January 17, 2013
Scientific council formed under global consortium for specialty feed ingredients
The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) and the EU Association of Specialty Feed Ingredients and their Mixtures (FEFANA) have launched the Scientific Council, the expert advisory body of the IFIF/FEFANA Specialty Feed Ingredients Sustainability Project (SFIS).
The Scientific Council includes experts on ISO life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology and animal nutrition/feed from Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe and South-America.
The Specialty Feed Ingredients Sustainability (SFIS) project consortium, led by the IFIF and FEFANA, and brings together the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), the Japan Feed Manufacturers Association (JFMA) and the Brazilian Feed Industry Association (Sindirações), as well as companies active in the production of feed and specialty feed ingredients.
The project partners have joined together to measure and establish the role of specialty feed ingredients, specifically amino acids and enzymes, on the environmental impact of livestock production and are united in the goal to contribute to the reduction of emissions in the food and feed chain.
The SFIS project is designed to measure and establish the role of specialty feed ingredients on the environmental impact of livestock production and the Scientific Council will provide independent expert advice on the project during the course of the work in order to ensure scientifically robust inputs in the analysis and prepare the ground for a future peer reviewed publication of the project output. This will be shared with international stakeholders and with feed chain operators in order to encourage more sustainable livestock production globally.
Prof Matthias Finkbeiner, chairman of Sustainable Engineering at the Technical University Berlin and chairman of the SFIS Scientific Council, welcomes the "involvement of globally renowned experts in such an important project, which aims to contribute to global activities in the area of the environmental effect of livestock production."
