Dr. Anthony Quant, Poultry Nutritionist with Kalmbach Feeds Inc. recently presented background information and research data on enrichment of eggs at the Multistate Nutritionist Conference held in Indianapolis in late June.

Dr. Quant considered alternative ingredients to increase omega-3 fatty acid deposition in eggs. He contrasted a product comprising co-extruded flaxseed with DDGS (OmEGGa®); whole flaxseed, cold milled flaxseed and a control.

Chuck Loefer has been named Vice President for Alliance Nutrition North America.  The company is a subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland Company and is involved in manufacture and supply of livestock supplements. 

For further information access the company website at www.admani.com.

According to a June 12^th report by SENASICA to the OIE, eight more outbreaks of H7N3 avian influenza have been identified.  The states involved include Puebla with 300,000 chickens, two cases in Aguascalientes involving 475,000 chickens, two outbreaks in Guanajuato with 80,000 chickens and one outbreak in Jalisco with 200,000 chickens. 

According to the Agency, 815,000 chickens have been depleted including two layer flocks, two heavy breeder flocks, three broiler flocks and one backyard flock. Control measures include vaccination with 5.5 million doses of inactivated homologous product administered in recent weeks following the latest outbreaks.

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Readers are directed to the text and tables relating to the June 12^th World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates issued by the USDA.  Projections of supply and utilizations are available under the statics tab in this edition.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture issued a directive on the sale of eggs dated May 6, 2013. The regulation requires that eggs sold in California be packed in cartons bearing the following statement:- “California Shell Egg Food Safety Compliant” which implies conformity to the new shell egg food safety regulations.

The regulation, effective July 1^st 2013 mandates enhanced SE testing and vaccination for all flocks comprising over 3,000 laying hens.  As a justifiable addition to the requirements of the FDA Salmonella  Rule, the State of California will require two additional SE tests, namely on chick box papers and at the end of the life of a flock. 

According to a website posting on June 4^th by Doug Powell, the Manager of Food Safety for Wegmans Food Markets, Bill Pool, is requiring that producers document safety as a condition of supply to the chain. 

Pool stated “I do not think any grower ought to be shocked that a retailer requires documentation that they have practices and procedures in place.  It does not make a bit of difference if it is an organic product or a conventional product.  Growers have to have some kind of base line and some kind of minimal standards across the board”.

The 2013 NECAD Scientific Session will take place on September 19^th concurrently with the Pennsylvania Poultry Sales and Service Meeting which will take place on18th and 19^th of September at the Eden Resort and Suites in Lancaster PA. 

For further information on the NECAD program contact Dr E. Pierson, pierson@vt.edu.

The International Production and Processing Expo has introduced a new website www.ippexpo.org . This website will combine the three organizations into a single entity for the convenience of attendees and exhibitors.

The 2014 International Production and Processing Expo is scheduled for Tuesday through Thursday, January 28^th to 30^th at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.  Combining poultry, feed and meat, the IPPE has emerged as one of the 50 largest trade shows in the U.S. and will attract more than 1,000 exhibitors over 20 acres of exhibition space.

According to industry press reports, health experts in the UK are now endorsing the nutritional value of eggs.  At a recent forum, the Royal Society of Medicine promoted consumption of eggs.  This reversal in attitude is associated with changing concepts of the role of dietary cholesterol as a potential causal factor in cardiovascular disease. Nutritionist and physicians now recognize that eggs provide less cholesterol than was previously accepted and that eggs are a balanced source of amino acids and other nutrients.

Following disclosures that horse meat has contaminated beef and pork across the EU, food safety authorities have identified one possible source.  A meat wholesaler in Holland, Willie Selten has been arrested for selling mislabeled horse meat which was distributed to a number of companies which later were implicated in the contamination scandal.