January 2, 2020
 

Sunzen Biotech to launch new animal nutrition products

 

Sunzen Biotech Bhd, whose palm oil trading, sale of traditional chinese medicine and bird's nest exports contribute most to its earnings, is expanding its animal nutrition and farm hygiene business, reported New Straits Times in an interview.

 

Commenting that the group will be launching new products for animal nutrition and farm hygiene, Sunzen Biotech managing director Datuk Hong Choon Hau assured that their products adhere to Feed Safety System, with certifications in good manufacturing practices (GMP), ISO22000 and Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point (HACCP).

 

"Hopefully, as the sales of new products build up, we can expand this division. And soon, we can become profitable again," Hong said.

 

Sunzen Biotech recorded RM4.10 million (~US$1 million; RM1 = US$0.24) in losses for the third quarter ended September 2019 on the back of RM62.05 million in revenue.

 

Since Sunzen Biotech general manager Lin Hong Kong, who has more than three decades of experience in animal life science, joined in April 2019, Sunzen has been growing the team to regularly engage with farmers in the supply of feed additives, nutritional feed supplements, and veterinary pharmaceuticals.

 

"We have been carrying out trial runs on Tomofat nutrition with various livestock from poultry, dairy cows to pigs and even shrimps. We're pioneering red palm oil nutrition in animal feed," he said.

 

Lin highlighted sows fed Tomofat-packed meals produce more milk for their suckling piglets. "All natural organic food for human consumption starts from a holistic approach to livestock nutrition and good intestinal health.

 

It is better for farmers to avoid injecting antibiotics into animals, if they can help it. Prevention is better than cure. We can provide healthy feed for the animals and take good care of them when they fall sick."

 

For instance, he said, a healthy sow nursing its piglets would eventually lead to disease-resistant pigs that are not reliant on antibiotics.

 

Lin added, "Many duck farmers, in Perak, feed red palm oil-based Tomofat meals to their birds. As a result, their salted duck egg yolks are of a more vibrant reddish hue. This is what their customers want.

 

Following encouraging results from trial runs in the past few months, we're ready to produce on a commercial scale. We want to test the export market as well."

 

Sunzen Biotech also supplies disinfectant and sanitation solutions as part of biosecurity measures to prevent and control disease outbreaks on farms. "We're the sole distributor of Evans Vanodine's disinfectant and sanitation products.

 

We work closely with Malaysia's Department of Veterinary Services to raise hygiene awareness among farms in the interests of food safety," Lin said.

 

His team also provides courses on personal hygiene for farm workers.