theme. WRO has been assisting in the development of a new manual for the identification and characterization of feed ingredients. Work has just begun, with the manual expected to be published in the first half of 2022.

Last but not least, WRO congratulates the European Fat Processors and Renderers Association and all its associates for the important victory achieved in the reauthorization of the use of poultry processed animal proteins in swine feeds, and of pig proteins in poultry diets. Over the course of several years, WRO has followed the long technical and political work developed to lift this ban. There is hope that Europe will be able to once again use the same raw materials for animal feed that other countries currently use, in compliance with OIE rules. This will ensure the maintenance of animal health and increase the sustainability of the continent by becoming less dependent on sources of protein, energy, and phosphorus now imported from other countries.

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a biodiesel project in Oman, on the Arabian Peninsula. The production facility, to be located in Muscat and initially scaled at close to 800,000 gallons per year, will utilize locally collected UCO feedstock. According to Karl Feilder, CEO of Neutral Fuels, the plant will be scalable to nearly 3.2 mgy as needed and utilize the company’s proprietary technology for digitally tracking waste and biofuel. The agreement is expected to result in cooperation between the two companies to develop multiple plant sites. Neutral Fuels has biodiesel operations in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, and Delhi, India. Erigo runs UCO and biofuel operations in Qatar, Malaysia, Tunisia, the Philippines, and India.

People and Awards

sponsored by the American Meat Science Society. Both were well-attended events.

With online focus ever greater during this past COVID year, NARA continually refreshed its social media postings with news, the monthly blog, and other information. Press releases were distributed on newsworthy topics with good pick up. The association’s website was regularly updated with home page banners showcasing rendering news and announcements. The members-only page was updated with new technology to allow video presentations from the association’s 2020 convention, spring meeting, and other events. NARA also launched a test program to evaluate the benefits of adopting search engine optimization (SEO) for the association’s website. SEO targets key words to embed in website wording to increase site visibility during online searches.

Todd Ellis, REG’s executive director of North American sales, has been elected to the National Biodiesel Foundation (NBF) Board of Directors. The NBF works closely with NBB and its mission is outreach, education, research, and demonstrations for the advancement of biodiesel. Ellis is a 16-year biofuels veteran.

Biodiesel, renewable diesel, and SAF producer World Energy has received Business Intelligence Group’s 2021 Sustainability Leadership Award. The award honors companies that have made sustainability an integral part of their business practice. World Energy was founded in 1998 and is one of North America’s largest biobased diesel producers with manufacturing plants in Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Pennsylvania, California, and Ontario, Canada.

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Connecting with Members

NARA staff dedicated individual time this year advising members on solutions to company issues and providing information on what to expect from government agencies.

This experienced and tailored advice is NARA’s hallmark in providing value to members. Association members also received the NARA Update monthly newsletter and regular emails with news and information throughout the year.

NARA’s meetings pivoted to new approaches this year. The 2020 annual convention adopted a hybrid virtual/in-person option to participate. This year’s spring meeting went virtual for members and NARA held its annual International Rendering Continued on page 39

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Labor and the Law

By Mark A. Lies II, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Employers May be Forced into Vaccine Policy

Editor’s note—Mark A. Lies II is an attorney and partner in the Workplace Safety and Environmental Group in the Chicago, Illinois, office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He focuses his practice in the areas of product liability, occupational safety and health, workplace violence, construction litigation, and related employment litigation. Individual circumstances may limit or modify this information.

On June 21, the United States (US) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), its first in decades, relating to COVID-19 that applied only to healthcare employers. On September 9, President Joe Biden’s administration ordered OSHA to issue a second ETS that will apply to all employers with 100 or more employees and will mandate COVID-19 vaccination or weekly testing for workers who choose not to get vaccinated. This requirement will impact more than 80 million workers in private-sector businesses.

As of press time, a draft regulation had not yet been released so employers have no indication of compliance dates. When issuing an ETS, OSHA does not need to pursue notice-and-comment rulemaking; however, the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs held more than 40 stakeholder meetings (known as “12866 meetings” after Executive Order 12866) prior to OSHA issuing its healthcare ETS, the development of which took approximately six months. OSHA state plans will have 30 days to adopt their own regulations that are similar or more restrictive than the ETS. The new OSHA ETS will be part of a larger White House plan intended to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and high rates of infection, hospitalization, and death.

The president noted there are still nearly 80 million Americans eligible to be vaccinated who have not yet gotten their first shot. The president’s plan will reduce the number of unvaccinated Americans by using “regulatory powers and other actions to substantially increase the number of Americans covered by vaccination requirements—these requirements will become dominant in the workplace.” In addition, the plan will provide “paid time off for vaccination for most workers in the country.”

The regulations may put employers on the hook for those payments.

The six prongs of the White House COVID-19 action plan are:

• vaccinating the unvaccinated

• further protecting the vaccinated

• keeping schools safely open

• increasing testing and requiring masking

• protecting economic recovery

• improving care for those with COVID-19

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The president noted there are still nearly 80 million Americans eligible to be vaccinated who have not yet gotten their first shot.

• require all employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workers are vaccinated or tested weekly • require vaccinations for all federal workers and for millions of contractors that do business with the federal government • require COVID-19 vaccinations for more than 17 million healthcare workers at Medicare- and Medicaidparticipating hospitals and other healthcare settings • require staff in Head Start programs, Department of Defense schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs education-operated schools to be vaccinated • call on large entertainment venues to require p roof of vaccination or testing for entry • require employers to provide paid time off to get vaccinated

Setting Up a Vaccine Policy

The president’s action plan sets the stage for vaccinating more unvaccinated employees. While many of the details will be seen in coming weeks, the move unquestionably puts vaccine policies front and center for many employers. Seyfarth Shaw’s newly updated version of its Vaccine Policy Playbook unpacks the implications of the COVID-19 action plan as it relates to vaccine policies.

A critical first step in designing a vaccine policy is deciding what type of mandate, if any, to implement. More and more, employer vaccine policies fall into one of three categories.

•C omplete and total mandate: Everyone across all job categories must be vaccinated, subject to the duty to accommodate and local regulations.

• Complete but partial mandate: Only individuals in certain job categories are required to be vaccinated.

This is the most complex to implement of all three mandate types.

• Conditional: Vaccination is a condition of working in the office or conducting in-person meetings, but working in the office and in-person meetings are not regularly required.

This is sometimes referred to as a “soft” mandate.

Choosing a policy type is a critical first step that will affect the content and tone of related communications, potential accommodation issues, how quickly the mandate can be implemented, and whether it can be implemented uniformly across all company locations. Each mandate type raises issues of accommodation, disparate impact claims, and local regulations that the employer must take into account. www.rendermagazine.com

Designing a Mandatory Vaccine Policy

Employers instituting a vaccine mandate of any type need a policy explaining the requirements and consequences of noncompliance. Complete and total or partial mandate policies must address legally required accommodations for disability and religion. Under a conditional policy, accommodation should generally be a nonissue since those who are unvaccinated can work remotely. For those choosing the complete and total or partial mandate, the following five features make up a best-practice policy:

1. Statement of policy

2. Accommodations process

3. Contact person for accommodations

4. Consequences of noncompliance

5. Timeline for implementation It is important that employers anticipate employee questions regarding why the policy is being implemented, whether testing is allowed as an alternative to vaccination, and whether payments for testing or time spent getting the vaccine will be provided. Addressing these questions up front in the policy is optional.

Policy Considerations

As with any human resources (HR) policy, vaccination mandates come with a host of considerations for reporting, payments, incentives, and emerging local and state legislation.

Vaccination status reporting. When deciding what type of policy to implement, and to ensure ongoing compliance with the policy, employers may elect to require that employees report their vaccine status to HR. This comes with important Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act considerations.

Paying for time associated with COVID-19 vaccination and testing. Many states and local jurisdictions already require paid time off during the employees’ working day to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and for time missed due to side effects. If you are not in one of those jurisdictions, do you still have to pay employees for time spent receiving a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine?

Local and state government mandates. State legislatures have been active during the pandemic proposing bills hostile to vaccine mandates for most types of private employers.

This underscores that employers requiring vaccination must anticipate opposition.

Accommodations Strategies

Perhaps most critical to a mandatory vaccine policy is the accommodation of those with a qualifying disability or sincere religious reasons for not getting the vaccine.

ADA accommodations. Employees or applicants who cannot get the COVID-19 vaccine because of a qualifying disability may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the ADA.

Religious accommodations. Religious claims of exemption from mandatory vaccination policies must be taken into careful consideration, and employers must consider whether sincerely held religious objections can be accommodated. That said, “religion” is broadly defined, and difficult to question. The EEOC provides a definition and how to diplomatically probe claims of religious exemptions.

Announcing the Policy A mandatory vaccine policy will be controversial and possibly offensive to some employees. Anyone skeptical of either the policy or vaccines generally needs to know this edict comes from the top, and that it is an edict—not an aspiration. Leadership, in turn, must provide outward and vocal support of the organization’s policy decision and its commitment to following through. Accordingly, the policy should be announced by message from the chief executive officer or its equivalent at the given organization explaining the reasons for the mandate, along with a link to the full policy.

To assist in developing a communication plan, Seyfarth Shaw’s Vaccine Policy Playbook includes 20 frequently asked questions for HR and employees on topics ranging from the impact of not being vaccinated to why social distancing and masking is not enough. More information is available at www. seyfarth.com.

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Insects in Feed Making Strides

Demand for insect protein as an ingredient in animal feed and pet food is expected to reach half a million metric tons by 2030—significantly higher than today’s estimated market of 10,000 metric tons, according to a global report by agri-banking specialist Rabobank. No Longer Crawling: Insect Protein to Come of Age in the 2020s outlines the nutritional, functional, and environmental benefits of insect-based nutrition and the value-adding potential in this fast-developing animal feed market.

A high protein content (from 50 to 80 percent dry matter basis) ensures the health benefits of insect protein as a feed ingredient to animals, the report states. The benefits created by insects building circular food systems—due to their ability to upcycle low-value agri-food material such as food waste and residues into high-value proteins and oils—are also recognized in the report.

Currently, pet food (primarily for cats and dogs) is the largest market for insect proteins, followed by aquafeed with potential in the poultry feed market. The report states that when local, underutilized resources—such as food waste and residue—are used as a feed substrate (base) to farm insects, not only is the food-waste challenge addressed, but a local feed production system is created and the feed supply chain shortened.

The small environmental footprint of insect farming— which requires less water, land, and production time compared with other species—also makes it an attractive option.

Beyhan de Jong, the Netherlands-based Rabobank analyst who authored the report, said while edible insects check all the boxes from a nutrition, health, and sustainability point of view for human consumption, current consumer acceptance is still low in developed countries for both whole and processed insect-based foods. “In our view, insects have a larger potential as a feed ingredient than as a direct consumer food in the next decade,” she stated.

Despite the many positives supporting the growth of insect protein as a pet food and animal feed ingredient though, some major challenges exist that are currently preventing the insect farming industry from “taking off,” according to the report. These include limited scale, high costs and prices, and legislative barriers. Since 2018, however, the insect sector has received significant investment, enabling companies to build larger-scale production facilities. Efficiency gains due to increasing technology, automation, improvements in genetics, and legislative changes (expected in coming years as the market continues to strengthen) will also enable costs to decrease.

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One legislative step forward this year was the tentative approval of the definition for black soldier fly larvae for use in adult maintenance dog food and treats by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) membership.

This means “that many state control officials will accept the ingredient in adult dog foods and treats for distribution in their respective states,” according to the association’s executive director Susan Hayes. In August, AAFCO’s Pet Food Committee tentatively approved the definition for dried black soldier fly larvae ingredients for use in salmonid, poultry, and swine feed.

The strongest growth for insect meal is expected in the pet food market, in which insect protein is forecast to reach 150,000 metric tons globally. This is supported by the growing premiumization and humanization trend in pet food, with owners increasingly choosing more natural and high-protein meals and treats, according to de Jong.

“The sustainability benefits of insect protein for environmentally conscious consumers are also appealing, as are the hypoallergenic features for cats and dogs with sensitivities and allergies,” she said. While pet food formulated with insect protein currently sells at a premium, this specialty segment of the market is expected to grow, with discerning pet owners in developed countries willing to pay higher prices for these benefits.

Millions in Research Dollars for Insect Farming

A newly awarded $2.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation has established the Center for Environmental Sustainability through Insect Farming. Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has been assigned as the lead site for the center, which will be a collaborative effort with Mississippi State University (MSU) and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

Joining the universities will be 34 global industry partners, including Mars Inc., Tyson Foods, and insect farming pioneers such as Aspire Food Groups, Protix, and Beta Hatch Inc.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates traditional agriculture will fall about 40 percent short of the world’s food supply needs by 2050.

Insect farming has been identified as a practical, economical, environmentally sound, and sustainable method for producing high-value protein.

Drs. Jeff Tomberlin, Department of Entomology, and Del Gatlin, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, will lead the center on the Texas A&M University campus.

Tomberlin said the center’s focus is to find solutions for a critical human problem—sustainable food production. The research will explore new avenues to produce food either for direct human consumption or as feed for livestock, poultry, and aquaculture.

“The difficult truth is we are maxing out our planet’s resources, and with land and water availability declining and climate variability increasing, agricultural production is facing serious threats,” Tomberlin stated. “Insect farming has the potential to relieve some of the pressure on our increasing agro-industrial systems across the globe.” Incorporating insect protein into feed for fish, poultry, and pork production will reduce agriculture’s environmental footprint, including land Continued on page 39 www.rendermagazine.com

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People, Places, and...

Industry Pioneer Meyer Passes

Ed Meyer, former president of Anamax Corporation, passed away September 4 at the age of 83. Anamax was founded by his great-grandfather in 1881 as Green Bay Soap Company. During his tenure at the helm, Meyer expanded the business in many ways, including exporting tallow and fats. He was involved in the National Renderers Association (now the North American Renderers Association) and American Fats and Oils Association.

Meyer was also a philanthropist and served on many community boards in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He is survived by wife, Mary Ellen Troup; three children, Kristin Meyer, Michelle (Jeff) Conte, and Nicholas Meyer; as well as four grandchildren; a brother; and five sisters.

Render Editor Retires, Ishmael Steps In

After 25 years as editor and publisher of Render magazine, Tina Caparella is retiring following the October 2021 issue. She assumed the role in 1996 when Render’s first editor/publisher, Frank Burnham, retired after nearly 25 years at the helm. Thanks to tremendous support from various columnists, article contributors, advertisers, and the North American Renderers Association, Caparella successfully got the international magazine of rendering to its 50th year of publication in 2021.

“I had some pretty big shoes to fill after my grandfather retired, but working with him in various capacities for nearly 20 years prior while also gaining experience at other publications, I was excited to take on the challenge,” Caparella said. “It has been a tremendous honor and experience to work for the incredible rendering industry. I appreciate the support and opportunities over these years, which have flown by. I will miss my rendering family.”

Under Caparella’s leadership, Render went from being primarily distributed in the United States (US) and Canada, to now being recognized as the premier global publication for the worldwide rendering industry. Over the years, she has traveled to various meetings both in Europe and Australia covering news, markets, and expanding Render’s reach. Caparella also attended various US conferences, reporting on challenges and opportunities for renderers in Render. She and her husband, John, will continue their full-time recreational vehicle travels across the country they began three years ago.

Sharla Ishmael has been named Render editor and publisher beginning with the December 2021 issue. She brings with her years of publishing experience, primarily in the beef industry, most recently as managing editor of The Cattleman, where she helped transform the editorial quality of the 107-year-old flagship publication of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. Ishmael refreshed the quality of writing and coverage of topics in feature articles Sharla Ishmael and columns to engage readers.

“I look forward to getting acquainted with Render’s readers and advertisers and continuing the high level of service to the rendering industry that Tina Caparella has provided for so long,” Ishmael said. “It’s a privilege to take on a publication whose legacy is 50 years of excellence.”

Ishmael also served as managing editor at The Show Circuit magazine for eight years, overseeing both editorial and advertising content of a club-calf publication that averaged 300 pages per issue. In addition, she previously worked as beef quality assurance coordinator and editorial director at Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. Ishmael has a bachelor of science in agricultural economics and a master’s degree in agricultural development, both from Texas A&M University. She will publish Render from her home office in the Fort Worth, Texas, area where she lives with her husband, who is also a writer for the beef industry, and two daughters.

Render’s email address will remain the same at editors@rendermagazine.com, but phone number will change to (888) 927-3634.

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Dupps Buys Universal Maintenance, Receives Award

The Dupps Company has acquired Universal Maintenance, a Georgia company that provides longer-term, general plant maintenance services, and a variety of fabrication and installation capabilities. Universal Maintenance founder and sole owner Jessica Colbert and her team will remain and continue with Dupps to ensure a seamless transition. Universal Maintenance will operate as a wholly owned, independent subsidiary of Dupps and report to Ken Thomas, director of innovation and marketing, who will take on added responsibility of growing the business.

In other news, Dupps was honored with a 2021 Safety Award of Merit from the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International. The award is presented to companies posting an injury and illness incidence rate for the reporting period that is better than the established Bureau of Labor Statistics rate by 10 percent or more.

During the reporting period, Dupps exceeded the benchmark injury and illness incidence rate by 30 percent.

Neste Acquires Agri Trading Neste is acquiring Minnesotabased fats and oil trader Agri Trading, which specializes in trading animal fats, used cooking oil, technical corn oil, and other vegetable oils throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. Established in 1977, Agri Trading manages all aspects of transportation, logistics, transloading, and export services.

The deal would be Neste’s latest feedstock-expansion effort following acquisitions of IH Demeter, Bunge Loders Croklaan, and Count Terminal in the Netherlands, and US-based M a h o n e y E nv i ro n m e n ta l . T h e transaction is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions.

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Association Continued from page 33 Symposium online instead of hosting it during the International Production and Processing Expo in Atlanta, Georgia, as in past years. An upside to these virtual meetings was that more NARA members could participate, especially those below senior management who traditionally do not attend NARA’s in-person meetings.

Market disruptions, transportation issues, and other headwinds challenged NARA members this year. The association sincerely appreciates the ongoing support from its members, both in time and financial resources, so NARA can continue to work hard on their behalf to maximize its service and value for the rendering industry.

NARA’s next president’s column will be penned by Swisher in the February 2022 Render magazine. He brings extensive rendering knowledge and dedication to his new position. I thank you for the many wonderful opportunities rendering has provided me over the past eight years, along with the amazing people I’ve gotten to know and work with. I wish each of you the very best.

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Researchers will engage interdiscipli­ nary expertise in microbiology, engi­ neer­ing, chemistry, food nutrition, physio­logy, and biology with cutting-edge technologies in labs and in the field to fill scientific and industrial gaps related to insect farming. The lead researchers at IUPUI are Christine Picard, an associate professor at the School of Science at IUPUI, and Yunlong Liu, a professor of medical and molecular genetics at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Heather R. Jordan, an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and Jonas King, an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, will lead the site at MSU. R www.rendermagazine.com

October American Fats and Oils Association Annual Conference October 13–14, Nashville, TN • www.fatsandoils.org Leather and Hide Council of America Annual Meeting and Convention October 13–15, Chicago, IL • www.usleather.org North American Renderers Association 88th Annual Convention October 18–22, Greensboro, GA • www.nara.org

December National Institute for Storage Tank Management 14th Annual National Aboveground Storage Tank Conference and Trade Show December 1–2, The Woodlands, TX • www.nistm.org

January 2022 National Biodiesel Conference & Expo January 17–20, Las Vegas, NV • www.biodieselconference.org Association of American Feed Control Officials Midyear Meeting January 18–20, Mobile, AL • www.aafco.org International Production and Processing Expo January 25–27, Atlanta, GA • ippexpo.org

February Cattle Industry Conference and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show February 1–3, Houston, TX • convention.ncba.org

Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, meeting information could change.

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