Feed Management - May/June 2008

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BRIEFS

• Chr. Hansen has been

awarded the FAMI-

QS certificate, a code

that fully integrates ISO

9001 standards, GMP

(Good Manufacturing

Practices) and HACCP

(Hazard Analysis and

Critical Control Points)

requirements into a sin-

gle reference for ensur-

ing quality and safety

of feed additives in the

United States.

Alltech opens
nutrigenomics facility

• Flexicon Corporation has

doubled the size of its

controls department at

its 90,000 sq.ft. (8361

sq.m.) manufacturing

facility and world head-

quarters in Bethlehem,

Pa.

• The U.S. Grains Council

is promoting distiller’s

dried grains with solu-

bles (DDGS) in South

America by conduct-

ing dairy feeding trials

in Chile.

the world,” said Dr. Pearse Lyons, presi-

dent and founder of Alltech. “The ability

to comprehend nutrition at the most basic

level—gene expression—really makes

us stand apart and will give us a much

greater understanding

of the nutritional needs

of our animals.” In addi-

tion to Nutrigenomics,

the facility will house

the company’s re-

search initiatives at its

global headquarters,

including the study of

functional glycomics,

solid state fermenta-

tion, rumen function and

ecology, aquaculture,

organic trace minerals

and biorefining. In com-

ing years, the facility

is expected to require

40 additional research

professionals to be fully staffed. To

help address this need, in 2007, Alltech

formed a partnership with the University

of Kentucky (UK) to advance research in

the field of nutrigenomics. As part of this

partnership, Alltech gave UK a $900,000

grant that will, in part, help to place faculty

and staff from the College of Agriculture at

the company’s nutrigenomics facility.

Global animal health company Alltech

cut the ribbon on its Center for Animal

Nutrigenomics and

Applied Animal Nutrition

at its corporate head-

quarters on April 20,

2008. The first facility

of its kind in the world,

the center is dedicated to the study of the effect

^of ^nutrition ^on ^gene ^ex-^Becky ^Timmons, ^director ^of ^quality_pression _and _represents assurance,Alltech;Dr.Karl Dawson, _director _of _worldwide _research,a 20,000 square foot Alltech; Steve Beshear, Governor

expansion of the com- of Kentucky; Dr. Pearse Lyons,

pany’s existing research president and founder, Alltech; ^{facility. The nutrigenom-}^and ^Dr. ^Ronan ^Power, ^director ^of_ics _laboratory _employs research, Alltech, cut the ribbon _on _Alltech’s _Center _for _Animal