NEWS 94 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE April 2025 Asahi Group Foods, Ltd., a part of the Asahi Group, signed a share transfer agreement on March 5, 2025, with the shareholders of Germany-based Leiber GmbH, a brewer’s yeast-related products manufacturing and sales company with global operations, mainly in Europe. Under the agreement, Asahi Group Foods plans to acquire 100% of the shares of Leiber by the end of April 2025. Leiber was founded in 1954 and is a business-to-business beer yeast-related products company. It leverages strengths in product development proposals for customers to make and sell seasonings utilizing dried yeast, yeast extract, and yeast cell walls; functional ingredients; animal feed; and cell and microbial culture media. Leiber has six factories in Germany, Spain, and Poland and a sales network spanning Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas. Through its acquisition of Leiber, Asahi Group Foods explains it gains a foundation for its yeast business in Europe. It will combine its yeast cultivation technology developed in Japan with processing technologies for yeast extract and yeast cell walls to strengthen its yeast business. This ensures its contribution to a sustainable society by addressing future food-related challenges, such as food shortages, protein deficiencies, and shifts in food cultures. Read more>> Asahi Group Foods strengthens yeast business with new agreement The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) opened registration for its 2025 Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FPSCA) Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) training, which will be held July 15-17, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. “PCQI training is essential for ensuring the safety and compliance of animal food manufacturing,” points out Gary Huddleston, AFIA’s Director of Feed Manufacturing and Regulatory Affairs. “This in-person course not only provides the necessary knowledge to meet regulatory requirements but also fosters valuable peer-to-peer learning.” The course, developed by the FSPCA, is the “standardized curriculum” that the Food and Drug Administration recognizes as adequate for PCQI training. Successfully completing this course is one way for animal food manufacturers to meet the requirements for a PCQI, AFIA points out. Upon completion of the course, individuals will receive a certificate of completion issued by the FSPCA. The course will cover Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements for animal food, current good manufacturing practice requirements and topics related to animal food safety plans. In addition to the training, the AFIA will host an evening reception. “The instructors were great,” said a previous participant. "Their industry experience and examples kept us engaged.” On December 9-10, the AFIA will also offer PCQI refresher training for individuals who previously completed PCQI training but need to refresh their understanding of FSMA compliance. Read more>> AFIA opens registration for PCQI training course
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