Feed & Additive Magazine Issue 3 April 2021

NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE April 2021 21 S wiss Bühler Group and Balaguer Rolls from Spain – both fully independent family com- panies – have signed a collaboration agreement for design and supply of SmartRolls and services of highest quality standards allowing remote condi- tion and performance monitoring of the rolls. The SmartRolls are connected to Bühler Insights. Bühler announced its pioneer role in providing SmartRolls at the Networking Days 2016. Since that announcement, Bühler has accumulated more than 100,000 hours of experience in industrial operations, ensuring robust and fully validated technology and building a profound understanding of how to use the new insights and early indicators to enhance consis- tent performance of flour mills. Bühler has also been the leading force in the industry for allowing contin- uous assessment of rolls through the Bühler rollDe- tect, introduced almost a decade ago. Now Bühler will bring these efforts and expertise with the aim to provide best-in-class, smart, sen- sor-equipped high-quality rolls for connected tech- nologies across grain processing applications. Bühler and Balaguer will work together in the development of the next generation of rollDetect built on the Balaguer optical measurement system and provide SmartRolls connected to Bühler Insights enabling improved mill performance. The innovation power of Bühler and Balaguer will unlock the next gener- ation of SmartRolls, roll management, and milling performance. Bühler and Balaguer sign collaboration agreement for SmartRolls Swiss Bühler Group and Balaguer Rolls from Spain sign collaboration agreement for design and supply of high-quality SmartRolls and services for grain processing. D ata on the presence of res- idues of veterinary medi- cines and contaminants in animals and animal-derived food show high rates of compliance with safety levels set by the European Union, according to EFSA’s latest report. The report summarises monitoring data collected in 2019. A total of 671,642 samples were reported by Member States, Ice- land and Norway. The percentage of samples that exceeded maximum levels was 0.32%. This figure is within the range of 0.25%-0.37% reported over the previous 10 years. Compared to the previous two years, non-compliance increased slightly for antithyroid agents and steroids and decreased slightly for resorcylic acid lactones, prohibit- ed substances, antibacterials, anti- coccidials, and dyes. For chemical elements (including metals), non-compliance was higher than in 2018, but lower than 2017. The data are available on Knowl- edge Junction, EFSA’s curated, open repository, which was set up to im- prove transparency, reproducibility and reusability of evidence in food and feed safety risk assessments. Veterinary drug residues: compliance still high