ARTICLE FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE June 2023 69 Given the risk factors that can reduce the quality of grains, protecting quality and safety is essential. Implementing a feed safety culture is a foundational step in protecting grain, safeguarding feed, and consistently producing high-quality animal feed. Linking that to a raw material quality programme that provides grain monitoring, testing, and applying additives that inhibit microbial growth can help maintain grain quality. There are risks faced throughout the supply chain and grain can be contaminated, noted Pieter Steyn, technical commercial manager for Selko's raw material quality programme. “For all of us in the animal feed sector, it is our responsibility to maintain a feed safety culture across our organisation and show a willingness to provide our animals with quality ingredients,” he said. Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Clostridium Perfringens Salmonella Typhimurium Concentration [%] Concentration [%] Concentration [%] 0D600 0D600 0D600 1.400 1.200 1.000 0.800 0.600 0.400 0.200 0.000 -0.200 0.800 0.700 0.600 0.500 0.400 0.300 0.200 0.100 0.0000 0.0078125 0.015625 0.03125 0.0625 0.125 0.25 0.5 1 2 0.0078125 0.015625 0.03125 0.0625 0.125 0.25 0.5 1 2 (2) Fylax Grain Control (T=48) MIC (T=48) IC50 (T=48) 0.0078125 0.015625 0.03125 0.0625 0.125 0.25 0.5 1 2 1.400 1.200 1.000 0.800 0.600 0.400 0.200 0.000 Figure 3. Effect of Fylax Grain on various harmful microorganisms. Applying Fylax Grain to stored grain can help reduce the growth of unwanted microbes.
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