Feed additives: a fabulous potential
… to be handled with care
Peter Radewahn
Deutscher Verband Tiernahrung
Chairman of FEFAC Animal Nutrition Committee
FEFAC in a nutshell
• Created in 1959
• Represents industrial compound feed and
premixtures manufacturers
• 33 Members:
– 24 Member Associations from 23 EU Member States
– 3 Observer Members (Turkey, Serbia, Russia)
– 6 Associate Members (Switzerland, Norway (3),
EMFEMA and EFFPA)
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EU-28 Livestock sourcing in feedingstuffs
- 475 mio. t in 2014
153 Source: FEFAC / EU Commission
38
51
233
Forages
Home-grown cereals
Purchased straight feedingstuffs
Industrial compound feed
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Feed ingredients consumption by the
EU-28 feed industry in 2013
Source: FEFAC
Feed cereals
48.5%
All others
5%
Minerals, Additives &
Vitamins
3%
Dried forage
1%
Co-products from Food
Industry
11.5%
Dairy products
1%
Pulses
1%
Oils & Fats
2%
Cakes & Meals
27%
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What is expected from a feed?
• Traditional expectations
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Safety
Quality
Efficiency
Cost-effectiveness
• Addressing the present and emerging
challenges of the livestock sector
– Resource efficiency
– Responsible livestock farming
– Healthy livestock and people (Consumer)
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Contribution Feed Additives
Examples (Leo den Hartog 2014)
Resource efficiency
Preventing spoilage
 Preservatives, Antioxidants
Silage additives, Mycotoxin binders
Facilitating byproduct use
 Amino acids, Enzymes
Improving feed intake
 Flavouring compounds, Binders
Improving digestibility
 Digestibility enhancers
Improving animal performance
 Amino acids , Enzymes, Vitamins,
Trace elements, Probiotics
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Contribution Feed Additives
Examples (Leo den Hartog 2014)
Responsible livestock farming systems
Reducing environmental
footprint
 Amino acids, Phytase, Benzoic acid
Usage of alternative proteins
 Amino acids, Enzymes
Healthy livestock & people
Preserving animal health status
 Gut flora stabilizers, Organic acids
Improving animal product quality  Vitamin E, Pigments
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Feed Additives… Enormous potential!
(Leo den Hartog 2014)
Controlling spread of
salmonella
Improving feed value of
by-products
Reducing need for
antibiotics
Prevention of feed
wastage
Robust animals by
boosting immune
system
Improving feed value
European alternative
protein sources
Improving fertility
Reducing manure by
improving digestibility
and utilisation of feed
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Reducing carbon footprint
and emissions
The challenges of the authorisation & reauthorisation procedure for feed additives
• Preserving access to essential generic feed additives
(re-evaluation of exisiting products)
• Access to innovation
• Maintaining competition between suppliers
– Range of different generic products for the same
function
– Product identity not to be used as way to set
holder specific authorisation
• Keeping additives status attractive for placers on the
market
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The FEFAC experience with the re-evaluation
process for feed additives in the EU
• General
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Scientific review is a good thing
Hell of work progressing well
Efficacy requirements are demanding
Identity is challenging and restrict choice
• Establishment of maximum limits
– Trend for legislator to apply a kind of ALARA principle
– Cost of feed additives is the best regulator for inclusion rates
• Labelling
– Overloaded labels
– Need for modern approach
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Number of EU Rapid Alert notifications
in Europe seems alarmingly high …
400
350
300
180
250
73
200
50
150
100
50
0
67
122
59
63
16
41
24
2003
2004
2005
55
70
147
196
162
185
165
120
109
10
2009
12
19
17
34
46
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
69
15
Alerts
68
98
22
2006
75
2007
2008
Informations
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Border rejections
Feed materials major origin of feed
safety issues
20
67
30
Compound feed
Feed additives/premixtures
Feed materials
Petfood
192
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RASFF notifications number by type
of contaminant in 2014
21
3
Microbiological
32
Aflatoxins
PAPs/bone fragments
122
13
Dioxins/PCBs
Heavy metals
Prohibited substances / overdosage
10
Non EU authorised GMO
15
Pesticides/biocides
Others
14
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Main analyses on EU side for
improvement of the chain control
• Risk information shared within the chain
• Review&clarify contractual obligations on feed
safety regarding liability and right of refusal
• Reduce “negative” incentives for operators :
– Responsibility & Accountability along the chain
– Risk based control; customers defining risks
– Acknowledge “own control” programmes and proven
safety “track record”
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Supply chain pyramid: primary testing at supplier level
Feed
Material
Increasing number of operators
Suppliers &
Processors
Intermediaries:
Store keepers & Hauliers
Compounders & Home Mixers
Lifestock on Farm
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Best control point to
minimise food / feed crises
FEFAC vision
• Primary responsibility of individual Feed Business
operators but also collective chain responsibility
• Need for optimisation of risk management along the
chain (top-of-the-pyramid)
• Integrated HACCP-based risk management approach
• Risk communication along the chain is essential to
“stay ahead of the curve” (mapping of emerging risks)
• Need for closer interactions / active & structured
dialogue between official controls, operators and feed
safety assurance schemes
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FEFAC three-pillar action plan
• Capacity building at EU and national level
• Optimisation of feed safety management
along the chain
• Co-operation with authorities
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Conclusion
• « Prevention is better than cure »: the earlier a
hazard is controled, the more likely safety challenges,
economic and reputational damages can be
minimized
• All operators should feel responsible for feed safety
and take relevant actions under their control
• Operators need control authorities and vice versa:
« you may not like each other but you have to work
with each other ».
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Thank you very much!