NEWS 16 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE April 2025 The spread of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza, bringing losses of hundreds of millions of poultry worldwide with increased spillover into mammals, highlights the urgent need for strengthened biosecurity, monitoring and surveillance, rapid-response mechanisms, and risk communication to safeguard the poultry sector and protect livelihoods and economies. That was the message from a briefing by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), held on March 17 2025 in Rome, to member countries that were present. FAO Deputy Director-General Godfrey Magwenzi described the spread of the disease as unprecedented, “leading to serious impacts on food security and food supply in countries, including loss of valuable nutrition, rural jobs and income, shocks to local economies, and of course increasing costs to consumers.” Among the complex challenges avian influenza poses are how to protect poultry production systems to ensure food security and the nutrition of the millions who rely on poultry for meat and eggs. Additional challenges revolve around safeguarding biodiversity, livelihoods and safe trade, and preventing social impacts, most often borne by poultry farmers, Magwenzi said. Read more>> FAO calls for stepped up action against avian influenza A global provider of animal nutrition solutions, EW Nutrition announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Austrian company Green Innovation, producer and patent-holder of several in-feed solutions in the gut health space. Green Innovation, based in Innsbruck, and EW Nutrition, headquartered in Northern Germany, have signed the agreement on Thursday, 20 March, 2025. "By acquiring 52% of our company, EW Nutrition implicitly recognizes the strength of our solutions, know-how, and technologies. We are happy that we found such a solid and dynamic partner, and we are excited to work together for the next level of animal gut health,” said Alexander Herbst, CEO of Green Innovation. For EW Nutrition, solutions such as Ventar D, Pretect D, Activo or Activo Liquid have already carved an important space in the gut health arena. “With the addition of Green Innovation’s solutions, we see a great opportunity to complete our gut health portfolio and to position ourselves for the future. Challenges are evolving and so our solutions must evolve as well,” noted CEO of EW Nutrition, Jan Vanbrabant. With the fourth acquisition in the last five years, EW Nutrition shows its continued drive toward further development and expansion, according to a statement. Read more>> EW Nutrition expands gut health portfolio with new acquisition
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