NEWS 80 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE July 2022 GOOD Meat, the cultivated meat division of Eat Just, Inc., broke ground on the largest cultivated meat production center in Asia. GOOD Meat breaks ground on largest cultivated meat facility in Asia GOOD Meat, the cultivated meat division of Eat Just, Inc., a company that applies cutting-edge science and technology on a mission to create healthier, more sustainable foods, broke ground on June 10 on the largest cultivated meat production center in Asia. The complex, scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2023 at JTC Bedok Food City, Singapore will have the capacity to produce tens of thousands of pounds of meat from cells, without the need to slaughter a single animal. The buildout will house the single-largest bioreactor in the cultivated meat industry to date. Local production will help GOOD Meat meet growing SFR annual course offers knowledge from research into practice Schothorst Feed Research (SFR) organised the 11th annual Feeds & Nutrition course, an event with the aim of translating recent research knowledge into practice. Professionals from the (compound) feed sector were updated on different developments by the specialists of SFR. The programme offered a lot of information for the animal feed sector. It was an exciting 5-day event with plenty of room for discussion, networking and knowledge sharing. Over 70 nutritionists, veterinarians, product managers and sales managers from all over the world came together to share the latest scientific insights. This year, the Feeds & Nutrition course was divided into 13 different modules that could be combined by the attendees into a tailor-made programme. The course participants could learn two days about raw materials. In addition, four course days were offered for poultry, swine and ruminants. During the first day, attention was paid to feed evaluation. This included energy-, protein-, fibre-, calcium- and phosphorus evaluation. The days about feed evaluation were followed by three days on animal species specific applied nutrition. These included fundamental topics such as physiology of the gastrointestinal tract, intestinal health, piglet vitality, egg and meat quality and minerals, or preventing subacute rumen- and hindgut acidosis. In addition to the various nutritional topics, SFR also discussed other relevant topics such as the development of slow(er) growing breeds, the importance of early feeding, precision feeding, reducing environmental impact of dairy cow husbandry, protein reduction and the use of alternative protein sources. At the end of the training days, live feed formulation was performed by the SFR consultants, to show the effect of certain strategies and choices on feed composition to make the practical applicability clear.
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