NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE November 2023 95 on the spirit of community shared by participants at the Young Scientist Forum. “When starting to apply machine learning technology into mycotoxin research, I was not very sure if I was heading for the ‘right’ future because it was a new area for my research group and I was still the only group member who was digging into it,” he said. In addition to inspiring future research initiatives, the WMF gathering yielded takeaways that reflect evolving concerns and priorities. Dr. Swamy Haladi, Global Technical Commercial Manager for Mycotoxin Risk Management Programme at Selko noted that climate change and geopolitical challenges are accelerating researchers’ efforts to foster more resilient food systems that can adapt to unforeseen disturbances. Regionality is another factor, as climate change may shift the geographic distribution of mycotoxin occurrence. As an example, Dr. Haladi noted that aflatoxins may present an increased threat to the European population in the coming years. Read more>> The marine ingredients industry has once again united for IFFO’s Annual Conference, this year held in Cape Town with 395 delegates attending from 39 countries. Across three days, the agenda features key players from both marine ingredients and related industries, discussing market trends and wider opportunities and challenges. Delving further into the strategic use of marine ingredients, technical experts explore precision nutrition, feed footprints, traceability as well and market trends. “We have a responsibility to progress our industry further and help people understand how we contribute to global nutrition,” according to IFFO’s President Gonzalo de Romaña. “IFFO is a founding member of the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients, a platform where players from our industry, from the feed industry, NGOs, and certification standards work together in areas where improvements are needed, to fill in knowledge gaps and drive positive changes through market pressure. This initiative is also a powerful tool to drive the industry out of its comfort zone. It is important to acknowledge the gaps between our global standards and some practices in certain regions.” “Undoubtedly”, IFFO’s Director General, Petter Martin Johannessen, said, “the story around feed ingredients has very much been a story about volumes. With 40 million tonnes of additional volumes of feed ingredients needed by 2030, no replacement is happening. Supplementation is happening. Now, there is a need to set a sustainability agenda. We are setting it. Because a value chain approach to sustainability is critical to long-term business success, resilience, and the industry’s licence to operate. Customers, consumers, investors, and civil society organisations will hold us responsible for any ESG discrepancies across the marine ingredients value chain, even if these originate from one of our suppliers.” Read more>> Marine ingredients industry discusses trends, opportunities, and challenges
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