NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE November 2023 93 The European Former Foodstuff Processor’s Association (EFFPA) marked its 10th anniversary with a celebratory event in Brussels on 19 October 2023. Former foodstuff processing for animal feed purposes is currently clearly recognised as a business that enables food waste reduction as well as a means to meet sustainability targets in feed manufacturing, such as increasing circularity, reducing the environmental footprint, and avoiding food-feed competition. The gathering, moderated by EFFPA Executive Director Anton van den Brink, brought together approximately 80 participants from the European Commission, national representations of member states, stakeholders from the food and feed chain, and academia. “In the past 10 years, the European former foodstuff processing sector has been able to clearly position itself as a solution provider in a sustainable food system, reducing food waste and boosting sustainable livestock production. Going forward, our sector will continue its drive for innovation and expand its activities while respecting the parameters set for food and feed safety,” said Alexander Romme, EFFPA President. In his keynote presentation “Circular Feed: The Case of Former Foodstuffs”, Professor Luciano Pinotti from the University of Milano stressed that former foodstuffs are especially suitable in feed for young animals like piglets where they can be incorporated at levels up to 30% without negative effect on body weight, daily gain, feed conversion ratios or carcass quality compared to cereals-based feed. Read more>> EFFPA celebrates its 10th anniversary in Brussels Ginkgo Bioworks, which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity, and Zenfold Sustainable Technologies, a company focused on developing and manufacturing specialty ingredients using sustainable technologies and precision fermentation, announced a collaboration to leverage Ginkgo Enzyme Services in its effort to discover an enzyme critical to the manufacturing of veterinary products. This partnership aims to replace traditional chemical processes in veterinary active ingredient production with a sustainable biological method. "This collaboration marks a significant step forward in Zenfold's mission to bring sustainable manufacturing technology to the veterinary medicine industry," said Dr. BSV Prasad, CEO and Managing Director of Zenfold Sustainable Technologies. "By utilizing Ginkgo's expertise and innovation, we are well-positioned to develop a sustainable solution that will have a lasting impact on the Indian market and beyond." "We are excited to partner with Zenfold, which brings a powerful vision of sustainable biotechnology to veterinary active ingredient development. This collaboration will enable us to apply our stateof-the-art enzyme discovery module to enable more innovation in the veterinary medicine space," said Jennifer Wipf, SVP, Head of Commercial, Cell Engineering at Ginkgo. Read more>> Zenfold and Ginkgo collaborate to enable veterinary active ingredient development
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