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Animal Feed Additive Executive Says Safety Processes, Checks in PlaceBy George Ford, Reporter
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - An executive of a Cedar Rapids-based animal feed additive company says processes and safeguards are in place to assure food chain safety.
Mark Kujawa, vice president of international business at Diamond V Mills in Cedar Rapids, says the animal nutrition industry has strict processes and check points to ensure product quality. “Today’s modern animal feed and feed additive production is way different from what it was 50 years ago,” Kujawa said. “There are a lot of quality control checks within the system. Every batch of animal feed has to be traced back to its original ingredients, almost back to the individual farm. “There is federal and state oversight as well as industry oversight.” CNN reported Thursday that feed given to hens at two Iowa farms is a likely source of contamination that led to a nationwide salmonella outbreak. Federal officials said the disease also has turned up in manure samples taken around the farms as well. The feed could have become contaminated after it went through heat treatment that was sufficient to kill salmonella, officials from the Food and Drug Administration told CNN. Produced at a mill at a Wright County Egg facility, the feed was given to pullet chickens at both Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, which between them recalled more than a half-billion eggs since the salmonella outbreak. The outbreak has sickened a reported 2,403 people between May 1 and Aug. 25, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a conference call. Kujawa said food safety has become a global issue. “People are concerned about food safety everywhere,” he said. “That’s why our whole industry has aligned itself with food safety and security for many years. Whatever the animal eats ultimately makes its way into people.” Diamond V Mills, founded in 1943, specializes in yeast supplements and new animal feed technology for cattle, horse, swine, poultry and pet foods. More Good Stuff |
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