| Newsletter from the Product Board Animal Feed – Nummer 23, 19, 2007
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EurepGAP accepts GMP+
EurepGap accepts GMP+: 2006 in its certification scheme. In a letter to the Product Board Animal Feed, EurepGap has stated that GMP+: 2006 meets the requirements which the supermarkets set for the production of feed.
Cattle farmers who participate in the livestock standard of EurepGap can, because of this acceptance, purchase feed from GMP+-certified companies. They may also decide on another feed scheme which is accepted by EurepGAP.
The inclusion of the food safety certificate of the feed sector with that of the retail sector also applies in reverse. The Dutch Association of Food Trade Organisations (CBL) has since recently been represented in the Central College of Experts for the Animal Feed Sector.
The Central College of Experts for the Animal Feed Sector monitors the certification scheme and the GMP+ certification bodies. This college therefore represents all the interested parties in the animal feed sector.
See also: www.eurepgap.nl.
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Johan den Hartog: "The mindset is more positive!"
"You can clearly see that mutual trust is growing." This is the conclusion of Johan den Hartog, Secretary of the Product Board Animal Feed. "The mindset is more positive", he says about the attitude of the government and the processing industry to the feed sector.
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Almost 2,500 inland waterway shippers with a certification contract
Of the almost 4,000 shippers who had registered, almost 2,500 were left who had entered into a contract with a certification body. Only they may carry feeds and raw materials.
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| PDV on course to decrease costs and to modify the method of working
The Product Board Animal Feed is on course to reduce costs and modify its method of working. The budget has decreased by 10 per cent to almost 7 million euros. Those who are directly involved pay these costs. In addition, the work has been classified into temporary programs and projects. The board of the Product Board Animal Feed has agreed to the plans for 2007.
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| Hungary is Europe's new granary
"Hungary is a good country to buy grain." This was said by Karst Vellinga (photo), Quality Manager of the Cefetra trading company. He goes there regularly and has seen how the country is becoming more and more important as, as he says, ‘"a sort of granary for Europe."
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| More than 7,000 GMP+ participants worldwide
The Dutch feed sector collective quality assurance system, GMP+, has been a success worldwide. More than 7,000 feed companies in about 50 countries now have a GMP+ certificate. There are now more GMP+-certified companies in Germany than there are in the Netherlands.
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| Action against Salmonella in feed is very effective
The measures in the Netherlands against Salmonella contamination in poultry feeds have been very successful. They have led to a sharp reduction in the incidence of Salmonella in all poultry feeds. The incidence in feed materials (animal feed raw materials) has also been greatly reduced.
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| Feed transport gate check trial ended
The trial involving unannounced road transport checks at feed factory gates and other loading and unloading locations has been stopped. In future the certification body ViaNorm will go to the transport companies themselves.
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| Site for citizens about feed for animals
New on the web: www.diervoeder.info. Citizens, consumers, scholars and students can easily find information here about the world of feed for productive livestock and ordinary pets. The site is an initiative by the Product Board Animal Feed.
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| Upgrading of PDV online databases
The Product Board wants to use online databases to make communication with businesses faster and more transparent. It is for this reason that the existing versions are to be improved, expanded and re-introduced.
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| Cehave wins incentive prize for recognition of acquired competences
Cehave Landbouwbelang received the incentive prize from the Expertise Centre EVC (Recognition of Acquired Competences). The feed company is the first in the sector which works by way of training on the improvement of the quality of its own staff. More than 500 employees have participated in the project.
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| Appreciation for the newsletters Workfloor and Employment
Employees in the feed industry appreciate the magazine Workfloor. This is shown by the survey which was held for edition 11 in October 2006. The survey of the readers of the newsletter Employment was also positive.
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