NEWS 64 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE September 2022 Indonesia-based FGV Holdings Berhad (FGV) via its wholly-owned subsidiary, FGV Integrated Farming Sdn Bhd (FGVIF) has launched its high-quality native chicken feed brand ALMA in responding to the Indonesian government’s call and contributing towards the National Food Security agenda and National Agrofood Policy 2.0 in Indonesia. FGV collaborates with Padiberas Nasional Berhad (BERNAS) to produce a new formulation of chicken feed that uses by-products from local paddy and rice factories. This is in line with the “waste to wealth” initiative which has been practised by BERNAS. This initiative is expected to reduce approximately 10 percent of production cost due to substitution of imported grain corn components. A total of 30,000 metric tons per year of by-product materials will be used to produce ALMA native chicken feed. With the production of nutritious native chicken feed, Malaysia will be able to reduce its dependency on imported chicken feed and ultimately, ensure product availability at a reduced price. Besides native chicken feed, FGV previously launched a range of ALMA animal feed products for beef, dairy cattle, goat and sheep. Malaysia currently produces approximately 8 million heads of native chicken annually and almost 10 percent of the production is exported to Singapore while the rest is distributed mainly in Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. The feed supply potential for this industry is expected to reach 32,000 metric tonnes per year. FGV launches high-quality chicken feed brand ALMA Breeder’s Choice Pet Foods®, a USA-based pet food manufacturer, opened its state-of-the-art Pet Food Safety Lab™, which it established with one million dollars investment. The lab is a world-class testing facility serving the pet food industry and its consumers with microbiological, chemical, and physical testing methods to assure raw material and finished product quality and safety. Breeder’s Choice Pet Foods, originally established in 1947, is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Since it was acquired by Lucy Pet Products in December of 2020, the company has invested significantly in its people, infrastructure, quality, safety, and new product innovation. The new Pet Food Safety Lab™ enables Breeder’s Choice Pet Foods to offer expanded testing services to its co-manufacturing brand customers and is creating new jobs within the community as the lab boasts a staff of Food Chemists, Microbiologists, and Lab Technicians. In addition to testing for known microbiological and chemical containments, the new lab includes DNA testing of proteins and dedicated PCR testing capabilities (Polymerase Chain Reaction). The Pet Food Safety Lab™ also launched its website www. petfoodsafetylab.com to post results of routine testing of pet food with a Certificate of Analysis. Breeder’s Choice Pet Foods opens Pet Food Safety Lab
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