NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE January 2024 81 Royal Canin North America, a division of Mars, Incorporated, announced Chris Moses has been appointed Site Leader for the Royal Canin Pet Health Nutrition Center (PHNC) in Lewisburg, Ohio. Moses brings nearly 20 years of animal health experience into this crucial role, focused on expanding the company's research capabilities in the rapidly growing North American market. Moses serendipitously discovered this role while contacted during an airport layover and, upon initial conversations with the business, called his move a "no-brainer." He shared, "I was immediately enamoured by what Royal Canin stands for – it truly is about the pets. Products are not designed to appease pet parents but to find the proper diet for each individual cat and dog." In his role, Chris Moses is responsible for overseeing a team of 71 experts who assess the digestibility and palatability of Royal Canin diets. In addition, the PHNC focuses on specific areas and key priorities for the business, such as skin and coat health, mobility, immunity, and aging. This additional level of expertise helps enable increased nutritional precision and the development of products tailored to individual pet needs. The PHNC is one of two Royal Canin pet centres globally for the business and the only U.S.-based location. Read more>> Chris Moses joins Royal Canin North America team Chris Moses Utilising science-based solutions to reduce methane emissions from the global cattle herd can play an important role in reducing the impact of global warming on livestock and complement other solutions proposed in the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) global food systems roadmap released at the COP28 summit in Dubai. Speaking after returning from COP28, Rumin8 CEO David Messina said companies like Rumin8 were seeking to meet FAO’s goal of reducing methane emissions from livestock by reducing emissions at their source, the cow. Rumin8 CEO David Messina said science-based solutions, such as methane-reducing feed additives, were succeeding in turning cattle into ‘climate champions’ while at the same time ensuring a sustainable future for the rural communities in developed and developing nations that rely on livestock for their livelihoods and existence. This was a key focus of the FAO roadmap. “The cow is not the climate enemy; the methane they produce is," said Messina. "Promising solutions are being developed to reduce methane from livestock, which plays a critical role in the global food system in feeding both developed and developing countries. These solutions are really important to ensure that meat and milk can remain an important source of nutrition and economic support for people around the world, particularly in developing nations.” “Reducing consumption is one approach. Reducing climate intensity from beef and dairy production is another. Both seek the same result, but with different impacts on different sectors,” said David Messina. Read more>> Rumin8 CEO says methane-reducing solutions can transform cattle into climate champions
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