NEWS 92 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE November 2024 Aquatic Life Institute (ALI) published the third edition of its aquaculture certification benchmark report, which analyzes current welfare requirements within the primary farming standards of global seafood certification schemes and an international ratings agency. The institute explains that the Aquaculture Certification Schemes Benchmark is part of its ongoing work to help encourage progressive development related to animal welfare standards in aquaculture, and will be used as a tool by decision-makers worldwide as they make informed choices about sourcing from the certifiers that lead in aquatic animal welfare. The detailed analysis and personalized recommendations within the benchmark serve as a roadmap to continue progressing to the highest standards possible, or to construct entirely new welfare requirements for aquatic animals where they previously did not exist. This year’s benchmark includes eight global seafood certification schemes and one international ratings agency, which, collectively, cover billions of individual aquatic animals annually. Within the report, Global Animal Partnership (GAP), Friend of the Sea, GLOBALG.A.P., Global Seafood Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP), RSPCA Assured, Naturland Organic, Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), Soil Association Organic, and Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch are evaluated on water quality, stocking density and space requirements, environmental enrichment, feed composition, stunning and slaughter, neglected species prohibitions, as well as additional considerations. Based on assessment areas detailed above, Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is ranked the highest from this year’s benchmark, with a score of 8 out of 10. Read more>> Australian climate technology company, Rumin8 received feed ingredient approval in Brazil from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply for the company’s methane reducing feed additive, taking a step closer to providing its methane reducing supplements to the world’s largest cattle herd. The Brazilian approval follows the provisional regulatory authorization in New Zealand in late July. “Rumin8 is very quickly building a bank of regulatory authorizations required to progress the commercialization of our methane reducing feed additives for livestock,” says David Messina, CEO of Rumin8. “Two regulatory authorities have now assessed the safety data of our products and both have allowed us to proceed through an important regulatory gateway. That provides Rumin8 with confidence that we are on the right pathway.” Rumin8 states that it is developing solid feed and water-delivered formulations that leverage an organic active compound called Tribromomethane (TBM), which has been shown to be the most effective of all actives tested for methane reductions in livestock. Rumin8’s innovative technology uses a highly scalable, consistent, and cost-effective pharmaceutical grade manufacturing process to synthesize and stabilize the anti-methanogenic compound TBM. Aquatic Life Institute releases aquaculture certification benchmark report Rumin8 secures first regulatory approval in Brazil for its feed additive
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