Feed & Additive Magazine Issue 4 May 2021

NEWS 20 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE May 2021 Tyson Foods becomes first meat company to join U.S. CattleTrace program Tyson Fresh Meats, the beef and pork subsidiary of Tyson Foods, joined U.S. CattleTrace program that focuses on animal disease traceability. Tyson Fresh Meats is the first U.S. meat company to become a beef processor member in the organization. T yson Fresh Meats, the beef and pork sub- sidiary of Tyson Foods, Inc., is putting its support behind a cattle disease traceability pro- gram called U.S. CattleTrace. This makes Tyson the first beef processor to invest in membership in the program, which was formed by multiple state cat- tlemen’s organizations to develop a national infra- structure for animal disease traceability in the U.S. cattle industry. The program is expected to assist animal health officials with an effective and quick W ith Africa’s population set to double, new tech- nologies, including improved poultry vaccination, will be nec- essary to provide enough afford- able, quality protein. Ambitious new 4-year PRE- VENT project aims to help 150,000 small-scale poultry pro- ducers in Africa to become more productive and efficient by build- ing their businesses and overall sustainability. The PREVENT project (PRomoting and Enabling Vaccination Efficiently, Now and Tomorrow) will see more than 50 million hatchery-vaccinated day- old chicks distributed annually. Improvement in poultry pro- duction is one of the most prom- ising options to provide affordable protein and other essential nutri- ents to Africa’s rapidly growing population. Each year, Africa’s population grows by the equiva- lent of another France (or Thai- land) and is projected to double to around 2.5 billion people by 2050. Currently, more than 250 million people in Africa are un- dernourished and almost one bil- lion cannot afford a healthy diet. The trends for both are upwards. The PREVENT project, a part- nership between Ceva Santé An- imale (a global veterinary health company) and GALVmed (a not- for-profit that makes livestock vaccines, medicines and diag- nostics accessible to small-scale producers), with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foun- dation, will work with 36 medi- um-sized hatcheries spread across eight Africa countries. The project will enable the hatcheries to pro- vide high-quality, vaccinated day- old chicks to small-scale produc- ers together with practical advice and guidance from a team of field technicians. PREVENT project for 150,000 backyard poultry producers in Africa Ceva and GALVmed’s announced PREVENT project to boost prospects for 150,000 backyard poultry producers in Africa.