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A quality technician testing product at Premier Nutrition's lab in Fradley, UK
AB Agri’s roots in agriculture span more than 100 years. As a supplier of animal nutrition and farm performance services to the agri-food supply chain, it is proud of the contribution its businesses have made, during that time, to improving how food is produced.
The importance of responsible and affordable nutrition for both people and animals has never been more critical. AB Agri is committed to supporting the long-term sustainability of the 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.
Delivering feed safety and quality in a continually changing global environment poses significant challenges, particularly with risk related with economic, biological, technological, or labour factors. To address these, AB Agri adopts a systematic approach to identifying, assessing, and mitigating threats.
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 longstanding 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.
The work also identified opportunities to refine and enhance AB Agri’s training programmes, ensuring its sites are better supported to meet the standards set by the AB Agri Feed Safety policy. By better understanding and mitigating risks associated with its Feed Defence plans, AB Agri enhances its overall approach to feed safety resilience, regulatory compliance, and the integrity of AB Agri’s products and services.
Feed safety is a cornerstone of food safety and is integral to AB Agri’s Target Zero programme. Now in its fourth year, this comprehensive initiative covers feed safety, health and safety, security, and environmental considerations.
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.
AB Agri is committed to supporting the agriculture industry in providing affordable, safe and nutritious food for all. Its focus aligns with the growing demand, particularly in developing markets, for accessible protein sources like chicken, milk and eggs.
Dietary trends over the previous century suggest that as wealth increases, individuals tend to consume more protein and other macronutrients like carbohydrates and fat.
As population growth rates slow towards 2050, changes in nutritional demand are likely to stem primarily from increasing wealth in low- and middle-income countries, enabling greater access to protein-rich diets.
In markets such as Europe, the UK and the USA, while affordability remains a key factor for many parts of the population demographic, dietary preferences are increasingly shaped by environmental concerns, animal welfare and a focus on enhanced human nutrition.
AB Agri research in 2022 found that price also remains a major factor in food choices across various markets1. AB Agri recognises the importance of consumer choice and remains committed to providing a variety of solutions that support balanced and healthy diets for everyone.
1. Savanta, 2022 (not published)
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Testing for Johne's disease at NMR lab at Wolverhampton, UK
Dairy products like milk, yoghurt, and cheese are widely recognised for their nutritional value and are recommended by organisations such as the USDA and NHS. As the focus on sustainable food production grows, dairy processors are increasingly rewarding farms that produce milk to higher environmental standards, aligning profitability with both output and environmental stewardship.
AB Agri has built a comprehensive portfolio of products and services for the dairy industry including data and advisory services through National Milk Records (NMR), IFCN, Kite Consulting, and its existing feed and on-farm carbon measurement services from AB Sustain. This unique combination 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.
