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Feed Quality and Regulation Session

Novel raw materials, current ingredients and environmental concerns. How do we set standards in the new era of green? What issues must be addressed and what quality control methods are needed in a today’s world of total traceability and transparency?

Monday, April 21, 2008

1:00-1:05
Introduction
Chairs: Steve Traylor, Mark Honeycutt, Ty Yeast, and Monica Fanti

1:05-1:30
Energy management in feed processing - A green approach
Keith Behnke, Kansas State University, USA

1:35-2:00
Update from the US: A brief look at the regulatory and legislative landscape
Jarrod Kersey, American Feed Industry Association, USA

2:05-2:30
Functional foods: Regulatory considerations and common sense
George Burdock, Burdock Group, USA

2:30-3:00
BREAK

3:00-3:25
The greening of EU food chain legislation
Elinor McCartney, Pen & Tec Consulting, S.L., Spain

3:30-3:55
The European feed additive industry: Outlook for the green generation
Didier Jans, FEFANA, Belgium

4:00-4:25
Update from the EU: What’s the outlook for feed additives and regulations?
Willem K.A. Penning, European Commission, Belgium

6:00-6:30
Buses leave for Kentucky Night

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

8:30-8:35
Introduction
Chairs: Steve Traylor, Mark Honeycutt, Ty Yeast, and Monica Fanti

8:35-9:00
Making yeast make sense: A rapid, simple, and meaningful analytical method for yeast culture products
Juan Tricarico, Alltech, USA

9:05-9:30
Enzymes-in-feed versus enzymes-in-labs: challenges and solutions
for analytical problems
Keith Filer, Alltech, Thailand

9:35-10:00
Novel ingredients demand novel analytical techniques: Developing a routine test for glucan/mannan – Quality assurance and regulatory advantages
Alexandros Yiannikouris, Alltech, USA

10:00-10:30
BREAK

10:30:10:55
Traceability and what was learned through the mad cow disaster in Europe
David Byrne, Pathwell Limited, Ireland

11:00-11:25
The US feed regulatory framework: An overview
David Fairfield, National Grain and Feed Association, USA

11:30-11:55
Crisis management or reputation enhancement? In the eyes of the beholder
Steve Bourne, Alltech, United Kingdom

12:00-2:00
POSTER DISCUSSION LUNCHEON

2:00-4:15
General Session