NEWS 16 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE October 2022 US-based global agricultural commodities trader Bunge agreed to sell its oilseed processing business in Russia to Karen Vanetsyan, the controlling shareholder of Exoil Group. Bunge agrees to sell oilseed processing business in Russia Bunge Ltd announced that it has agreed to sell its oilseed processing business in Russia to Karen Vanetsyan, the controlling shareholder of Exoil Group. The sale includes the sunflower processing plant in Voronezh. “We are grateful to the team for continuing to deliver essential food and feed in this challenging environment. With Karen Vanetsyan's more than 25 years of experience in agricultural processing, we are confident the team will continue to successfully serve customers,” said Greg Heckman, Bunge’s CEO. The completion of the sale is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval. Leading clinical scientist calls for greater transparency around red meat studies Professor Alice Stanton, Professor of Cardiovascular Pharmacology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Director of Human Health at Devenish, said policy makers should be extremely wary of any studies which aren’t “rigorously and transparently evidence based and ignore the protections against nutritional deficiencies afforded by animal-sourced food”. She was speaking at the 12th Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock multi-stakeholder meeting held this week in Dublin where over 150 professionals from 42 countries convened for a weeklong event entitled ‘Livestock Sector Actions Towards More Sustainable Food Systems’. In her address, Professor Stanton highlighted the protective effects of animal-source foods, including red meat, and emphasized the need for clear and consistent evidence-based health messages. Professor Stanton said: “Animal-source foods are an important source of many key health promoting nutrients and, as part of a balanced diet, they protect against nutritional deficiencies, helping to reduce the likelihood of childhood stunting, iron deficiency anaemia, and elderly frailty. In recent months, Professor Stanton has led a campaign calling for the authors of the very influential Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Risk Factors study to provide evidence for the dramatically increased number of deaths attributed to unprocessed red meat consumption, contained in The Lancet published GBD 2019 report. She also queries why the editors of The Lancet have not required immediate correction of the serious author confirmed errors in this report.
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