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The total feed sales for the three main livestock categories (cattle, swine and fowl) have increased.

EU action against food waste: Commission publishes guidelines to facilitate valorisation of food no longer intended for human consumption as animal feed.

The EU production of field peas and broad beans is well above the last 5 - year average.

Fødevareinstituttet (Denmark) and RIKILT (The Netherlands) will be the new reference laboratories for metals and nitrogenous compounds and for mycotoxins and plant toxins in feed and food.

The industrial compound feed production for farmed animals in the EU-28 in 2017 reached an estimated level of 156.7 mio. t, i.e. 0.2% more than in 2016, according to data provided by FEFAC members.

Thailand has enacted several new regulations that restrict imports of feed and feed ingredients containing certain animal proteins.

EFSA has launched a public consultation on its draft guidance on the assessment of the efficacy of feed additives.

Surge in maize output on course to lift cereals stock-to-use ratio to highest level since 2002.

The import duties are now fixed from 10 October 2017, and will apply until a new figure is required and calculated by the automatic mechanism in place.

A new study by FAO and published in Global Food Security found that livestock rely primarily on forages, crop residues and by-products that are not edible to humans and that certain production systems contribute directly to global food security, as they produce more highly valuable nutrients for humans, such as proteins, than they consume.

This revised tariff, triggered by an automatic mechanism that calculates import duties, will avoid putting European producers at a disadvantage.

The Commission adopted five authorisations for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) for food/feed use.

Publication in the Official Journal of the EU of the third update of the EU Catalogue of feed materials (Regulation (EU) 2017/1017).

The expected stabilisation of pigmeat production in Europe could induce a moderate reduction in demand for pig feed (-1%).

EFSA has launched a public consultation on its draft guidance document on the characterisation of microorganisms used as feed additives or as production organisms.

Compound feed production in 2016 vs 2015: +0.4%.