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Animal feed safety is non-negotiable for all AB Agri’s businesses. The division strives to supply safe products, services and advice, supported by clear and consistent policies and standards.
A quality control technician speaks to the site manager while testing ingredient samples at Premier Nutrition, Fradley, UK
Delivering feed safety and quality in a continually changing global environment poses significant challenges, particularly with risks related to economic, biological, technological and labour factors. To address these, AB Agri adopts a systematic approach to identifying, assessing and mitigating risks related to feed safety and quality.
AB Agri manages feed safety through its Target Zero programme, which also covers health and safety, site environmental compliance and security.
Target Zero ensures all teams are equipped to deliver their feed safety responsibilities by driving collaboration across the businesses and continuously seeking effective solutions to meet both current and future safety and quality challenges.
In 2024, working with RQA, a leading provider of risk management services, AB Agri conducted a comprehensive review of its Threat Analysis and Critical Control Point (TACCP) programme. In addition to its long-standing HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) programme, which focuses on unintentional contamination, TACCP complements its overarching Feed Defence Plans by identifying vulnerabilities where intentional threats may be present.
The assessment included a selection of AB Agri sites, based on their different activities, and allowed the business to critically assess the comprehensiveness of its existing plans against the latest thinking in this critical area, particularly in risk identification and mitigation.
As a consequence, AB Agri’s training programmes and business support tools were strengthened, ensuring its sites are better supported to meet the standards set by the AB Agri Feed Safety policy and the newly introduced AB Agri Standard, which encompasses feed safety, and is applicable to all operations globally.
As a supplier of animal nutrition and farm performance services to the agri-food supply chain, AB Agri recognises the growing importance of responsible and affordable nutrition for both people and animals. AB Agri is committed to supporting the agriculture industry in providing affordable, safe and nutritious food. This includes meeting the growing demand, particularly in developing markets, for accessible protein sources such as chicken, milk and eggs.
Dairy products are widely recognised for their nutritional value and dairy processors are increasingly rewarding farms that produce milk meeting higher environmental standards, aligning profitability with both output and environmental stewardship. AB Agri has developed a comprehensive portfolio of products and services for the dairy industry. This includes data and advisory services through National Milk Records (NMR), IFCN, Kite Consulting and its feed and on-farm carbon measurement services from AB Sustain. This unique offering allows AB Agri to provide extensive insights into both output data, such as production volumes, milk quality and on-farm emissions, and input data, including genomics and feed analysis. By integrating these insights with specialist knowledge, AB Agri helps dairy farmers optimise their operations, enhance productivity and support a more responsible and sustainable dairy industry.
As global dietary habits shift and nutritional challenges emerge due to population growth, rising incomes and changing consumer preferences, AB Agri is strategically positioned to anticipate and respond to future food demands.
