NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE September 2022 71 Landeldi, one of the representatives of the Icelandic aquaculture industry, announced the company's Board of Directors has appointed Eggert Þór Kristófersson as CEO. Kristófersson assumed the position as of August 17th, 2022. Born in 1970, Eggert Þór worked from 1995 to 2008 at Íslandsbanki and Glitnir Bank. He served as the managing director of Glitnir Bank's asset management in Iceland and Finland. Eggert Þór held the position of a finance manager of the company N1 (now the listed retail company Festi hf.) in 2011 and later CEO in February 2015. Eggert has been the chairman of the board of N1, Krónan, ELKO, Festi Real Estate, Bakkinn Supply Hotel, Malik Supply A/S and Nordic Marine Oil in Denmark. Eggert Þór has a Cand. Oecon. degree in business administration and auditing from the University of Iceland and is a licensed stockbroker. Eggert Þór will assume the CEO position previously held by Halldór Ólafur Halldórsson, chairman of Landeldi's board. "I am grateful for the opportunity to participate in the development of fish farming on land. Landeldi has a solid, experienced staff with great knowledge of aquaculture," says Eggert Þór Kristófersson, new CEO of Landeldi. Eggert Þór Kristófersson appointed CEO of Landeldi hf. Eggert Þór Kristófersson AFIA releases state of the US feed industry report The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) released its annual, “Our Industry, Our Promise,” report today, detailing the challenges the U.S. feed and pet food industry faced over the past year and the steps the AFIA took to address member priorities. The report provides an overview of this unique industry segment’s impact on the U.S. economy, its efforts to promote animal food safety and worker health and safety, and its forward-thinking initiatives to enhance global competitiveness and industry environmental sustainability programs. “Global, and sometimes unexpected, turmoil continued throughout 2021 and into 2022, but through it all, our industry stayed strong, worked together and formed new partnerships along the journey,” said AFIA President and Chief Executive Officer Constance Cullman. The report, which concentrates on work completed during AFIA’s fiscal year from May 1, 2021, through April 30, 2022, discusses the: • Business climate for U.S. animal food manufacturers, including how they are managing problems with shipping delays and maintaining a stable workforce; • State issues that would lead to a hodgepodge of state regulations and/or costly mandates not associated with the regulatory review of state feed products; • Management of animal food safety and animal health risks, including the return to in-person, routine regulatory reviews and improvements in mitigating disease threats to U.S. farms; • Work to maintain U.S. competitiveness amid global pressures, including the industry’s response to the Russia-Ukraine war and efforts to remove regulatory hurdles slowing the approval of new feed ingredients or that could stymie trade of animal food-based products; • Priorities for U.S. agricultural trade policy, including identifying areas where the Biden administration should focus, such as increasing market access in China, Vietnam and Brazil; and • Industry’s stance in international dialogues, to ensure these fora prioritize science and innovation and do not unnecessarily restrict consumer diet choices. A new feed industry report released by the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) details the challenges the U.S. feed and pet food industry faced over the past year.
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